Here’s a snippet from the one-page of rules and guidelines that was given to each of the participants in the 1981 U.S. Express. Almost jokingly - and perhaps for the sake of laibility - drivers were encouraged to comply with the laws of the state through which they travelled (speed limits excluded?). For the entire sheet, clck here.
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Adam, assistant editor of 32:07, gives us a brief update on the post-production process. Cory and the edting team believe it’ll be around six weeks before they find out whether or not it was accepted. During the waiting period, Cory says they’ll be going over footage to put together a trailer.
Who’s more dangerous? This guy in the cross-over SUV or Alex and Jon Goodrich on their ‘05 recon run?
32 Hours 7 Minutes is done. Locked. Well, almost. The music is almost done. But I’ve seen it. All 98 minutes, and, amazingly, Cory Welles somehow managed to include about 90 minutes of fantastic footage I’d never seen before, which is hard to believe…since I’ve watched a three hour rough cut about 200 times in the last year.
Jack May and Rick Cline won the 1975 Cannonball Run, beating the Brock Yates/Dan Gurney record in a Ferrari Dino. In this article he wrote for Car Collector, he waxed philosophically about his reasons and motives for making the run. A particularly funny part of the write up involves getting nabbed in Ohio by a cop…who seems more interested in the Ferrari than anything else.
Sand sculptor, Brent Terry, recenly made this sculpture of a hinge with the logo of 32Hours7Minutes etched onto it. According to Terry, "I was trying to highlight precision and exactness amid potential danger, instead of racing at high speeds, and this is the direction I went." And because of his unusual direction, Terry’s piece generated, "huge public interest." If you’re anywhere near Harrison Hot Springs, Canada, drop by to take a look.
From storm chasers, to "shambulances" and contaminated NASA engineers, the list of ploys to escape conviction never ceases to amaze, not just for their comedic benefits but also for their ability to work. Read about US Express winner David Morse’s tactics in the comments section beneath the story.
"This is designed to be the best software to defeat that 32:07 record that now stands." Isn’t the record 31:04? In this video Mark Nicholson of EyePatch Films, introduces a software package that integrates essentially all the systems that were used in 144A, with some new additions, in an attempt to break the Roy/Maher NY-LA record by using a ‘07 BMW Z4 M Coupe. We’re not sure it’s particularly wise to announce that you’re going to break the record lest you want to invite surveillance by numerous law enforcement agencies. We’re waiting for the record-breaking announcement and the data and the toll receipts and the witnesses, etc.. BTW, Alex doesn’t believe any of this is real.
Source: Thanks to Troy K. for the tip!
Want to break the 31:04 cross country record? You’ll need an hour to watch this - my recent talk @ Google’s New York HQ, where for the first time in public I discuss and display Team Polizei’s heretofore totally secret 2-year plan for assaulting the 1983 32 hour 7 minute record. If you’ve been waiting to see our Herculean Google Earth map analysis of speed traps and the electronic countermeasure suite described in "The Driver", you might even love this as much as my new friends at the Food & Beverage Institute down in Quantico, Virginia…where I gave a private talk about details that still haven’t seen the light of day. (Never heard of the Institute? HINT: They love cars. And tech.)
Watch my FULL ONE HOUR Google talk AND check out the most shocking Polizei M5 sighting of all time…after the jump:
And it worked. George Lloyd and Ron Docie, entrants in the 1981 U.S. Express claimed to be contaminated NASA employees who were told to proceed immediately to Travis AFB in California. This story in the Dec. 14th issue of Autoweek, cites two instances where the police officer let them off the hook…
