The Lamborghini Countach used in “The Cannonball Run” was a custom job, including a front spoiler, extra antennas and exhaust pipes, and powered-up headlights. The vehicle was owned by one Terry Bernius, who purchased it in 1979. Bernius was a friend of Brock Yates, an automotive writer who cooked up the original race, the Cannonball Baker Sea-to-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash, and wrote the script for “The Cannonball Run.”
As a fan of the original real-life Cannonball race, Bernius wanted to see his car in a similar setting, so he loaned it out to Bates to show in the movie’s introductory scene, where it made quite an impression on onlookers. One of those onlookers was Hawaiian Tropic founder Ron Rice, who purchased the Countach from Bernius. Rice held onto the car for a few decades, changing the Senape tan interior for burgundy seats, until he sold it in 2004 to a Lamborghini fan named Jeff Ippoliti.
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