Author Topic: One "Advantage" of the Shutdown? Setting a New Cannonball Record.  (Read 982 times)

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New York to Los Angeles, in 26 hours and 38 minutes.

https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/a32092440/26-hour-38-minute-cannonball-record-coronavirus/

NOTE:  No comment on whether this was right or wrong given the current state. Just indicating what happened. And it was in a way a real race and not a computer simulation.


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Re: One "Advantage" of the Shutdown? Setting a New Cannonball Record.
« Reply #1 on: April 13, 2020, 12:38:31 PM »
Regardless of the "right or wrong", that is awesome. 2,811 miles in 26.63 hours = average mph of 105!
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Re: One "Advantage" of the Shutdown? Setting a New Cannonball Record.
« Reply #2 on: April 14, 2020, 08:42:45 AM »
I think the record should stand.zthere are no rules like it should be done in the daytime or only in non vacation times,times to start,ie,before rush hour or early morning.my 2 cents