Cross-country cannonball
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A Man Drove Solo Across America in 25 Hours 55 Minutes in a Rental Mustang
Fred Ashmore, 44, of Hancock, Maine, rented a Mustang GT, removed its passenger seats and other interior accessories, strapped in enough extra fuel tanks to bump the car's capacity to around 130 gallons, and made the trip from the Red Ball garage in Manhattan to the Portofino Hotel & Marina in Redondo Beach with only one stop for fuel.
"The Mustang GT will not go any faster than 159 miles per hour," he told Road & Track. "Anyone who tells you otherwise is lying."
It is important to note that Ashmore's time, while impressive, is not accompanied by the trove of third-party-verified GPS data that has become the "standard" measure of proof in this non-sanctioned non-event. Hence the "allegedly" qualifier. But he did take a shitload of screenshots of his Glympse tracking app while he was driving (he sent updates to his brother, his girlfriend, and his refueling team), and the images do not appear to have been doctored. Consensus among those who know him is that Ashmore, while batshit crazy, is not a liar.
