At least two dozen attempts are known to have been made by others since the last record was set in 2013, but only one managed to break 30 hours. Toman, Tabbutt and Chadwick succeeded not just in breaking a record many people thought would be difficult or impossible to break. They utterly destroyed it, making the trip in less than 27 and a half hours.
After leaving the Red Ball garage on the east side of Manhattan at 12:57 a.m. on November 10, it took Toman, Tabbutt and Chadwick 27 hours and 25 minutes to reach the Portofino Hotel in Redondo Beach, in L.A.'s South Bay. In a car. If number crunching isn't your thing, allow me to break that down for you. Taking the northern route—I-80 through Nebraska, I-76 down to Denver, I-70 to the middle of Utah and I-15 down into L.A.'s spiderweb of interstates for a total of 2825 miles—Toman and Tabbutt were able to maintain an overall average speed of 103 mph. That's including stops for fuel, which they managed to keep down to a blindingly fast 22 and a half minutes total.
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So do they have special permission to destroy the speed limit, or just lucky they didn’t get tagged?
The plain Jane-looking silver AMG sedan was custom-built for the record attempt, and not just by being fast. Sure, it puts down about 700 horsepower to the wheels (according to Toman), thanks to an ALPHA 9 package with upgraded turbos, downpipes, intercoolers and intake (the brakes and suspension are all factory AMG stuff and work just fine at any speed). But there was also a built-in Net Radar radar detector, a windshield-mount Escort Max 360 radar detector, an AL Priority laser jammer system and an aircraft collision avoidance system—a bit of gear usually used in airplanes to help them avoid hitting other airplanes. In this case, the technology was meant to help the trio find highway patrol aircraft. The car was equipped with brake light and taillight kill switches, and Toman had all of its flashy carbon fiber trim covered with silver vinyl, which he also used to change the appearance of the taillights. At first glance, the AMG looked more like a mid-2000s Honda Accord from the rear, not like a car that would be cruising at 160 mph or faster.
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So do they have special permission to destroy the speed limit, or just lucky they didn’t get tagged?
The second sentence of the linked article...
"Unlike most speed records and races, there's no sanctioning body or official rules. That's because setting a Cannonball record invariably involves breaking multiple traffic laws. In other words, it's illegal. But that doesn't stop people from doing it."
Rawlings will make a 6 part mini series about it...
And still fail...
And it'd be fun as hell to watch though. Especially if he shows building the car and whatnot, I think last time they added extra fuel cells and whatnot,l that'd be cool
Once again, this was done by Youtubers, and they have a channel
They had 3 guys in the car, a crazy fuel setup, 16 spotters across the country so they could avoid local law enforcement, a thermal telescope set up so they could avoid deer, as well as scout out the road ahead, and they had an air traffic scanner as well to detect the flying speed traps, (the ones that will time a vehicles speed between marked lines on the road)
Absolutely illegal.
The youtube channel is neat to watch as there are a few interesting stories.
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Cannonball record brokenn.
