One of the highlights of the film is the chemistry between Reynolds and DeLuise, whose characters play off each other's strengths and weaknesses. Reynolds brings his trademark charisma and wit to the role of J.J. McClure, while DeLuise provides comic relief as the hapless Victor Prinzim. Wells Bennett, on an Indian motorcycle". Kansas Memory. Kansas Historical Society. n.d. Archived from the original on 11 February 2023 . Retrieved 11 June 2023. Cannonball Baker driving Stutz Bearcat roadster near Bisbee, Arizona, 1915 transcontinental trip | DPL DAMS". digitalcollections.detroitpubliclibrary.org . Retrieved 2019-12-08. Alan “the stalwart Californian” T. Bedell rode a Henderson motorcycle from Los Angeles to New York in 7 days, 16 hours, and 16 minutes in 1917 to impressively beat Cannonball’s record. (Photo/ Calvin Cote)

Wells Bennet rode an Excelsior/Henderson in 1922 to cross NYC to LA in 6 days, 16 hours, 13 minutes. [35] Race teams have gathered in Connecticut to start a cross-country car race. One at a time, teams drive up to the starters' stand, punch a time card to indicate their time of departure, then take off.The current record holders are Ryan Levenson and Josh Allan in a rented (off Turo) Tesla Model S Long Range in a time of 42 hours and 17 minutes, which was set on October 22, 2021. The only vehicle “modifications” were overinflated 19-inch Tesla Tempest wheels, and the team only used Waze for traffic and law enforcement detection.

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He recounted what the police said to him: “We’ve been told there is an illegal car race going down, and we are here to slow you down, or, arrest you.” Morse gathered that someone had alerted the authorities about his car specifically as revenge for his winning the 1981 race. 1983 U.S. Express Diem and Tuner won with this 1980 Ferrari 308 GTS in 1983; (photo: Cory Welles via edbolian.com) Car and Driver contributing editor Fred M.H. Gregory gave an account of The Last Cannonball in a 2002 article. He revealed that in this race, there were a whopping 46 teams involved, all taking off at 10-minute intervals.

At the beginning of the 2019 documentary, “ APEX: The Secret Race Across America” which covers the true story of how the Cannonball Run record was broken in 2006, the audience is posed with three questions: “What could be more pointless? What could be more dangerous? What were these people thinking?” Notably, this opinion, so staunchly against the Cannonball Run, came directly as a result of the many attempts made during the COVID-19 pandemic. Though Tingwall speaks of the race, regardless of COVID-19, as a “selfish” and “hollow pursuit,” perhaps his feelings would not have been as intense if these attempts were not made during this unprecedented time. How Do You Decide the Rules When There Are No Rules? (Photo/VINWiki) In July 2019 a family team of Robin Jedi Thomsen, and her parents Lars Thomsen and Betty Legler set a record of 48 hours 10 minutes driving westbound for 2,835 miles (4,562km) in a Long-Range Rear-Wheel-Drive Tesla Model 3 between 12 and 14 July 2019. [58]Erwin "Cannonball" Baker drove his Ace motorcycle from LA to NYC in 6 days, 22 hours, 52 minutes in 1922. [34]

The confusing nature of qualifying these new times for the Cannonball Run boils down to the idea that records are both objective and subjective, Bolian concluded. The circumstances surrounding driving during COVID-19 will probably — hopefully — never be the same circumstances for anyone in the future. Siskel, Gene (July 2, 1984). " 'Cannonball' not even a race, let alone a movie". Chicago Tribune . Retrieved November 10, 2023.Warner Bros. has acquired the rights to the Cannonball Run franchise and in 2016 set Etan Cohen to write and direct a remake as Cannonball. Andre Morgan and Alan Gasmer were hired as producers. [34] With the end of the U.S. Express, the Cannonball Run became an individual endeavor with single teams making the run to try to break the overall record. And while many attempts have gone unpublicized over the years, the teams that have broken the record have mostly been extremely vocal about it — after the statute of limitations is up, of course. 2006 Cannonball Run Record of Alex Roy & David Maher Jay Roberts set the new Solo Nonstop Cannonball Record at 33 hours 45 minutes in September 2022, in a 2017 Toyota Prius. He was inspired by the VINwiki videos, online resources, and many books on the Cannonball and just had to have a go himself. George Furth as Arthur J. Foyt, the insipid, uptight main antagonist of the film, who tries to have the race stopped. The Washington Post describes the C2C Express as, “Five cars, 13 guys, countless energy drinks and 2,900 miles of asphalt: Welcome to the C2C Express.” New Era of Individual Cannonball Runs