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Anybody remember when these were the rage back in the 70-early80's? .. Point A-B as fast as possible without getting busted or wrecked... Usually a good distance..
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Sounds like the road trips I used to take.I'm probably wrong -
KC,KS to Lou,KY, 1988, 550+/- miles, 6.5 hours, company car.
SD,CA airport to Lou,KY, 1993, lots of miles, 45 hours, my car, suppose to be vacation trip.
I remember hearing stories about cross-country races but never seen anything "official" about them.Last edited by 68scott385; December 18, 2014, 10:31 PM.Comment
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I only did that in maine. Those highways today are 75 legal.
fastest east of missiisisiiisppi river
portland to milo maine, 1hour 15.
that same highway I did 160s , late at night, strange warm autumn... like an oxygen bomb for the engines.
there is a curve, several miles long... I was going so fast it felt sharp.
this curve is so long, if I identified, you would not fathom it being sharp at 75.
maine is still that slow today. Nothing out there sometimes.
I stay as slow as maine...
Stamina wins.Last edited by Barry Donovan; December 18, 2014, 11:08 PM.Previously boxer3main
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Did an hour and half trip in 35 min on my 850 Yamaha.. Speedo was buried the whole time! Would be jailed and impounded now.
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Memphis to Knoxville, 373 miles +/-, 4 hours 15 minutes or so, including stopping for gas.
Memphis to Miami, 1100 miles (went the long way), a little over 14 hours
Memphis to Tucson, 1500 miles, 26 hours.
I was the only one driving during all of them.I'm probably wrongComment
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Wichita, KS to Charleston, SC.....23 hours 15 minutes, in a VW bus, . My feet are still vibrating, and that was in 1977.Ed, Mary, & 'Earl'
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There was a really bad movie called, Banzai Runners made in the '80s.BS'er formally known as Rebeldryver
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Moline, Ill to Indy 300 miles 3 hours flat... don't wanna try that again!Patrick & Tammy
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Medford Or. to Newport Beach Ca. 754 miles in a tick over 10 hours in a rented Ford Ranger pickup, stopped once in Stockton for gas. I could have done better if the speed limiter hadn't been set at 95. The other was an '88 Freightliner 120 and a '48 trailer, Albaquerque N.M. to Fontana Ca. non-stop, I can't remember how long it took.Just groovin' to my own tune.Comment
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Dad had a camograph chart where he drove 28 hours nonstop before they cracked down..Loaded over the road truckComment
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