The Craziness of the 1984 Cannonball One Lap of America

[@EdBolian]

Such a small world it is, Jim contacted me after he heard about our record drive to swap Cannonball stories and I found out that he used to be my dentist's business partner. He is an awesome guy and this sounded like an epic trip. It was an honor to pour through his documents and pictures from the event. He did 1985 as well. I will cut that story together in the next couple weeks.

[@captainzoll3303]

it's strange how Ed looks a lot like a younger jim!

[@donnysan]

Its a very small world indeed

[@djgraph404]

Hey Ed, mercedesamgusa . com is using your videos to help scam people. go check their site, your on their video lists.

[@EdBolian]

Thanks. I will look into it.

[@SlidTossedPissed]

All I gotta say is.. Ed... dude... I love you man.

[@GearheadDaily]

Doing over 150mph really warps your sense of speed. I was doing 175 on my bike and slowed down thinking "oh i'm doing the speed limit now"... doing 120.

[@MrIzzy5466]

Gearhead Daily Im doing the speed limit on this small town road *doing 95 in a 40*

[@warummussmeinnameangegeben6502]

Big problem in germany.. when you go 220 kph or so for longer periods of time and then having to slow down for a construction site in which the limit is 80 kph, its hard to not walk it up to over 100 again (at which the fines get unpleasent). Cant imagine the stress of constantly checking for police while going over 200 kph..

[@jjjr8664]

@@warummussmeinnameangegeben6502 Same in Texas, fines doubled in construction zones. Double the speed limit is jail time..30mph over is hefty. Some cops are cool (doing 110+mph in a 55mph zone, a Farm Road.. No traffic ever) he ticketed me at 75mph. I did get a lecture.

[@gopherchucksgamingnstuff2263]

My wife saw a vid of me on my 750 , we were blasting HWY 40 we slowed to like 100, 90 ish and were talking to each other one handed. she was like, what the F is wrong with you guy's . Like you said it bends you're idea if what fast is.

[@bdh985]

Had a similar experience after a race, pegged the speedometer at 165, car still accelerating. Shut the car down and thought I was going under 70 but I was still doing 90! Tbh that car made 120 feel like 60 anyways. I remember just being completely focused on the road ahead.

[@michaeltindall2324]

I ran this event in 1984 as Team Banzai in a Mazda 626 diesel. We met the Porsche 930 owner and he had the car towed up from Texas. He has an aluminum briefcase with 5 different driver's licenses and $10K in cash to pay his tickets. He was using a license showing him as a doctor from Mexico City when he started out. It was a fantastic event with far too many great stories to list here. We had a great time and never got a ticket in the three One Laps that we ran. We ran with Team Panzer, Black Glass which was the 'vette and Otto who had the BMW. All great guys and I miss those fun days of my youth.! So great to see this video.

[@iLupi]

“Arrest Me Red” that’s a new one for a paint color XD haha. gotta love the Cannonball Stories

[@johnharrison9684]

I co-drove the PRDA van and had no problems with the law. Mainly because we were running at the front of the pack, we couldn’t run that fast, and our fuel cell gave us an 850 mile range, so we didn’t meet up with many competitors. The biggest problem was trying to stay awake after the Portofino rest stop along with being stuck in a van with 2 other guys for four days with no shower. The second half of the event was a killer.

[@guskipper1194]

"We kept it under 130 most of the time, [that's reasonable right? ... right?]" Yes sir. Yes sir it is.

[@niyablake]

In California on I5 yes.

[@CatamaxPor]

Haha ,well of course they did , that's about the 944's top speed lol

[@hilfeichhabmeinemutzeverge4620]

In Germany, probably

[@collinlaque964]

As I'm scrolling through comments I see this and he says it at the same time

[@stuckinga3798]

My daughter just sent me this link, about 6 years late. We were in the white Caddy that spent most of the event driving alongside Jim in his 944, the insane guys in the diesel Mazda 626, C&D editors William Jeanes and Steven Smith, and a turbo Dodge. There were 5 in our little convoy and wow, the stories. Jim tells some of them here, but the list goes on and on. I have been telling many of them for 40 years now so it's good to see that I remember them as they happened. I did run One Lap several other times in the 80s, but none were as much fun as '84. One detail, Nascar on Fox legend Mike Joy was the official starter at the Lock, Stock & Barrel in Darien. After the jello wrestlers...

