The President that did a Cannonball!

22 thoughts on “The President that did a Cannonball!”

1. The 1907 Race of the Century car race has the racers more often or not just driving off road in the US.

2. That was really neat to hear about why Eisenhower was so intrigued with the autobahn but I gotta say Patton was famous for his tank exploits prior to this during ww1 and later gained notoriety for his impressive speed in pushing back Germany but his tank work was ww1

3. It's a crime this episode only has 20k views. What a fantastic piece of history told in this story!

4. Awesome

5. I thought he said he did this in 19 0 8.Why does the picture say it was nineteen twenty

6. Great story! Thanks for shaving.

7. This is painful

8. So the 1919 cannon ball record was 80 days. Now it would be more of a struggle to complete it in 80 days than beating the record

9. Pretty cool history lesson!

10. There's a book out there called American Road by Pete Davies- it tells the whole story of this expedition and is a pretty good read.

11. Ironic thanking Bridgestone, when this run was thanks to Firestone! I know they are the same company now, just sounded funny.

12. I like him.

13. Super cool story…!

14. I hope Casey is watching this one. Maybe he'll learn something.

15. Love hearing jays stories. Dude is a legend!!! The professor himself!!!!

16. The fact that Eisenhower was one of the first people to 'cannonball' across the country is very poetic!

17. Hahahaha motivation is the greatest inspiration.

18. And now Europe is decades ahead of us in high speed trains.

19. I had no idea about this. Super cool.

20. Bridgestone ad on a vid talking up Firestone?

21. Thanks Ed for having me! Always a special day to sit in the chair!

22. Loved the historical context.

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