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Cannonball Run New Record

Started by john erbe, 06 December 2019, 06:44 PM

john erbe

Of interest. New record set for the Cannonball Run. New York to LA, 27 hrs. 25 min. Average speed 103. Top speed 193. Two guys in an E63 AMG. And that includes stops for gas.

daantjie

Daniel
1977 450 SEL 6.9 - Astralsilber

goldacre

Holy ozone layers  :o

Took me 5 hours just to fly JFK to Las Vegas in a Boeing 737 (not the MAX!) with two GE turbines under the wings.

Take it the speed limits are 'unsanctioned' given the best speed limits I found were in Arizona, a whole 70MPH  >:( still squeezed 25MPH out of the RAM 1500  8)

G
12/1979 450 SEL 148K on clock (museum piece)
12/1986 Lotus Esprit Turbo 87K on clock 'Darling, look what Q has brought for us, isn't it nice' :)

Squiggle Dog

I guess they are above the law. Haha. Or maybe speed limits are only suggestions, not rules?
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TJ 450

A very serious operation, I heard they had a number of spotters within a certain radius among other tech to avoid law enforcement.

I can't imagine anyone getting away with this in Australia.

It would've been quite an experience though.

Tim
1976 450SEL 6.9 1432
1969 300SEL 6.3 1394
2003 ML500

goldacre

What's that legal term used to describe an action or deed based on certain documents or guidelines that cannot stand up in Court ... 'aspirational'  ::)

Even Smokey and the Bandit had a 'blocker' car, a sweet 7.8 litre Pontiac Firebird Transam  8) the only thing that car can't outrace is a gas station  :D

G
12/1979 450 SEL 148K on clock (museum piece)
12/1986 Lotus Esprit Turbo 87K on clock 'Darling, look what Q has brought for us, isn't it nice' :)

ptashek

Quote from: Squiggle Dog on 09 December 2019, 12:44 PM
I guess they are above the law. Haha. Or maybe speed limits are only suggestions, not rules?

The overweight Dodge Charger HWP cruisers would have a really bad time trying to catch up with an E63 AMG, so maybe they haven't bothered too much ;)
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