has anyone heard of it being held in the summer (or spring, not sure) of 2003? it's supposed to go from Boston to LA. if it's true, i'm doing it. there's no way in hell i'm passing up an opportunity like that.

 

dont forget the clam chowder prepare to be totally and utterly CLOWNED.

 

Ummm..OK. Have fun.

 

http://www.onelapofamerica.com

 

I've only seen part of one of the Cannonball movies (yeah I'm deprived?) and don't know much (if anything) about its true history or nature, but I think the Cannonball people decided to grow up and do things (mostly) safe and legal via One Lap of America? Anyone who races on public roads doesn't deserve a car.

 

The Cannonball Baker Sea To Shining Sea Memorial Trophy Dash - known to us as The Cannonball Run. It ran from the Red Ball Garage in New York City to the Portofino Inn in Redondo Beach, California, starting November 15th 1971. It consisted of 8 teams and I believe that Car & Driver with the help of Brock Yates was the organizer of the "By Invitation Only" event.

 

During the stupid part of my life, a friend an I tryed to do our own run in my Vette. Four speeding tickets later we arrived in CA. On the way home we took it easy and had a better overall time, since each ticket put us in front of the local judge.

Grumpy

 

i think they were talking about having the gumball 3000 in america. saw it on mtv, so i don't know if it'd true or not. mtv jackazz...

 

My dad and a buddy of his toyed with the idea of doing it in 1972 since he had an "in" with one of the organizers. They decided it would be a bad idea.

Grumpy: I heard through the grapevine that you may have some old videos of some cars going around Bridgehampton. If this is true I am willing to pay to get copies of them. My dad has a lot of memories of that track and I think he would really enjoy seeing some video of it.

 

http://www.gumball3000.com/



Will

 

so would i. that was the first road corse i ever went to. it was before i had a license, so there was no lapping for me but i have many memories of that place. along with dreams of driving it. oh well, too bad

 

The record, set by Brock Yates and Dan Gurney, in an unofficial run made in 1991 (in a Ferrari Daytona) is 28 hours and 11 minutes. An average speed of 140mph!!!


Matt

 

But in the new millennium we do not condone such behavior.
Brock Yates is a big redneck. No offense like. Csaba Csere and John Phillips are much cooler.

 

If you want to try it legally, check out:
http://www.silverstateclassic.com/home.htm

Open road racing must be fun. Too bad they don't have anything like that on the East Coast (Or if they do, please let me know)

 

Was that the same car they won the original event in? A medium blue Daytona Coupe? If so, I saw it at a concours years ago and I have pics somewhere... what a beautiful machine!

Jon

 

It's dark blue and says Kirk F White Racing on the side of it. I've seen it in person a couple of times at local Ferrari Club get togethers. The liscense plate reads: "CNNBALL1"

 

There are some videos from Bridgehampton about halfway down this page. Nothing historic -- just some open-tracking stuff shot a few years ago of some SE-Rs.

 

That's the one I'm thinking of! I'm gonna look for those pics tonight...

Jon

 

I recall reading about a Pantera set up for the Silver State Classic... apparently it drove comfortably at a sustained 170-180mph, and was capable of 210mph for brief stints before overheating started to attack it. Tons of motor and aero work went into the car. I wouldn't do it myself, but it was something neat to read about.

 

$11k entry fee. Technically not a race but it usually turns into one for the guys with the fastest cars. Taking place in April of this upcoming year. New York to LA with 5 stops along the way. All hotel rooms and parties included in the entry fee.

I've got an entry form if anyone is interested. Pretty sure it's already full though. Entries went out about 10 days ago and they were only taking the first 100 to register and pay.



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my understanding is that the cannonball run mutated into the more-or-less legal One Lap of America. A couple of folks in the DC area are One Lap veterans, dunno if any of them are on this board though. As far as I know entries are still open for the '02 One Lap

http://www.onelapofamerica.com/

They'll be at summit point Friday May 10.


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I was a teenager in 1971 and an avid Car and Driver reader. So here's a little history lesson:

The real genesis of the Cannonball was a protest of the 55mph national speed limit. While the speed limit was proposed as an antidote to the oil shortages of the early '70s it was also a misguided attempt to reduce the highway death-toll. Brock Yates et al wanted to prove that high speed does not kill (and have some fun and sell some magazines doing it) and the Cannonball was born.

Looking back 30 years its amazing to see how repressive our society has become. Can you imagine a National publication cajoling the citizenry to that level of political incorrectness today? Law suits and congressional investigations would be flying faster than you can say Mothers Against Drunk Driving. What has happened to free speech anyway?

Regards,
Alan

 

Try the
http://www.opentrackchallenge.com/

I gotta do One Lap or OT Challenge one of these years.

 

I remember reading about Brock and Gurney re-doing the Cannonball run in that same old Daytona.

One of the jokes was that they get pulled over by a cop and the cop tells Brock that he was clocked at 170 mph, and asked what he had to say about it!?
Yates tells the cop that that's all she'll do anymore (7500 rpm in 5th), and that he's actually quite pleased ... since it is after all a rather old car!

P.S. where's SpeedPak been, lately? http://www.opentrackchallenge.com/ub...ML/000050.html


[Modified by zygspeed, 4:50 PM 12/26/2001]