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Here‘s a short film by some students at Georgia State about what happens when people obey the law. Granted, they may have gone a little over the top, but one has to make allowances if there’s a relevant point to be made. And it seems to me it’s relevant. Again, it comes back to our favorite question, who’s causing accidents and creating an unsafe transit environment: fast drivers or bad drivers?
The Express Starting Garage
Here’s a clip of Larry Wilson talking about the US Express. This is by far the best description I have heard of the jitters/excitement conjured up sitting in the car pre-race. Salut, my good man.
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.
(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:
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Well, we’ve reached crunch time. The Sundance deadline is a week off, our faithful fans are frothing at our door, and we’ve called in the cavalry to get this shit done.
Get a load of this total jabroni driving like a thirteen year old on methamphetamines.
In 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.
Loch and John Mims, editors, discuss the music for the film and give some feedback to our composer, Hub Moore. As usual, the feedback proves useless. The music, on the other hand, is really starting to mesh. The song, Car Porn, is looking to be the highlight jam of the fall. Still, extensive discussion of what kind of overall “vibe” we’re after remains unresolved. I, of course, vote for chill. Loch pushes for ambient electro-post-prog Euro-trance. And Cory stands behind badass (she does own 12 snakes, after all).
However it gets pinned, Hub’s coming with 18 brand new, built for speed tracks that’ll leave you screaming for more (or screaming for Moore, depending on what you’re into).
Get pumped.
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