They did have a few near misses along the way though. ‘Cannonball Run’ cross-country speed record set by Twinsburg man, two others (video) Updated Dec 06, 2019; Posted Dec 06, 2019 . 26 Hours. EST. He also said it's important not to upset other motorists so they don't call the police. The drive, which was completed in secrecy in early May, bested their November 2019 record-making runtime of 27 hours and 25 minutes by nearly an hour, assisted by largely empty roads resulting from people staying at home during the coronavirus pandemic. 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It is unlikely that they actually broke the record. A picture of the data from the trip from New York to Los Angeles. However, there is much debate on the legitimacy of this time as the distance and times do not match up. Reese's team of three drivers broke Tesla Motors' (team of 15 drivers) previous record of 76 hours 5 minutes and Edmunds.com's (team of two drivers) previous record of 67 hours 21 minutes. In June, Fred Ashmore made the drive alone in 25 hours and 55 minutes. Driving a 2015 Mercedes-AMG E63 sedan, the trio managed to set a new Cannonball Run record with a time of 27 hours and 25 minutes. Because the Cannonball Run famously has no rules and involves drivers breaking speed limits and other traffic laws, the three men only informed a handful of friends and assistants strategically scattered along the cross-country route about their departure ahead of time. [49], In October 2015, Carl J. Reese, Deena Mastracci, and Alex Roy set a new coast-to-coast record using Tesla's new Autopilot function. They drove in a "heavily prepared" Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG. The cast of 'The Cannonball Run', directed by Hal Needham in 1981. On October 7–9, 2006, Alex Roy, Dave Maher and filmmaker Cory Welles set a transcontinental record of 31 hours 4 minutes from the Classic Car Club NYC to Santa Monica Pier using a modified 2000 BMW M5, averaging 90 mph with a top speed of 157 mph. Set during COVID-19 pandemic. As proof, Reese presented 16 documents notarized on both ends, identifying drivers and three eyewitnesses: Matt Nordenstrom, Johnnie Oberg Jr., and Anthony Alvarado. This and the U.S. Express are depicted in the 2019 documentary APEX: The Secret Race Across America. They started the drive at Manhattan's Red Ball Garage - the Cannonball Run's traditional starting point - at 6pm, zooming off hours before the usual pre-dawn departure time. First we would never want to endanger anyone or ourselves. It was revived in the 1970s by automotive writer Brock Yates as the Cannonball Baker Sea-To-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash. 28 Minutes. As of August 2020, the record is 25 hours 39 minutes, with a top speed of 175 mph and an average speed of 110 mph, driven by Arne Toman, Doug Tabbutt, and Dunadel Daryoush. [50] The trip was completed with fewer than 14 hours of charging and 96 percent of the driving done by Tesla's Autopilot system. Their average speed for the trip was about 110mph, although they did reach 125mph averages across multiple states in the midwest and managed to get the car up to 175mph, they said in a Vin Wiki Car Series interview. A second starting point emerged for the 1979 running at the Goodwives Shopping Center in Darien, Connecticut. The trio made the 2,995-mile journey in 57 hours, 48 minutes after departing from Redondo Beach, California on October 18 at 9:15 p.m. PST, and arriving at Red Ball Garage in New York on October 21 at 10:03 a.m. GPSInsight provided GPS tracking equipment to the team to verify the event. Speeding above the limit by large margins as required in setting Cannonball Run records would typically draw maximum penalties for speeding and reckless driving, but the classification of severity for these offenses widely varies from state to state. )[40] In July 2014, a team from Edmunds completed a slightly shorter 3,331.9-mile route in 67 hours, 21 minutes. This time around, Doug Tabbutt, of Twinsburg, Ohio, and Arne Toman, of Chicago, managed the 2,816 mile drive from New York City to Los Angeles in just 25 hours and 39 minutes, setting the new unsanctioned, Cannonball race record. [42], On October 18–21, 2015, Deena Mastracci and Reese were joined by Alex Roy. (Time included 52 hours, 41 minutes driving, and 14 hours, 40 minutes charging. [11] Bolian and Black shared driving with Bolian serving as the primary driver while Huang served as spotter watching for police and obstructions such as deer or construction using image stabilized binoculars.[12][13]. Since the vehicle was a rental car, the modifications were made as covertly as possible as to leave no visible damage and allow them to return the vehicle to its original condition upon return of the vehicle to the rental company. 106 mph (171 km/h) average. Published : Dec 4, 2019… The cross-country Cannonball Run record has been broken again - by the same duo who originally set the record for fastest drive across the US late last year. The record was set during the COVID-19 pandemic, taking advantage of a reduction in both road users and law enforcement presence. GPS data was captured using the GPS Tracks application, and video evidence was shared on YouTube. The 2015 Mercedes-Benz E63 AMG was modified to provide 800 horsepower and fitted with an additional fuel cell in the trunk providing 67 US gallons (250 l; 56 imp gal) enabling the team to stop just four times for fuel for a total of just over 22 minutes. [22] Ashmore, driving a rental Ford Mustang GT equipped with a 5.0 Liter Coyote V8 and 10-speed automatic transmission, replaced the seats and interior of the vehicle with fuel tanks capable of holding approximately 130 gallons of gasoline, which allowed him to make only one fuel stop. In a feat of engineering, human will and blatant disregard of speed limits, three men claim they broke the record for the "Cannonball Run," a cross-country drive from New York to Los Angeles. Ashmore was able to achieve approximately 12 mpg with a moving average of 109 miles per hour, recorded on the GPS app Glympse as opposed to using dedicated tracking software like previous record holders. Play it now. [8][9] A spotter plane was deployed for the daytime sections. It took "every navigational aid and police counter-measure known to man" and almost 20 different scouts to avoid police interference, they said. Erwin George "Cannonball" Baker was the original driver of the Cannonball Run, according to the press release. The traditional start point is the Red Ball Garage on East 31st Street, Manhattan, and its finish is at the Portofino Hotel in Redondo Beach, California, a distance of a little over 2,800 mi (4,500 km), depending on the route. The Mercedes-Benz after they completed the driive in Redondo Beach. The trio claims their average speed was 103 miles per hour, and the highest was 193. It was smooth sailing, thanks to the car being kitted out with radar detectors, police scanners, binoculars and other devices used to help fly beneath authorities' noses. The MIT team raced from Cambridge, Massachusetts, to Pasadena, California, while the Caltech team raced the opposite direction.