I got to meet one of the original Cannonballers!

[CraigMorrison]

I was at the Hot Rod & Restoration in Indianapolis this weekend and got a great surprise! I met one of the original Cannonballers!

There was this older guy walking around with a beat up blue-satin jacket on and on the back there was a HUGE patch that said "Cannonball - sea to shining sea memorial trophy dash".

So, my curiosity was just killing me...... I walked up and asked if he actually had done the Cannonball. His response was "yea, I actually did all 4". The man's name is Stephen "Yogi" Behr, and he was the winner of the 2nd Cannonball with a time of 37hours 17min from NY to LA! The car was a 70's Caddy! Flat out it could run 105, but at 70% it would cruise along at 95. It was fantastic getting a chance to hear some first hand stories about what running the Cannonball was like and out of the 4 races, he was only stopped once which ended in a 5 hour detention in a jail cell.

It was a great treat, and figured you guys would like to hear the story! If you want to read more about Mr. Behr, just Google his name, there is a lot of info on him!