Captain Chaos Of The Cannonball Run Was Real

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If you’ve seen or are even familiar with the classic car movie series Cannonball Run, you know about Captain Chaos. Dom DeLuise does a great job of portraying the notorious alter-ego of the otherwise meek Victor Prinzim. Anyway, it was thought for decades Captain Chaos was just a creation of the movies, but it turns out he really existed. Bill Warner explains all about it in a funny little story of the 1975 Cannonball.

Warner enjoys a lofty position in the automotive community these days as the founder and chairman of The Amelia Island Concours d’Elegance Foundation. If you don’t know about his past, it’s likely a shock to hear he was a participant in the 1975 Cannonball Baker Sea to Shining Sea Memorial Trophy Dash, the notorious race Jack May and Rick Cline won in 35 hours and 53 minutes using a Ferrari Dino. That was a world record and definitely not legal, considering their average speed was calculated at 83 mph. But there’s so much more to the story.