Here's how we broke the 48 state record!
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Grady Leno tells the story of how he and his team set the record for touching all 48 states the fastest!
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My take a away here is, hurricanes are no big deal. However Atlanta must be avoided at all costs! 🤠👍
just drove thru Atlanta, and even late at night on a weekend, its packed.
It is known.
Lmao
I feel like the lower 48 record will stand for a long time just because no one wants to even attempt it again.
I'd love to make this attempt but can hardly find people to do a cannonball let alone do all 48 states
@@lthlpsi09 I would actually prefer to do this. Cannonball has gotten so fast that beating it requires pretty reckless speeds. This could be done at fast but not quite ridiculous speeds with good planning.
It requires the ability to turn off the misery part of your brain for 4 days!
I would if i wasn't poor
I'd 100% give it a go but can't afford to. Honestly the only thing holding me back.
I like this guy. You can tell he's a humble deep thinker that didn't let the logical side of his brain get in the way of doing something crazy.
Road Dog - Well said and much agreed!
Grady is one of the best humans on the planet!
Todd Heckel is a pretty awesome guy as well. (We’re related…)
Logic won't stop you from doing crazy shit, it'll just help you do it better 🤣
I would love to see the mapped route taken for this.
Same here. Its like the coolest part of the story!
that’s like leaking the krabby patty formula
He says it at 0:21 . “Data scientist figures out shortest route for best road trip”
@@bedlambikes He says it at 0:21 . “Data scientist figures out shortest route for best road trip”
That article actually plotted a loop through all the state capitals, which is a very different solution than "touching" each state as fast as possible. That's where I started to get intrigued trying to figure out the absolute fastest (not geographically shortest) route...
What an eloquent man
Had my attention the whole way
Very good story telling
His mom was wholesome.
Saw the chance and took it, just to wave hi and bye.
This guy had a great story and he presented it real well Hope he has more stories
This is one of the best Story Telling Interviews you guys have ever done in this channel. Definitely top 3, thanks. This guys is very methodical, well spoken one tone type of thinker, perfect to plan a heist. Bravo - Zulu to you sir.
I feel like a cannonball video game would be pretty cool. Evading police and getting tickets, timed runs, car upgrades, etc. I'd buy it, lol
Edit: If done correctly, that is.
Need for speed the run
@@codyshields92 😂😂
@cooperastro2690 not the best but I enjoyed the game 🤷♂️
@Cody Shields I had completely forgot about that game never got to play 😂
Would be a nice mod in AC
Sheer will and determination. Awesome job you guys.
Fantastic achievement. Congratulations, and welcome to the Long Distance/VINwiki club!
Atlantan here...I can't count the number of times I've heard from Midwesterners and Northerners who were headed to Disneyworld in particular or Florida in general and got stuck in Metro Atlanta traffic for hours on their way down.
When headed north / south through Atlanta I 100% trust waze.
Do you realize that road you pulled off on that exit in Washington was Coffin Road literally the end lol
Happy birthday Grady you awesome dude, so nice to see you here. The lower 48 is a fantastic achievement.
"We hit Atlanta at 4:30"
Me who lives in the metro: I am so, so sorry
Listening to all the long drive videos they all have the same thing in common. The drivers al have a very reserved in a way attitude. No one is ever screaming telling a story with excitement. It’s all reserved and mellow. The exact attitude it takes to do this drive in the first place.
You would think that Alex Roy is the outlier but once sat inside a car he is laser-focused. Otherwise he could be described as eccentric and flamboyant.
Great presenter. Perfect choice with the S-class. Fast, comfortable, nice interior
“48 state record” yeah I WAS TOTALLY EXPECTING THEM TO GO TO ALASKA AND HAWAII.
I chuckled when he said lower 48 states
This reminds me of the time a girl in one of my classes asked if there was a bridge to Hawaii.
@@bubbleman2002 no but there was a bridge to Tirbithia(?)
@@bubbleman2002 could you imagine driving or maintaining that? I bet the speed limit would be like 140mph just so you don't have to spend 3 days on it
@@deekamikaze It would be quite a marvel of engineering, for sure.
I love hearing about the unusual races
Ed, you find the best story tellers!
Except the one guy with the solo “record” rental Mustang , he’s pretty full of himself 🤫
Driving on the loop in atlanta right now is miserable. In my 18 wheeler at 10:30pm took a few hours…
IT'S PENUT BUTTER JELLY TIME!!!
I'm a fancy eater, so I only make peanut butter and preserves sandwiches.
1:19 What is that cup-holder tablet-holder thingie? I want one!
“It’s all about the journey” not the first time we all have heard that! Excellent job guys! Bucket list stuff for a lot of us!
Who else started searching for the road out of south dakota?
If you had a 1.9 Liter TDI with a custom tank, you'd never have to stop for gas! That engine is the most reliable you can buy.
But I know Americans don't like Diesel and don't even know that engine exists. 😉
I bet when you got to Maine you crossed the bridge, U-Turned and left like everyone else should do.
😆 My father and I went to Maine last fall on a 🍋 Lemon’s Rally, we drove about 5 minutes in, took a picture of some roadside attraction, stopped at the Welcome center on the way back, made a healthy deposit and quickly departed the state!
