Annals Of Inconvenience–Cannonball Runnus Interruptus: Remember the Burt Reynolds movie Cannonball Run, where drivers raced across the United States on public roads? Well, the Euros have been poaching our culture. For the past 3 years a group of leadfoot drivers has been staging a European Cannonball Run, terrorizing villages and kicking ass on the autobahns of the old Continent (organizers claim they “do not endorse speeding or breaking any laws in the countries that the rally travels through;” yeah, right…). This year’s event kicked off on Sunday in London, and 122 drivers headed south through France to Spain. All was well until the Spanish police, getting complaints of high powered sports cars whizzing past poor Spanish grannies, tracked down and impounded 71 cars (including Porsches, Ferraris and Rolls Royces). They were eventually released, after some hefty fines, and the Cannon Ball Run continues. This thing is crazy, and you can follow the race live (sort of) here. Burt would have loved it. But he never would have paid no stinkin’ fine to a Spanish porco…



Cannonball Car Art: Maybe, just maybe, this is what the Spanish police objected to…