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this happened....

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was during the cannonball run... driver and co-driver died as did the 2 officials they ploughed through

if you are too young to know what the cannonball run is i will just kill myself now.

this happened....

30cannonballM_m.jpg

was during the cannonball run... driver and co-driver died as did the 2 officials they ploughed through

if you are too young to know what the cannonball run is i will just kill myself now.

back when the cannonball runs were done at speed.

well the full story.

there was a cannonball run in AU between Darwina nd perth.

there were a number of check points along the way.

SO rules were you had to slow down to around 100 for the check points and towns and full throttle in between, this guy came into the checkpoint at about 250ish..and lost it,

race cancelled, ppl died..

Ham what a cheap paint job did not even do the door jams ;)

this happened....

30cannonballM_m.jpg

was during the cannonball run... driver and co-driver died as did the 2 officials they ploughed through

if you are too young to know what the cannonball run is i will just kill myself now.

I know what the cannonball run is just didn't know of this accident :) waste of lives and ferarri :(

Apparently the 285 18 Achilles 123s are better bang for buck and cheaper than 265/35/18 Federal RSR.... AND they're about the same width because RSR's are wider than 265's should be so will fit under by rear end without needing to roll any guards?

Thoughts? Comments? Which tyre should I go for now that I've decided to do Winton on the Friday before DECA in Nov?

Edit: Just need the 2 rears, 18x9.5 (can't remember the offset...) since I've still got enough RS-R on the front to last a few days.

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