[@pwrightisright8611]

This is a huge bucket list item for me. The current event format is cool but this must have been truly epic.

[@allywilkeforsenate]

On my list !

[@franciscovilla9203]

Y’all need to find the owner of the white 930 and have him tell his side of the story. Sounds like a cool dude.

[@MS-nj9le]

His name was Burt Reynolds. ;-p en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burt_Reynolds

[@arunvenuav]

VINwiki a day keeps your stress away!

[@brettbilger1390]

Loving all the photos in this one. So cool to see the cars in period.

[@EdBolian]

Yes. So cool to see the Boxer and the Jalpa out in this kind of use.

[@MarkCoopersisqocracker]

I've been scouring the comments for mention of the Jalpa. :-D Used to love this thing when I was a kid (well, 17). Seen one in FL at the waffle house on 95 down near cocoa beach area. Had no idea what I was looking at for a good 15 minutes. :-) Made quite the impression I must say. Was a white one. Looked a lot like a baby Countach, and then it turned out to be pretty much that. :-)

[@tmanepic]

Man, I bet the roads were a lot more open back then. Now traffic levels are just increasing while the infrastructure remains unchanged and deteriorating :/

[@switchcars]

And all of a sudden appears a BMW M1 Art Car.

[@bridey1simon]

Frank Stella's "Orbits" I think it's called. It's actually not part of the official BMW art car collection. It was painted for Peter Gregg and is now in Southampton, NY.

[@southernpimp5252]

Great story! Aye, if the Porsche guy is still alive get an interview with him too.

[@matteightytwo]

You can rely on the 911 turbos to take the biscuit, the plate and the whole goddamn table 😂

[@miguelguedes6839]

Last time I was this early, the Dakar Yellow M3 didn't have Gumball stickers on yet.

[@chavillacking9775]

Someone needs to bring this event back!!

[@tristan8243]

Guy in the Porsche Turbo is an absolute savage haha

[@clintgliford9941]

Last time I was this early, the F40 was still in 4th gear.

[@wik1613]

Clint Gliford that’s enough young man

[@manfromnantucket9544]

I don't get it

[@bradshephard2177]

I'm amazed seeing M1 procars and Jalpas and all this crazy shit

[@tbranch227]

I love these photos... it's so great that they have all of this to go with the video!

[@rileyhughes5613]

This is an absolutely phenomenal story. This channel never disappoints but this one is amazing; more of this dude please!!

[@learrus]

Great story, glad to finally hear of these events from a person involved and not a movie, or a magazine article. It'd be something I'd do for sure if I had the cash, and was allowed into America. Driving that fast is a real thrill ride.

[@aalogan1690]

Great story to hear of a 944

[@musclecarczarig4003]

Cool story! I'd love to know more about the Black 67 GT500 in the photos that ran that rally with them.

[@BlandNutz]

The story of guy in the white 930 turbo reminds me of gumball legend rob kenworthy in the union jacked roof 996 gt2 that ran in the early 2000s , i remember his famous words "it's not a race it's a rally!"

[@rodrigogil3083]

The mighty Lonman! The video going head to head with that enzo in Morocco, insane!

[@Hillzy_Eighty7]

rodrigo gil Wasnt that on a Mischief DVD.Invasion from memory

[@doublevanoz]

BlandNutz I still use that quote! Love it

[@truelegendinblack]

Bearded Bogan no that was IMV films outta Florida they came to Texas and got smoked also during Tx2k they make badass vids

[@eanbarrett6736]

Got so excited seeing the 944 in the thumbnail. Love that car so much my dad owns one and use to work on the 944 gtr with paul Miller.

