Erwin Baker
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Erwin George "Cannonball"/"Cannon Ball" Baker was an American motorcycle and automobile racer and organizer in the first half of the 20th century. Baker began his public career as a vaudeville perform
Baker in New York with his Indian motorcycle after his 1912 international journey
The Cannonball Baker Sea-to-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash, widely known as the Cannonball Baker or Cannonball Run, was an unofficial, unsanctioned automobile race run five times in the 1970s from N
Erwin Baker
…stood for 30 years until in 1964, using modern Interstate Highways, a tiny Hillman Imp crossed the country in 48 hours. These drives inspired the later Cannonball Baker Sea-to-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash, better known as the "Cannonball Run", which itself inspired at least five movies and a television series. In 1941, Baker drove a new Crosley Covered…
Commemorative plaque displayed at Old Kings Market (formerly Goodwives Shopping Center) in Darien, Connecticut