There's a new Cannonball Run record: 2,825 miles in 27 hours and 25 minutes

[drcoastline]

https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=1&cad=rja&uact=8&ved=2ahUKEwjAzN6lxJrmAhVBw1kKHYuiBT4Q0PADMAB6BAgDE AU&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.roadandtrack.com%2Fcar-culture%2Fa30085091%2Fthese-guys-just-drove-an-e63-amg-across-america-in-a-record-27-hours-25-minutes%2F&usg=AOvVaw0QLwJOUiRCRyjAVrDbrmuq

[pwd72s]

Fun Read....

[911boost]

Wow, bought my GT3 from one of the guys....

[biosurfer1]

Watched a VINWiki video about it today. Friends of Ed though he does seem a bit bitter about losing the record.

Funniest part is how they specifically added silver tape to try and make the car look more like an older Honda Accord and it worked.

[Bill Douglas]

Good skills not getting locked up, but even better skills keeping the car running at that speed for so long (not breaking down) and not having an accident - well done Guys!

[rusnak]

Anyone remember "California Magazine"? There was an article in the early 1980s about Banzai Runners. I think it had a Countach, 911S, Cadillac, and a Lola featured in it. I have to dig it up one day.

[pavulon]

Originally Posted by Bill Douglas

Good skills not getting locked up, but even better skills keeping the car running at that speed for so long (not breaking down) and not having an accident - well done Guys!

I would think that car would only be living up to its capabilities on such a trip. Of course and as you pointed out, going to jail, road hazards and causing or contributing to a crash are different parts of the equation.

It ended well but had it not, the discussion would be quite different.

[racer]

I think this is awesome..

Oddly, I was reading some threads on Jalopnik and I was shocked how many people seemed outraged. That they should be arrested and why would anyone be so reckless. my gosh. What a bunch of Nannies.

I love that people still have the balls/money/desire to do things like this. And it makes, to me, the Gurney/Yates run seem more impressive given the passage of time.

[URY914]

Can you image the law suit if they had been in a accident and killed someone? I hope they had an attorney give them advice before the run and move all their accounts offshore.

This is a different day than when Brock Y. and Dan G. did it.

[widgeon13]

Silliness, waste of time and money.

[David]

This video is a bit long but informative on their run:



I still wonder how they don't get arrested after the fact? I guess the authorities can't pinpoint the date and time of the offense but still.

Notice their GPS final display: max speed 193 mph!

[smokintr6]

I feel a little conflicted about it. It's a fascinating accomplishment, and incredible that the planning paid off and they were able to do it without injuring other people. I can't imagine how awful it would be for all parties involved and the automotive hobby if there had been an accident. I'm definitely *not* outraged about it... It's somewhere on my moral spectrum. I think outraged people online are just trying to make themselves feel morally superior any time they can. Can't imagine this run actually negatively impacted anyone except Ed, who lost his record. At some point (possibly right now) the record is going to require such obscene speeds that it won't even be reasonable to attempt.

[Seahawk]

Originally Posted by smokintr6

I feel a little conflicted about it. It's a fascinating accomplishment, and incredible that the planning paid off and they were able to do it without injuring other people. I can't imagine how awful it would be for all parties involved and the automotive hobby if there had been an accident. I'm definitely *not* outraged about it... It's somewhere on my moral spectrum. I think outraged people online are just trying to make themselves feel morally superior any time they can. Can't imagine this run actually negatively impacted anyone except Ed, who lost his record. At some point (possibly right now) the record is going to require such obscene speeds that it won't even be reasonable to attempt.

That so much parallels my thinking - very well stated.

The R&T article was very well written and informative - which I think influenced my thinking.

[ted]

It ok since its only held once a year, less tolerable if the event was held once a month.

[herr_oberst]

Top speed of 193, average of 103. Just 22 minutes spent stopped.
These are already obscene speeds, and there is no doubt in my mind that some motorhead technogeeks are already planning creative ways to beat this.
One thing that caught my eye was the 18 people along the route recruited to check the road for the po-po, and another curious factoid was the lack of bears-in-the-air. (do people still say that?)

[Tervuren]

Originally Posted by herr_oberst

Top speed of 193, average of 103. Just 22 minutes spent stopped.
These are already obscene speeds, and there is no doubt in my mind that some motorhead technogeeks are already planning creative ways to beat this.
One thing that caught my eye was the 18 people along the route recruited to check the road for the po-po, and another curious factoid was the lack of bears-in-the-air. (do people still say that?)

If you notice, it was overcast on their run, not exactly airplane spotting weather.

[ted]

Originally Posted by herr_oberst

the lack of bears-in-the-air. (do people still say that?)

Pigs with wings is another version.

[speeder]

To be fair, the really high speed stuff had to be done on empty roads. I've done some fast driving cross-country and 100-120 is no problem through Utah on the 70 where the speed limit is 80 and people are doing that or better but you have to slow down whenever you approach another car from the rear, even if they are in the neighboring lane, for safety's sake. It's all about speed deltas and closing speed, etc...

They left at midnight from NYC so most of the drive was at night, (two nights), a lot of the USA is pretty empty during those hours.

[racer]

Originally Posted by speeder

To be fair, the really high speed stuff had to be done on empty roads. I've done some fast driving cross-country and 100-120 is no problem through Utah on the 70 where the speed limit is 80 and people are doing that or better but you have to slow down whenever you approach another car from the rear, even if they are in the neighboring lane, for safety's sake. It's all about speed deltas and closing speed, etc...

They left at midnight from NYC so most of the drive was at night, (two nights), a lot of the USA is pretty empty during those hours.

^^^ This.

Leaving NY at midnight means they were in the "fly over" states by morning. Get outside of the congested east and west coast and well, where is the congestion? I don't know the route they took so I would guess Indy? St Louis? Denver?

is it obscene? maybe.
dangerous? at times.

But isn't that why people still do things others think are "crazy" ? Just cause you can?

I haven't read the whole story, but I assume this one was much more modest than those "clown" shows where 15-20 guys in their Ferraris, McLarens, Lambos all tarted up with stickers try to go coast to coast bringing way too much attention on themselves.

[pwd72s]

Oh yeah, they did it as stealthy as possible...smart.