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Coronavirus (COVID-19) is too exciting for adults to discuss (CLOSED)

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I don't know. Does Giant Hornet spray work on corona virus? Maybe if a match is used to make a flame thrower out of it? But then you got to get closer than 6 ft. Maybe a Molotov cocktail is a better weapon? Just asking for a Buckeye Planet mod.
 
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gmen6981 said:
I just find it funny that CNN has been doing these things weekly for 2 months now, always with guests that have nothing to do with the medical field ( Magic Johnson.....really?) and everybody is suddenly losing their shit because of Greta Thunberg.
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Probably says more about how little people are paying attention to CNN.....
 
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sparcboxbuck said:
So, not sure how many here are real car people, but COVID19 has laid waste to the Cannon Ball Run records. Yes, this is a very real thing.

In 2013 the first sub 30-hour run was completed at 28H50M. That record was the fastest time in seven years prior.

In 2019 the first run with an average speed in excess of 100 MPH was recorded. Included in that crew was Doug Tabbutt who currently resides in Ohio. Averaging 100 MPH+ over 2,800 miles is a pretty incredible thing considering that there are stops for gas. Their time was 27H25M. It was thought that this record would hold for a good long time. IIRC this team had a very big team of spotters throughout their run to spot and detract law enforcement.

Well, since COVID19 entered the picture, there have been at least seven other runs that have been under 27H25M. Apparently there has been at least one that is sub 25H. Let that sink in. One day and an hour to go from Manhattan to Redondo Beach, CA... including gas stops.

Unprecedented times indeed. I’d give a nut to be in one of those teams. Save your lectures about driving like an idiot, I get that. The lure is in the planning and modification of a car to be able to make that kind of run successfully. I don’t know that after completing a day of being in a car averaging 100 MPH+ that my woody would ever subside.
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I’ve made six trips on I77 from Charlotte to Tuscarawas county since the end of February. On the second or third week of March I could have driven at whatever speed I wanted. Lack of trucks, lack of cars and lack of enforcement. I didn’t hit 100 mph, much less average it, but I was doing over 90 mph through the West Virginia slaloms. :banger:I told my wife that it was the perfect time to set a new record for the Cannonball. Not surprised to see that time.
 
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