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Old 17-10-2007, 05:43 PM   #1
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Default Beating the 32h CannonballRun Record.

Bloody good read.

http://www.wired.com/cars/coolwheels...?currentPage=1


" And so the clock starts and the taillights flare, and they're off again, strapped down, fueled up, and bound on an outlaw enterprise with 2,795 miles of interstate and some 31,000 highway cops between them and the all-time speed record for crossing the American continent on four wheels. "

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Old 17-10-2007, 06:18 PM   #2
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What a read. Thanks for that.
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Old 17-10-2007, 07:05 PM   #3
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Bloody good read .. are you kidding ... it's fantastic
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Old 17-10-2007, 07:12 PM   #4
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Wow what a read. He had everything but the kitchen sink in that Beemer, plus a shedload of planning.
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Old 18-10-2007, 12:09 AM   #5
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TuMor,

That is a sensational article -

It goes to show I guess - all the planning in the world does not beat pure raw speed.............
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A recent study found the average Australian walks about 900 miles a year.
Another study found Australians drink, on average, 22 gallons of alcohol a year.
That means, on average, Australians get about 41 miles to the gallon.

Kind of makes you proud to be an aussie.
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Old 18-10-2007, 12:33 AM   #6
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awesome dude, cheers
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Old 18-10-2007, 01:46 AM   #7
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I like watching alex roy on the extreme channel and gumball 3000 rallies

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Old 18-10-2007, 02:48 AM   #8
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Bloody nutcase... gives me bad ideas.
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Old 18-10-2007, 03:53 AM   #9
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Champion effort to pull it off and a bloody good read.
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Old 18-10-2007, 09:15 AM   #10
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Its unsafe etc etc but a great read, wouldnt mind seeing the doco (?) they made
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Old 18-10-2007, 09:16 AM   #11
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Top Read. Couldn't stop once I started!

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Old 18-10-2007, 09:49 AM   #12
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Brillaint

Love his stuff on Cops Cars and Superstars and the Gumball. Wish I had the $ to take a crack at it myself!
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Old 18-10-2007, 10:28 AM   #13
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Great read...

Last line sums it up:

Or that this record will surely be beaten, again, sometime, by some other drivers, most probably for reasons they won't understand, either.
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Old 18-10-2007, 07:44 PM   #14
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The gumball rally rocks.

Someone should do it here!!
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Old 18-10-2007, 09:39 PM   #15
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brilliant, a bloody hard task to acheive
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Old 19-10-2007, 08:48 AM   #16
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Great read.....
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Old 19-10-2007, 09:19 AM   #17
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Awesome!!

Cheers for that...

How bout a FF Gumball from Tip to Tip. Quickest time wins bragging rights!!! :
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Old 19-10-2007, 09:45 AM   #18
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Awesome!!

Cheers for that...

How bout a FF Gumball from Tip to Tip. Quickest time wins bragging rights!!! :
I got a better one : ..... www.thegreatamericanrun.com

These dudes started back up the cannonball run in the US in July this year. There was a run in europe and one was meant to happen in Oz but don't think anything eventuated. The winner of these then got free entry to the "final" one in the US. Winner got a Saleen and a wad-o-cash........
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Old 19-10-2007, 09:57 AM   #19
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Thats great read, It took almost an hour as im ment to be working too

haha, Some people just have the need for speed!!!
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Old 19-10-2007, 10:28 AM   #20
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Yeah thats pretty cool, and those M5's! Drool!
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Old 19-10-2007, 10:34 AM   #21
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Just. Wow.
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Old 19-10-2007, 12:55 PM   #22
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How totally insane is that guy (not as in speeding) but as in how obsessed he got, and the german police uniforms, handcuffs ect. lol.

I wish we could detect our police with the crazy jammers/scanners ect. he was using...alas for lasers.
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