that was epic. i love these cannonball stories and i hope people keep doing them and also stay safe. also, ed, the "are you boys racing across the country? no we're storm chasers" wouldve been a perfect video opening

@thebrassmonkey100

Жыл бұрын

underrated comment right here

@regretabletangibility

11 ай бұрын

Oooh, you sparked my imagination...

That joke at the end was too good. To even break the silence of Ed in the background.

The part I love most about this, is the price differential between an S class and an old Saab can result in so little difference in time. Just shows you can achieve a lot without needing a super expensive car.

@Suhspencce

Жыл бұрын

All the successful Cannonball cars have been normal stuff you see on the road!

@WearingGoldluck

Жыл бұрын

@@Suhspencce Other than the AMG, but generally that would be correct.

@BennettBuilds

Жыл бұрын

Honestly, the S class might have been cheaper since it was so old. And it’s limiter is 20 miles slower than the Saab. There is an Odyssey that has beat both of our 1 way times!

@threedprintedmarinetechnol3330

Жыл бұрын

@@WearingGoldluck Yea, I'm glad you corrected that statement. A 750hp AMG is not "normal stuff"

@timweis6951

Жыл бұрын

BRB installing police scanner and fuel cell in 2014 Focus...

"A game of inches". That's great. Excellent story and congratulations!

Congratulations on the record. An incredible achievement and proof that you got to be chasing those inches.

Storm chasers😂😂😂 Hilarious 😂 Cannonball stories are the best!!

A game of inches…… I spit out my drink laughing so hard

BY FAR one of my favorite Cannonball stories. Such a genuine, hard-working, and likable crew. Thank you so much for sharing!

@BennettBuilds

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! Glad you liked it!

I'm happy you did these back to back, fun videos/stories to hear

@BennettBuilds

Жыл бұрын

It was so crazy that we had independently planned back to back weekends! Had to do the stories the same way!

@mohammadal-abbasi7247

Жыл бұрын

Yes!

Truth be told, I think most cops would probably be like ‘are you racing cross county?’ ‘No actual we’re going there and back.’ ‘That’s cool as hell, I didn’t see nothin.’ *walks away*

@BennettBuilds

Жыл бұрын

I thought the same thing, but figured with the Alex Roy excuse never getting to be used, and the fact that we had literally just driven through tornadoes, It was time to drop it!

The cannonball content as of late has been great.

I remember my dad used to love to do ski trips on Superbowl weekend so we could drive home with less traffic on the road during the game. I wonder if anyone ever attempted a run starting on superbowl Sunday

@NickBuenoo

Жыл бұрын

Super smart

@mariodesmo

Жыл бұрын

It's also a good time to buy a car from a dealer...

@luichinplaystation610

Жыл бұрын

You have a strategy here

This one of my favorite cannonball stories yet , I love the passion and determination these 3 had and of course mission control always having their back throughout it. Never give up, never surrender!

@BennettBuilds

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! So glad you liked the story!

Shout out to the hydrocephalus shirt! I was diagnosed with it about 3 months ago and had my shunt placed about 2 1/2 months ago. Thanks for spreading awareness!

@BennettBuilds

Жыл бұрын

Hey man! Hope you’re doing well after your surgery! Check out the Hydrocephalus Racing Team on socials! We do all sorts of endurance racing to raise awareness. There’s another story about us coming out soon! Stay tuned!

@strangeclouds7

Жыл бұрын

How did you get diagnosed? What were the symptoms? Thought that was mainly a problem in children.

OMG the Storm Chaser line! 🤣

@BennettBuilds

Жыл бұрын

I have Alex Roy to thank for that one!

@mauricemotors8207

10 ай бұрын

That was insane but the troopers in Ohio I think they knew what they were doing 😂😂

Excellent call with the storm chaser for the trooper hahaha

Might be my favorite cannonball story I’ve heard so far

@BennettBuilds

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! So glad you liked it! What an amazing time we had.

This is wild this came across as a recommendation. My father ran in the early 1980s cannonball run. I found his name once in Wikipedia.

@BennettBuilds

Жыл бұрын

That's awesome! What is your dad's name? Was it the US Express? Car? Time? We all love adding to the list of drives we have going!

