Hi RAAM Fans ...
"I'm a Steady Rollin' Man ... I can roll all Night and Day."
George Thorogood and the Destroyers
An appropriate theme song for Gerry Tatrai as he continues to just Roll Steady
right on down the road.
Warning ... Warning ... Warning: The Mississippi River is about 150 Miles away
for Gerry. Pete Penseyres said, "The Race doesn't begin until the
Mississippi." So the race is about to begin!!
This one is dedicated to Tom Buckley who had his 44th Birthday Party on the
Bike today as he rode in the neighborhood of Farmersville to Talco, Texas, over
1,700 miles into the race. Tom has ridden a really excellent race battling it out
and oftentimes in Third Place. Happy Birthday, Tom!!
Anyway, back to the Race ...
Notice to all Crews -- Michael Shermer is heading forward on the course. At
10:00 P.M. EST, he was at TS 20. He will be looking for each rider to have
the Ensure Logos on the Chest and on the Arms of the Jerseys. If Michael finds a
rider without the logos, he could very well send the rider home as per his
agreement with each rider.
Hot Item -- Gerry Tatrai, The Wonder From Down Under (Australia), continues to
lead the Solo RAAM. Rob Kish in 2nd Place has fallen back behind Gerry from 3
Hours to 5 Hours to now over 7 hours at Time Station 30 (Hope, AR) which is
1,820 miles into the race. Gerry is actually through TS 33 (Pine Bluff, AR)
which is 1,942 miles into the race so Gerry has a 122 mile lead on Rob!! Just
yesterday at TS 23, Rob was only 50 minutes behind Gerry so Rob must have
fallen into some trouble today. Or is Gerry robbing the sleep tank?
Hot Item -- In my previous E-Mail, I was comparing Gerry Tatrai's Stellar
performance here to Pete Penesyre's 1986 RAAM where he had a Total Average
Speed of 15.4 MPH. Since the last update, Gerry has ridden another 123 Miles
and has increased his Total Average Speed back up from 14.9 to 15.0. Don't
forget: no one except for Pete has broken the 15.0 barrier.
Hot Item -- Overall Position numbers on these reports are based on the
following
Race Categories:
Solo RAAM, Men and Women, Numbers 1 ... 20
2 Man Relay Team & 70 Plus Teams that started with Solo RAAM, Numbers 1 ... 3
Team RAAM and Human Powered Vehicle, Numbers 1 ... 11
Extremely Hot Item -- Last Year's Men's Champion Wolfgang Fasching continues
to be recovering from his earlier problems as he has moved up from 10th to 9th
to 6th and is now in 3rd place trailing Rob Kish by only about 3 hours.
Extremely Hot Item -- Danny Chew continues his assault. The 1996 Winner has
moved up from 9th to 5th place and has now passed Andreas for 4th Place. Look
out for Danny -- he only trails Wolfgang by 30 minutes. This could be a very
tight race!!
Hot Item -- Tom Buckley has dropped from 3rd to 6th place.
Hot Item -- Andreas Clavedetscher has dropped from 4th to 5th place. He
follows Danny by about 2 hours.
Hot Item -- Steve Born has dropped from 10th to 11th.
Hot Item -- Seana Hogan has dropped from 14th place to 16th place, having been
passed by Giovanni Zilioli and Tim Kinkeade. Unfortunately, Seana had to
check into a hospital but is now back on the road and cranked out a 15 MPH split
from TS 23 to TS 24 which is 46 miles. So Seana may be rolling again -- let's hope
so!!
Hot Item -- I was side tracked in my project to upload my RAAM Start Line
Photos. Instead, I spent the time to put all of these updates online so you
can easily go back and see anything you missed. Go to:
http://www.CalTripleCrown.com
then to 1998 Race Across America Hot Item Updates.
