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...rally and clime to clime old acquaintances and new, scenes to remember, sun sets of a different hue. L.W. ("Will") Willette, a retired, seven-times wounded Marine Corps sergeant major who looks like Ollie Hardy and sounds like John Wayne, is typical. Will takes his 27 ft., rebuilt Travco and 21 medals from four wars from town to town, ole buddy to ole buddy, all year round, stopping only in the town he calls Lost Wages, Nev., to collect his ample pension checks. A reluctant hero, he has found the good life...
...this year's Cannonballers seemed a sobersided, gum-chewing lot. (In the previous race, three women drivers wore flesh-tight pink suits, and three males dressed as priests but got ticketed nonetheless.) The only out-of-the-way vehicle entered was a Travco mobile home with three drivers who, between turns at the wheel, were served soufflé Romano, fettucini and cannelloni by an Italian chef. They made the trip in 45 hr. 36 min. and celebrated with Chianti...
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