More than just a simple cross-country auto race, the Cannonball Baker Sea-to-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash was a cultural happening, an automotive middle finger extended in the direction of the 55-mph speed limit and Washington?s encroachment on personal liberties. Instigated by Car and Driver?s own Brock Yates and Steve Smith, the original Cannonball Run was held five times between 1971 and 1979, its place in the annals of unsanctioned automotive mischief set in stone almost exclusively through articles in C/D. Lionized in multiple films including the Brock Yates?penned, Hal Needham?directed, The Cannonball Run, the event also spawned several copycat events as well as the semi-legitimate One Lap of America series. Now the saga is being revisited, this time in the ultimate symbol of 21st-century affirmation, the documentary film. The news comes from a post on the website Motorreporters.com that claims a large stash of original photography from a Cannonball participant was recently unearthed in Germany, which in turn sparked renewed interest in the Cannonball and the possibility of producing a documentary. The problem, of course, is that the Cannonball was run in the pre-iPhone era, when capturing something on film or video was a formidable task that generally required bulky and expensive equipment. Still, several of the recently discovered photos clearly illustrate several people holding still and movie cameras, as well as an early video recorder, giving hope that addit...