Great story and congrats on the record! Thanks for sharing Grady and VINwiwki.
Such a great story! What an incredible drive by some incredible guys!
Great Adventure and result. The bar is raised so who's next? Cheers 🇨🇦
What is the longest road trip you have been on?
7000 km - Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Poland, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium, France (toured the country), Monaco, Italy, Germany (now toured the country) Poland, Lithuanian, Latvia and finally Estonia. 17 days. Record straight drive was 18.5 hours, covering 1800 km, yes, we were speeding a lot. This was 2012. Austria and Switzerland was also were we drove but straight threw.
Melbourne Victoria to Queensland Cape York back through Arnam land into the Simpon desert back through border Track VIC/SA then Robe along the south coast until the end of the Great Ocean road and Back home to Bundoora.
Can't remember how much but well over 5000km and after Cape York it was mostly off road.
It was a simpler time back then. Just have a great idea, rough plan, and a simple goal. And let life surprise us wherever it would choose. Good, bad, everything in between and it was all fun as heck.
I miss the good times.
Málaga-Valencia (Spain) - Nimes (France) - Geneva (Switzerland) - Austria - Munich - Lyon - Tortosa (Spain) - Malaga. 5200 Km total including driving around in Germany.
From Atlanta to Milwaukee to pick up an audio receiver and amp turned around and made it back to bowling green before my wife decided she needed an actual bed. I drove the entire way.
So roughly 1300 miles
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I once did 111 miles in 1hr 3mins. I did stop for fuel for like 2-4 mins. Was Sunday morning, great weather, motorway only……I didn’t feel like I dropped below 130mph whole journey…..all in a stock 98 spec JDM Integra Type R……hit the rev limiter in fifth twice at 151 mph on the GPS, 160 on the speedo. Anyone keeping up that kind of pace with normal roads and traffic included for 1000’s of miles deserves so much more respect that most could imagine.
Wish I had the balls and money to do that. I want to do a 100 mile time at least once in my lifetime, just have to be in a position in my life where I don't particularly mind my car getting impounded and being arrested. For an hour you must've felt like the freest man alive.
I feel like you went about 110 mph
@@bigdawg77 I was definitely running on part adrenaline.
@@bigdawg77 I was definitely running on part adrenaline.
@@TheJfizzle11 and funnily enough to do that it felt like I hardly dropped below 130. Obviously the odd tight bend or bit of traffic can slow you to well below the average. And the 4-5 minutes I refuelled at 0mph knocked a good bit off the average too. Calling it doing 110mph doesn’t really put it into perspective.
Did anyone notice the article saying “50” not “48”? Wake up people! Alaska and Hawaii aren’t real!
I have an idea that the Cannonball purists might not be interested in, but it would be interesting. Has anyone ever attempted the C2C route in an electric vehicle? Obviously it would not be for a speed record, but to see how fast an electric car could make the crossing without any breaks, except for charging, would be interesting. It would be a test of strategy, choosing the best vehicle for the attempt - sedan or crossover SUV? Can you install an auxiliary power pack like an extra fuel tank in a petrol car? Would putting a solar panel on the roof help extend range? Do you make the attempt in the Summer, or Spring or Fall to avoid having to use the air conditioning or heat that would use extra power? Figuring out where to charge (can you find a super charging station in the middle of Kansas?). Maybe you wouldn't need three drivers, since you'd have to stop for at least a couple of hours every 300 or so miles. Also means you could take civilized food and bathroom breaks, and both could sleep at the same time some of the time. It would probably take at least double the time of a gas-powered Cannonball run. Just a thought.
This was actually done already:
@@vincasvosylius6045 Do you know how long it took them?
I live on the south side of Metro-Atlanta. I have to pick up my kids on the north side every other Friday and go to my house in Stockbridge. I leave work at 15:30 and it's about 19:30 before I get home. Just to go 30 miles each way.
You average 15 mph for 4 hours. It's only every other week, but with something like that I would consider moving.
Drove home from Florida. Made it to Georgia and then the two double stack blue dolphins kicked in... and then it started raining and I had to stop because it was soo much I couldn't even see
"Me quito el sombrero" as we say in Spanish. Tip of the hat to you, that's a lot of driving.
This guy is awesome! I love his stories
“The bridge was out…“ Hal Needham would’ve been proud.
“Gravel to loose gravel”
Fun stuff to drive on!
RIP the Benz BBQ Birds
Hit a bird going so fast in a 01 Wolfsburg Jetta once it literally went through little gap in front of hood and went completely underneath the thick hood pad those cars have if any of you know they are tight against hood. The whole thing was crazy the entire angles and no blood to be found nothing but me and my buddy know I hit it cause it made a good thud at 140+. We popped hood and saw one little feather sticking out so we looking around for this bird still for a moment and we both realize no way yep.. large robin fit through 1/4” gap in hood and hid under my damn pad on purpose clearly cause no blood anywhere… never did figure that out and the robin was a real party pooper he wouldn’t stop hiding even though we clearly found him. Eventually had to pull him out and leave him behind😂
Great closing statement there! The whole put your mind to it and you can do it!!!! Awesome story and experience I’m sure💪🫡👍
My dude gives big Marty Byrde vibes
that bbq spot in white river junction is a reaaaaallly good place to eat.
