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Date:         Wed, 31 Oct 2007 12:20:00 -0700
Reply-To:     Austin <slyvess1@YAHOO.COM>
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From:         Austin <slyvess1@YAHOO.COM>
Subject:      Re: Sea to Shining Sea In a Graham Paige Mdl. 57 Blue Streak or
              a              365 GTB/4
In-Reply-To:  <HHEAJIOMDPBGGCKHACGJGEEFCOAA.al_knoll@pacbell.net>
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A few years ago I did a solo banzai run from Cupertino CA (SF bay area) to San Antonio TX - 1700+ miles in 23 hrs 2 minutes total elapsed time. '92 GTI, pedal to the metal through the deserts (gotta just love the western US),

Pensioner <al_knoll@PACBELL.NET> wrote: "In 1971, the Daytona gained fame, or infamy depending on your point of view, when a Sunoco Blue example was driven by racing legend Dan Gurney and former Car and Driver editor at large Brock Yates the entire 2,876 miles (4,628 km) from New York to L.A. in 35 hours 54 minutes (at an average speed of 80.1 mph) to win the inaugural Cannonball Baker Sea-To-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash.

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