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There is a new ‘Coast to Coast‘ record after two guys drove from Jacksonville, Florida to San Diego, California in under 24 hours. While this is not an official Cannonball Run record because the starting point for that is the Red Ball Garage in Manhattan and the end point is the Portofino Hotel in Redondo Beach, this is still an insane achievement.
The person(s) who completed the new coast to coast record runs the popular @cannonballcc account across social media and is well tapped into the Cannonball Run community. They shared their stats from the new record run with the racing community.
New Coast To Coast Record: Drivers Go From FL To CA In 22 Hours, 38 Minutes
For the record setting run, they drove a Cadillac CT4-V Blackwing. It was rigged up with a 54-gallon fuel capacity.
All things considered, they could not have chosen a more expensive time to rip through all of that gasoline while hauling across the country. They made it from Jacksonville Beach, Florida to Dog Beach in San Diego, California in a time of 22 hours and 38 minutes.
The total distance traveled came out to 2,362.1 miles from coast to coast. Along the way they hit a maximum speed of 180 miles per hour. Their average moving speed was 106 miles per hour with an overall average speed of 104 MPH.
Somehow, driving from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean, they managed to only stop for a cumulative 21 minutes and 43 seconds. Unreal!
The @cannonballcc account shared this TikTok recapping their coast to coast record along with posts on Instagram and Threads:
@cannonballcc @Tommy T invited me to go on a cross-country field trip, and it turned out to be one of the greatest things I will ever do. We set the fastest coast to coast time ever, and beat the previous record by almost an hour. It was an absolutely amazing experience, and I’m lucky and thankful to have been a part of it. #coasttocoast #worldrecord #cannonballcc #cartok #fyp
Once they arrived in San Diego and the dust had settled, they celebrated their achievement on Instagram as well. Telling the world about the new coast to coast record:
I guess I’d never considered until now that after completing a coast to coast run, or a Cannonball Run, that you then have to drive back to the other side of the country or wherever you started. The journey doesn’t stop at the destination…
Does the urge to rip it 180 MPH come back as you are cruising across I-10 on your way back home? Does it make most sense to first drive to the other side of the country and then race back home?
I’m sure this is entirely dependent upon wherever the racers are from and embarking their journey at but driving back from California to Florida at 75 MPH across I-10 after completing that journey in under 23 hours sounds miserable.