Lockwood's 100-Hour Car Stunt

0:00It's April 5th. From your city to your ears, this is El Paso News today, powered by AI. I'm Cory with the story. Back in 1925, Daredevil H.O. Lockwood pulled off a wild stunt, driving a Nash touring car, nonstop for 100 hours around El Paso, and into Juarez, handcuffed right to the steering wheel. He started March 22nd at 12.30 p.m. from the El Paso Times building, chasing a $3,000 prize, that's about $56,000 bucks today from local merchants. Chief of police JD Readers slapped on the cuffs himself and held the key, while the car's hood stayed sealed to block any fixes. No pit stops allowed, not even for gas or air in the tires. Crews handled that on the fly using Calumet fuel and speeding oil, with spotlights and air. Fresh battery keeping things lit. Crows went nuts, blocking streets for blocks during refuels and milk handouts from prices dairy. His only food, a nurse named Miss Carol, rode shotgun toward the end, warning he collapsed

1:03from swollen hand, irregular pulse, spitting blood, and nerves shot all, while battling a brutal dust storm. By the final stretch, Lockwood looped through Juarez streets, then hit Pioneer Plaza March 29th at 4.30 p.m. He blacked out bleeding from the lungs, slumping into the chief's arms as thousands cheered. The biggest crowd ever there. One man in his car out drew the circus, just like Lockwood bragged, proving endurance stunts could pack plazas and turn heads across the border.