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UPDATE: Alex Roy Drove from NY to LA in 27 Hours without Even Being Pulled Over by the Cops

UPDATE: turns out the entire story was a piece of the April Fools pie. As long as this keeps Alex Roy from attempting to pull such irresponsible stunts on public roads again, I'm cool about having been tricked. Not many people decide to go from New York to Los Angeles by car. After all, Google says it's a 41-hour drive (non-stop), and Google is rarely wrong with this kind of stats. Well, you're about to read about the biggest exception to that rule. We'll be talking about Alex Roy, a guy who pulled a monster effort to complete this journey in under 27 hours.
Alex Roy's 2015 "Transcontinental Record" 1 photo
Photo: Alex Roy
Before we get into the details of this one-car road rally, allow me to explain it's all a ridiculously irresponsible record. Apparently, driving across the US with an average speed of over 100 MPH (160 KM/H) makes you the holder of the "Transcontinental Record".

To be more precise, the departure point is the Red Ball Parking Garage on 142 East 31st Street, NY. As for the finish line, this was set at
the R10 Social House on 179 N Harbor Dr, Redondo Beach. That's 2,811 miles (4,526 km) in 26 hours and 28 minutes.

The incredible details

No, this has nothing to do with the April Fools stuff that's been flooding the Internet. Instead, we're talking about a 2014 Infiniti Q50 powered by a tuned Nissan GT-R powertrain and using dual controls like driving school cars so it could be driven around the clock.

Roy seems to have pulled a Le Mans here, handling the car together with two other guys. The first is Greg Ledet, who's not at his first record of this kind while the second is David Maher, a part-time Porsche driving instructor.

The budget they burned here represents "the kind of money that would let you run for THREE YEARS IN THE TUDOR SERIES." At least this is how The Truth About Cars, who spoke to Alex Roy, puts it.

The tricked-out Nissan also had an extra fuel tank, with the overall fuel capacity of 77 gallons allowing for a range of about 1,000 miles.

Sure, the twin-turbo Godzilla heart could deliver up to 850 horses, but speeding doesn't get you anywhere when you've got a police helicopter on your tracks, for instance.

In order to avoid such a scenario, the Nissan was fitted with the equivalent of a trunk fully loaded with more or less legal equipment. From tree night vision cameras and just as many radar detectors, to laser system jammer, police scanners, a pair of CB radios, 5 GPS units and a wide collection of smartphones and tablets running traffic apps. Oh, I almost forgot the twin smoke generators.

It seems like all these efforts paid out, since Roy claims the police didn't even pull the Nissan over during the entire length of the run.

Who is Alex Roy?

To put it simply, a douchebag who is into cars and has found the meaning of existence in breaking the law. Roy is the kind of guy who has actively participated in the popularization of road rallies such Cannonball or Gumball.

The type of man who would take pride in the fact that, despite having planned to install an oil slick dispenser on the car, eventually gave up the idea.

Anybody who's into road rallies most likely knows his name. Roy is undoubtedly a man who can move mountains, but he's always ready to take the risk of those mountains falling over a minivan loaded with kids.

What's next?

For now, Alex Roy won't release any footage of the run, or even pics of the car, since he wants to remain a free man. This does affect the credibility of the story, but knowing his driving record, the proof will come.

He'll certainly post a video in the future, as he did after his previous record-setting run, which saw him cover the same distance in 31 hours in an E39 BMW M5.

Did I mention Roy said he'd never attempt this again after a Lamborghini salesman smashed his record back in 2013? This is even more ridiculous than Roy's fastest-lap-around-Manhattan record, which he set back in 2001. Last year, the guy who broke that record, nicknamed Afroduck, was arrested. Perhaps that will keep Roy from street racing around Manhattan. Or perhaps not.

Regardless, to show you what kind of driving the Manhattan stunt required, we'll give you the video below. This display's Afroduck's 24-minute run. The point here is that these people are not unique. They're just willing to take the risk.

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About the author: Andrei Tutu
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