This INSANE guy just broke ALL the Cannonball records!

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Congratulations to Chris Stowell on the latest Cannonball Record! He did a solo drive from the Red Ball Garage in Manhattan, NY to the Portofino Hotel & Marina in Redondo Beach, CA in 2015 BMW 535 Diesel. See our full spreadsheet of Cannonball times & records: vinwiki.com/r/...
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[@CannonballCC]

It's been a chaotic month of gathering, validating, cross referencing, and checking everything with this run. Absolutely incredible achievement and fantastic drive done here. Congratulations

[@EdBolian]

Thank you for all the help going through the data

[@CannonballCC]

​@@EdBoliancouldn't have done it without you, Jay, and everyone who helped. Thank you!

[@munit0000]

I am proud of my husband for achieving this crazy accomplishment! Now, can we take the massive gas tank out of the trunk? Lol ❤❤❤

[@MrAleB305]

hahaha congrats to you guys

[@gonzoprius3589]

This comment is the best! Many of the male members of the fraternity of lunatics could not have accomplished their runs without the great support of our spouses. Now it’s your turn to make a run!

[@kerrykelly9591]

Hahha awesome wife

[@nikkrueger5734]

As a fellow Cannonballer I respectfully say, minimally not until you do a run too 😁 Also - the Cannonball hero that never gets the respect they deserve is the supporting family and friends. This is your victory too, thank you for supporting the latest member of our stupid little fraternity of lunatics ❤

[@bannerzone_UK]

Why, do you have an extra pram! LMFCO

[@EdBolian]

Congratulations to Chris on an impressive and safe run. Solo is nuts!

[@gonzoprius3589]

Congratulations on the safe run and the new records! A sub 30 hour post covid run was deemed impossible, until now. No more asterisk discussion needed.

[@EdBolian]

A wild one to examine for sure!

[@CannonballCC]

​@@EdBolian couldn't have done it without you, Jay, and everyone else who helped. Thanks a ton!

[@RPmotorcars]

Amazing Jay.... And thanks for the great video @edbolian

[@JeffreySingleton]

I will confirm every detail of this interview. One of Chris` best friends! I tracked the run remotely via GPS and it was nuts just watching it. GO CHRIS!!

[@Derkenblosh2]

What's up! ... Yeah, I was the one looking up the CEL codes. And seeing if he was gonna just send it (I already knew his answer, he's always been a JUST SEND IT kinda guy) "If he does, he dies"😅 I'm the bad influence with a 335D to convince him to get the 535D

[@FicarraClassic]

Happy to hear the Cannonball safety record is intact and we have a new member in our crazy Cannonball family. Congratulations on an impressive run!

[@aussieexpat]

BMW, check engine lights... expected.

[@SaintFrost11]

Glad this record now belongs to a BMW, great work by Chris, solo run is actually insane!

[@ericmueser]

I'm a simple man, I see Cannonball story, I watch.

[@kingcountrytowing]

A hell of a run, congratulations sir!!! I cant imagine doing this solo

[@alexroy144]

Incredible demonstration of focus and commitment. Bravo on a safe run.

[@HappyHarvick4]

There is a tight knit scofflaw community, and to see a virtually unknown person come on the scene shows there is just more of us. Maybe you can join us for a future event!

[@nathangiles8258]

Heck yeah a BMW diesel!!!! I have Dailey driven my tuned 335d for 6 years and love it

[@JabbaTheAmerican]

11:15 The fact that he took a pic while crossing the Chain of Rocks Bridge is proof enough that he's got balls of steel, never mind the Cannonball record

[@sticklp6405]

How long y'all think till we see Doug and Arne drop a sub 27 in their usual quick response fashion

[@saleenX02]

The drive sounds like a very typical BMW ownership experience to me - hand gestures, check engine lights and all!

[@timothyme7949]

A cross country "rally" is a definite bucket list item.

[@n.j.crawler]

So hop in a car and go!

[@asparceproton1]

New diesel record, new solo record. Love it.

[@Paul_D_Lashley]

Those people who block the passing lane are the worst people I’m convinced. It’s illegal in almost every state to block the left lane, so it can’t be that they are trying to force you to obey the law. They really have no clue why you are speeding, you could be trying to rush someone to the hospital, they don’t care. If you want to enforce the speed limit, go join the police or Hwy patrol. If you’re just mad because you’ve been programmed to obey, or you’re so small that you think your opinion needs to be forced on others, or you think you’re making the world safer, you are wrong like two boys making out in front of their grandmother in church. Just stay out of the left lane unless passing quickly and immediately getting back over.

