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New Record: Driving Across the US in Less Than 29 Hours
ABCnews.com ^ | 10/31/2013 | Russell Goldman

Posted on 10/31/2013 6:25:00 PM PDT by oxcart

Three men, a souped-up Mercedes, 2,813 miles of American roadway, a bedpan, and a dream.

Ed Bolian, and his team, obliterated a cross-country driving record this month, racing from New York to LA in a heart-pounding 28 hours 50 minutes.

That’s 11 hours faster than Google maps says it should take, and nearly 3 hours faster than the previous record set in 2006 of 31 hours and 4 minutes.

“Honestly, I was so shocked at how much we had beat our target and previous record,” Bolian, a 27-year-old Lamborghini dealer from Atlanta told ABCNews.com.

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To: oxcart

I once drove from Connecticut to Portland, Oregon, in six days. It was January and I had to barrel through two blizzards... Medicine Bow Pass was an incredible experience for a first-time out West trip during near whiteout conditions.

I’m jealous of those guys, though. I often wish that we had autobahn speed limits in this country.


41 posted on 10/31/2013 9:26:46 PM PDT by redpoll
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To: Timber Rattler

Are you sure it wasn’t “Whats a behind me is a no matter”?


42 posted on 11/01/2013 12:27:24 AM PDT by chaosagent (Remember, no matter how you slice it, forbidden fruit still tastes the sweetest!)
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To: mylife

I here they used a different route than the other records were set on.

This is effectively cheatery.


I don’t think there ever was just ONE route. You took whatever route you thought would get you there the fastest.

You had a fixed starting point, and a fixed end point. In between was up to you.


43 posted on 11/01/2013 12:30:00 AM PDT by chaosagent (Remember, no matter how you slice it, forbidden fruit still tastes the sweetest!)
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To: logitech
How come a guy driving too fast is a maniac, but one driving too slow is an idiot?

How about a contest to see who can make the slowest entry onto an Interstate?

44 posted on 11/01/2013 2:28:31 AM PDT by Right Wing Assault (-)
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