Anonymous Coward User ID: 78233082 United States 12/07/2019 08:48 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | New Cannonball Record - 2825 Miles NYC to LA 27 Hours 25 Minutes "These Guys Just Drove an E63 AMG Across America in a Record 27 Hours 25 Minutes The Cannonball Record has been broken again. Three guys you've probably never heard of recently broke a speed record most people don't care about—the New York to Los Angeles run referred to colloquially among aficionados as the Cannonball. Unlike most speed records and races, there's no sanctioning body or official rules. That's because setting a Cannonball record invariably involves breaking multiple traffic laws. In other words, it's illegal. But that doesn't stop people from doing it. You may or may not be aware of its existence, but there's a robust subculture within the automotive enthusiast community that obsesses over the New York-to-L.A. land speed record..." ...After leaving the Red Ball garage on the east side of Manhattan at 12:57 a.m. on November 10, it took Toman, Tabbutt and Chadwick 27 hours and 25 minutes to reach the Portofino Hotel in Redondo Beach, in L.A.'s South Bay. In a car. If number crunching isn't your thing, allow me to break that down for you. Taking the northern route—I-80 through Nebraska, I-76 down to Denver, I-70 to the middle of Utah and I-15 down into L.A.'s spiderweb of interstates for a total of 2825 miles—Toman and Tabbutt were able to maintain an overall average speed of 103 mph. That's including stops for fuel, which they managed to keep down to a blindingly fast 22 and a half minutes total. And that's in a country where the speed limit on interstate highways is usually 70 mph, and never higher than 80 on the roads they were traveling..." More details at: [ link to www.roadandtrack.com (secure)] |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 78233082 United States 12/07/2019 08:49 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: New Cannonball Record - 2825 Miles NYC to LA 27 Hours 25 Minutes Cannonball Run record: Trio drives across U.S. in 27 hours [ link to www.youtube.com (secure)] |
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Over watch
User ID: 77310877 United States 12/07/2019 08:56 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: New Cannonball Record - 2825 Miles NYC to LA 27 Hours 25 Minutes Rock on |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 78230201 United States 12/07/2019 08:56 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: New Cannonball Record - 2825 Miles NYC to LA 27 Hours 25 Minutes The way traffic is today and average 103 mph?
Obviously would've had to been on a Sunday but I still don't believe its possible. |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 78233090 Australia 12/07/2019 08:58 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: New Cannonball Record - 2825 Miles NYC to LA 27 Hours 25 Minutes
Those idiots could have easily killed an entire family.
Quoting: Anonymous Coward 76742721 Yeah true. But the chances are pretty good that it would have been a family of illegals anyways. So no great loss. |
Anonymous Coward (OP) User ID: 78233082 United States 12/07/2019 09:46 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: New Cannonball Record - 2825 Miles NYC to LA 27 Hours 25 Minutes From op article: "When all is said and done, there will be three kinds of reactions to an achievement of this kind. One will be outright indignation that anyone would endanger public safety by traveling at such speeds. That's to say nothing of the wives and parents—including Tabbutt's—who don't tend to like it when their loved ones put themselves in harm's way in service of so frivolous a pursuit. This response is not without merit. Although Cannonball drivers, including Toman and Tabbutt, claim to be hyper-focused and safe while driving two to three times the posted speed limit, the US ain't Germany, where the left lane on the Autobahn is kept clear for the fastest drivers..." [ link to www.roadandtrack.com (secure)] |
Midwest Skeptic
User ID: 77556714 United States 12/07/2019 10:25 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: New Cannonball Record - 2825 Miles NYC to LA 27 Hours 25 Minutes 2 days faster than it takes Amtrak Midwest Skeptic |
Anonymous Coward User ID: 78148367 United States 12/07/2019 10:50 PM Report Abusive Post Report Copyright Violation | Re: New Cannonball Record - 2825 Miles NYC to LA 27 Hours 25 Minutes I wonder if Ed Bolian will try again next year. He was a record holder at one point. |