[net.auto] 4 Balls Rallye

markm (11/16/82)

ATTENTION NEW ENGLAND AREA CAR FREAKS . . .

>From the pages of Decembers Car & Driver . . .

	SECOND ANNUAL FOUR BALL RALLYE! The 1982 Rallye was
	such a huge success that another non-stop Boston to
	San Diego run is scheduled for 1983. Prizes of $10,000,
	$3,000, $1,000 plus many other awards. Entries limited, so
	write or call now. 
	FOUR BALL RALLYE, P.O. Box 511, Billerica, MA 01821
	Tel. (617)256-6121

This, I believe, is an 'unofficial' rallye (read semi-legal). I did, however
see a spot about it last year on Ch. 4 news. Winning car made the 
3200 (approx) mile run in about 36 hours with an average speed of about 85.
That means that a late model car will have its puny 85mph speedo pegged most
of the time - far out! If I remember correctly, last years winner drove a
big Mercedes (surprise, surprise). I'm pretty sure that the rallye is run in
the spring some time, so there is plenty of time to prepare. 

			Any takers????

				MSMiller
				GR Concord, MA

wookie (11/18/82)

Have any of you read about the Cannonball 500 which originally ran about
1970?  That was a run from Manhattan to LA (or someplace in CA) and the
only rules were that you had to have a four wheel vehical and that most
of them had to stay on the ground.  I didn't see the Burt Reynolds movie
which was a remake of the original movie about this race but the original
did follow the paperback version fairly well as written by Brock Yates
(The guy who started the madness!).  Anyway I don't know what the actual 
times were or what the new times might be now but we are talking about a
coast to coast trip in around 36 hours!  I will have to check my copy of
Sunday Driver by Brock Yates in which he tells the tale of this event in
one of the latter chapters----it's great reading!  
					
					Keith Bauer
					Bell Labs  Murray Hill
					White Tiger Racing

markm (11/19/82)

My ex-room mate from college came from Connecticut. he showed me a
newsletter from the 'Lock, Stock, and Barrel' in somewhere in CT where the
REAL 'Sea to Shining Sea' rallye begins. Half the things Burt did a year
later in the movie were in the news letter. If any interested net.landers
are in that area, they might try checking it out. There seems to be at least
some net interest in this kind of stuff (2 teams worth anyway).

				MSMiller
				GR Concord, MA