@kellymurphy6642

Жыл бұрын

@@BennettBuilds like I said, I once found it on Wikipedia. But for some reason recently, I could not find that same link with his name. His name is William O’Donnell. It was the one in the US, New York to southern Cali. (Early 80s) He drove an Eldorado Cadillac( yeah the one that was literally as big as a boat 🤣🤣 I learned to drive in that thing 😬😅) I’m determined to din the wiki page now. Unless you could possibly find it? Edit: I remember it ended at the Portofino inn in Southern California. It was 82 ish

@BennettBuilds

Жыл бұрын

@@kellymurphy6642 That’s so awesome! I’ll see what I can track down. That was most likely an event called the US Express. Super underground event. Thanks for the info on your dad. I’ll see what the group can track down!

@kellymurphy6642

Жыл бұрын

@@BennettBuilds that would be so cool! Thanks! I tried searching the Internet again for the wiki page with his name listed. I didn’t have luck, but I’m gonna try again because I’ve seen it before and I know it exists lol.

@kellymurphy6642

Жыл бұрын

@@BennettBuilds when you open the link, it is a dark screen, turn your phone sideways, and it becomes legible.

Now THAT was a good story well told.

@BennettBuilds

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much!

So much data is accumulating from all the activity that cannonballing is just getting better and better.

@JasonTaylor-zf6fo

Жыл бұрын

If this is true why do they need spotters?

I feel kind of lucky to click on this vinwiki video so early but get disappointed to see all of these hate comments. I don't understand why you would click on a video to comment "who cares"...

@daveSoupy

Жыл бұрын

it's almost a sign of arrival. His channel is so popular and so big that people who don't like his videos are aware of them and interacted with them enough that they don't like him and are willing to engage with the content.

@jauken83

Жыл бұрын

Because people are subscribed with notifications on to be the first to say something stupid so they can look cool on the internet. Hopefully they'll grow up someday.

@addham82

Жыл бұрын

Comment is a comment, good or bad. Plus ppl love to hate. Those of us that appreciate the content will topple the comments. Or are you playing the strings of people's hearts to get a top comment? 🤨😁

@j.scottcaudill7543

Жыл бұрын

Some VinWiki guests are just unlikable compared to the majority of other guests so when a video is put out with the "unlikable" people then you get these negative comments

@BennettBuilds

Жыл бұрын

@@j.scottcaudill7543Wow. We’re unlikable on our first video?! I’m glad we’re making people feel feelings!

The dedicated *Mission Control* phone line was pretty genius if you ask me. Great idea!

Love these run stories! Nothing better than breaking the speed limit for hours and hours and hours to set an amazing time. Congratulations!

@BennettBuilds

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! It was a great time with some great people!

@earlmullet7628

Жыл бұрын

Across the whole country with little to no police interactions. Simply amazing.

I am glad to live in a time where likeminded guys like all of us here can sit down and nerd out on driving a car for 4 days in a row lol

@BennettBuilds

Жыл бұрын

It’s a great time to be alive!

@schlaghappy

Жыл бұрын

Less than 3 days total but your point still stands.

@theanomalous1401

Жыл бұрын

@@BennettBuilds There is a reason why it's called the Fraternity of Lunatics! Congratulations to you and your team on what you accomplished. I've been a subscriber to Vinwiki since June 2016 and I have enjoyed having these Car Stories as part of my daily routine for the last 6 1/2 years. In this time, I have developed a healthy respect for everyone who has participated or attempted to participate in what I believe is one of the last underground, counterculture inspired, free spirited events in the automotive world. Something that you are now a part of. Ed has been a great representative of the Cannonball community because of the influence of Brock Yates. The people who who have sat in the Big Chair and shared their Cannonball, C2C, 2904, and Musketball experiences have been positive, respectful and gracious in both victory and defeat. I bid you welcome to this exclusive group. I hope to see y'all back in the Big Chair soon.

Idk if this will reach you I’m the valet at savona restaurant i remover when u brought the s class and said u where going on vinwiki great yo see your run

As a storm chaser who has chased in OKC, I love this story

The storm chaser part was genius

and as us aussies say if you want more inch's STROKE IT

So many people will never know that feeling. The people are the plan. Love this stuff..

Congrats gentlemen! Never realized how much work went into these drives. Kudos and well deserved! 👏🏻 🥂

@BennettBuilds

Жыл бұрын

Thanks so much! Yeah, the planning is a huge part of it! Glad you liked the vid!

