Founded in 1990 by Edward L, the Fireball 2000 was a wild and fun alternative to the heights of professional racing. It was a real life, but downsized version of the Cannonball Run. The Fireball 2000 was kept under wraps with only members, friends, and family of Street Underground knowing of its existance, with the exception of the CB radio circuit mainly to help us out in those days. In one sense it was more like Cannonball Run meets Smoky & the Bandit, but we never got into trouble and we were suppose to obey traffic laws. A handful of drivers took on the challenge each time we had the rally, from experienced drivers to young college attendants to customizers to thrill seekers, and each newby Fireballer is more ambitious than the last. The Fireball was not at first a coast to coast race as its creater and founder hoped it someday would be, but only encompassed a handful of states. The Fireball Rally awards different prizes such as car parts to stereo systems to cash prizes donated by our sponsors. The rally, with its fun and high spirit was becoming known amoungst its participants for its innovativeness, parties, hijinks, customized vehicles, and fast cars. Rally participants would sometimes campout overnight someplace, unless they stayed at a motel, if the fun lasted several days. We also became known as the TRI-STATE CANNONBALL RUNNERS and the EAST COAST CANNONBALL RUNNERS, so anytime you of them you are hearing about us.

Basically its a lot of vehicles, usually 50 or more unless downsized, that are customized or tricked, and have a lot more horse power than usual on a road race cross-state or cross-country to win prizes.

What inspired the creation of such a wild and crazy, but fun race ? 

There were three inspirations. They included two movies, the Cannon Ball Run and th Gumball Rally. The third, but main inspiration was a gentlman named Erwin Baker who set over 143 driving records in the begining of the 20th century, beginning with his first in 1914, crossing the U.S. from coast-to-coast in almost 11 full days on an Indian motorcycle. Each following year he tried to do better with his times by using all types of different vehicles in his runs. He is known most for his famous trip in 1933 when he went from New York to Los Angeles in just 53.5 hours which he held that record for nearly 40 years as it earned him the nickname "Cannonball."  Thus, the Cannonball, also called the Cannonball Baker Race, was the inspiration for two popular classic movies from 1976.

Different tribute races were run in the 1970's in honor of Baker's accomplishments. They came to be known as the Cannonball Baker Sea-to-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash, but everyone for the most part just knew them as the Cannonball Baker or Cannonball Run. As the race went from New York to L.A., it wasn't a serious competition. Instead, it was both a tribute to Baker and a protest against all new traffic laws. The driving laws were not taken seriously at this point in time. The Cannonball races eventually came to a close.

Then in 1990, the Street Underground Vehicle Club started getting a group of people together from around the Pittsburgh, PA areas to form the Fireball 2000. They just wanted to see what they could do and have some fun and win some prizes from some private sponsors. It was a good promotion for the club. It was actually a successful event for the club too. Everyone was suppose to obey the traffic laws, but whether they did or not is probably another story. We would like to have a much bigger one in Pennsylvania someday.

 Nine years later, in 1999, Maximillion Cooper, created a race for fifty of his friends in the same satire of the Cannonball Run as he became bored of the professional racing circuit, creating the Gumball 3000.