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Team allegedly sets new 'Cannonball Run' record on empty highways during coronavirus lockdowns
Fox News ^
| 10 April 2020
| Gary Gastelu
Posted on 04/10/2020 7:30:23 AM PDT by MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
A team of scofflaws has apparently taken advantage of the dramatic reduction in traffic across America due to the coronavirus pandemic to set a new coast-to-coast driving record. According to Ed Bolian, who set a record in 2013 when highway congestion was normal, the Audi A8 completed the Cannonball Run from New York to L.A. in 26 hours and 38 minutes, beating the 27 hours 25 minutes mark set last November by Arne Toman and Doug Tabutt.
Traffic analytics company Inrix has reported that congestion is down nearly 50 percent on average in the U.S. due to stay-at-home policies. Bolian did not reveal the identity of the drivers, but said in a YouTube video that he monitored a live track of the April 4-6 trip online and has seen timing data confirming the time.
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TOPICS: Culture/Society; Miscellaneous; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: a8; audi; audia8; cannonball; cannonballrun; coronavirus; race; run
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Not really valid since the roads have far less traffic.
To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
Yeah, but lots more cops around with nothing to do.
This time Burt might not get away...
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posted on
04/10/2020 7:31:31 AM PDT
by
Regulator
To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
“The average speed over the shortest route possible between the two points would be approximately 103 mph.”
So breaking speedlimits pretty much the whole way.
To: Regulator
This time Burt might not get away.. I wasnt really thinking about bert...
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posted on
04/10/2020 7:33:49 AM PDT
by
Magnum44
(My comprehensive terrorism plan: Hunt them down and kill them.)
To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
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posted on
04/10/2020 7:34:42 AM PDT
by
ConservativeMind
(Trump: Befuddling Democrats, Republicans, and the Media for the benefit of the US and all mankind.)
To: FewsOrange
One of my most enjoyable driving experiences was while on vacation in Germany. Love the Autobahn!
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posted on
04/10/2020 7:36:11 AM PDT
by
Howie66
("...Against All Enemies, Foreign and Democrat.....")
To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
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posted on
04/10/2020 7:37:15 AM PDT
by
RightGeek
(FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
To: Magnum44
LOL - your version is better
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posted on
04/10/2020 7:37:54 AM PDT
by
RightGeek
(FUBO and the donkey you rode in on)
To: FewsOrange
In the mid 70’s a friend and I traveled from Boulder, Co.
to northern N.J. in a 914-6 porsche in 24 hrs.
135 through most of Kansas.
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posted on
04/10/2020 7:38:08 AM PDT
by
sasquatch
To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
Gumball Rally was a better movie than the Cannonball Run movies.
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posted on
04/10/2020 7:38:23 AM PDT
by
Yo-Yo
( is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
To: Regulator
Yeah, but lots more cops around with nothing to do.
Busting shoppers roaming around the Piggly Wiggly without a mask.
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posted on
04/10/2020 7:39:53 AM PDT
by
Buckeye McFrog
(Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer)
To: Howie66
I was once driving on the autobahn averaging an easy 100mph. Was over taking someone and glanced in my rear view mirror. Something behind me way in the distance. Eyes front again and eased past the car beside me felt no urgent need to swerve back into the inner lane again. Another glance in the mirror and the way behind car was now on my tail. I moved over and he cruised past me at least 40-50mph faster than I was going.
To: sasquatch
I know a guy who did Pittsburgh to Denver in an MG Spitfire.
I don’t recall his time but you could pass trucks on the underneath in that thing.
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posted on
04/10/2020 7:40:49 AM PDT
by
Buckeye McFrog
(Patrick Henry would have been an anti-vaxxer)
To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
Its time we all became scofflaws. This lockdown is officially insane. Lets get back to work!!!
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posted on
04/10/2020 7:40:59 AM PDT
by
P-Marlowe
(Freep mail me if you want to be on my Fingerstyle Acoustic Guitar Ping List)
To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
“But officer...I wasn’t running from you. I was simply trying to maintain a socially acceptable distance from you.”
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posted on
04/10/2020 7:41:14 AM PDT
by
moovova
(I work well with others as long as they leave me alone.)
To: ConservativeMind
I googled that at 2790 miles, but even if it was that short, we're talking about an average of right at 105 miles per hour. That's counting in fuel breaks.
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posted on
04/10/2020 7:43:30 AM PDT
by
alancarp
(George Orwell was an optimist.)
To: FewsOrange
So breaking speedlimits pretty much the whole way. Why, yes. Yes they do.
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posted on
04/10/2020 7:43:51 AM PDT
by
Interesting Times
(WinterSoldier.com. SwiftVets.com. ToSetTheRecordStraight.com.)
To: Buckeye McFrog
I know a guy who did Pittsburgh to Denver in an MG Spitfire I had an MG. I could get from Disneyland to Knotts Berry Farm without breaking down. Forget about driving in the rain.
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posted on
04/10/2020 7:44:49 AM PDT
by
P-Marlowe
(Freep mail me if you want to be on my Fingerstyle Acoustic Guitar Ping List)
To: MeneMeneTekelUpharsin
Assume those are fuel tanks in the trunk?
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posted on
04/10/2020 7:45:35 AM PDT
by
G Larry
(There is no great virtue in bargaining with the Devil)
To: sasquatch
In the winter of ‘79-’80, I made a 325 mile trip that took me 15 hours.
Worst snow storm ever in my experience.
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posted on
04/10/2020 7:47:04 AM PDT
by
Graybeard58
(Best left handed banjo picker on my entire block)
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