| Host | |
| Krista Herman | |
| Broadcast | |
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| Packager | |
| Brass Ring Entertainment | |
Inspired by the Cannonball Baker Sea-To-Shinning-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash (an outlaw road race of the 1970s which was the source for the famous Cannonball Run movies) USA's Cannonball Run 2001: Race Across America featured a series of five location-specific challenges along a New York to Los Angeles course, as in the original race.
Trivia[]
The development of the series started without the participation of Brock Yates, organizer of the original Cannonball and holder of the trademark; indeed, the production company paid Yates for the use of the name just before the show debuted. Yates was not pleased with the series, as he felt it was fake and staged.
In 2005, Yates teamed up with a Cannonball driver and film producer J Sanchez to produce a more authentic reality series called Cannonball Run: This is Reality to run alongside the actual One Lap of America race. However, the project was shelved in 2006 due to the lack of interest from networks.
Link[]
Official website of "USA's Cannonball Run 2001: Race Across America" (via Internet Archive)