The Cannonball Run Countach: Supercar Legend | Full Documentary

It was a huge honor to sit down with the team from Hagerty and talk about this car that has inspired us all! Thank you to everyone who worked to document this car's legacy.

Something never mentioned or fully appreciated is how lucky the car community is that Enzo Ferrari was a difficult business man. Without him having that type of personality Lamborghini wouldn't exist, the Ford GT40 program, and because Enzo pissed off Lamborghini enough to go into production for himself Pagani had a firm to start with. We owe an awful lot to Enzo being so difficult.

My dad showing me the opening sequence of this movie when I was a kid 100% turned me into the car enthusiast I am today. So iconic.

This was AMAZING. I remember back in the late 90’s my aunt in-law who worked for the Tennessee highway patrol (she processed all the tickets) was telling me about her buddy trooper stories. There was a ranger that ran radar late at night on the Natchez Trace Parkway in southern middle Tennessee that kept getting radar hits of 150+. He could hear it but couldn’t ever see anything. Troopers and other park rangers laughed. But once a week for several weeks BAM. He convinced them to setup a trap just north of where he always setup. It turned out to be a damn Lamborghini Countach painted flat black, with no lights and the driver using night vision and was running bricks of cocaine north towards Nashville Tennessee.

There goes 78 minutes of my life... Couldn't be happier. P.S. I had a Countach Poster on my wall.

I was 6 years old when I saw the opening of the Cannonball Run at the drive in. I still remember that Countach 40 years later...

I'm 50 years old now (DAMN that hurts to say!). I've only ever had the money for 'beaters' that I TRIED to keep the best shape I could afford to. I saw The Cannonball Run at about 10 years old. Only my dad and I seemed to have any interest in it, but we LOVED It for a million reasons (including but not limited to the opening sequence). He died almost 17 years ago. For many things in life, I've felt like an 'island along men'. THIS documentary helped me see that MY passion for this movie, the stars and CARS is not alone, but rather shown to be rather small in comparison to many others. THANK YOU for sharing this! I LOVE the 'first drive to the theme song of the movie"!!!

Lamborghini posters were ubiquitous in the 80's. You were liable to see one anywhere. Iconic.

As a former valet @ the Portofino Hotel, it’s awesome to see this video. I’m happy to say that while I was working there I was the first person to greet many C2C & Cannonball Run finishers, including Charlie & the record holding EV (Tesla model 3). I’ll make the run someday.

I LOVED this!! The movie and the car blew my little 10 year old mind when released back in 1981...and made me a Lamborghini lover for life. Great job on the documentary.

I didn't expect to be crying over a car documentary, even one that I have loved for basically my whole life. But the story at the end from the current owner got me. Both the tragedy that inspired him to create an event that has raised millions for sick kids, and his dedication to the legacy of the Cannonball Countach to have it fully restored in such amazing detail. This was an amazing video, I loved every minute of it. Also really great that both the second and third owners got it out and drove it. I don't care how much money it's worth or what great condition it's in, cars are made to be driven and I think it's a shame when they sit around and just get looked at. The most infuriating story I ever heard about a Countach was some crazy rich guy who built a fancy new house, and had a Countach hung on the wall like a painting. They drained all the fluids, and mounted the car on a wall sideways. I was disgusted.

The Canonball Countach is an absolute icon. A rebellion against gas prices, rebellion against the future of electric cars. Every boy and girl who call themselves "car enthusiast" should know of this car. I feel like in times like these where gas prices get all time high, this suddenly becomes super relevant. Honestly, if my country ever hosts some event like this, im signing in straight away. Im happy Cannonball is something that still goes on around the world, even if not at "full force" like it used to be.

Hey, I had no idea this was a thing. In August of 2005 I decided to move from NYC to Phoenix AZ. I was 25 and just couldn’t stay in New York anymore, 9/11 broke me, broke my mind. I was a first responder. I had say goodbye to the city that had made me a man. The contentment from Memories of that first kiss are as delightful as the first time experiencing the wonder of seeing the skyscrapers of midtown Manhattan as an immigrant child from Armenia. Needless to say It was truly heartbreaking to say goodbye, but the tires hit the road. The days of Mapquest and loud dot matrix printers lol. I chose I-95 to the I-10 corridor. Fascinating as it was terrifying driving thru Hurricane Katrina I made it to Phoenix in 23 hours and change. Now I know it’s not NYC to LA but hear me out. I’ve taken many day trips to LA in the years since. And I’ve made good time to the tune of 4 hours and some change. There is no point to be made nor egos to be stroked, There were no records broken and speed limits chagrined. But the fine print of my adventure … was undertaken in a 1993, 4 cylinder Toyota Camry with well over 150k on the dashboard with all my earthly possessions. What a beautiful country. God bless America!

The Countach was a car where fantasy became reality. It's probably the most iconic car of all time even more than 30 years after it finished production. I saw my first one in 1985 when I was 15 and it was like meeting the Pope for me. I've seen three of them and even today at 52 it still gives me the same thrill as it did that many years ago. That's staying power. It and Adrienne Barbeau are the reasons why Cannonball Run is one of my favorite movies.

You'll never beat the first 4 minutes of the movie as an advert for any car. The countach was so far ahead of it's time, you only have to look at what's followed since to know that. I'm so glad this car is still alive! Brilliant documentary, thank you for keeping my childhood alive!

“What in the hell was that?” “A Lamborghini!” “Is it in the race?” “CATCH IT!!!!””

This is going on the list as one of my favorite documentaries ever. Man, I had such a big smile on my face hearing people talk over clips from the movie. What an amazing car and how great to celebrate all of the things around it, the movie, the people involved, the real race and the legacy of Lamborghini.

I sent this to my family and tried to explain that this is the car that changed my life and made me a car guy. Not a car like this, but this tiny wedge captured the imagination of a 6 year old in 1981 and never let go. Fantastic film, huge thank you to all involved in this. I love it as much today as I did way back when I saw it for the first time

I remember it like it was yesterday, being a 13 year old kid, sitting in the theater and watching the scene where the Countach pulls away from the Firebird . . . that was literally the day I became a 'car guy'. 40+ years and 54 cars owned later . . . still a car guy. Cannonball is a great part of automotive history!

I never thought I would watch an 80 minute documentary about a car from a movie I've never seen but here we are. This was extremely well made!