[Shotimes] Re: Cannonball!

[Paul L Fisher]

Huh? It's called the One Lap of America. Don M. ran it in '96 with his '89
SHO. Look at www.dccarcare.com for details.

Paul L Fisher
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----- Original Message -----
From: <BJamesjr@aol.com>
To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
Cc: <v8sho@v8sho.com>
Sent: Monday, March 17, 2003 11:38 AM
Subject: Cannonball!


> I just finished reading Yates book about the Cannonball (Cannonball Baker
Memorial Sea to See Trophy Dash).  (I hope I got that long name right, don't
have the book right in front of me.)
>
> It struck me that the SHO would make an excellent vehicle for this type of
thing.  The earlier races were won with fairly ordinary vehicles, hindered
by insufficient range between fuel stops.  They also seemed to have a lot of
rain and some snow and ice involved.  Also, it was important to maintain a
low profile to not attract attention from the Highway Patrol.  Some of these
competitors' vehicles didn't have extraordinary top speed.  It seems that
the SHO could provide good speed potential, good fuel economy, plenty of
room for driver, co-drivers, and supplies, and would handle well in adverse
conditions while not attracting a lot of attention.  Unfortunately it was
just made 10 years too late.  Of course nowadays you could make a pretty
long list of cars that could work for this type of race but I was impressed
by its qualifications in comparison to what was actually used.
>
> The book is interesting and I recommend it to anybody who has an interest
in this event.  Now I'll have to try to rent to movies that the event
inspired so I can watch them again.  Unfortunately things have changed now
and our highway system is much more crowded than it was back then.  Too bad
we can't go back to that.