[@robertstahl8835]

It's also illegal to go 150mph... You can't be doing something illegal essentially for 27 hrs straight then take the high ground when someone else does something illegal. You aren't the right or wrong police. Some motorist decides you don't need to be going 120 in a 65 zone and blocks you... In the eyes of the actual law, what you're doing is exponentially more illegal than what they're doing. They would get a small ticket , if that. 120 in a 65 and you're losing your license, paying huge fines, and doing jail time in some states

[@Paul_D_Lashley]

@@robertstahl8835 so were playing the IF’s and But’s game ok. So if you’re driving along doing 66 in the left lane and it’s a 65 or you’re doing 64 in the left lane aka the passing lane, and there’s an accident up ahead. Now you and every other the laws I break are better than yours is blocking the emergency services vehicles from getting to the accident. All because you feel you deserve to do whatever you want and block the passing lane. Now instead if you use the passing lane as it’s intended, pass quickly and get back over to the traveling lane aka the right lane, then nobody has an issue and speeders can get tickets, cops and EMS can do their jobs and there’s one less I know better than you person on the road. Forcing a speeder to weave in and out of traffic is more dangerous than speeding itself. The whole point is you have no idea why someone is in a hurry so just gtf out of the way and mind your business. You can’t break the law also and say well it’s not as bad as this or that law. Just be a decent person and get out of the left lane unless you’re actively passing. It might be your loved one someone is speeding to get them to the hospital, or your house on fire, the off duty or volunteer firefighters are trying to save, or the doctor trying to get to wherever to help. Fact is you don’t know and blocking the PASSING LANE just feeds your little ego and doesn’t help anyone.

[@annjacobs7764]

Whoa, this was wild! Keep going!

[@tomkopp2115]

Big time congratulations! Have a great week.

[@raviseshadri2033]

From someone who took 35 hours in a turbo miata for the same run kudos. Great respect

[@CLCIII]

Every real car enthusiasts bucket list achievement and solo to boot! Congratulations dude! As Always, May God Bless you and yours! 😇

[@The1Doktor]

Congratulations Chris, that was an impressive run. Sharp looking Beemer as well, I love the diesels.

[@lunkydog]

That is the Oklahoma highway patrol procedure, you sit in the passenger seat of the patrol car while they write your ticket or warning. I even had to leave my pocket knife (he saw the pocket clip) on the windshield wiper blade before I got in.

[@privacyplease64]

I doubt they always do. They do that if they're suspicious of you, like if you may have cash they can seize or are a drug trafficker. That's why the officer asked him so many questions about where he was going and that kind of thing,

[@blanejr1]

Gotta love a good disclaimer at the beginning of and during a video!!! 😂😂

[@luisdittrich5382]

BMW Diesel Power!! Impressive Record, lets see who is next to beat it.

[@erickonphoenix]

That's a baller time in any era. Congratulations!

[@jontorrezvideosandmore9047]

congrats home crew you set your mind to a goal and did it so glad i went on the california to florida ride totally intense and memorable experience

[@deejayyy1681]

Oklahoma has some crooked ass cops

[@robertlee9395]

I believe without the police stop you could have beat 27 hours. At least no ticket. A great run and diesel record. Congratulations for a safe run!

[@devalraval007]

What? The Mustang story was fabricated? I am sad!

[@kingcountrytowing]

Absolutely only happened in ashmores head

[@motoessentials]

Solo must be hard. Now you have to get a friend who can take over

[@NickTarterOKC]

I live in Oklahoma and I've never had a cop ask me to get out of my car.

[@evorobin]

Solid dude. Great effort 👍

[@Scoots1994]

Those clumps of cars are Incompetence Clusters. People literally don't understand that going the speed limit in the passing lane is illegal in 49 states, and the police in most states don't enforce it.

[@BatCaveOz]

Nope. Travelling in the passing lane, without overtaking can be an offense. The posted speed limit applies to all lanes.

[@Scoots1994]

@@BatCaveOz You agree with me so I don't know why you started with "nope". My point was that people think going the speed limit means they can just drive in the passing lane and anyone passing them on the right are the only ones breaking the law. The point is they don't get that driving in the passing lane without passing, regardless of speed, is illegal.

[@AFTER_MIDNITE]

@@Scoots1994 No, @BatCaveOz didn’t agree with you. You literally said that “going the speed limit in the passing lane is illegal”, which it isn’t.

[@htp496]

@scoots1994 .. you’re 100% correct. The people who are disagreeing are the drivers in those “clumps of incompetent drivers” breaking the law and hindering traffic. Indiana Troopers will ticket drivers in the left lane who aren’t overtaking a vehicle …. regardless of their speed.

[@AFTER_MIDNITE]

@@htp496 Nope, the people disagreeing are those who have good reading comprehension and are familiar with traffic laws. You’ll notice he needed to clarify his point in his reply because his initial comment was poorly thought out. You’re just as emotionally triggered as he was. I bet you honk back at people who honked at you because you cut them off.

