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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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.
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What? I don’t look serious to you?
Alex had a night-vision thermal camera installed into the grill of the M5. The initial thought was driving at night, sans lights of any sort, using only an in-dash screen, and thus obtaining ultimate stealth. This turned out to be super dangerous. Surprise! The camera wasn’t deemed useless, though, as they could still spot a cop hiding in a highway median in the dark of night. Another more aggressive option that some drivers employed back in the Cannonball and Express days was night vision goggles/binoculars. The maniac pictured above used infra-red goggles while at the wheel in the 4-ball rally, an early 80’s Express knock-off run from Boston to San Diego. Call me crazy, but this, for some reason, also looks incredibly dangerous.
photo: [Road-Race Outlaws, The Plain Dealer, 9/18/83]
(1971-1979) Cannonball Run, (1980-1983) U.S. Express, Alex Roy, Cars, Cast, Drivers, Media, Photos and Polizei 144A - 2000 E39 BMW M5In early November 2005, 32 Hours 7 Minutes director Cory Welles screened a rough cut in NYC for Alex Roy, Team Polizei’s fearless captain and experienced rally driver. By mid-December, 2005, little more than one month later, Welles and Roy, along with his co-pilot Jon Goodrich, set out to see if this 20+ year old cross-country driving record was real - and maybe even breakable - today.
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(2005-2006) Record Run, Alex Roy, Cars, Cast, Cory Welles, Drivers, Jon Goodrich, Media, Photos, Polizei 144A - 2000 E39 BMW M5, Production, Races and Videos
