The guys who recently did it in a Porsche must be spewing .
I haven't watched the video yet , I wonder how many petrol/gas stops they made .

Classic movie. I know someone did a Smoky and the Bandit home brew pin. This would be another great theme.... Sammy and Dean would approve

People announcing this like its a big deal is part of why these idiots do it. The people deserve to lose their licenses for life, not be celebrated.

I would feel safer on the road with organised , High Performance Drivers in a car that can handle it , than half the shmucks on the road now .

My record is watching it 4 times in a row and maybe pausing on the scenes with Farrah for ten minutes or so.....I was younger then.

So, as a little kid I remember 2 movies in the same vein: The Cannonball Run & The Gumball Rally. Both were entertaining, but I've not seen either for years (decades probably). In the 90's I actually did a ton of IT work for one of the actors in The Gumball Rally over the course of a few years - Walter Smith. He played the policeman and had a few lines, mostly cursing if I recall (which fit him well) - he was quite gifted at it.

I need to revisit both movies to see how they hold up.

This guy did it recently in a rental Mustang

https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/amp32917037/a-man-drove-solo-across-america-in-25-hours-55-minutes-in-a-rental-mustang/

The only thing I remember about the movie is that my favorite car at the time (Chevy Corvette), wrecked and split in half just after a minute or two into the race.

I just watched this movie recently with my parents, I had no idea it was real.

All I can say is part of the thrill of doing a Cannonball run is skirting the law so I get that. But I also feel it is extremely unsafe and poses a danger to drivers on the road. The reality is we know if it was a closed route we can make an educated guess at the best times possible. And I also think people documenting and posting should be prosecuted to the extent of the law. They are basically admitting guilt to an illegal act. It’s no different than someone committing a murder and not getting caught Then exposing themselves to committing the crime. Yes I know the offense is not apples to apples but it’s the fact you broke a law and admitted to it. But this not like jay walking. An accident by one of these guys most likely is going to kill or seriously injure someone so a little different than a very minor infraction. People have bragged of robbery/firing random shots and posted on FB and then convicted. This shouldn’t be any different.

Impressive run but the guys admitted this one didn’t feel the same as their last. Less law enforcement and traffic on the roads right now.

Did they use a mustachioed man in firebird blaring South bound and Down in the radio to lure the cops?

So your thought process is, its important because, reasons. Its ok to put the general public at risk giving idiots a pass going 175 mph across the country, because Murica? Your elevator doesn't go all the way to the top now does it?

Except there is nothing to do say that these guys are high performance drivers. There are multiple cannonball run style events that get organized and really the requirement is, do you have enough money.

So, all those schmucks you have a problem with on the road? Now imagine a number of them in high horsepower cars with the aim of being the fastest to traverse a continent. Now expect them to go without proper sleep for over a day while doing 175+.

Top speed was kept under 175.

I drove during the lockdown and the highways in the city were pretty deserted. News articles had truckers commenting of driving many rural miles without seeing any other vehicles. I would expect these 175 speeds were maintained on long, empty stretches of road where the only risks were to the drivers themselves and local wildlife. They'd slow down to pass cars because humans can be as unpredictable as the wildlife...

I'm mostly in favor of people risking their own life for entertainment if they want to and mostly not in favor of people risking the lives of others.

A few years ago I purchased a double feature from Amazon. It has The Gumball Rally and Cannonball Run II.

175 on unprepared roads. Brilliant.

Assuming your competitors are so thoughtful, also brilliant.

Wanna come up with anymore justifications for recklessly doing whatever you damn well please?

I'm not saying that its not dangerous to others, but the only thing I can compare to is when I visited Wyoming a few years ago. I flew into Casper since it was cheaper and drove across the state to Cody. Don't know my average speed, but I was over 100 much of the drive. I slowed down for the occasional town or two and anytime I had to pass a car of course, but on the open road I could literally count on both hands the number of cars I saw during the drive (I don't remember the day of the week, but it was mid-day). When you're out there in huge open expanses all alone, you don't even feel like your going that fast.

Man, I do 18 hour drives, by myself several times a year to get a machine. I knowhow empty America can be.

Driving in the muddlenof nowhere trying to get from point a to b is one thing. Driving across country trying to beat everyone else and chase a record is another.

There is a massivd difference between hitting the speed limiter on your car which might be what 120 or less on most vehicles now and doing 175 or more.

These are people who aren't good enough to be in a race car professionally. They do not have a team of professionals monitoring their car. They are not racing on prepared surfaces. They do not know the track so to speak. They have no idea if the road ahead is damaged, if there is a wreck ahead. If someone pulled off with car trouble or is sleeping.

If the weather turns to shit how many stop? How many push through at a reduced speed yet still faster than you or I would.

No amount of bullshit justification makes this ok. Semi drivers commenting on how well you drive? What do they know about maintaining a high hp cars for over 24 hours?

Frankly idiots engaging in this deserve jail time and to permanently lose their license. You want to race, find a track. You want to go fast on public roads go to Germany.