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The Cannonball Run Has A New Record Time
Posted on 12/3/19 at 5:01 pm
Posted on 12/3/19 at 5:01 pm
27 hours and 25 minutes from the Red Ball Garage in NYC to Redondo Beach. Insane.
Extremely Illegal Record For Cross-Country Cannonball Run Shattered- Jalopnik
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The result was a trip average speed of 103 mph, with a max speed of 193 mph. That’s including stops for fuel and food, and not including any regard for basic traffic laws
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The plain Jane-looking silver AMG sedan was custom-built for the record attempt, and not just by being fast. Sure, it puts down about 700 horsepower to the wheels (according to Toman), thanks to an ALPHA 9 package with upgraded turbos, downpipes, intercoolers and intake (the brakes and suspension are all factory AMG stuff and work just fine at any speed).
But there was also a built-in Net Radar radar detector, a windshield-mount Escort Max 360 radar detector, an AL Priority laser jammer system and an aircraft collision avoidance system—a bit of gear usually used in airplanes to help them avoid hitting other airplanes.
In this case, the technology was meant to help the trio find highway patrol aircraft. The car was equipped with brake light and taillight kill switches, and Toman had all of its flashy carbon fiber trim covered with silver vinyl, which he also used to change the appearance of the taillights. At first glance, the AMG looked more like a mid-2000s Honda Accord from the rear, not like a car that would be cruising at 160 mph or faster.
For navigation and further police detection, they ran Waze—a popular traffic-avoiding and hazard-detecting app—on an iPad and an iPhone. For the GPS data they would later need to prove that they’d actually finished in the time they said they did, they ran two dash-mount Garmin GPS units and one of those GPS tags tracked by a third party. They also had a police scanner and a CB radio, each of which had a big whip antenna mounted at the back of the car
Extremely Illegal Record For Cross-Country Cannonball Run Shattered- Jalopnik
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Posted on 12/3/19 at 5:06 pm to McVick
Sure it is a cool claim to fame, but you are having total disregard for the safety of others by achieving this. It is one thing to risk your own life, but it isn’t cool to risk the lives of innocent bystanders.
Posted on 12/3/19 at 5:07 pm to McVick
Posted on 12/3/19 at 5:09 pm to McVick
I think they took a different route than Ed and Dave did, maybe using some new stretches of road that weren’t available previously.
I’d love to get a better look at that E63 just to see what it’s like.
I’d love to get a better look at that E63 just to see what it’s like.
Posted on 12/3/19 at 5:09 pm to BearsFan
Yea. This is kinda fricked up
Posted on 12/3/19 at 5:12 pm to DollaChoppa
Yeah. Very fascinating, but not cool. The prior record holder seems to have made lots of money just talking about his story. Now has a really fancy home.
Posted on 12/3/19 at 5:12 pm to BearsFan
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Sure it is a cool claim to fame, but you are having total disregard for the safety of others by achieving this.
What if I told you these vehicles were specifically designed to run at these speeds, safely, on the Autobahn? And that the driver probably has a decent skillset to do so?
I averaged 130mph on my weekly trip from Heidelberg to Schweinfurt. Never any issues.
Posted on 12/3/19 at 5:12 pm to McVick
What time did the priests clock this year? 
Posted on 12/3/19 at 5:14 pm to BearsFan
He really has more stories about selling cars on vinwiki than he does about cannonball run stuff
This post was edited on 12/3/19 at 5:15 pm
Posted on 12/3/19 at 5:15 pm to Centinel
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What if I told you these vehicles were specifically designed to run at these speeds, safely, on the Autobahn? And that the driver probably has a decent skillset to do so?
How many drivers in this country are expecting/anticipating the possibility of 150+ mph oncoming cars and operating theirs on our Interstates accordingly?
Posted on 12/3/19 at 5:16 pm to Centinel
Hineyberg to Swinefart is a unique drive! 
Posted on 12/3/19 at 5:17 pm to Y.A. Tittle
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How many drivers in this country are expecting/anticipating the possibility of 150+ mph oncoming cars and operating theirs on our Interstates accordingly?
You think these guys were running on heavily traveled interstates?
Posted on 12/3/19 at 5:18 pm to Jim Rockford
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This post was edited on 12/3/19 at 5:20 pm
Posted on 12/3/19 at 5:19 pm to Centinel
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What if I told you these vehicles were specifically designed to run at these speeds, safely, on the Autobahn? And that the driver probably has a decent skillset to do so?
the difference (a big one) is that the motorists on the Autobahn expect to encounter other high speed vehicles. The roadway is also built for that speed.
It doesn't matter how good of a driver you are when someone else switches lanes in front of you and you're going over 100+ mph faster than them.
Seriously, this is so stupid it makes my brain hurt.
Just count the electronic devices they had in the car and tell me they were 100% focused on the road that whole time.
This post was edited on 12/3/19 at 5:20 pm
Posted on 12/3/19 at 5:19 pm to Yewkindewit
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Hineyberg to Swinefart is a unique drive!
The A81 from outside Heilbronn to Wuerzburg was all kinds of fun. Watching the rev limiter kick in at 155 was annoying.
Posted on 12/3/19 at 5:19 pm to Hermit Crab
Yea it’s because of his website and YouTube stuff.
Posted on 12/3/19 at 5:19 pm to BearsFan
quote:Our traffic laws - and the formulas used to derive many of them - were largely developed in the 70s. Back then cars weighed a lot more, had shitty brakes, tires with less engineering than LEGOs, limited seatbelts, no airbags, no antilock brakes, no crumple zones ... the automotive safety advancements in the last half century are far too numerous to list here, yet we’re still using comparatively archaic traffic laws.
Sure it is a cool claim to fame, but you are having total disregard for the safety of others by achieving this. It is one thing to risk your own life, but it isn’t cool to risk the lives of innocent bystanders.
Posted on 12/3/19 at 5:20 pm to Centinel
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You think these guys were running on heavily traveled interstates?
They driving unrestricted back highways littered with stop signs and traffic lights along the way?
Posted on 12/3/19 at 5:21 pm to Bawcephus
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Seriously, this is so stupid it makes my brain hurt.
Just count the electronic devices they had in the car and tell me they were 100% focused on the road that whole time.
It's cute you think these runs aren't completely coordinated and planned out years in advance.
You think it's just some billybob hopping in his Camaro and running balls out the entire time?
So stupid it makes your brain hurt indeed.
Posted on 12/3/19 at 5:21 pm to McVick
They had a lot of help. Dan Gurney and Brock Yates did it all by themselves.
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