[stbm5]

just watched this movie, its good. its about breaking the cross country record, guy does it in a 2000 M5.

http://www.32hours7minutes.com

[Emilime75]

Cool and all, but that record's been broken by a few hours since then.

[to_riffic]

Alex Roy worked on the Drive channel and does a lot of writing for the Drive also.

[BEM-S4]

Read Alex's book, it's much more entertaining than the film - which Cory did a poor job editing. It's good, don't get me wrong, but it should have been great. Alex's book, on the other hand, is spectacular.

[stbm5]

yeah the record is now 28 and change. whether its 28 or 32 its still a hell of a fast drive.

[sspade]

I drove from Blacksburg, VA to Elk Grove, CA last July. It was a real bitch. I think it took a solid 3.5 days. After day two in the car its like the twilight zone. I drove every single mile, though I did have a passenger. Let me just say... tons of flower was burned

Without doing a lot of research... are these record runs all done with a single driver or are they in tandem, switching off? Does time spent resting count?

[Emilime75]

It's usually 2 drivers who take turns driving/sleeping. There is no time spent resting, except for trying to sleep while the other driver is behind the wheel. Every hour/minute/second counts.

[domino_z]

Alex had to wait quite a few years (7 iirc) before releasing the doco due to some of the states he drove through having laws around how long after a speeding offence you can admit to it - whatever the law jargon is

[BeEmVe]

Originally Posted by domino_z

Alex had to wait quite a few years (7 iirc) before releasing the doco due to some of the states he drove through having laws around how long after a speeding offence you can admit to it - whatever the law jargon is

Statute of limitations is the term you are looking for.

[domino_z]