RECORD RUN
07/26/2024 |
The Friday file: On 7/26/1903, Horatio Jackson was the first to cross the US by car. The journey from San Francisco to Manhattan with a mechanic took 63 days. The current record is 25 hours and 39 minutes, set in 5/20 by Toman and Tabutt. Their run, like all recent cross-country speed attempts, now starts in New York and ends in San Francisco and is known as the Cannonball Run.