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Totally irresponsible IMHO. It's one thing to speed 10-20 over here and there, but it's an entirely different kettle of fish to average 98mph for 28+ hours.
Nothing really to brag about anyway. Go set a new lap record at the many, many road course tracks in the US. Then you'll have something worthy to brag about. Anyone can go fast in a straight line...
I'm not saying I'm all for this if they kill someone, but this has to be the hardest record you could break for any race! Look at what they did in that time and locations with cops involved IMHO these guys can brag and top anyone's else's racing story....
Let's see, extremely conspicuous, gas sucking, (relatively) poor handling, no amenities for a long trip, 40+ years old. Oh yeah, obvious.
The reason I said they were obvious choices was due to their NASCAR heritage and because the Charger Daytona was the first stock car in NASCAR to exceed 200 mph on a closed course.
Totally irresponsible IMHO. It's one thing to speed 10-20 over here and there, but it's an entirely different kettle of fish to average 98mph for 28+ hours.
Nothing really to brag about anyway. Go set a new lap record at the many, many road course tracks in the US. Then you'll have something worthy to brag about. Anyone can go fast in a straight line...
Endurance so yeah it's worthy to be bragged about. Setting a record on any road course isn't worthy of bragging automatically. No traffic, no cops and no issues of endurance. America is more than just straight lines. The route has many twists and turns though it is predominantly straight. You are comparing two different things. If what he did isn't that great how about you get off your arse and do something more worthy of such publicity.
I wonder if these guys want to take on the record of under 12 days for the 16,000 mile trip through 14 countries from Ushuaia, Argentina to Point Barrow, Alaska on the Pan American highway? That record was set in 2011 in a VW Toureg. (trip included a short hop by ship from Colombia to Panama to get around Darien Swamp where there is no road).
The reason I said they were obvious choices was due to their NASCAR heritage and because the Charger Daytona was the first stock car in NASCAR to exceed 200 mph on a closed course.
I'm a Mopar guy and love those cars you mentioned but those would be horrible choices for this. Well they might be good with about $100k worth of modern updates. Brakes, suspension, drivetrain (don't think an old 727 would last), lights, motor, seats...the list goes on. So basically a new car...
I'm a Mopar guy and love those cars you mentioned but those would be horrible choices for this. Well they might be good with about $100k worth of modern updates. Brakes, suspension, drivetrain (don't think an old 727 would last), lights, motor, seats...the list goes on. So basically a new car...
Do you mean choices for a cannonball run?
Years ago, quite a few drivers would drive on long stretched of road in Nevada, back when there was no speed limit outside the city limits.
Most of them drove cars which were not modified. I don't see why updates would be required in a '60s or '70s car. The engine? The Mopars engines were tough! Seats? Why would seats need to be upgraded and how?
The Mopar 727 transmission was tough, too. I should know; I have a lot of experience with them. Some people take their vintage Mopars drag racing without bothering to modify the transmission at all! They can take it!
Suspension/brakes? I think someone mentioned earlier that the cannonball run was, most of the time, straight-line/open road driving.
Years ago, quite a few drivers would drive on long stretched of road in Nevada, back when there was no speed limit outside the city limits.
Most of them drove cars which were not modified. I don't see why updates would be required in a '60s or '70s car. The engine? The Mopars engines were tough! Seats? Why would seats need to be upgraded and how?
The Mopar 727 transmission was tough, too. I should know; I have a lot of experience with them. Some people take their vintage Mopars drag racing without bothering to modify the transmission at all! They can take it!
Suspension/brakes? I think someone mentioned earlier that the cannonball run was, most of the time, straight-line/open road driving.
Last cannonball run was in the '70s. Do you mean a modern equivalent like the Gumball 3000 or a hypothetical run that occurred in the '70s? A '70s mopar would not be competitive in a modern Gumball 3000 run, no. It could do it. The point of Gumball isn't really speed as much as panache, but it wouldn't be competitive with more modern cars.
Have they had the time and distance verified by GPS and video? Their story might be legit but when I saw their photos and who they were they seemed a little fishy.
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IMHO these guys can brag and top anyone's else's racing story....
