Any idea on theme for the 2026 Cannonball

[oldcarfan]

On 11/21/2025 at 8:17 AM, Beans said:

Don't remember if it was last year or the year before but there was a lot of interest in a RADwood type of theme.  Don't know much about it other than it is an 80's and 90's car culture type event.  

https://www.radwood.com/

 

 

A Radwood could be fun, either limited to things you might do in period, or taking an 80s-90s car and updating it. That could maybe stretched into a Fast N Furious early 90s tuner sort of thing. 

[tim08]

I like a lot of MeatMans ideas, the police idea is pretty cool too. Ohio has some pretty nice highway patrol units.

[stitchdup]

not to be that guy, but cop cars dont really fit the vibe of an illegal street race. cop cars done as racers does, but not plain cop cars. it would be fun coming up with far fetched incapacitants to use on other racers. maybe a generator in the trunk set up to turn ev cars into electromagnets or a stick for bike wheels. 

[MeatMan]

4 hours ago, stitchdup said:

not to be that guy, but cop cars dont really fit the vibe of an illegal street race. cop cars done as racers does, but not plain cop cars. it would be fun coming up with far fetched incapacitants to use on other racers. maybe a generator in the trunk set up to turn ev cars into electromagnets or a stick for bike wheels. 

That'd be an interesting theme, "Cheaters"!

[dust collectors]

I like the LeMons idea, Land Yachts could be cool too. 

[Pat Minarick]

A few ideas :

Animals , Cougar, Cobra, Mustang ,etc

4- Bangers ,any car that came with a 4 cylinder. 

Cartoons,Deals Wheels style. 

LeMons , Low dollar

Sleepers , done before but I enjoyed it.

Bug invasion, everyone build a VW bug from mild to wild. 

Rat rods.

''Street legal race cars''

Mid , rear engine. 

Edited 15 hours ago by Pat Minarick

[Sam I Am]

How about pickups?  Tons of kits out there. 

[meechum68]

I like the following:

4 bangers-cars/trucks (This one the most cuz... 4 bangers .. nitrous, alchy, boost, so much boost and then you get Porsche/VW/Pinto/Vega as the traditional ones, plus the awesome imports from Japan) 

Landyachts

Pickups/vans

Fake cop cars 

The idea about the Alaska to SA run for another GB would be a blast as well.  So many options open up with that. 

[avidinha]

15 hours ago, stitchdup said:

not to be that guy, but cop cars dont really fit the vibe of an illegal street race. cop cars done as racers does, but not plain cop cars. it would be fun coming up with far fetched incapacitants to use on other racers. maybe a generator in the trunk set up to turn ev cars into electromagnets or a stick for bike wheels. 

A couple guys broke the Cannonball record in a car disguised to look like an unmarked cop car a few years ago.

 

[Mattilacken]

How about "Bring out your Dead CBR´s"? all previously entered builds are eligible! And then if some one want to join in and don't have an old build they can chose to build according to one of the last (say)2 years topics?

This would for my sake give me at least 4 different builds that I could finish!  

[stitchdup]

58 minutes ago, Mattilacken said:

How about "Bring out your Dead CBR´s"? all previously entered builds are eligible! And then if some one want to join in and don't have an old build they can chose to build according to one of the last (say)2 years topics?

This would for my sake give me at least 4 different builds that I could finish!  

that already part of it. less than half finished entries can be entered in any theme

[Mattilacken]

31 minutes ago, stitchdup said:

that already part of it. less than half finished entries can be entered in any theme

True that, but it feels more fun to do a new one when its a fun theme