# Cannonball Record Falls **URL:** \ **Category:** NYSpeed Automotive\ **Created:** [October 31, 2013, 4:20pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cannonball-record-falls/233596 "2013-10-31T16:20:30Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 2
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2013, 8:09am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cannonball-record-falls/233596/21 "2013-11-01T08:09:26Z")
> [@LZ](#): > > [Meet The Guy Who Drove Across The U.S. In A Record 28 Hours 50 Minutes](http://jalopnik.com/meet-the-guy-who-drove-across-the-u-s-in-a-record-28-h-1454092837) That was a really good read. After reading it I think the guy is crazy for not waiting a year to come forward. Alex Roy did it right by waiting for the statute of limitation to expire before laying claim to the record. All it’s going to take is one small town DA who wants his name in the news to subpoena that GPS logging company for this to turn into a big mess for the guy. ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2013, 8:55am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cannonball-record-falls/233596/22 "2013-11-01T08:55:35Z")
It’s entertaining that this is the front page story on [CNN.com](http://CNN.com) Not that Healthcare, economy, wars, or anything else are important :lol: ---
**Author:** ![IanK](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/iank/32/5016_2.png) [@IanK](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/IanK)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2013, 9:03am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cannonball-record-falls/233596/23 "2013-11-01T09:03:30Z")
> [@XwalkerX](#): > > go figure they had the asian guy in the back seat working all the electronics [ATTACH=CONFIG]24930[/ATTACH] ---
**Author:** ![newman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/newman/32/7569_2.png) [@newman](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/newman)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2013, 9:12am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cannonball-record-falls/233596/24 "2013-11-01T09:12:06Z")
Slick Shoes. ---
**Author:** ![Baker](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/baker/32/5423_2.png) [@Baker](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Baker)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2013, 12:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cannonball-record-falls/233596/25 "2013-11-01T12:46:00Z")
I read somewhere that they averaged around 100mph during this. Averaging triple digits across the entire country without getting caught is a miracle. ---
**Author:** ![theblue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/theblue/32/5074_2.png) [@theblue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/theblue)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2013, 12:49pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cannonball-record-falls/233596/26 "2013-11-01T12:49:36Z")
> [@bing](#): > > the CL55 AMG has a NA V12 right? no it’s a 5.5 V8, if 2003+ it’s supercharged 500/500. same as E55 and SL55. CL65 is TT V12. ---
**Author:** ![LZ1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/7ab992/32.png) [@LZ1](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/LZ1)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2013, 12:50pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cannonball-record-falls/233596/27 "2013-11-01T12:50:54Z")
> [@Baker](#): > > I read somewhere that they averaged around 100mph during this. Averaging triple digits across the entire country without getting caught is a miracle. technology ftw ---
**Author:** ![Jeller](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/bc8723/32.png) [@Jeller](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jeller)\ **Post date:** [November 1, 2013, 5:22pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cannonball-record-falls/233596/28 "2013-11-01T17:22:45Z")
> [@LZ](#): > > technology ftw This would help a bit too; In Pennsylvania, they tapped the first of many scouts, one of Bolian’s acquaintances who drove the speed limit 150 to 200 miles ahead of the CL55 and warned them of any police, construction or other problems. ---
**Author:** ![somedude](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/ecd19e/32.png) [@somedude](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/somedude)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2013, 6:17am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cannonball-record-falls/233596/29 "2013-11-05T06:17:46Z")
I am shocked to see that their highest speed reached was not significantly higher. I also would not want a small engine turbo car for a endurance trip like that for reliability reasons. ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2013, 6:36am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cannonball-record-falls/233596/30 "2013-11-05T06:36:16Z")
> [@Jeller](#): > > This would help a bit too; > > In Pennsylvania, they tapped the first of many scouts, one of Bolian’s acquaintances who drove the speed limit 150 to 200 miles ahead of the CL55 and warned them of any police, construction or other problems. That’s great for construction and accidents but a car going through 150+ miles ahead of you hardly gives you an all clear when it comes to speed traps. ---
**Author:** ![theblue](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/theblue/32/5074_2.png) [@theblue](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/theblue)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2013, 9:04am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cannonball-record-falls/233596/31 "2013-11-05T09:04:51Z")
normally if cops are doing a speed trap they tend to do the same spot over and over for a while. maybe the next attempt will have a drone flying a couple miles ahead 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Jimshorts](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jimshorts/32/5915_2.png) [@Jimshorts](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Jimshorts)\ **Post date:** [November 5, 2013, 11:04am UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cannonball-record-falls/233596/32 "2013-11-05T11:04:56Z")
