Catherine Bach, facilitated the acquisition of the Lambo, it belonged to John Schneider and Hal Needham rented it for Cannonball

It was painted white with latex for the movie

https://www.facebook.com/photo?fbid=1484616537039628&set=pcb.1484616867039595

A Saab 9-5 just set a new Cannonball record, and went across the country twice, just to show off - there and back in 65:28 going 5631 miles from New York to Redondo Beach and back

 https://www.saabplanet.com/a-saab-9-5-aero-sets-a-record-in-the-cannonball/

Hal Needham and Pamela Yates with the infamous TransCon Medi-Vac Ambulance in 1979

 http://www.neautomuseum.org/blog/cannonball-outlaw-reunion-set-for-june-2-in-greenwich-conn/

A Cannonball team exploited the flu panic to set a 26-Hour 38-Minute cross-country record driving a 2019 Audi A8

The 26 hour, 38 minute time—which beats the record set in November by more than 45 minutes—appears to be legitimate, according to Ed Bolian, a Cannonball insider and driver who set his own 28 hour, 50 minute record in 2013. Alex Roy, who set the first modern NYC-to-LA record in 2006, also said the new claim is credible based on his analysis of multiple sources.

"What Brock Yates wanted to prove back in the Seventies was that you could drive quickly across the country in normal traffic without disrupting anyone or being unsafe, and that isn't what this was," Wilson said. "Even if you list it as a record run, it'll always be the run during the time of quarantine. There will always be an asterisk next to it."

https://www.roadandtrack.com/car-culture/a32092440/26-hour-38-minute-cannonball-record-coronavirus/

A Maine to Oregon motorcycle Cannonball is underway, Portland to Portland

http://motorcyclecannonball.com/route/

since they are already on the road, and I only just learned of it, here's where you might see them passing through

September 13th 2018 Stage #6 Bourbonnais, IL to Anamosa, IA (National Motorcycle Museum)

September 14th 2018 Stage #7 Anamosa, IA to Spirit Lake, IA

September 15th 2018 Stage #8 Spirit Lake, IA to Pierre, SD

September 16th 2018 Stage #9 Pierre, SD to Sturgis, SD

September 17th 2018 Day Off Sturgis, SD

September 18th 2018 Stage #10 Sturgis, SD to Billings, MT

September 19th 2018 Stage #11 Billings, MT to Great Falls, MT

September 20th 2018 Stage #12 Great Falls, MT to Kalispell, MT

September 21st 2018 Stage #13 Kalispell, MT to Spokane Valley, WA

September 22nd 2018 Stage #14 Spokane Valley, WA to The Dalles, OR

September 23rd 2018 Stage #15 Grand Finale The Dalles, OR to Portland, OR

 Since the first Motorcycle Cannonball run in 2010, antique motorcycle riders from around the world have anxiously signed up to follow Lonnie Isam Jr. across the United States on a unique journey that many have described as life changing.

 Before his passing due to cancer in August of 2017, Lonnie had already passed the Cannonball torch to Jason Sims and had guided him through the rough patches of the 2016 iteration. Jason carries on the even numbered year cross country ride

http://motorcyclecannonball.com/about/

2016 Historic Vehicle Association's "This Car Matters" Award went to the 1972 Dodge Challenger of Brock Yates

http://www.beardedmugmedia.com/blog/2016/6/23/memories-aplenty-at-the-greenwich-twenty

During the 1971 Cannonball Run, 2 strange things happened

and Arizona cop chased down Dan Gurney who was doing 140 in a Ferrari Daytona. He wrote Dan a speeding ticket. That is some serious determination... chasing down Gurney on a freeway.

the other thing was that a Chevy van was only 47 minutes slower across country than Yates and Gurney

the 72 cannonball was won by a Cadillac, over such powerful competition as a Cotton Owens prepped 340 Challenger

http://www.neautomuseum.org/blog/cannonball-outlaw-reunion-set-for-june-2-in-greenwich-conn/

The Motorcycle Cannonball made it to the finish line in Carlsbad right on time, and there was a big crowd of family and supporters to meet, greet, and welcome them

proof that 100 year old motorcycles burn up quite a bit of oil internally and externally

1914 Warrick Motor Carrier

You've got 2 years to make ready a motorcycle over a 100 years old for the next Cannonball.... and it's seriously one of the coolest things you'll ever do. Bucket list or not.

During the trip, they passed through the Mojave Desert where it was 96 degrees, and entered the Joshua Tree National Park where it was 100 degrees.

update, Nov 2018
 https://www.guitarplayer.com/guitaraficionado/pat-simmons-goes-rockin-down-the-highway-on-a-vintage-harley

Doobie Brothers guitarist Pat Simmons and his wife, Cris set out to cross the U.S. on antique Harley-Davidsons,

His wife competed in the Cannonball alongside him, is a celebrated rider, journalist, and historian. Her many accomplishments include founding and editing the magazine Harley Women, authoring the 2009 tome The American Motorcycle Girls 1900–1950, and being inducted into the AMA Motorcycle Hall of Fame. At this year’s Cannonball, Cris, who rode a 1915 Harley-Davidson Model 11-J she nicknamed Effie, was the only female to complete the entire course. Pat did not fare as well riding a 1914 Harley two-speed nicknamed “Vinnie” (“after a buddy of mine who’s a unique individual,” he says with a laugh), started giving him a problem on the road and then it just came apart in Missouri

“We were on our way to Cape Girardeau in Missouri,” he recalls. “Basically the engine stopped. Parts had come off and lodged in the gear chain, broke a number of my gears, and basically froze the engine. It wouldn’t even turn over at that point. It was nothing I could have predicted. When you’re on a 102-year-old bike, you just never know what can happen.”