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Click above to view the crew crossing the Bay Bridge live

Damon, Alex Roy, Davey G. Johnson and Liz Moses (they picked her up in Wyoming) are about to cross the San Francisco Bay Bridge that will officially mark the end of their 80 in 40 trip. Unfortunately, they didn't exactly travel the length of I-80 in 40 hours. It was more like 46 hours thanks to Liz's incoming flight into Wyoming being delayed. But nevertheless, they've safely traversed the lower 48 and you can watch them cross the Bay Bridge live by going to Roy's blog at gumball144.com. Oh, and we'd suggest you turn your volume down if you're at work.

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I'm writing this from the passenger seat of Alex Roy's 2000 BMW M5 after my four-hour stint behind the wheel. Despite the 5er's luxurious confines, I'm contorted into the front seat, shoehorned between four sat-navs, two night-vision screens and one streaming video camera beaming it to you live. When Roy called last Thursday to offer up one of two co-pilot slots on a cross-country jaunt from New York to Monterey, he didn't have to lay it on thick to get me on a plane to NYC. There are very few people I'd consider joining on such a journey, and Alex is on the top of that list -- his M5 seals the deal.

Continue reading 80 in 40: The Modern American Road Trip

80 in 40: The Modern American Road Trip originally appeared on Autoblog on Wed, 13 Aug 2008 00:41:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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Click above to watch the 80 in 40 streaming live

When Damon asked if he could take two days off from blogging to do a cross-country road trip with his buddies, I wanted to break the news to him gently that it takes more than two days to drive across the U.S. of A. Then he told me his buddies were Davey G. Johnson and Alex Roy, the current record holder for doing a transcontinental run in 30 hours and 4 minutes, and that their transportation would be Roy's own BMW M5 "Team Polizei" car. Their plan is to travel the entire length of Interstate 80 from the George Washington Bridge in NYC to the Bay Bridge in San Francisco and then own down to Monterey for this weekend's events surrounding the Pebble Beach Concours d'Elegance. The pace will be a little slower than Roy's record run, with 40 hours being the target time from start to finish.

Of course, I released Damon from his blogging bonds and wished him well in his duties as co-driver. The trio began their trip this morning and are streaming a live feed of their journey on Roy's blog, Gumball144.com, as we speak. I just watched them pass a Doritos truck in Pennsylvania. (Be aware that the feed will go dark sometimes as their EVDO card hits an area without reception, and keep your volume down as they like to drive with the windows open.) Damon will be reporting on his experience over the next two days, so keep an eye out to learn what it's like to road trip with professionals.

UPDATE 1: Just to clarify, they are not racing across the country and don't care much if they miss arriving in California within 40 hours. They have also not been pulled over or "busted" as some commenters believe.
UPDATE 2: Damon's behind the wheel!

[Source: Gumball144.com]

LIVE: Autoblogger doing I-80 in 40 hours with Alex Roy originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 12 Aug 2008 15:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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