---
title: "The Morgan World Record Run, Behind-the-Scenes: Part I"
description: "Wherein smart people prepare to do something very, very stupid."
date: "2015-11-23"
modified: "2015-11-23"
authors:
  - name: "The Drive Staff"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/the-drive-staff"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/article/990/the-morgan-world-record-run-behind-the-scenes-part-i"
categories:
  - "News"
  - "Watch This"
---

# The Morgan World Record Run, Behind-the-Scenes: Part I

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Earlier this month, *The Drive* set a slew of [cross-country world records](<https://www.thedrive.com/article/922/i-set-the-l-a-to-n-y-record-in-a-morgan-3-wheeler>) with transcontinental rally specialist [Alex Roy](<https://www.thedrive.com/accelerator/949/youre-all-cowards-why-the-morgan-3-wheeler-cannonball-record-matters>). We sent a film crew along to document the madness. In the first installment of an original mini-doc, a look behind-the-scenes as our heroes prepare their idiot chariot, a Morgan 3 Wheeler, for this 2,800-mile voyage.

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