Well, Jon and Alex will tell you. Safety, preparation, intelligence, and very very high speeds! Oh, and a couple of dollars to spend on some gear for the cockpit.
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(photo taken by Michael Hollander at the US Express)
US Express and Cannonball photographer, Michael Hollander, has passed away from cancer. Included is footage from the ’75 Cannonball, the finish of the ’83 US Express, and a recent interview Cory did with him for 32 Hours 7 Minutes. Although the time had not been officially calculated (Hollander tells Diem and Turner their time was 32:15), Hollander is the one to announce in ’83 that a new record had been set, which turned out to be the impetus for this film. I’ve included some words from Rick Doherty, US Express organizer and Cannonball participant, as well as Davey Johnson, a friend of Michael’s:
Continue reading ‘Michael Hollander, Cannonball Express Photographer, Passes Away’
Some of the guys that ran the Cannonball were clever and tricky. Some were just insane. This is from an article about the 5th Cannonball:
Get a load of this total jabroni driving like a thirteen year old on methamphetamines.
Brock Yates and Hal Needham, accompanied by Brock’s wife, Pamela, and a doctor friend named Lyle Royer, ran the 1979 Cannonball in an ambulance. Yes. It’s true. Their souped-up Dodge “TransCon Medivac” carried a modified 440 Chrysler Magnum, high-speed shocks and sway bars, a 60 gallon fuel tank, and a whole crap-load of flashing lights, medical gear, stickers, uniforms, etc.
I’ve always wanted to be out on the lamb, running from the cops, and just generally being a badass. Unfortunately, I have a bad knee and am scared of high speeds. Instead, I try to live vicariously through the participants of the U.S. Express.
Continue reading ‘Wanted for being an Extreme Badass: David Morse’
This is a great one from some boys in the US Express:
"The sneaky-Pete award went to a last minute entry: George Lloyd from Austin, and his clever partner Ron Docie, from LA. George and Ron left M.Y. with a six-hour-old new rear-end in a Turbo Trans Am."
Check out this video from the final stage of Alex and Jon’s coast to coast test drive. After 34+ hours straight of driving, the mind starts to play tricks.
Continue reading ‘And You Thought Driving from New York to Boston Was Tiring’
