Has it really been 35...
Has it really been 35 years...? Motoring journalist and screen writer Brock Yates wondered aloud. Yes, it has! On 15 November 1971, Yates and racing legend Dan Gurney climbed into a Ferrari Daytona and blasted, non-stop, from New York to Los Angeles in 35 hours and 54 minutes, averaging 80.8 miles per hour. They defeated seven other teams, including a huge Travco motorhome and a Cadillac driven by three men who had answered an advertisement in the local paper, placed by the elderly Caddy owner, who wanted someone to deliver the car to California. It was not to be driven at more than 70mph, the ad had stated - but it was.
A new Crap Cars calendar...
A new Crap Cars calendar features vehicles such as the Trabant 500 and Austin Allegro - and we have six to give away.
Send your name and address to Crap Cars, Auto Express, 30 Cleveland St., London W1T 4JD, by 16 November. Winners will be picked at random. Calen-dars can be ordered from www.calendarmart.com.