[@user-hj1om6yu4z]

Just like listening to my grandpa in the garage. Lmao less cursing thou. Hahaha worst part about the week is having to wait two days for more vinwiki.

[@AcmeRacing]

Quote from Brock Yates during the drivers' meeting for the 1995 One Lap. "Having cunningly disguised our vehicles as race cars, we enjoy no special treatment from law enforcement."

[@chowtownfoodreviews6679]

Every badass back in the day had such cool names.....lol

[@functionofspeed459]

Excellent Video! I love seeing the nostalgic 80s turbo dodges and Direct Connection references. To see a set of mint 4 lug swiss cheese wheels on the van and that sante fe blue shelby charger before it's clear coat failed.

[@Condition1]

Armadillos are no joke. I wrecked the under-tray on my Evo Final edition when I hit one. Had to replace it with an SSP under-tray.

[@jmoney7289]

Condition 1 switch your picture to a 1911 my condition 1 brother hammer back safety on 1 in the pipe

[@anidiotinaracingcar]

Thumbs up for the 930 turbo guy!

[@AfroMyrdal]

Can't believe this video was posted 4 months ago, it feels like I saw it a couple of weeks ago! Damn time flies!

[@PentaYOOO]

What an awesome story, and the included photos makes it so much cooler!!

[@Valdismith]

I am 34 now, so I remember in the 90s, when I was still in school, the era of the magazines, before the internet. I kind of miss it, there were a couple TV shows, like Top Gear or 5th Gear type, and the rest were magazines. Especially where I live in Europe, in the 90s we were not part of the European Union yet, and I remember reading about tires in the magazine articles, like how much water these good year aquatreads were throwing out at 100km/h per 1sec, and all this things about the independent suspension in the rear, which most of the cars we had at the time did not have, and I knew much more than most adults around me... I just get a bit nostalgic, it is so easy to watch 100 reviews for a popular car online today.

[@macanattack3266]

Love the videos and the story’s! The cars are sooo nice

[@JC-11111]

Wow. I knew about 1 Lap but I had no idea it was Cannonball. Now it ALL makes sense. Thanks for posting this! A few years back there was a crew running a GMC Typhoon on 1 Lap. That's when I learned about it.

[@modelcitizendiecast]

My fuzzy memory of Lindamood's reporting on the original One Lap tells me that the "Porsche guy's" name was Fred Borrelli. Have fun trying to find him.

[@MrCarGuy]

What a great story and amazing pictures!

[@nobodyhere4860]

Was that a real M1? Fuck yes😍😍😍

[@therealaustinbrown2712]

Another legendary story!

[@bharafelder]

Thanks for making this vid on my bday

[@VINwiki]

Happy Birthday! Thanks for watching.

[@bharafelder]

VINwiki thanks so much!

[@bianco2012]

Car guys version of Bad Grandpa

[@Rottie1973]

Cool story and photos. :)

[@C-M-E]

I compare these cannonball runs to the early days of motoring legend when guys in standard(ish) cars in the 1900s would do a lap of France or Germany, just two dudes and the elements. Hearing how extraordinary acts of the era became the ubiquitous stuff of legends is an experience itself!

[@Jonpaul212]

Ya'll need to get Ed on to a major podcast, JRE would be awsome.

[@flawless-cowboy]

It's not a race, it's a rally!

[@bryanhumphries1972]

Best video yet Ed, but I guess I'm a little biased on this one!

[@dripsystem5785]

Some really great photos to go along with the story

[@R_C420]

I chuckled at the armadillo thing. When he said 'he was going way to fast.', for a moment, I thought he was joking about the armadillo.

[@joseortiz3730]

Great Videos!

[@EdBolian]

Thank you!

