• The alleged Cannonball Run car was clocked at 130 mph on a Colorado interstate.
  • Deputies say it featured a radar jammer, a hidden plate, and a police-style appearance.
  • Authorities arrested two men, calling the setup a danger to everyone nearby.

Cannonballers rarely pop up in the news unless one of them has set a new record. The task of making it from one coast to the other as fast as possible is no doubt an endurance challenge in the eyes of some, while little more than a significant safety risk in the eyes of others. Police in Colorado now have the chance to comment on it directly as they’ve evidently caught a car built for the task.

According to the Larimer County Sheriff’s Office, deputies spotted a black Ford traveling at roughly 130 mph (209 km/h) on Interstate 25 on May 30. That’s nearly double the 75 mph (121 km/h) speed limit on one of northern Colorado’s busiest stretches of highway. This wasn’t a simple example of a driver who pulled over immediately, either.

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Police say the driver exited the highway and went onto two-lane roads, where he allegedly maintained speeds approaching twice the posted limit. According to CBS News, authorities stopped the car and arrested driver Greg Barclay along with passenger David Bandler. Notably, Barclay is directly tied to the Cannonball community, though this couldn’t have been an attempt, given that he was on I-25.

A Taurus Built For The Run

Two years ago, he was featured on the YouTube channel VinWiki where he openly admitted to having modified a Ford Taurus SHO for the run. While Lairimer County authorities haven’t released any photos or video of the car Barclay was driving, it does sound similar. It’s also worth pointing out that officers don’t just say the car was outfitted to look like a police car. They say it was fully outfitted for high-speed Cannonball-style runs.

That includes the presence of “everything from various radar detectors and jammers to a device designed to obscure the vehicle’s tags and a passenger binocular system for spotting cops.” Somehow, none of that saved him in this instance. Suffice it to say, if Barclay is going to fight the case, he’ll have plenty to explain.

Note: Lead image shows Ford’s 2010 Taurus Police Interceptor Concept, which is unrelated to this story.