[@MrPJH11]

Good work Seth Rogan

[@YelloEye]

Bravo keeping the safety record intact and cutting such a good time!

[@mfnbpwnz]

"Cannonball has always been a passion of mine since I started watching VinWiki." LMAO I fucking can't. Why word it like that?

[@MrHockeymania25000]

27:16 normal cannonball speed haha. Incredible

[@themccarthys5854]

Congrats Garth! Party on!

[@jpht.adventures]

Congratulations & welcome to the cannonball club!

[@VINwiki]

What do you think is the perfect Cannonball car?

[@Moneybags_live]

New e63s

[@gearshiftgarage1]

06’ BMW 530xi wagon in silver with about 155,000 miles on it.

[@IceCold4x4]

currently? a built taurus sho would do well, or maybe a modded hellcat charger if decked out just right, though that's alot of stress on that blower for that time. 2 man team with a fuel tank in the back seat (an ex cop car as a base with a cage turned into a firewall would be a nice touch) and one in the trunk

[@thebigpicture2032]

Countach - style first

[@gonzoprius3589]

A rental. Zero prep work and turn it in when done. Bald tires and fried oil included.

[@chrisw.4318]

Impressive time, especially solo with no spotters

[@privacyplease64]

Crazy to still set the record with everything that was going wrong

[@JackV-tw8bw]

Saying the check engine light came on in a BMW is like saying waters wet or fires hot

[@JaysonBucy]

I'm from Oklahoma and I've never been asked to sit in a cops car for a traffic stop. I think someone was messing with you.

[@wydopnthrtl]

Not sure about Ok. But I've seen it elsewhere. IMO its a trap to smell the person for potential substance use.

[@AFTER_MIDNITE]

⁠@@wydopnthrtl Agree. It gets the person out of their car so they can be observed standing/walking, and smelled when talking from a close distance.

[@artlayton1425]

Eventually this competition will come down to minutes or seconds and become meaningless.

[@PhilomenaMerritt-e5e]

For real, this video just made my day!

[@BitterCarGuy]

I've got the same car and wouldn't trust leaving Georgia with it lol. He's wild driving a bmw with check engine light codes across the country lol

[@V0L0DImer]

Congratulations! Wery wise choice of the wehicle and respectable result!

[@MX304]

Doing that time with no spotters, a command center, etc is impressive. Doing it solo under those conditions is crazy. This has to be one of the top runs of all time.

[@ANotSoHotRodGarage]

Still 27 hrs solo is a dam good time.

[@jaesoulezz3243]

Someone do this in a escalade V 😂😂😂

[@RogerAlan]

You’re the someone. Go for it 👍🏼

[@jaesoulezz3243]

@@RogerAlan let's go half!!!😆😆

[@Moneybags_live]

That’s a slow car to beat the record in! Impressive

[@masonandmepowerwheelsvids1690]

This is awesome! Congrats!!!

[@ayy234]

I had the exact experience in Oklahoma. I was told I was following traffic "too close."

[@TheOriginalLugnuts]

Congrats!

[@Jollygreengeocentric]

I have a 335d and think it’s an incredible engine. Would love to try a 540d some day.

[@KingENDLESS]

Congratulations!

[@nullstring1]

a check engine light? on a BMW you say? You're kidding me.

[@MikeHarris1984]

The new smart traffic lights that do that where they turn green when there's no one else on the road or whatever and so as you get close to it just as you slow down it turns green for you and even flashing yellow turn arrows and stuff, whenever you get close or if there's no traffic on oncoming they'll actually turn green for you. This such an awesome time driving on roads with cities that have smart traffic lights

[@OKCMTB]

I can say as someone who lives in Oklahoma, it is relatively common practice for our highway patrolman to have you walk back to their car and sometimes sit in their passenger seat, even on a normal traffic stop.

[@iainwalker4285]

awesome job. fascinating story. but thanks, now I have another tick added to my list.

[@acm_1028]

A 27 hour solo is crazy!!

[@caleb7769]

What a boss!!

[@stuffhappens5681]

Nothing is more annoying during highway travel than encountering the divers I call, virtue blockers. The drivers who for (pick any dumb reason) can’t handle being passed by a faster car. They’ll deliberately move over and block the fast lane even though the faster car poses no threat to them whatsoever. In so doing, ironically, they are now the one posing the threat to safety. Personally if I’m on the highway and I see someone in my rear view mirror coming up fast I simply put on my turn signal and move over. Presuming of course there’s no traffic in the way. They want to risk a ticket I don’t care. It’s not my job to intervene. Besides, who knows? They might be having an emergency. People that think they’re doing a public service by impeding someone else’s progress have serious self-esteem issues.