[@TarzanGTI]

I don't know what changed, but the video looks slightly crisper and the colors more accurate 👍

[@VINwiki]

This one was actually shot in our old set, larger warehouse. That is why the audio is a bit worse. Our new one is a little too warm with the lights. Thanks for the feedback.

[@0Sirk0]

God bless the 80's

[@michaelgreco4813]

I would love to do this ED bing it back !

[@davidhoward2237]

grandpa use to be a trucker, his company would pay for any speed tickets he got, just hand it to them and be paid.

[@Meow_Ag47]

"Fast driving awards" I'll have to remember that the next time I need to break the ice on a speeding ticket.

[@Kittievr]

Great episode

[@natevanderloon9060]

Is it possible to like this video twice because it was very interesting and entertaining

[@KaiTakApproach]

Hilarious, thanks for sharing this with us!

[@gumballer133]

" More Cops looking for us in Ohio", I live here, and its the total truth, tough to get away with anything.

[@gcomplex217]

gumballer133 Can confirm. I've been through Ohio on a road trip and the whole state was crawling with cops.

[@gumballer133]

cgarcia185 Yep, just like they said in Cannonball run the Movie, "There isnt any state that has the death penalty for speeding, but I'm not so sure about Ohio"

[@arthurmchugh5184]

Fuck Ohio!!!!

[@bkphil89]

Cool shit with cars just doesn't happen anymore 😭😭😭

[@JoaoPereira-gz2zc]

I need a time machine, asap.

[@LTV_inc]

Mary Davis and Mr. Yates nothing but love! Forever.

[@actionarslan]

"We kept it under a hundred thirty... mostly." Huh

[@BoostedFilms]

Nice job with a the video, a fun watch! I'm working on a documentary video from the 2018 One Lap trip (following 1 team) right now :)

[@switawivr6]

I remember reading Jean Lindamood's (now Jean Jennings) article in Car & Driver that year, her account of spending a week in that van with Walker Evans and Parnelli Jones.IIRC correctly the goal was to be the closest match to Yate's odometer mileage on the 'sighting lap' he did with his wife. Evans/Jones/Lindamood totally overthought the entire thing by driving the absolute minimum number of miles, only getting gas on the right side of the highway whenever possible, etc. At the end they realized Yates just drove wherever he wanted on both sides during his original trip, as he didn't really care about the final number, lol.

[@philrod1]

Great stuff!

[@wolfman2926]

I had a 1983 944 in high school in 1997! I thought it was cool at the time but it had a ton of problems💸💸

[@deaf2819]

Wolf Man well look at you now if your profile pic is indicative of what your toys are.

[@wolfman2926]

David T yes sir I daily a srt 392 and my toy is 2013 gts viper🏁🏁

[@deaf2819]

Wolf Man that’s awesome I wish the challengers were lighter love the aggressive look of the 392/hellcat cars I daily a 2016 wrx sti but my next toy needs a v8. My buddies brother in law has a blue viper looks to be the same year as yours it’s nice to look at for sure I can’t even imagine the feel of that torque!

[@wolfman2926]

David T very cool bro🏁

[@rentamedic]

Trinity?

[@danmsolo]

lol, Formula 1 back in the 30s

[@TheBrokenLife]

Last time I was this early, Ed was eyeing the record for the musket ball walk.

[@pinkfloyd1327]

Why wouldn’t you drive around the entire country in 7 days? Literally seeing the entirety of the US while doing something you love like driving amazing cars is a dream.

[@dfw1fast143]

Damn that would be awesome. Gotten so damn expensive nowadays though with those entry fees.

[@pierce324]

This is crazy, like a movie! ;)

[@arlaks_is_here]

This make me happy I own a 944

[@blackfrogkermit]

Hey dad, I got a fast driving award! .....aren’t you proud?

[@MarkCoopersisqocracker]

Oh the Jalpa! :-) Sigh Would love to drive one some day. Don't know that I'd like to own one. But I haven't driven one yet to know that. :-D

[@DayoftheJakeL]

If only I had a time machine!

