What's the fuss? The nation is in the middle of a pandemic and New York is the epicenter of the contagion. I wouldn't be upset if these solipsistic a$$holes are arrested and quarantined for thirty days in a Siberian Gulag for this stunt. Better yet I hope they run out of gas in the middle of the Mohave at 10:00 AM and try to walk out. The heat should sterilize their corpses.

Agreed!

Selfish! Shame on them!

And the record means nothing, since it wasn't done during a race and major cities are shut down, so driving through the city is much quicker.

Also, a 1971 Ferrari Daytona (I've never driven one, but I know that cars from that era were not great long distance cars) takes much more skill to drive vs a 2019 A8.

The stunt proves nothing to me.

It's the 'let's ruin it for everyone else' selfishness that is disturbingly common in America today.

It's all over Los Angeles and southern CA.

When I drove across country last July, I met some awesome people. It felt like America again!

Don't get me wrong, there are some great people here in So Cal. The problem is that there are too may "big shots" here. If you're in the LA area, take a drive thru Glendale, CA. Not the nice part in the hills. Nor the downtown Glendale area. Go to the apartment area. Then take a look at what's parked in the street. BMW, Range Rover, Merc, Audi, Porsche, Jaguar, etc. Then take a closer look at the fit and finish + paint job. All salvage junk! Those people are so intent on "impressing" others that they're willing to risk an accident to have the "right" car. Then they race the cars thru the streets! Selfish jerks!!!

Is it silly to ask for this coast to coast run be done - and prove you drove the speed limit!!??

While open Interstates, Iowa, Nebraska, Wyoming (and more) could allow high speed travel - put a certain limit and see who could be more efficient in their travels.

Hi Sid,

There's a race I saw on Top Gear a few years ago. It's designed so you have to get as close to the average speed as possible. You drive a given route and the winner is the one who comes the closest to the pre-determined average time. If you drive too fast, you're penalized. Same for too slow. The idea is that you have full command over your car and you're doing it in a safe manner!

Here in So Cal, we have something like you described. It's call a Toyota Prius and those drivers sit in the fast lane doing their best to get a high gas mileage number on their trip computer - hypermilers! They are selfish and block traffic - they only care about hitting that 62 mpg mark! Cars swerve around them, but they're not going to change.

If they do a race like you mention, where efficiency is king, my only recommendation is to have them stay in the slow lane. Penalties for moving too far to the left.

That's often called a TSD rally. (time speed distance) They are quite challenging and fun. Sometimes coupled with a card game and called a poker run. SCCA has them a lot. Used to drive them often in the 80's in Florida. That and thrashing the 83 Shelby charger around the cones in autocross.

It does sound like a lot of fun.

How did you 83 Shelby Charger do in the autocross? My friend had a Daytona Shelby Turbo Z (I think it was a 1985) when we were kids. Black with gold accents.

One day, we raced. I had a 1964 Chrysler New Yorker Salon - gold with lots of brown accents (aka rust) and oceans of chrome/stainless steel trim. I think he had a 2.2 intercooled turbo putting out 150 hp or so. My Chrysler put out 340 hp and a lot of torque. My New Yorker was much heavier than his little Daytona, but we both had automatics, his car had terrible turbo lag and the power to weight ratio favored my car tremendously - so I knew who would win.

Well, it wasn't even close and my friend was very upset. When he bought the car, the salesman told him that the car had so much power, they had to put big tires on it and it would still spin them. He also told my friend that his Turbo Z would whoop my Chrysler New Yorker. My New Yorker was my junker to get me through college. I paid $250 or so for the car - it needed some work and for under $1,000 I had a nice sleeper.

One day, my buddies and I were driving home from the record store and some kid (with his buddies) pulled along side us in his 1972-3 GTO. Red and in so-so condition, but it looked much better than my New Yorker. My friends pushed me to race him, so I revved my motor - he revved his and we gave each other the look! Green light and off we went. I pulled ahead by half a car length and stayed there to the next light. We did it again and I pulled ahead the same amount. We laughed and laughed! We beat at GTO in my Chrysler New Yorker!