I have added the following at www.CalTripleCrown.com:
1. On the Home Page, added a link to the 1998 Race Across America Hot Item
Updates. This new Web Page includes a photo of Gerry Tatrai taken by Mike
Gladu as he lead the Race Across America going into Celina, Texas on 7/27/98
at 9:30 P.M. Mike graciously allowed me to copy his most excellent work to
this page.
2. Hot Item Updates that are currently available include blow by blow reports
of the Race Across America taken at the following times along with analysis
reports:
7/24/98 1:06 A.M
7/24/98 9:44 A.M.
How Fast Do RAAM Riders Ride A Century on RAAM?
7/24/98 11:26 P.M.
7/25/98 10:03 A.M
How Fast Do RAAM Riders Ride A Double Century on RAAM?
Fireworks for Tatrai & Hogan at New Mexico & Team RAAM Ready
Can Gerry Tatrai Match Pete Penseyre's Average Speed Record?
7/26/98 12:57 A.M.
Team Race Across America Start and 80 Miles Per Hour!
7/27/98 12:36 A.M.
7/27/98 4:32 P.M
7/28/98 2:18 A.M
The Next Rest Stop, Dairy Queens, and RAAM 7/28/98 2:52 P.M.
If you lost or misplaced one of the above reports, you can go to
www.CalTripleCrown.com and check it out again.
Wondering how that Cyclist or Team got to where they are? Go to
www.CalTripleCrown.com and you can get the answer to that and many other
questions you probably weren't even asking. :) :)
And yes, columns line up on these reports so they are easy to read.
Don't forget Nick's masterpiece photos at:
http://www.RAAMOnline.com
Hot Item -- Let's talk about the Rookies.
Mark Patten is from Saratoga, California continues in 8th place.
Harold Trease from Jemez Springs, New Mexico continues in 9th place.
Andreas Clavedetscher from Liechenstein has dropped back from 4th to 5th
place.
Andrew Bohannon from Sunnyvale, California has moved up from 11th to 10th
place.
Rick Anderson from Woodside, California continues in 13th place.
Hansgeorg Haus from Permasens, Germany, has dropped from 16th to 17th place.
Tim Kinkeade from Moscow, Idaho has moved up from 17th to 15th place.
Charlie Liskey from Somis, California continues in 18th place.
Bernie Comeau from Ottawa, Canada continues in 19th place.
Hot Item -- 1989 Winner Paul Solon continues in 12th place.
Hot Item -- In the 70+ Division, Team Secure Horizons continues their lead
over Team 70+ by 9 Hours.
Interesting Item -- Team Secure Horizons has now passed all of the Solo Riders
except for Tatrai who they trail by about 4 hours. Can those 70 year old guys
roll into Savannah before those Solo Young Whipper Snappers? (Go Guido and
buddies)
Hot Item -- Team Action Sports beat Team Pacificare to Time Station 20 by 18
minutes. They need a Total Average Speed of over 23.0 in order to beat the
Team Kern Wheelmen's 1995 Record and at this point, the Pacificare guys are running
at a Total Average Speed of 22.4 MPH, way up from the 22.0 MPH on the last
update.
Hot Item -- Bob Forney's Total Average Speed has dropped considerably from
16.4 to 15.1 as he is climbing up to Cloudcroft, New Mexico. He is still ahead of
Team Jimmy that have the luxury of swapping out dead riders with fresh ones.
Watch out for Bob going down from Cloudcraft from TS14 to TS16 -- he's going
to FLY!!
Hot Item -- Team Austria received a 10 minute penalty for urinating in public.
Technical Note -- As you may have found, this report is difficult to print
well. In the prior few E-Mails, there are instructions on how to print it with nice
columns. Let me know if you need these instructions again.
