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Non-Road Boards => Off-Topic => Topic started by: SteveG1988 on December 03, 2019, 02:19:40 PM

Title: New Cannonball Record set
Post by: SteveG1988 on December 03, 2019, 02:19:40 PM
27 hours 25 minutes. NYC-LA. In 2013 Ed Bolian and Dave Black set the prior record of 28:50 and that was going to be the record for a while, in a video Ed described it as a slot machine, it has to line up for a jackpot to even get 28:50.

https://jalopnik.com/extremely-illegal-record-for-cross-country-cannonball-r-1840172968
Title: Re: New Cannonball Record set
Post by: ilpt4u on December 15, 2019, 12:24:14 AM
From what I could tell from the YouTube videos about the run, the team took the "Northern"  route, or basically I-80 from NYC west

80->76(Western)->70->15->No idea what the Southern Cali/LA area route was. Redondo Beach is mentioned as the Endpoint

Deduced from the team mentioning "Northern"  route, Ohio, Illinois, Nebraska, and Colorado in a YouTube video
https://youtu.be/M6s9o6uIWZw
Title: Re: New Cannonball Record set
Post by: 1995hoo on December 15, 2019, 11:14:32 AM
The traditional start and end points are the Red Ball Garage in New York and the Portofino Inn in Redondo Beach.
Title: Re: New Cannonball Record set
Post by: ilpt4u on December 15, 2019, 12:10:48 PM
Quote from: 1995hoo on December 15, 2019, 11:14:32 AM
The traditional start and end points are the Red Ball Garage in New York and the Portofino Inn in Redondo Beach.
Yes, and those are the Start/End points this team used, after reading more stories about the recent accomplishment
Title: Re: New Cannonball Record set
Post by: Henry on December 16, 2019, 10:25:24 AM
After deciphering the addresses for the two locations (142 East 31st Street for the Red Ball Garage and 260 Portofino Way for the Portofino Inn), this is what I came up for the route:

https://www.mapquest.com/directions/list/1/us/new-york/new-york/10016-6813/142-e-31st-st-40.743922,-73.980374/to/us/california/redondo-beach/90277-2033/260-portofino-way-33.845506,-118.397535

Normally, it would take 42 hours and 15 minutes to complete the trip, which clocks in at 2,815 miles.