Category Archive: 'Cannonball Record'
Check out this article by Freddy “Tavarish” Hernandez about the build of the Mercedes S55 AMG that we used in The 2904 to set the fastest NY to LA time ever in a competitive event. Read the story here.
As the season of favorable driving weather comes to a close, it makes sense to look back on an incredible year of Cannonball-style cross country driving. In 2006, Dave Maher, Alex Roy, and Cory Welles broke a record that had stood for 23 years. David Diem and Doug Turner won the 1983 US Express with […]
Here is an amazing write up from David Simpson about our experiences on the 2015 running of The 2904. He drove a Lexus SC400 and set a new solo NY to LA record of 34 hours 33 minutes. “Let’s have a race across the country,” said every car guy ever. “No,” said every lawyer and […]
A couple of weeks ago we participated in the 2015 running of the 2904. Our official time was 32 hours 5 minutes. We drove a salvage title 2002 Mercedes S55 AMG that we had to completely resurrect for the trip. That beat the previous record as the fastest time ever in a competitive Cannonball style […]
Here is a cool video that Peter Musurlian put together of The 2904 teams arriving at the finish at the Portofino Hotel & Marina in Redondo Beach. The official results are out and we are all loving the chance to relive such an amazing adventure. Peter set a solo transcontinental record driving along the southern […]
On November 1st and 2nd, we competed in the 7th running of The 2904, a cheap car cross country race. The organizer just reviewed everyone’s documentation and the results are in. We remained victorious among the field of 10 cars. Here is the rest of our story. 2015 The 2904: Official Times Great White Whale […]
After we set the New York to Los Angeles Cannonball Record in 2013, I was contacted by a gamut of cross country aficionados. Some were past Cannonballers, some were contemporary aspirers to hold the record, others just loved the movies and the idea. One highly interesting phone call was one with the organizer of an event […]
A few weeks ago when I went up to Pittsburgh Cars & Coffee, I met up with Ekeni Abakah from EA40 on YouTube. You already saw the Evan Shanks review of the car. Here is another great video showing all of the modifications done to the CL.
I have been working on a book about the New York to Los Angeles Cannonball Record for the past year or so and it is getting close. It chronicles my interest in the record starting as a high schooler and how it intersected with my career path over the past decade. Stay tuned!
I gave YouTuber Evan Shanks a tour of the CL55 recently. Here is the video he put together.