[@fastede52]

How do I sign up for this I would like to put my spyder in it. Its on my bucket list!!!

[@VINwiki]

They just finished it for 2018 but it still happens every year, currently run by Brock Yates Jr.

[@rcairforceone]

Go to the One Lap of America Facebook page. It's run in early May each year, and the coast to coast format has been changed. The event will start in South Bend, IN and travel to about 7 different race tracks before returning to South Bend. You need to pay the entry fee, purchase a set of new tires, provide proof of track experience and advanced driver education, and you're in. I ran it in 2017, and I'm definitely doing it again.

[@jasonbyassee7541]

Bucket list!

[@chowtownfoodreviews6679]

This guy is like the Seine Hunter S Thompson lol

[@eriktruchinskas3747]

I want a run silent run deep sticker...though im sure it would be misconstrued as something dirty or profane

[@raphli6570]

8900 miles in 7 days? dang

[@EVILSPAWN1003]

What is that second keyhole or whatever it is on the drivers side of the 944? Some pre historic alarm thingamajig?

[@fairhavenfish3208]

Gotta find the guy in the 930!!!!! Need his story!!!

[@jcsadventures8975]

I want to do something like this

[@johnharrison9684]

FYI, it was a Texas Prairie Chicken.

[@kylebutleracoustic]

Their group drove the equivalent of 26 times around the Earth o_O

[@Watchmedome3017]

mud tan arrest me red or speeding yellow lmao best colors ever

[@jackbates7467]

I love how the 911 got caught in Mississippi when he only had to cross 70 miles to get through

[@someonehackme7981]

I miss Ed, He's such a shrude negotiator ...................

[@jsquared1013]

someone hackme they spell "shrewd" on the shirt for cryin' out loud 😜

[@thegrandoldparty4146]

Anyone know any cheap first cars that are relatively fast?

[@dgo9121]

C5 Z06 Corvette

[@themightydash1714]

Saab Turbo... nice ^_^

[@dustinanderson1862]

Was Brock Yates a submariner? I couldn't find anything online other than he served in the Navy.

[@milesmcgeoy]

is there a formal registration for the cannonball or just word of mouth? If so, where do i sign up?

[@knd775]

Just google it

[@sanderrehepapp5219]

Avg 53 mph?24/7?

[@tmanepic]

It's amazing how low an average is when you have to be slowing down for traffic and such. I drove from Nebraska to DC in January and was booking it the whole time, 1MPH under reckless in states that assign a specific MPH number to reckless driving, and hitting the limiter (132mph) in the states that didn't have those laws. At the end of the 1200 mile journey, and having passed literally every single vehicle on the road, no one ever going faster than me, I was shocked when according to the car I only averaged 79MPH.

[@michaelgarey1841]

@@tmanepic Lol I just did a 2000 mile trip in a Penske truck and raised the average before I left 3mph

[@tmanepic]

@@michaelgarey1841 I don't understand what you mean.

[@jjjr8664]

So if you drive 100mph for 5 minutes and gas up takes 5 minutes. Your average is 50mph by the time you hit 100mph at same acceleration.

[@jacksonmiller3242]

Where do you find these photos Ed?

[@MarkCoopersisqocracker]

The people who tell the stories have them. He finds what he can to help your story if you don't have a lot of your own. He helped me out a lot on my story about the Hungarian cops can't catch me. :-)

[@mitchrich6]

Crazy stories , Porche 911 guy must have triggered alot of slow cars and police

[@PrimoPatzz]

This video was 45 seconds late.

[@EdBolian]

Should have been right on time. Hope you still enjoyed it!

[@PrimoPatzz]

Just joshin', Great video as always!

[@opheriaux]

one of the cars that i was looking at buying is a porsche 944, for $2800. thoughts?

[@VINwiki]

Lots of expensive parts but very fun cars

[@opheriaux]

*puts an ls short block v8 in it*

[@opheriaux]

big fan, thx for reply