![]() The traditional start point is the Red Ball Garage on East 31st Street, Manhattan, and its finish is at the Portofino Hotel in Redondo Beach, California, a distance of just over 2,900 miles (4,700 km), depending on the route. The race was run four more times: NovemNovemApand April 1, 1979. ![]() Steve Smith and friend Jim Williams beginning on May 3, 1971, in a 1971 Dodge Custom Sportsman van called the "Moon Trash II." The initial cross-country run was made by Yates his son, Brock Yates, Jr. Another motivation was the fun involved, which showed in the tongue-in-cheek reports in Car and Driver and other auto publications worldwide. The run was intended both as a celebration of the United States Interstate Highway System and as a protest against strict traffic laws coming into effect at the time. Ĭonceived by car magazine writer and auto racer Brock Yates and fellow Car and Driver editor Steve Smith, the first run was not a competitive race as only one team was running. These races were called the Cannonball Baker Sea-To-Shining Sea Memorial Trophy Dash. The cannonball run began as an unofficial, unsanctioned automobile race run five times in the 1970s from New York City and Darien, Connecticut, on the East Coast of the United States to the Portofino Inn in the Los Angeles suburb of Redondo Beach, California. ![]() ![]() See also: Cannonball Baker Sea-To-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash
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