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Car Entries

Number Plates Given to Each Car

Cannonball Run Licence Plate 235
Cannonball Run Licence Plate 248

These number plates were given to every competing car as a way of identifying them.  They were and still are legal on Australian roads. The plates were provided by the Northern Territory Government and made by prison inmates at the Department of Corrections in Alice Springs.

Car Number
Make
Model
Year of Manufacure
233
Ford
Falcon XR6 EB
1993
234
Ford
EB GT Falcon
1993
235
Lexus
LS400
1992
236
Jaguar
XJS 6Litre
1980
238
Chevrolet
Camaro RS SS
1967
240
Ford
XB GT
1976
242
Porsche
930 Turbo
1977
243
Holden
Walkinshaw Group A VL
1988
244
Mazda
RX7
1992
245
Ford
Mustang
1966
247
BMW
750IL
1990
248
Pontiac
Trans Am
1977

On The Road

Cannonballers Leaving Sydney

All packed and ready to race; this rig is leaving from Sydney, bound for Darwin, to start the big race. What a site this would have been if you didn't know the great race was on.

118 Entrants

The starting line up was 118 entrants in the 1994 Cannonball Run.  We have all 118 listed.

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If you know that one of the cars is incorrectly labelled or you know anything that will fill in the blanks, drop us an email via info@cannonballrun.info.

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The other pages on this site will show you pictures of the vehicles.

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Any help will be appreciated.

Application Rules Letter

Cannonball Run Application Rules

8 Page PDF 

 

Information includes:

$750 non refundable holding fee.
The first Progress Payment of $2500.
The second Progress Payment of $3000.
Entry Fee total of $7500.
Accommodation was an extra $1000

 

The categories of Exotic Super Car & Super Classics have an interesting mix of which car goes into what category. Jaguar's in Exotic Super Car and BMW's in Super Classics.

Have a read of the section that says how the Stuart Highway is of a very high standard. They make it sound like a European autobahn. Which, having driven this road a few thousand times I can tell you from personal experience this road is not now, and has never been "of high standard"   

Rules, procedures and Supplementary Regulations Manual

1994 Cannonball Run Rules Procedures and Supplementary Regulations Manual

26 Page PDF

 

A quick note from Allan Moffat
The schedule of times and places

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While the application letter says there will be only two categories, this PDF lists three categories Exotic Supercars, Super Classics, and the additional Sports Touring Car category. 


Minimum Cruising Speeds

Exotic Super Cars - 190km/h

Super Classics - 160km/h

Sports Touring - 130km/h

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In this document they say the Holding Fee is refundable of your application if unsuccessful

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In this document if your a competitor or crew you have to acknowledge that there has been no representation or warranty made about the road surfaces. Pity the first PDF says the Stuart Highway is of a very high standard.

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Safety Helmets are not compulsory, only recommended. 

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In this PDF, you'll read in Section Four, 1.6, the general public will be using the roads as well. Could you imagine Grandma and Grandad towing a caravan at 80km/h and a Ferrari F40 overtakes you at 240km/h without warning? It would surely be something akin to a fighter jet flying 5 meters above your car. 

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You have to love reading 6.6 and 6.7.
Basically you need to buy fuel from the places we say to buy fuel from, however we can't guarantee the quality of the fuel. You can buy fuel from other places, however we cant guarantee the quality of the fuel. Huh... buy fuel from wherever you want, because we can't guarantee the quality of the fuel.

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Guide to Competitors

1994 Cannonball Run Guide To Competitors

10 Page PDF

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SITE MAP

HOW YOU CAN HELP

Many of the photos on this website were taken whilst on holiday and were never intended to be made available for public record, so please excuse the amateurish shots. Digital cameras were not around as yet, so we had to scan in all the images that make up this site. If you have any other photos that you think should be put up, please email them to us and we will add them in.

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Whilst we have tried very hard to make sure this website is as accurate as possible, we know that we may make the odd mistake. If you see an obvious error, be it the wrong make or model of a car, or maybe the order in which you know the cars left or came back to Darwin is different than what we have; whatever the mistake, please don’t hesitate to contact us.

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