The Real Story of the Illegal Street Race across America

This story covers the 120-year story of the secret, illegal, transcontinental race across the country, the Cannonball Run. From New York to California, drivers have employed all kinds of creative tactics to maximize speed while minimizing run-ins with the police and traffic. Mistakes in the video: -The Ferrari pulled over 3 times within 5 miles was a Ferrari 308*, driven by Mark Pritch and Bill Cooper If you want to learn more, these are some incredible resources! Books (Brock Yates - Cannonball!, Alex Roy - The Driver, Ed Bolian - FOR THE RECORD) Docs (32 hours 7 minutes, APEX - The Secret Race Across America) Youtube (VinWIKI, Tedward, Arne’s Antics, switchcars, and so many others!) Music: HOME- We’re Finally Landing HOME - Abandon Plant HOME - Chicken Soup Fred Mug - Effort HOME - The Moment Before Chris Doerkson - Next In Line Amie Waters - Superposition Fred Mug - Troublesome Fred Mug - Social Fred Mug - Mints HOME - Puzzle Fred Mug - Agility Chris Doerkson - Night Running HOME - Still Life HOME - Head First Chris Doerkson - Spacebound Chapters: 00:00 Introduction 01:15 The Early Days 02:00 Erwin “Cannonball“ Baker 03:14 A New Challenger 03:42 The Cannonball Run 19:24 The Movie 21:01 The US Express Races 23:16 Alex Roy 33:08 Richard Rawlings 37:01 Ed Bolian 39:42 Arne and Doug 42:57 Captain Chaos 44:35 Retaking the Record 47:31 Other Records 48:03 Legacy All materials in these videos are used for educational purposes and fall within the guidelines of fair use. No copyright infringement is intended. If you are or represent the copyright owner of materials used in this video and have a problem with the use of said material, please contact me via my email in the “about“ page on my channel. Thanks!