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From the article: "In the words of Brock Yates: “When Dan (Gurney) and I got to the Portofino, we agreed that the part of the Cannonball which we were proudest
by harry8 3y ago
From the article:
"In the words of Brock Yates: “When Dan (Gurney) and I got to the Portofino, we agreed that the part of the Cannonball which we were proudest about was the fact that we had bothered no one—we hadn’t jeopardized the safety of anyone, including ourselves. We had driven very fast, but we had driven cleanly, efficiently, and safely.”"
- Beldin 3y agoThat refers to a 1979 cannonball run, by the originator, who (according to the article) thought up this illegal race to prove that highway speed limits were out of date. Your phrasing suggests it applies to this run, a run made during covid lockdowns (ie, much lighter traffic than usual) in order to get the run record back. There is a difference between "these speed limits are too low, let's prove it's safe to go faster" and "someone else broke our record? Let's claw it back now that conditions are favourable".
- giraffe_lady 3y agoThis is such a childlike understanding of safety and jeopardy. It's like when the five year old turns back to you after doing something you told them not to saying "see it didn't break!"