[Shotimes] Re: Cannonball!

[Dave Kegel]

Nah, that's way different than the old Cannonballs they ran.  I'm in the
middle of reading that book as well.

The Cannonballs were an all out street race, to see who could get from
NewYork to California the fastest.  Highly illegal.

The One Lap goes from race track to race track and competes on the track.

Dave Kegel
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul L Fisher" <sho@paul-fisher.com>
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Sent: March 17, 2003 11:42 AM
Subject: [Shotimes] Re: Cannonball!


> 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.
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <BJamesjr@aol.com>
> To: <shotimes@autox.team.net>
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> 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.
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