@nikkrueger5734

Жыл бұрын

You’d be amazed how much work these guys did that didn’t even make the video - it’s like an iceberg, you only see 10%

I bet Super Bowl Sunday would be a good/strategic time to do a run.

@casualsevensix

10 ай бұрын

Christmas day

How about a brief intro telling who these guys are, what event they ran, their time, or any other pertinents? Would put a lot more context to what we're about to listen to.

@BennettBuilds

Жыл бұрын

Grady holds the lower 48 record. 86:19 We met and ran the Musketball together with Chris. 34:48 was our time in that. The team gelled. We decided to do this. 65:19 C2C2C.

It's interesting which cars are great at this run. The Saab was a brave choice and the S550 a brilliant one. Maybe a M550i will make for a great run, and stock in terms of engine I think.

This gives real detail of what all goes into the logistics of a cannonball. Good work boys!

These stories are amazing--the people and the cars. I read Brock's original CD article about the Cannonball, and I have a newspaper clipping about the first run with Brock and Dan in the Ferrari. What amazing adventures you have shared with us. Thank you.

Hahaha. I bet those cops figured something was up but just paced you across the whole state!

@BennettBuilds

Жыл бұрын

Our theory is that it was quite foggy out and they were slowing the whole road down. But who knows. It’s all part of the cannonball slot machine!

@scotcoon1186

Жыл бұрын

@@BennettBuilds used to be you would see more cops from Cincinnati to Toledo than the rest of the trip from Miami to Sault Ste Marie, and every one willing to ticket their own mother. I71 from Columbus to Cleveland was always crazy on Christmas eve, a cop every 5-7 miles, no way to get out of the median to stop anyone. Set the cruise in the truck at 78 in the split speed limit days, and the only cars i passed were coming off the i270 ramp.

This was like watching Braveheart or Gladiator... and then the joke at the end turned it into Monty Python. Great video, excellent storytelling.

I would like to think that the cop that asked if you were racing across the country, probably wouldn't have cared if you said yes. But you cant chance that.

@BennettBuilds

Жыл бұрын

He seamed like a Vinwiki fan. It was either we got an escort across the county, or got the car impounded. Super nice guy though!

How about a “Black Widow” or “Hourglass” run? Red Ball, to Portofino, to Starbucks Seattle, to Bayside Marketplace Miami, and back to Red Ball.

@BennettBuilds

Жыл бұрын

The original 1 Lap of America was Goodwives-Boston-Seattle-Portofino-Miami-Goodwives. It’s out there…

As a yaris owner i wanna hear how they did it. Mine tops out at 117, no issues keeping it there the temps don't move at all

@BennettBuilds

Жыл бұрын

In musketball that’s about where we all topped out, so we were together almost the whole way! We were 4 cars apart through all of LA traffic. It was epic!

Great video, I have a 2013 S550 and will testify, it is definitely the car for a cannonball run. Not that I'd have the personal perseverance to do it, hats off to you guys.

@BennettBuilds

Жыл бұрын

Thanks man! Yeah, I’m constantly looking for old S classes now. Such a wonderful piece of engineering!

@gradyleno911

Жыл бұрын

Mercedes W221 for the win!!!

@brokebuilt4827

Жыл бұрын

@@BennettBuilds If you're ever in the Beaumont Tx area I have a 2001 S500 I'd be willing to sell. 120k miles, silver exterior, black interior. Pretty well loaded with Distronic & CAS, xenon headlights, rear power seats, ABC suspension etc. I just don't drive it and it's not a car that should be sitting long.

@a1phamalestud

Жыл бұрын

I can also testify the w221 is a fantastic car

i care! The best stories are cannonball stories!

“Game of inches!” 2 Damn funny!

He lost it at the end. Idk how many times I hear him burst out laughing during a story

"It's a game of inches." 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Note to self, you are not a cannonball racer, you're a storm chaser.

"GAme of Inches" lol

Pro tip: you can pass a cop... just takes a while -literally a chauffeur

@BennettBuilds

Жыл бұрын

We know, but it was dense fog and the car had 4 antennas sticking off the back. So we played it safe.

@V1Transportation

Жыл бұрын

@@BennettBuilds fair enough, I suppose the "unmarked" Audi cannonball car wouldve been an issue there too, both are flags for fuz. I love my commercial "for hire" plates. They Definitely tend to get a pass, but would be a pretty expensive countermeasure Just to do a run with..

