It takes a lot of nerve to spit on a dead man’s grave, especially when his body is still warm. When that man is Cannonball Run founder Brock Yates — the most important person in American automotive ...

The Cannonball Run is an unsanctioned coast-to-coast race that traces its roots to 1933 and a man named Erwin George "Cannonball" Baker, who once completed the journey in 53 and a half hours.

For most, it’s just a cheesy movie from 1981 starring Burt Reynolds and Farrah Fawcett. In fact, it was a real road race, held four times in the ’70s. Created 40 years ago by Car and Driver magazine ...

It always pays to bring the right tool for the job, and if the job is a Cannonball Run record attempt across the United States, that tool better be highly specialized. I know some people don’t want to ...

The 1970s were a challenging time to be an automotive enthusiast. The first muscle car era was coming to a premature end. The muscle car’s Golden Age was done in by a combination of ever-restrictive ...

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A stuntman known as the Rocketman Valencia has been injured in a human cannonball stunt gone wrong that was captured on camera. Chachi Valencia, who told USA TODAY he has been involved in human ...