I have Cannonball Run with Burt Reynolds, Farrah Fawcett
and a bunch of other celeb's on both VCR and DVD. I only
watch the first 4 minutes to enjoy the sound of the black
Lamborghini Countach. Now that's a great engine noise.
They made two lame sequels too. The second with Frank
Sinatra and the third with John Candy.
There are other movies about the Cannonball Race too.
One with Stacy Keach and one comedy with Raul Julia as
an Italian driver. "Whatsa behind me is a not important"
I remember an E-Type they crank but it wont start in that one.
Thomas
Paul wrote:
> Anybody out there remember Brock Yates series of NY to LA races called the
> Cannon ball? There is a write up on them in November's CAR & DRIVER along
> with some great old photos. One photo I still remember from the original
> race coverage back in the 70's was of the "Right Bra Racing Team". Three
> young ladies that ended up being the only Cannonball team to ever crash, but
> might be remembered by more of us that were teens back then, for other
> reasons!
> Well today I realized that the one team member, Donna Mae Mims, was the
> same Donna Mae Mims that works with the SCCA crew at Nelson Ledges Race
> track. Today she autographed my CAR & DRIVER and gave me a big hug to go
> with it. A wonderful woman and I can't wait to hear more stories of her
> racing career next summer when racing resumes here in NE Ohio.
>
> Roadster content: Sloan Racing won the Pumpkin Race at Nelson today and
> that gave Jim Sloan enough points to retake first place for the track
> championship for G Production (driving a Datsun 1600 roadster!).
>
> Paul Kort
> Ohio
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