Alfie Wise, the actor who showed up in Smokey and the Bandit, The Cannonball Run and eight other films with his fun-loving ...

Alfie Wise, the longtime Burt Reynolds friend, film sidekick and personal assistant who had bit parts 10 of the movie star's ...

Alfie Wise, the character actor and longtime friend of Burt Reynolds who appeared in 10 of his films, has died at 82.

A frequent co-star of Burt Reynolds, who appeared in such films as “The Cannonball Run” and “Stroker Ace,” has died. Alfie ...

The Cannonball Run is the 1981 movie written by legendary auto writer Brock Yates, loosely based on his own multiple runnings of the Cannonball Baker Sea-To-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash.

Ed Bolian is an automotive enthusiast and entrepreneur from Atlanta. In 2013 he set the NY to LA "Cannonball Run" record of 28 hours 50 minutes.

Cannonball Run. For most, it’s just a cheesy movie from 1981 starring Burt Reynolds and Farrah Fawcett. In fact, it was a real road race, held four times in the ’70s. Created 40 years ago by ...

The concept of using electric vehicles for coast-to-coast “Cannonball Run” speed trials is fairly new Lars Thomsen bought a Model 3 in 2018 in the US, and imported it to Switzerland.

Three more Cannonball Runs followed in 1972, 1975, and the final event in 1979. The 1965 Shelby G.T. 350 shown here, piloted by then-owner Robert Key and Shelby American Automobile Club (SAAC) co ...

But we cannot control traffic.” Indeed, the Cannonball Run record was broken three different times in 2020 - going from 26 hours, 38 minutes in April to 25 hours, 39 minutes in May.

The Cannonball Run begins at the Red Ball Garage in Manhattan and participants can choose their own route. Tabbutt and Toman took Interstate 80 – skirting Cleveland around 4 a.m. – all the way ...

In a May 1988 issue of PEOPLE covering Reynolds’ wedding to Loni Anderson (who died Aug. 3 at age 79), Wise commented on his ...