All credit for this work should go to RAAM Headquarters manned by the SCOR
Club and headed by Larry Mahrenholtz. The Web Site is totally awesome and if
you don't have Internet Access, you need to get it in order to really see what
each rider is doing through each time station, etc. Check out:
http://www.RAAMOnline.com
Chuck Bramwell
California Triple Crown Guy
RAAM Web Page Transcriptionist
RAAM Route Individual Standings (1998)
Created on Wednesday, July 29, 1998 at 1:04 am (est)
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*
*
* DIVISION REPORT - Solo Divisions
*
*
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Division: Solo, Men
Division Leader:
Rider #150 (Gerry Tatrai) passed through station 33 (Pine Bluff, AR) at
10:00:00 PM (EDT) on Tuesday, July 28, 1998, 1942.1 miles into the race.
Total Total Ave Ave Mi Hr.
Rider Station Time/Day Hrs. Mile Mi/Day MPH Back Back
150 Gerry Tatrai 33 7/28/98 10:00 PM 129.75 1942.10 359 15.0 0.0 0.00 1
39 Rob Kish 30 7/28/98 9:25 PM 129.17 1819.75 338 14.1 2
201 Wolfgang Fasching30 7/29/98 12:20 AM 132.08 1819.75 331 13.8 3
129 Danny Chew 29 7/28/98 10:37 PM 130.37 1784.05 328 13.7 4
223 Andreas Clavedets29 7/29/98 12:23 AM 132.13 1784.05 324 13.5 5
196 Tom Buckley 28 7/28/98 5:14 PM 124.98 1718.75 330 13.8 6
210 Fabio Biasiolo 28 7/28/98 8:42 PM 128.45 1718.75 321 13.4 7
229 Mark Patten 28 7/28/98 11:38 PM 131.38 1718.75 314 13.1 8
231 Harold Trease 28 7/29/98 12:01 AM 131.77 1718.75 313 13.0 9
222 Andrew Bohannon 27 7/28/98 9:20 PM 129.08 1688.25 314 13.1 10
97 Steve Born 27 7/28/98 9:46 PM 129.52 1688.25 313 13.0 11
80 Paul Solon 26 7/29/98 11:52 AM 143.62 1640.00 274 11.4 12
220 Rick Anderson 25 7/28/98 7:06 PM 126.85 1554.10 294 12.3 13
219 Giovanni Zilioli 25 7/29/98 12:05 AM 131.83 1554.10 283 11.8 14
226 Tim Kinkeade 24 7/28/98 11:55 PM 131.67 1523.20 278 11.6 15
161 Seana Hogan 24 7/29/98 12:26 AM 132.18 1523.20 277 11.5 16
225 Hansgeorg Haus 24 7/29/98 12:40 AM 132.42 1523.20 276 11.5 17
227 Charles Liskey 21 7/28/98 10:01 PM 129.77 1376.30 255 10.6 18
224 Bernie Comeau 19 7/28/98 9:11 PM 128.93 1252.10 233 9.7 19
114 Aldo Calandro 18 7/28/98 4:10 PM 123.92 1146.80 222 9.3 20
**** Did Not Finish ****
230 Bob Kimber 8 7/25/98 6:10 PM 53.92 512.50 228 9.5 DNF
221 Tomas Celta 1 7/23/98 5:17 PM 5.03 83.96 400 16.7 DNF
Division: - 2 Man Relay Team
Division Leader:
Rider #TM57 (Team Gustavo Rmo Franca) passed through station 40 (Linden,
TN) at 11:46:00 PM (EDT) on Tuesday, July 28, 1998, 2259.46 miles into the
race.
Total Total Ave Ave Mi Hr.
Rider Station Time/Day Hrs. Mile Mi/Day MPH Back Back
TM57 Team Gustavo Rmo40 7/28/98 11:46 PM 131.52 2259.46 412 17.2 0.0 0.00 1
Division: - 70 Plus Teams
Division Leader:
Rider #TM19 (Team Secure Horizons/SCOR) passed through station 32
(Thornton, AR) at 10:40:00 PM (EDT) on Tuesday, July 28, 1998, 1898.35
miles into the race.
Total Total Ave Ave Mi Hr.
