The Australian Cannonball Cup was a car race held in 1984 on public roads between Melbourne and Perth, Australia.
Although the event was originally promoted as timed race with very few rules similar to the US Cannonball Run!,[1] after significant negative publicity the organisers insisted the event was a navigation and endurance rally and instituted a disqualification rule if drivers were caught by police for a driving offence.
The race started on Friday 2 November 1984 at a private farm in Diggers Rest on the outskirts of Melbourne.
On Sunday 4 November the first team arrived at the finish in Fremantle, Western Australia, in 32 hours and 22 minutes.
Some weeks after the race the organisers disqualified the winning car due to the drivers having been caught by police for a driving offence.