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sammons

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New Cannonball record
« on: December 09, 2019, 10:39:22 AM »
My buddy just told me new Cannonball record set. New York to Redondo Beach, 2825 miles in 27hrs 25mins, average mph 103. Modified Mercedes. Thats moving along. I suppose it wouldn't be as noticeable these days with all the speed limits up. Setting a record back in the 55mph speed limit you would really stick out like a sore thumb.  ;D

I did notice the first record set in 1933 at an average 53.5 mph in a Graghm-Paige straight 8.
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Re: New Cannonball record
« Reply #1 on: December 09, 2019, 02:48:02 PM »
Kept seeing this on YT the past week.

https://youtu.be/M6s9o6uIWZw
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Re: New Cannonball record
« Reply #2 on: December 10, 2019, 11:33:23 AM »
Seems like a lot of technology went into breaking that record.
Tighten it up til it strips, then back it off a quarter turn

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Re: New Cannonball record
« Reply #3 on: December 11, 2019, 11:29:06 PM »
Back in 1919 when four Essex cars made their four separate runs the tech was pretty low. All four cars made it from coast to coast two started in New York and two in San Francisco. They did not travel together. The fastest time was 4 days 14 hours and 43 minutes. The average of the four was 4 Days 21 hours and 32 minutes. That's 117.5 hours in four cylinder cars over almost totally dirt roads. !919 was the year the Lincoln Highway established. It was mostly a bunch of signs that pointed to the next section of dirt wagon road. They did this to show that the Essex was a fast and dependable car to convince the US Government the give them a Mail contract.
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