Customer service? Starting with why would anyone want to be the best at co-opting something so easily googled, and inviting participants to get into bar fights with real Cannonball, Express, 2904 or C2C veterans for the rest of their lives?Who wouldn't want to exploit the past to make buck? Sources tell me “the lawyers are on it.” Brock Yates, Jr. and widow Pamela have been quiet. Or give it to charity. This is a project that I think most people would rather see left in the garage.Talks begin on a modernized version of the 1981 comedy classic.That movie's cast reads like a who's-who of that era: Let's face it: Some movies really are products of their time and place. If you see a car manufactured after 1979 with “Cannonball Run” stickers, it is on an event that is the enemy of everything Brock Yates stood for, and of American car culture itself.How a meeting with the master changed the course of my career.2007 Transcontinental “Cannonball Run” Record in a BMW M5 in 31 hours & 4 minutesTalk about something Yates would have lit up with flamethrower. The only thing being conquered is the toilet porcelain the morning after the prior night's steak and bottle service.Technology, performance and design delivered to your inbox.wrote extensively about the political and philosophical motivations behind the CannonballIt might be a relaunch. Sounds like setting records to me. Seriously. Call some friends, get in your car and drive cross country at any speed — non-stop except for gas — and you're in. The first combination of “Cannonball Run” and “Rally” that reveals the conflation of history and mythmaking! Setting records is ALL it was EVER about. Baker and Yates ONLY cared about setting records. The site — with its obfuscation and omissions — tells the whole story of where their hearts lie. I could have registered the Cannonball Run trademark the day after I broke the Cannonball record ten years ago, but I didn’t. Well, maybe that needs to be qualified: The Cannonball Run was incredibly fun then and holds up today assuming you like movies like The Cannonball Run. Defiance. If only we could say the same of the organizers.Brock Yates, Cannonball Run Legend, Dies At 82Save your $10k. No stopping except for fuel and repairs. You win, or you lose. Also, the Cannonball Run didn’t become known as the Cannonball Run until 1981, when the movie came out, written by...Brock Yates, who also appears in it as himself. It sure wasn't the "Cannonball Run" rally, which first occurred in October of 2016.A rally organized by men-who-shall-not-be-named, because I don’t want to give them the satisfaction of having applied for a Arrogant, presumptuous, and insulting. Who exactly had their centennial milestone? As of August 2020, the record is 25 hours 39 minutes, with a top speed of 175 mph and an average speed of 110 mph, driven by Arne Toman, Doug Tabbutt, and Dunadel Daryoush. Respect isn't taken, it's given.Actually, there is. “There” being California.Speeding can be obnoxious and dangerous, but here’s how a pro does it right.Defiance? Read Virtually everyone who has done any of the events listed above has met. Who knows? I also want to carry the torch. Someone should have known better. How convenient. Movement? Nor did Ed Bolian, or anyone who knew Brock or has actually done anything in the spirit of Baker. Do you see If it was anything like the original, other than using the same name.In an age when money can buy almost anything, that which cannot be bought is the only thing of true value. Amazing. These "rallies" are just glorified road trips — on public roads, with checkpoints, parties & stickers — inspired by the Cannonball Run and If Yates were here to see the new “Cannonball Run” website, he’d load up a Raptor full of Samsung Galaxy Note 7’s, install an R/C kit and send it down to their offices in Calabasas.