> [@bing](#): > > i still think it would be sooo much better to use a smaller engine car with forced induction and then to add the gas tanks… the CL55 AMG has a NA V12 right? > > a decent turbo’d 6 would extend the gas mileage by quite a bit… mind you there isnt much to improve on only 46 minutes of idle time on that run. 5.4L V8 with a supercharger. Same thing as the E55 just in the CL frame, which is the 4 seat coupe. ---
**Author:** ![Onyx\_Z32](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/onyx_z32/32/7581_2.png) [@Onyx\_Z32](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Onyx_Z32)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2019, 5:12pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cannonball-record-falls/233596/33 "2019-12-04T17:12:55Z")
The record is now 27 hours and 25 min: > 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. > “Oh, nobody’s gonna ever beat that.” And then someone does. That’s what people said when David Diem and Doug Turner set a 32-hour, 7-minute record in 1983, and again when [Alex Roy and Dave Maher](https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/entertainment/a29400871/apex-the-secret-race-across-america-cannonball-documentary/) raised the bar to [31 hours and 4 minutes](https://www.wired.com/2007/10/ff-cannonballrun/) in 2006. No-can-do was definitely the tone when Ed Bolian and Dave Black screamed across the country in [28 hours and 50 minutes](https://jalopnik.com/meet-the-guy-who-drove-across-the-u-s-in-a-record-28-h-1454092837) in 2013, a record that stood until now. > **[These Guys Just Drove an E63 AMG Across America in a Record 27 Hours 25 Minutes](https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/a30085091/these-guys-just-drove-an-e63-amg-across-america-in-a-record-27-hours-25-minutes/)** > > The Cannonball Record has been broken again. ![](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/8/1/81acca251807c7439714c2dfd1cbda377a040882.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![JayS](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/jays/32/15375_2.png) [@JayS](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/JayS)\ **Post date:** [December 4, 2019, 6:11pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cannonball-record-falls/233596/34 "2019-12-04T18:11:38Z")
Couple great VINWiki vids about it. ---
**Author:** ![yamba6](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/yamba6/32/5161_2.png) [@yamba6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/yamba6)\ **Post date:** [December 11, 2019, 7:17pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cannonball-record-falls/233596/35 "2019-12-11T19:17:06Z")
This is pretty sweet and congrats to them, but I’m wondering how law enforcement isn’t all over these people. Only thought I have is that claiming a speed and actually showing the speed on camera are where the difference is in them having evidence against you. ---
**Author:** ![Deathproof](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dec6dc/32.png) [@Deathproof](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Deathproof)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2019, 2:46pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cannonball-record-falls/233596/36 "2019-12-13T14:46:17Z")
What is law enforcement going to do? Have you ever been given a speeding where on an unspecified time and date, at an unspecified location, you were going an unspecified speed? ---
**Author:** ![Skurge](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/skurge/32/7285_2.png) [@Skurge](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Skurge)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2019, 8:41pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cannonball-record-falls/233596/37 "2019-12-13T20:41:35Z")
look at all the youtubers who do pulls on public roads, showing streets, speeds etc. nothing comes of it. ---
**Author:** ![HouseS2K](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/houses2k/32/100273_2.png) [@HouseS2K](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/HouseS2K)\ **Post date:** [December 13, 2019, 10:37pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cannonball-record-falls/233596/38 "2019-12-13T22:37:59Z")
![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/f/e/feb0335469e22a44120c7dc9b2e1319ed63c0230.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![yamba6](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/yamba6/32/5161_2.png) [@yamba6](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/yamba6)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2019, 1:34pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cannonball-record-falls/233596/39 "2019-12-16T13:34:16Z")
I recall this guy being arrested without them actually catching him in the act, just basing off the video. > **[Police put brakes on Manhattan loop driver with speedy arrest](https://www.theguardian.com/world/2013/sep/06/manhattan-loop-fastest-lap-youtube-video)** > > Christopher Adam Tang, who posted video of his 24-minute lap around Manhattan to YouTube, charged with reckless driving ---
**Author:** ![Skurge](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/skurge/32/7285_2.png) [@Skurge](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Skurge)\ **Post date:** [December 16, 2019, 6:21pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cannonball-record-falls/233596/40 "2019-12-16T18:21:49Z")
yea he was arrested, and decided a misdemeanor wasn’t worth the hassle so he left and went back to canada, such a small crime we wouldn’t pursue it. statute of limitation on misdemeanor’s are 2 years. so all in all he got nothing out of the whole thing except for some $$ for the most part for the police to go after a youtube video it has to be pretty bad and blatant for them to track down who you are and prove that you 100% did something wrong. all of my videos are filmed in mexico anyway, so yea…just putting that out there [Previous page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cannonball-record-falls/233596.md?page=1) [Next page](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/cannonball-record-falls/233596.md?page=3)