midnight mechanic

"The first U.S. Express ended at the beach in Santa Monica, a route slightly longer than Cannonball. Doherty won the first U.S. Express with co-driver and famous game designer, Will Wright (SimCity, The Sims, etc) at the wheel of a Mazda RX-7. Their time was 33 hours, 9 minutes."

#RallyPulse – The U.S. Express Rally & the Ferrari that crossed the USA in 32:07 | Sports Car Hunter

I think the ticket says mazda rx=7 '83 or maybe it's '88???

Cookboy

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Very cool. I was a 'Car and Driver' subscriber from '70 on, as a kid I loved reading those cannonball stories.

diabolical1

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i always wanted to participate in one. i guess i missed the bus by a few decades.

i guess that leaves some sort of on-road rally today, but the fees for those things are prohibitive for someone like me.

DriveFast7

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“Everyone knows there are dotted lines on the road. At about 130 they’re solid.”

snivley whiplash

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been there at 130 plus dots do not exsist, nor any small animal that is crossing the road. hit a small rabbit at about 135, totaly blew the front spoiler apart on the 240z. ended up with a flat tire about 5 minutes later. sucked....

lx_machado

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I wonder where that famous RX-7 is? I talked to Cory Wells about it when she released her movie 32 hours 7 minutes but I couldn't get any good information out of her.

Some one should write an email to Will Wright

32 hours 7 minutes is a must see if you haven't seen it

sevens4me

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THANK YOU midnight_mechanic for this thread and for guiding me to 32:07 the movie. I just finally got it and watched it, it was AWESOME. How amazing is it that first AND second place in 1980 were both RX-7's???? I agree, WHERE ARE THESE CARS??? I can't stress enough if anyone's interested in this amazing story and/or the nostalgia for a different time...BUY THIS MOVIE! Support the Hurculean effort by Cory Welles to get this done and recorded for history!

32 Hours 7 Minutes U.S. Express AKA Cannonball Run Documentary

rotaryjunkee

If anyone has a copy I would like to watch it, (for free that is lol)

lx_machado

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If any one can find any pictures of this car please share.

Nicholas P.

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Got lucky on my friends car. At 135, and hit armadillo. If i can ill find the video, this was years ago. Amazingly no damage.

sevens4me

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Come on man, this isn't Metallica or Touchstone or Universal we're talking about...Go to the site I posted above, and BUY the damn thing. I promise you won't be disappointed. It's a miracle such a documentary got made and produced, PLEASE support the effort and buy it! It's a matter of principle...

DivinDriver

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Looks remarkably like the one in my garage... /blinks innocently

peterdaniel

Car and Driver is and will always be the best… been reading since 1980

DreamInRotary

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I'll have to add that video to my collection soon, seems like it would be a good one to watch.