I ride my motorcycle for 1-2 hours and I doze off like there's no tomorrow... These guys swapped and lived in a moving car for 4 days dude!
Had my 10yr old daughter on the back of my bike on the tail of the dragon. She fell asleep twice... and I wasn't cruising for pleasure!
I did not see a map of the route in the video. You should really include one. I would be fascinated to see the route. I can't really imagine how it goes.
Shout outs from a New England RI resident
Modern day adventures going on a quest. This is cool, also inspirational!
I’m from Vermont and stumbled across this video and literally live 5 mins from white river junction where your started. But side note, wicked awesome bbq ISNT ICONIC and it’s not very good. Lol
Whoot Whoot! Got another Vermonter, Lmfao. Glad to see I'm not the only one.
I love when people talk about our state only because most don't know where it is. 😂🤣.
hah, no way!! You guys started a half mile from my office!!!! :)
Great job ! ! ! Congrats ! ! !
Could you imagine someone doing this in a 7 series? It would be clapped out before it got out of the north east.
7:10 and 10:00 Why does it look like a quad-cluster LED array facing the inside of the car from the bottom center of the windshield? What is that?
Internally facing camera...those are infrared lights for night recording. I think the photos pick up the infra lights
@@gradyleno911 That makes perfect sense. Thank you, Grady!
didnt know what happened to david borreanez
Shout out from DE!
Marty Bird in person
Can't agree any less: "The journey is the destination".
Have any of you tried to do make a route made by shrooms??? Like how the Japanese subway was made.. It'll route it for you using Mushrooms!
Think that was slime mold, not mushrooms, but I get the idea.
Never wanna let shrooms into my road trips… shrooms are for a whole other trip
I'm honestly confused why such a smart guy would have even attempted going through Atlanta during rush hour?
I guess he just didn't know how bad it can get.
Literally 100miles out of your way is quicker.
One of the worst/most delegated to newbys job at the airport is opening the door on a longhaul (8+hrs) flights.
This video should be able to be used to charge you with crimes for any state in which you broke traffic laws. Which was probably all of them.
God I hate living in Georgia sometimes lol, Atlanta traffic is literally the thing I dread the most sometimes
Is there a run for the Atlantic coast / 13 Colonies?
This was a cool story but I can't wait for Shmee tomorrow or Doug
Great story!
Glad to see Atlanta made it memorable
Sometimes the journey really is the destination- love this guy
Congratulations.
Good morning Road Warriors 🏁
Awesome Congratulations!!!!
Sounds amazing!
Im a dork but it'd be interesting to see an oil analysis after a run like this
I love that idea. To be more extreme I'd love to see a virgin engine after a run like this, full teardown video, checking the wear on everything.
Had to keep turning up the volume. Not very good sound...
Cornelius Would Be Proud.🙌🏻
This is quickly becoming the Cannonball channel
Its always been the cannonball channel.
You must be new here
Sadly
Dude this started as THE cannonball channel. If anything it's strayed from being as focused as it was
It never stopped being one, watch any of the older videos
This is what happens when you have “unlimited PTO” at your job
yep let's give people less freedom with their jobs. make them slave away harder and make less money too! /s
8:59 What was going on here?
Yeah, good eye. We almost wrecked in in the 2nd day when a truck blew its tire and the whole interstate did emergency braking. We weren't driving all that fast but a bunch of cars had to leave the roadway to avoid accidents.
@@gradyleno911 I thought that's what it looked like but I wasn't positive. Thanks! 👍
It would take me 86 hours to hit 48 COUNTIES
I'd like to know the route
Good morning everyone ✌️🙏
Everyone knows to avoid driving 75 through Atlanta 🤣🤣
Cop: **looks at state border in the distance**
**sighs** fuck it, let Oklahoma deal with them
I will like cannonball to be broken in an American car. All the cannonball records are all German cars. We need a Cadillac CTS-V. Ford Taurus SHO. Chevy Tahoe PPV.
I would say you probably could cut off 4 hr good weather and no traffic
That's Elkhart, KS lol
Atlanta & Metro is horrible. So glad we got the family out of there.
Did they go to maine
48 states... that's nothing, someone needs to do 50 🤣
Gota car you can drive across and ocean?
I think this record should be broken again just with a modified Brabus 900 rocket.
only if they drove to hawaii
I spent almost an hour calculating my best route... 8,240 miles
I see this and all I can think is "This is a great story but that poor engine man.... Running continuously for 4 days!!"
Under the right circumstances, the Canadian province of New Brunswick is about the size of a small coconut.
So incredibly inspiring , it makes me thing doing a complete cannonball across Canada one day may be possible with the right people and well selected and prepared vehicle.
I wanna do that one day maybe not a canon ball but coast to coast for sure
Umm anyone else wonder why they went high speed off that highway??
W221!
Has this type of thing happened in Australia 🇦🇺
how do i track these runs ?