Steve Clausman, the 928, and the U.S. Express
01-24-2008, 10:50 PM
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Steve Clausman, the 928, and the U.S. Express
Alex Roy, author of The Driver, is underwriting a movie called 32 hours 7 minutes, detailing post-cannonball record-breaking coast-to-coast endurance runs. Steve Clausman won in 1981 with a Porsche 928.
http://www.gumball144.com/alex/1982-...n-has-left-us/
Apparently, Mr. Clausman has passed on to the big 928 showroom in the sky. I did a search on Clausman on Rennlist and found no previous posts. Thought others would like to know.
http://www.gumball144.com/alex/1982-...n-has-left-us/
Apparently, Mr. Clausman has passed on to the big 928 showroom in the sky. I did a search on Clausman on Rennlist and found no previous posts. Thought others would like to know.
01-25-2008, 10:29 AM
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Wow - how did this one fly under the radar (so to speak) for all these years? I've never heard anything about this 928 event! I have heard of the book upon which the movie is based...hmm
01-26-2008, 12:20 PM
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Flew Under the Radar
I'm not sure how it flew under the radar-- except to say the US Express, as described in various contexts, was the underground anti-Cannonball response to the publicity and law enforcement, ergo, it was a secret.
Yates has an index of official Cannonball participants in Cannonaball! including:
Rod Dornsife 42:27:00 Porsche 928 1979
John Lane 37:31:00 Porsche 928 1979
Jacques Villeneuve 37:31:00 Porsche 928 1979
But again these are only official Cannonball participants. The competition to which Roy refers was something called the US Express which I had never heard of until this year. I guess we'll have to see the movie-- en masse at some drive in somewhere with our 928s!
Yates has an index of official Cannonball participants in Cannonaball! including:
Rod Dornsife 42:27:00 Porsche 928 1979
John Lane 37:31:00 Porsche 928 1979
Jacques Villeneuve 37:31:00 Porsche 928 1979
But again these are only official Cannonball participants. The competition to which Roy refers was something called the US Express which I had never heard of until this year. I guess we'll have to see the movie-- en masse at some drive in somewhere with our 928s!
