Jim,
I knew if we beat this subject around long enough, the real complete
name would come out. Thanks for reminding me.
Joe Curry
Jim Hill wrote:
>
> Bill Sohl (billsohl@planet.net) wrote, regarding the "Gumball":
>
> > Been there, done that!
>
> > 1968 TR-250 (over 8000 miles covered in 8 days)
>
> > The One Lap of America replaced the Gumball after Brock Yates
> > recognized that sooner or later someone really would get
> > killed or,, worse yet, kill an innocent bystander.
>
> > PS - Finished 15th overall of a field of 50+ entrants.
>
> And Joe Curry (spitlist@gte.net) added:
>
> > Actually, "Gumball" was a movie takeoff on the original,
> > "Cannonball, Sea to Shining Sea, Rally" of which Brock
> > Yates...etal were part of. I remember reading summaries of
> > the event in Brock's articles way back when... thinking how
> > cool it would be to participate...
>
> > Oh well, one can always dream.
>
> Actually . . . it was the "Cannonball Baker Sea to Shining Sea
> Memorial Trophy Dash", running from New York to the Portofino
> Inn in Redondo Beach CA.
>
> If I recall correctly, the record for the trip is still held by
> Yates and Dan Gurney, driving a Ferrari Daytona, with an average
> speed in the mid-eighty mph range.
>
> The true beauty of it, of course, was that there were no rules.
> Although it was understood that you were supposed to drive the
> car on land rather than into the belly of a transport plane.
>
> Jim Hill
> Madison WI
> SpyderWeb Vintage Racing
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