Wow I wish this story was longer! Nice drive

Who ls cutting onions around the 18 min mark 😅

I would love for someone to do a Canadian Cannonball

Congrats and amazing story!

Waiting for that Sheriff's Deputy to pop up in the comments...

I love the storm chaser story! Classic

When you said Mercedes hates long downhills, why? Curious because mine developed sudden transmission issues in the mountains 😂

@BennettBuilds

Жыл бұрын

It really doesn’t like long periods of breaking. It heats the fluid very fast if you don’t have the big carbon ceramic breaks. Even with high temp fluid in the system.

In order to make it from the Portofino to Barstow, CA (134 miles) in 35 minutes makes that an average of 230mph. That car can't go that fast.

@BennettBuilds

Жыл бұрын

That was an in the moment off the cuff. Think it was like an hour and change.

No sir, I'm storm chasing

I love the community! The respect between both crews (the other crew in the Saab) too. Nice job, both crews!

Awesome 2 stories right there !

Great video, I love cannonball stories!

I think I saw this car a couple of years ago at the Redmond exotic car show! I remember they had a sign with the time and the statistics and it was mind blowing.

@gradyleno911

Жыл бұрын

You are correct!! We had just finished the lower 48 state record run and the car happened to be in aeattle the same weekend as the car show. Good job recognizing the car!

Next team to win won't take pee breaks. They'll pee in the car with a system that drops the fluid outside while the car is on the move.

@BennettBuilds

Жыл бұрын

We thought about that. But on such a long trip, you have to get out and stretch to avoid blood clots, so we made the calculated decision to kill two birds with each driver change.

@jackdunn4463

Жыл бұрын

@@BennettBuilds Just pee while running around the car to switch drivers. Shave some seconds.

This is like the grown-up version of doing video game marathons as a kid; nobody really cares other than us nerds who are into it I tried something akin to this last year driving from san francisco to atlanta in 32 hours, was helping my friend move in a weekend and had my flight home paid for. It may have ruined roadtrips for me forever. Somehow these vast distances don’t feel so vast anymore…

Tis is all types of fkin amazing. Congrats to All! 🥂

"Game of inches"... and Ed 😂😂😂died 😅😅😅😅

Absolutely incredible. Both of these drives were absolutely amazing between this and the saab. Congratulations to everyone on absolutely remarkable driving

Mission Control!

@BennettBuilds

Жыл бұрын

You killed it buddy! And our own lane through the construction was what sealed the deal!

Congratulations gentlemen! Such an amazing accomplishment, well done!

@BennettBuilds

Жыл бұрын

Thanks buddy! You too! It’s a real game of inches!

I expedite freight. Marathon non stop driving is my business.

Id love to see how fast someone can accomplish a cannonball run in a totally stock car without all the added equipment. Obviously makes it much harder which is also the point. Would take even more planning because you'll have more frequent fuel stops so the route could vary a bit. Using anything on a phone would be fine since that's not something you're adding to the vehicle. So whatever apps you can download would be usable. Im sure noone wants to do this because how much harder it would be and higher likelihood of police trouble. But hoping someone at somepoint says screw it, time for a stock car record lol.

@BennettBuilds

Жыл бұрын

There are a ton of those types of runs out there! A bunch of sub 40s in rental cars.

@berube361

Жыл бұрын

@@BennettBuilds I havnt seen any of the guys usually highlighted on this channel that have done it. I know people have rented cars but I believe they still added equipment to help. Im wanting to see a 100% bone stock car and a driver with a cell phone and a backpack with some basic supplies. As straight forward and simple as it gets. I certainly could be missing someone thats done it recently but seems no matter the car people add equipment, not always a ton but some.

@BennettBuilds

Жыл бұрын

@@berube361 I guess everyone puts up a dash radar detector and runs waze or JBV1 at least. But running completely blind doesn't seam like that much fun.

In the middle of the night -- "Alexa, read me some dirty limericks!"

Those back to back stories were incredible

Great story, happy for you guys! Congratulations on the run

@BennettBuilds

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much!

Twenty two minutes of peeing 😂😂 this hobby is wild

OSP def knew what you were up to.

This video, particularly the beginning, totally ignores that this record was actually beat and set 2 years ago by Mark Spence and Chris Clemens. I feel like this is the exact same VinWiki video and/or story without Mark drinking a Natty Light.

