New York to L.A. in 31 hours and 4 minutes - New Record announced today.

[yourk]

http://jalopnik.com/cars/speed-record/alex-roy-reveals-transcontinental-run-claims-record-310735.php

WIRED magazine also has a story in the November issue.

 

[IceBone]

well, that proves he was speeding A LOT through N states.

 

[Kebab gud]

Alex Roy kinda rocks..
he is the most fun guy is ALL the Gumball documentaries

 

[yourk]

 

[Interrobang]

... and he used an BWM 5 Series ... Diesel ?

Diesel r0ckz.

 

[Top Geek]

^ Is that what he was driving or are those gumball pictures?

 

[yourk]

Those are the actual photos from the start line. THAT is the BMW M5 that broke the coast to coast record. Buy Alex's Book that is released today... It tells the WHOLE story of their attempts.

www.Gumball144.com

 

[IceBone]

Who puts racing stripes on their car SIDEWAYS? Is that for faster paralel parking?

 

[Buba]

i#m glad he used the m5 and not the the crap bently...

 

[Blind_Io]

Who puts racing stripes on their car SIDEWAYS? Is that for faster paralel parking?

We all know BMWs are more fun when they are going sideways!

 

[GraemeH]

I'm glad he done it. Those two idiots in the 550 claimed they set it not long ago with absolutely no proof. Alex called their bullshit. And now he's beat it, with proof.

 

[osabros]

what's that in average speed?

 

[MadCow809]

what is the distance between LA and NY?

 

[No Boss]

Yeah... well I'm friends with Alex Roy on facebook. So who wants to touch me!?

/I said WHO WANTS TO TOUCH ME!

 

[HOKUM]

Touch you where?

 

[The_Finn]

well lets see Google Maps says it is 2791 miles

and he did the run in 31 hours and 4 mins

lets gets a single incrament of time so first

convert 30h1m into mins (31*60)+4 = 1864m

devide our distance traveled by total time in min

2791/1864 = 1.4973176 miles per min

multiply miles per min by 60 to get mph

1.4973176 * 60 = 89.839056

so basically he did an avg of 89.84MPH which doesn't sound all the impressive until you factor in time for refueling traffic out of manhattan and into santa monica

also i am totally gonna buy that book

 

[yourk]

The stripes on the top of the car were used to help the Aircraft spotter plane spot the vehicle in traffic.


the car can average close to 700 miles to the tank thanks to the extra fuel cell in the trunk.

 

[Ilpav]

It was done in an M5, not a 5-series diesel.

 

[IceBone]

We all know BMWs are more fun when they are going sideways!

Haven't thought of that. Brilliant!

 

[Jay]

well, that proves he was speeding A LOT through N states.

And you can, and I bet most it was through Nebraska, the most boring state to drive through.