jss@ihu1e.UUCP (Smith) (12/18/85)
> In article <2553@sunybcs.UUCP> ughenry@sunybcs.UUCP (Henry Neeman) writes: > >Cannonball Run", etc., these are the facts as I have been given to > >understand: > > 1) There is a real-life "Cannonball Run" held annually. > > Yes, the offical name is "The Cannonball Baker Sea to Shining Sea > Memorial Trophy Dash", however it is not run annually, it was run at irregular > intervals in the '70s. I understand that it has not been run for five years or > so. If you can find someplace that has back issues of "Car and Driver" for > that period you can find the race writeups in them. Basicly, the race started > at a point in or near New York City and ended in or near LA. The drivers were > free to chose any route between those two points, only total elapsed time > counted. If I remember right the winning time for the first Cannonball was > around 38 hours, by the last race I heard of winning time was down to about 33 > hours, impressive. There is a race that is held annually from Chicago to some little town in northern Wisconsin. Hardly "Sea to shining Sea" but it does net some big speeding ticks :-) -- J. S. Smith AT&T IW There are lots of opinions around this place, but these are mine and no one else's (pitty the poor soul if they do share mine.)