The Cannonball Run brought cross-country racing into public consciousness. The Four Ball Rally marked its end. Both races represent the extraordinary skill and dedication of drivers who tested themselves against America's open roads. After Ed Rahill's 1984 run, that era closed forever.
You've probably heard of the Cannonball Run because of the movies.
The Four Ball Rally was a similar race — same era, cross-country outlaw race.
Here’s how the Four Ball was different:
Ed Rahill holds the Cross Continental Endurance Road Race Record with the documented fastest time in a competitive North American road race from Boston to San Diego. With “One Mile at a Time,” he chronicles his journey to honor his commitment to his grandmother that his children’s generation would finally break the chains of broken dreams.
Raised in Western New York, Ed’s love of endurance road racing was sparked listening to Ken Miles’ historic 1966 Le Mans drive. From his early years working at a car dealership and driving GTs—his grandmother was the first woman to own and operate a Ford dealership—Ed spent his youth immersed in cars. Inspired by Bruce Springsteen’s racing anthems and the American spirit of adventure, he dreamed of his own cross-country odyssey.
A Notre Dame graduate, Rahill built a successful career in the energy business as CFO of ITC Holdings, then Founder, President, and CEO of GridLiance, a Blackstone Company sold in 2021. The life lessons from his grandmother and his experiences at a boys high school and Notre Dame cultivated the fortitude and unique perspective that shaped both his business success and racing achievements.
Little did Rahill know those experiences were preparing him not only with skill, but also with the mindset of tenacity and resilience to one day win an endurance race like this. When destiny brought him the opportunity to compete in the road race of the century—a challenge he had dreamed of since childhood…he was ready.
He resides in Atlanta, Georgia, and is the father of four adult children.
Still today, Rahill holds the record.
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