@BennettBuilds

Жыл бұрын

We told that part. Didn’t make the cut. But it was made irrelevant by Nik, Wes, and Spence the week before.

Looks like Perzan prepared the S550 for you guys! Very cool- my dealership uses them all the time!

@gradyleno911

Жыл бұрын

Erik and team at Perzan went above and beyond with our strange set of car prep requests. Good eye recognizing him!

Dammit. This turned on my Alexa.

Awesome story!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I could listen to these all day!!!!!!

game of inches 😂 that got me laughing like mad 😂

I wish I had the means to do what y'all guys do. Keep up the great work and I'll keep watching

@BennettBuilds

Жыл бұрын

Rent a car and go one way! You don’t need to do a good time to have a great time!

@picklefart

Жыл бұрын

@@BennettBuilds that's a great perspective

Everyone laugh now. I’m turning 40 this year and have been huge Cannonball fan since I was a kid. I’m going to make a C2C run one way in my 2003 Mustang GT manual car. I know I know. Trust me, the car can do it well. I feel it in my heart.

@BennettBuilds

Жыл бұрын

Just be safe. You don't have to do a good time to have a great time!

@nikkrueger5734

Жыл бұрын

Go do it and post on FB how you did!

Great story 👏 I enjoyed that! Thank you!

......hooooow much Coffee, Redbull & 5-hour did you guys GO through???

@BennettBuilds

Жыл бұрын

Not much at all. Water is the key. No sugar. I had an espresso shot at the beginning of every driver shift and it would last me until I was done spotting so I could sleep. Energy drinks will wreck you run before you get to the Portofino.

At this point in trip 14:08 . This is where the night vision would've come in handy. Had same car only S63 and night vision worked CRISP.. great job men

@BennettBuilds

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! We had thought about night vision, but the price point where it becomes actually effective is six figures. So you just have to back off a bit and stay safe.

@nikkrueger5734

Жыл бұрын

We had it for our run the week before. Ours was a thermal kit - where it worked best actually was in dense fog, at night it was minimal difference

@rideodie---g2382

Жыл бұрын

@@nikkrueger5734 the Merc display is honestly amazing. WHATEVER!! You guys did it !!!!!!

@rideodie---g2382

Жыл бұрын

@Nik Krueger it would be great if 1 of guys can explain the hill comment? Where the Merc disliked hills? Is it the limp mode neutral issue? Or speed sensor

@rideodie---g2382

Жыл бұрын

@Bennett Wilson it would be great if 1 of guys can explain the hill comment? Where the Mercdes dislike hills? Was it the limp mode neutral issue

Congratulations Guys! I hope to be as crazy someday!

If you can sleep in the backseat of a car that is going well over 100mph, then you and I are not the same. That's trust.

@zavtparticles6828

Ай бұрын

you ever slept on an active flight deck?

Love these stories!

I want to drive a Cannonball Run so bad not for records but seems like such a cool thing for those who love cars and driving. Great story.

Congratulations, excellent story. You mentioned you were running at a limiter. How fast can that damn Mercedes go

Brock Yates is smiling

@BennettBuilds

Жыл бұрын

I hope so!

@alphadental2249

Жыл бұрын

@@BennettBuilds I laughed so hard when I heard you made it to Barstow in 35 minutes.

Just when you think that it can't get any crazier, they turn around and come back....

Game of inches

Truckers used to do this all the time before elogs, was called a west coast turn around

Ed is definitely trying to gather some money to buy something big. Nearly daily videos. I’m not complaining. I just want to see the veyron when he gets it.

Great story and exceptional strategy. I would love to do the C2C2C. I wonder if it could be done non-stop?

@BennettBuilds

Жыл бұрын

You need about 400 gallons of fuel, so it would have to be van with upgraded suspension. But anything is possible.

@gradyleno911

Жыл бұрын

Talk to Jay Roberts...he did 1 way without refueling

12:56 we're just going to ignore that Jeremy Renner helped?

@BennettBuilds

Жыл бұрын

We don't have to. He was instrumental!

A Game of Inches!!!

So when are we bringing back C2C?

I remember seeing a video a while back but can’t find it now, does anyone know any info on a pickup truck record? Cars are one thing but what’s the full size truck record.