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Hey guys, I saw this on AOTS last night and hadn't heard about it so I thought I'd post it up.

"Alex Roy and Dave Maher have set a new record for driving across the US. They covered 2,795 miles from New York to Los Angeles in 31 hours and 4 minutes, beating the previous record of 32 hours and 7 minutes. This was Roy’s third attempt at the illegal (and unsafe) “Cannonball Run”. "

Here's a long article from Wired:

http://www.wired.com/cars/coolwheels/magazine/15-11/ff_cannonballrun?currentPage=6

Averaged over 90 mph I think. Craziness.


-Brad

Nice, I read most of the article. The geek squad part was funny.

That was a good read.

Scotty

Roy is the man. He's done some pretty good races.

http://www.teampolizei.com/

When I grow up, I want to be like him.

I meant to post that the other day. Long story but a fun read. The Geek squad part is funny.

Ahhh shit...The link started on page 6!
I finished it and thought "that wasn't long at all".
Now i can't read the damn thing..i already know the ending

The same thing happened to me. Don't worry, page 6 was by far the best

Ah I had meant to post this yesterday as well, it was an awesome and long read. I cannot imagine doing that in such a time, that is one hell of an accomplishment.
I thought they said his copilot was British though? Every time I heard him speak in the videos he sounded completely American to me.

[quote=""Dark-Hawk""]Ah I had meant to post this yesterday as well, it was an awesome and long read. I cannot imagine doing that in such a time, that is one hell of an accomplishment.
I thought they said his copilot was British though? Every time I heard him speak in the videos he sounded completely American to me.[/quote]

I thought the same thing, but there is a hint of an Welsh/english/irish accent in a couple of his words. Or they're lying and I'm hearing things

Page 6, DOH!
That was still a good read though.

Awesome, that cannonball run is something I'd love to do one day.

[quote=""TajMan""]Page 6, DOH!
That was still a good read though.

Awesome, that cannonball run is something I'd love to do one day.[/quote]

With your record, you'd be pulled over before you got out of your driveway

Hey now
More like I'd have it all mapped out and continually calculating so that I can BEAT the record, then get into an accident passing cars at 160MPH.

I wonder how quickly someone on a bike could do it.

[quote=""Dark-Hawk""]I wonder how quickly someone on a bike could do it.[/quote]

wouldn't a bike have to pull over for gas much more often?..even with much better gas mileage, wouldn't the high-speed and small tank mean more pit-stops?
That would have to hurt overall time, i'd think.

That is true.
My R1 gets about 160 miles on a tank.
Backpack full of fuel also?
Still isn't gonna get close to an M5's range on a tank.

What would a Busa get, I wonder if there's any way to make the tank a little larger?

Rain would suck.

Check out 32hours7minutes.com

Bike would not be faster. Too many fuel stops and no way you can keep it up for 31 hours. Way too tiring and exhausting.