Rider Station Time/Day Hrs. Mile Mi/Day MPH Back Back
TM19 Team Secure 32 7/28/98 10:40 PM 130.42 1898.35 349 14.6 0.0 0.00 2
TM36 Team 70+ 29 7/29/98 12:02 AM 131.78 1784.05 325 13.5 3
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*
*
* TIME PENALTIES and NOTES -- All Solo Riders and Teams that Started Thursday
* With The Solo Riders
*
* Listed in order of Rider's Last Name
*
* Last Updated: 7/29/98 1:04 A.M. EST by Chuck Bramwell from each
* Rider's Web Page
*
*
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Anderson, Rick
No Notes or Time Penalties
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Biasiolo, Fabio
No Notes or Time Penalties
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Bohannon, Andrew
No Notes or Time Penalties
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Born, Steve
No Notes or Time Penalties
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Buckley, Tom
Date: 7/26/98 Time: 10:56 AM
Note: 7/25/98 11:27 PM 7 milesafter RP 309. Detained 11 minutes by
police.
Date: 7/27/98 Time: 2:18 AM Note: Per Mike Shermer to receive a credit of
11 minutes for being detained for 11 minutes by the police.
Date: 7/28/98 Time: 2:45 AM Note: Today is his 44th Birthday--Happy
Birthday
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Calandro, Aldo
TOTAL PENALTIES = 15 min.
Time: 15 min. Reason: Failed to stop at stop sign RP#51, called in by
Mike
Roark
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Celta, Tomas
Date: 7/25/98 Time: 11:01 AM Note: Rider dropped out due to Heat
Exhaustion, location was not given.
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Chew, Danny
No Notes or Time Penalties
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Clavedetscher, Andreas
No Notes or Time Penalties
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Comeau, Bernie
No Notes or Time Penalties
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Fasching, Wolfgang
No Notes or Time Penalties
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Haus, Hansgeorg
TOTAL PENALTIES = 0 min.
Time: 0 min. Reason: warning given by Tracie Holmes, did not pull vehicle
completely off road when assisting rider
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Hogan, Seana
No Notes or Time Penalties
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Kimber, Bob
Date: 7/25/98 Time: 6:25 PM Note: Dropped out at RP 191. 6:10 PM 7/25/98.
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Kinkeade, Tim
No Notes or Time Penalties
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Kish, Rob
No Notes or Time Penalties
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Liskey, Charles
No Notes or Time Penalties
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Patten, Mark
TOTAL PENALTIES = 15 min.
Time: 15 min. Reason: Tracy Holmes called in at 3:30 am 7/25/98 Jockeying
for position rider could not pass.
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Solon, Paul
TOTAL PENALTIES = 5 min.
Time: 5 min. Reason: Tracy Holmes called in at 3:30 am 7/25/98 Not
displaying slow bicycle ahead triangle.
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Tatrai, Gerry
TOTAL PENALTIES = 0 min.
Time: 0 min. Reason: Warning at RP# 040 urinating while on the bike
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Team Gustavo Rmo
TOTAL PENALTIES = 20 min.
Time: 15 min. Reason: Caravanning vehicles behind rider on narrow road,
given by Lannie Smith
Time: 5 min. Reason: Crew penalty for following rider in Arizona during
day time, given by Lannie Smith
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Team Secure Horizons
TOTAL PENALTIES = 15 min.
Time: 15 min. Reason: Tracy Holmes Headlight was not on bike before TS
#8
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Team 70+
No Notes or Time Penalties
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Trease, Harold
No Notes or Time Penalties
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Zilioli, Giovanni
TOTAL PENALTIES = 45 min.
Time: 30 min. Reason: Failed to stop at a red stop light at RP# 042,
called in by Mike Roark
Time: 15 min. Reason: Failed to stop at stop sign at RP# 038, called in
by Mike Roark
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*
*
* DIVISION REPORT - Team Divisions
*
*
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Division: Team RAAM
Division Leader:
Rider #TM37 (Team Action Sports) passed through station 20 (Spur, TX) at
10:58:00 PM (EDT) on Tuesday, July 28, 1998, 1328.6 miles into the race.
