A host of police-evasion modifications were also installed on the car. These included radar detectors, laser diffusers, a CB radio, and a brake light kill switch. To top it off, a roof-mounted thermal camera was used to spot wildlife and police on the sides of the road ahead. Alex Jones set a new benchmark of 32: 52: 00 atop his 2014 Yamaha FJR1300. The bike was equipped with a 7-US-gallon (26L) auxiliary fuel tank, radar detector, laser jammers, and additional lighting. Jones left the Red Ball Garage on October 17, 2017 at 6:24 am(EDT) and arrived at Portofino Hotel on October 18, 2017 at 12:16 pm(PDT), covering more than 2,800mi (4,500km) with stops only to refuel. [45]

The Subaru team is able to turn off their car's headlights and use infrared sensors for racing at night.When speaking about the team, Bolian noted, “They didn’t want to be known as the key violators of all of these shelter-in-place regulations. Nobody wanted to be out there putting anyone’s lives in danger.”

The film received eight Golden Raspberry Award nominations at the 1984 Golden Raspberry Awards, including Worst Picture, Worst Actor and Worst Actress. The cannonball run began as an unofficial, unsanctioned automobile race run five times in the 1970s from New York City and Darien, Connecticut, on the East Coast of the United States to the Portofino Inn [3] in the Los Angeles suburb of Redondo Beach, California. These races were called the Cannonball Baker Sea-To-Shining Sea Memorial Trophy Dash. [4] :13 Cannonball Run II" doesn't even try to be a movie. It's snapshots of a bunch of familiar, tired old faces improvising tired old gags. [15]Years Ago, the Original Cannonball Run Took The Green Flag". Archived from the original on 2011-09-16 . Retrieved 2011-05-14. Salem, Rob (July 1, 1984). "Burt Reynolds runs on empty in his retreaded Cannonball II". The Toronto Star . Retrieved November 10, 2023.