[@markk3453]

well done !

[@Chogie14]

Supreme effort. Well done sir

[@jamesmoran8294]

I wanna know what his detector setup was.

[@jmac2064]

After watching this video I went out and tested his driving style and peddle down + finger up seems to work in any driving environment

[@Fullsend.Automotive]

New intro is sick!!!

[@daveblackmoto]

I was always screaming how a BMW diesel was NOT the car for a Cannonball - I was wrong.

[@LeeWinkler]

Sounds like you need a double hpfp setup my man. Likely you pressure was dropping too much in the fuel rail. Congratulations from a bmw diesel brother (m57)

[@abigalanderson7494]

That is some serious concentration skills! Chris has proved hes ADHD free! Big up!👏🤙

[@AFTER_MIDNITE]

Or it proved that he has ADHD. People with ADHD can focus extremely long on things that interest them.

[@Bob_Smith19]

Can you tell the guests when he camera is rolling so they get a little excited.

[@MowerModdin]

Im going to have to watch this, thise COVID scores were already much better than the previous ones. I wonder what this guy did differently

[@RioZLander]

typical BMW driver XD

[@Sean-John]

Right on dude thats awesome 👌

[@steveb591]

Sadly covid runs will have an asterisk

[@gordata2nice]

Did you hit a pothole with that 535d?

[@RPmotorcars]

Congratulations and welcome to the club... #fraterityoflunatics

[@peterwisniewski5870]

He must be fun at parties! I can't take the monotone, whats his time?

[@Barfly76]

Se-PULL-veh-duh

[@DaftDriver]

Love it when the citizens brigade breaks the law and endangers everyone because their fragile ego can't let someone faster car go by

[@clintondaseman5789]

Diesel Beemer the best...you dont hear them coming. 🚀

[@raymondfrank9202]

good one

[@darrelstickler]

@VINwiki Is there a wagon/estate car record?

[@AmosDohms]

Oh boi

[@j.walker3498]

has anyone recorded a run in a semi?

[@AFTER_MIDNITE]

Cattle haulers set a record every trip. 😂

[@j.walker3498]

@@AFTER_MIDNITE yeah I was hauling a load of drilling mud out of Oklahoma to a hazmat dump in central Tx. my speedo was pegged at 90, 2 bull haulers coming up on me, I tried to keep up. My dispatcher called me said my gps was pinging his phone. later I found out i was going about 120.

[@AFTER_MIDNITE]

@@j.walker3498 Damn! 😂 While watching the video, I was actually thinking it would be cool for a semi do it. Thinking about it now, they’d probably get held up at a scale/inspection, but it would still be a neat category, especially since OTR drivers are the kings of the interstate.

[@j.walker3498]

@@AFTER_MIDNITE It would be impossible nowadays.

[@Mark-sd7fc]

Never a reported, accident or incident

[@David_Mash]

How many other cars were with him? He said "we" but ran a solo? Maybe theres another run we'll hear about for a different class but same time?

[@TheReal_JG]

He was the only driver, but there's no rule to say you can't have outside help, aka spotters.

[@David_Mash]

@TheReal_JG I definitely was not questioning the integrity of his run. Only speculating that we might see another run that happened along side him. "It's not a race, it's a rally!" Would be neat to hear about a few vehicles running together.

[@denmark219]

Is there any way to see the spreadsheet shown at 16:29?

[@allysonca]

LOL..... just so you know.... it is pronounced SUH PULL VA DA....

[@ImARealHumanPerson]

Who asked?

[@EBSCC]

Vinwiki does not endorse this behavior/it has been so safe that never an accident 50 years/interviewee here says that Vinwiki impressed him so much that he was compelled to do it himself/describes angering other road users repeatedly >because so exciting and he knows better than they do on his visionquest

[@jestucker2268]

Congrats and all that... but... somehow you made a record coast-to-coast run sound boring.

[@laurensvanhoeve8792]

BMW 🎉🎉🎉

[@johnzero8923]

Cars

[@lynnwamego3337]

LOVE THE VIDEO, BUT PORKO'S CAN USE YOUR STATEMENTS ON THE VIDEO TO PROSECUTE......JUST SAYING, BEWARE THE BACONATER TRAP OF SELF INCRIMINATION

[@BatCaveOz]

I an calling BS on this one: "Buying a gas tank and getting it installed was a bit of a challenge" "Quite a few Citizen's Brigade cut me off... get in front of me, stay in front of me & block my traffic" "Didn't t brake going down el Cajon Pass" Refers to himself as "we" when recalling events when he was the only person there Didn't use software for multiple 3rd parties to confirm movements (in 2024) etc. etc.

[@tokko6884]

Yeah. It dosnt matter what you think. Ed and others have already verified the data.