Coast to coast records have been kept since 1933. Here's the latest, taking it well under 30 hours, with a car custom built undoubtedly at a stunning cost.
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To: Chode
2 posted on
03/31/2015 6:34:30 PM PDT by
nascarnation
(Impeach, convict, deport)
To: nascarnation
Isn’t this called the Cannonball Run?
3 posted on
03/31/2015 6:38:03 PM PDT by
Catmom
(We're all gonna get the punishment only some of us deserve.)
To: nascarnation
Must have had some impressive countermeasures. Cops with Laser radar have really made it the pits. At least the air patrols can usually be picked up way out if you listen on a scanner for their air to ground chatter.
Still, averaging over 100mph is damn impressive, as you know there was some time well above that speed involved.
To: nascarnation
Meh. Nonstop with airline is like five hours or so ....
7 posted on
03/31/2015 6:43:04 PM PDT by
SkyDancer
(I Was Told Nobody Is Perfect But Yet, Here I Am ...)
To: nascarnation
“23 Minutes 17 Seconds”
That’s faster than the SR-71!
How’d they do it? Driving in orbit?
13 posted on
03/31/2015 6:53:19 PM PDT by
Jack Hydrazine
(Pubbies = national collectivists; Dems = international collectivists; We need a second party!)
To: nascarnation
I know a guy who did the Coast-to-Coast run
in a motor-scooter race
Maximum displacement 250cc
Last run was from Alaska to New Orleans
http://www.scootercannonball.com/
To: nascarnation
What's-a behind me, she's a not important...
15 posted on
03/31/2015 6:56:36 PM PDT by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
To: nascarnation
No mention of why the E85 that I saw. More horsepower? A little cooler running? Not likely sponsorship!
16 posted on
03/31/2015 6:58:40 PM PDT by
jjotto
("Ya could look it up!")
To: nascarnation
This is an unbelievably bad idea. I have no problem with them racing but they put all kinds of people in mortal danger. It has to be the stupidest stunt I can imagine.
Yes I used to race when I was a kid. I was stupid at the time. I also thought I was invulnerable.
I do remember two guys from maybe Motor Trend magazine, drove cross country around 1966 in 54 hours. I forgot the car, maybe an American Motors or maybe a Renault.
Anyway they said it would have been hard to beat their record without breaking speed limits.
18 posted on
03/31/2015 7:03:05 PM PDT by
yarddog
(Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
To: nascarnation
This is an unbelievably bad idea. I have no problem with them racing but they put all kinds of people in mortal danger. It has to be the stupidest stunt I can imagine.
Yes I used to race when I was a kid. I was stupid at the time. I also thought I was invulnerable.
I do remember two guys from maybe Motor Trend magazine, drove cross country around 1966 in 54 hours. I forgot the car, maybe an American Motors or maybe a Renault.
Anyway they said it would have been hard to beat their record without breaking speed limits.
20 posted on
03/31/2015 7:03:56 PM PDT by
yarddog
(Romans 8:38-39, For I am persuaded.)
To: nascarnation
wow what a read. and it’s april fools.
24 posted on
03/31/2015 7:13:50 PM PDT by
kvanbrunt2
(civil law: commanding what is right and prohibiting what is wrong Blackstone Commentaries I p44)
To: mabarker1; SgtBob
ping
28 posted on
03/31/2015 7:20:33 PM PDT by
Chode
(Stand UP and Be Counted, or line up and be numbered - *DTOM* -w- NO Pity for the LAZY - 86-44)
To: nascarnation
Thanks for a great read. It bordered on fiction a couple of times, but the writer's knowledge of Cannonball history was a reality check.
I remember reading about the very first Cannonball run when I was young. It seems like it was in Playboy.
31 posted on
03/31/2015 7:25:00 PM PDT by
Baynative
(You can judge the character of a man by how he treats those who can do nothing for him.)
To: nascarnation
Flying Jefferson Airplane at 105 AVG mph WILL get you there on time.
32 posted on
03/31/2015 7:26:51 PM PDT by
Paladin2
To: nascarnation
ok, but can he do the Kessel Run in 32 parsecs?
36 posted on
03/31/2015 7:31:40 PM PDT by
married21
( As for me and my house, we will serve the Lord.)
To: nascarnation
37 posted on
03/31/2015 7:31:54 PM PDT by
smokingfrog
( sleep with one eye open (<o> ---)
To: nascarnation
Nice article. I like the way this guy thinks.
If we ever decide to hit Iran I want him on the planning team.
50 posted on
03/31/2015 7:52:11 PM PDT by
ealgeone
To: nascarnation
My old college room mate was one of the 47 entrants in the last Cannonball Classic in 1979 He bought a Pontiac TransAm specially ordered for power AND fuel economy. He added little else, and didn’t win, either. He said one classic comment came from an apparently Irish cop speaking to a team dressed as priests: “But Father, wouldn’t it be a sin if I put 80 on the ticket, when you were actually doing 120?
52 posted on
03/31/2015 7:54:07 PM PDT by
norwaypinesavage
(The Stone Age did not end because we ran out of stones)
To: nascarnation
Hmmmm... what day is this?
60 posted on
03/31/2015 8:26:47 PM PDT by
ArmstedFragg
(Hoaxey Dopey Changey)
To: nascarnation
76 posted on
03/31/2015 9:11:36 PM PDT by
SMCC1
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