Total Total Ave Ave Mi Hr.
Rider Station Time/Day Hrs. Mile Mi/Day MPH Back Back
TM37 Team Action Spor20 7/28/98 10:58 PM 58.97 1328.60 541 22.5 0.0 0.00 1
TM9 Team Pacificcare 20 7/28/98 11:16 PM 59.27 1328.60 538 22.4 0.0 0.30 2
TM58 Team Austria 18 7/28/98 8:40 PM 56.67 1146.80 486 20.2 3
TM42 Team Colorado 18 7/28/98 10:24 PM 58.40 1146.80 471 19.6 4
TM61 Team Coast Guard18 7/28/98 11:35 PM 59.58 1146.80 462 19.2 5
TM60 Team Adventure 16 7/28/98 8:40 PM 56.67 1003.10 425 17.7 6
TM56 Team Tyler 16 7/28/98 8:53 PM 56.88 1003.10 423 17.6 7
TM53 Team Men In Moti16 7/28/98 10:09 PM 58.15 1003.10 414 17.3 8
TM54 Team New York 15 7/28/98 8:37 PM 56.62 907.30 385 16.0 9
TM59 Team Jimmy 15 7/28/98 9:53 PM 57.88 907.30 376 15.7 10
Division: Human-Powered Vehicle
Division Leader:
Rider #H1 (Bob Forney) passed through station 15 (Mayhill, NM) at 11:58:00
PM (EDT) on Tuesday, July 28, 1998, 907.3 miles into the race.
Total Total Ave Ave Mi Hr.
Rider Station Time/Day Hrs. Mile Mi/Day MPH Back Back
H1 Bob Forney 15 7/28/98 11:58 PM 59.97 907.30 363 15.1 0.0 0.00 11
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*
*
* TIME PENALTIES and NOTES -- All Teams and Bob Forney who Started Sunday
*
* Listed in order of Rider's Last Name
*
* Last Updated: 7/29/98 1:04 A.M. EST by Chuck Bramwell from each
* Rider's Web Page
*
*
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Forney, Bob
TOTAL PENALTIES = 15 min.
Time: 10 min. Reason: 7/26/98 @ 6:40 PM TS 2. Ran Stop Sign. Reported by
Mike Shermer.
Time: 5 min. Reason: Reported by Mike Shermer @ Holtville just after TS
3 a 5min penalty no details
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Team Action Sports
TOTAL PENALTIES = 5 min.
Time: 5 min. Reason: Penalty by Mike Shermer Parking on shoulder of
freeway and forcing the rider into the lane of traffic on the freeway. Between RP 271
& 272
Time: 0 min. Reason: WARNING by Mike Shermer Parking on shoulder of
freeway and forcing the rider into the lane of traffic on the freeway
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Team Adventure Cycles
No Notes or Time Penalties
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Team Austria
TOTAL PENALTIES = 15 min.
Time: 5 min. Reason: Reported by Mike Shermer failed to stop at stop sign
at Holtville just after TS 3
Time: 10 min. Reason: Reported by Bruce Hartley. Urinating in public. RP
309 8:10 AM 7/28/98.
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Team Coast Guard
No Notes or Time Penalties
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Team Colorado
No Notes or Time Penalties
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Team Jimmy
TOTAL PENALTIES = 15 min.
Time: 15 min. Reason: 7/26/98 Run Stop Sign @ Start. Reported by Kurt.
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Team Men in Motion
No Notes or Time Penalties
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Team New York
TOTAL PENALTIES = 0 min.
Time: 0 min. Reason: (Warning) From Booth Hartley Team 54 @ Route Point
84 Pace Vehicle parked in driving lane during transition. Warning only.
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Team Pacificcare
No Notes or Time Penalties
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Team Tyler
No Notes or Time Penalties
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