Dr. Nikolas Van Helsing Is Apparently Still Operating

Remember that awesome movie from the 80's Cannonball Run starring Burt Reynolds, Dom DeLuise, and Farrah Fawcett? It's a classic and one of my all-time faves. Well, apparently real people are still competing in this event!

From Autoblog:

Before the start of the 2007 Bullrun rally last Saturday in Montreal, participants Richard Rawlings and Dennis Collonis bet their fellow Bullrun buddy Jay Riecke $50,000 that they could beat the longstanding cross-country rally record of driving from New York City to L.A. set by Dave Heinz and Dave Yarborough back in 1979 during the final running of the original Cannonball Baker Sea-To-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash. Heinz and Yarborough did the trek in 32 hours and 51 minutes in a Jaguar XJS.

After nearly 32 hours of driving with no tickets, Rawling, Collonis and the Ferrari pulled into the Portofino Inn in Redondo Beach, CA. With an unofficial time of 31 hours and 59 minutes, the team appear to have beat the longstanding Cannonball Run record set nearly 28 years ago.

Why is it that when I picture this event in my mind I always envision the video game Carmageddon?