Hi RAAM Fans ...
"...Still it is an event which struggles to gain a larger identity. Ignored
by star road racers, it remains the province of a small family of ultra
marathon cyclists.
That is the heart of its limitation.
Ironically and undeniably,
it is also the heart of its appeal."
Jim Lampley, closing monologue from ABC Wide World of Sports
Coverage of the 1986 Race Across America
Hot Item -- This is the last Race Across America report that I'll be sending
out. I hope you've enjoyed the Race. I had a clue of what this might turn
into time wise after having done it last year, but this year was even more
intense!!
I have learned a lot about how to analyze the Race this year and hope I
haven't bored you to death with all of the E-Mails. If my analysis has helped bring
this years Race to life to any fellow cyclists, I'm happy.
Congratulations to all of the Riders in the 1998 Race Across America -- it
still amazes me how you can ride across America as fast as you did!!
Solo Division:
Gold Medal: 0-48 Hours behind overall winner
Silver Medal: 48-60 Hours behind overall winner
Bronze Medal: 60-72 Hours behind oveall winner
Gold RAAM Ring: All first time Official Finishers in before 48 Hours
Ultrium RAAM Ring: All Official Finishers in before 48 Hours even if they
already have a RAAM ring from previous races
Team Division:
Under Age 50:
Gold Medal: 0-12 Hours behind overall winner
Silver Medal: 12-24 Hours behind overall winner
Bronze Medal: 24-36 Hours behind overall winner
Ultrium RAAM Ring: All first time Official Finishers in before 24 Hours
Grand Masters 70+:
Gold Medal: 0-60 Hours behind overall winner
Silver Medal: 60-72 Hours behind overall winner
Bronze Medal: 72-96 Hours behind overall winner
Ultrium RAAM Ring: All first time Official Finishers in before 24 Hours
Congratulations to all Finishers!!
1998 Race Across America Finishers List
Total
Solo Men's Division Medal Av. Speed
1. Gerry Tatrai 8 Days, 12 Hours, 22 Minutes Gold 14.2
2. Wolfgang Fasching 8 Days, 17 Hours, 26 Minutes Gold 13.9
3. Rob Kish 8 Days, 20 Hours, 22 Minutes Gold 13.7
4. Danny Chew 8 Days, 23 Hours, 14 Minutes Gold 13.5
5. Fabio Biasiolo 9 Days, 6 Hours, 59 Minutes Gold 13.0
6. Andreas Clavedetscher 9 Days, 7 Hours, 53 Minutes Gold 13.0
7. Tom Buckley 9 Days, 11 Hours, 27 Minutes Gold 12.8
8. Steve Born 9 days, 17 hours, 48 Minutes Gold 12.4
9. Andrew Bohannon 9 Days, 22 Hours, 11 Minutes Gold 12.2
10.Mark Patten 10 Days, 2 Hours, 40 Minutes Gold 12.0
11.Harold Trease 10 Days, 6 Hours, 40 Minutes Gold 11.8
12.Rick Anderson 10 Days, 7 Hours, 5 Minutes Gold 11.7
13.Paul Solon 10 Days, 8 Hours, 5 Minutes Gold 11.7
14.Giovanni Zilioli 11 Days, 2 Hours, 16 Minutes Bronze 10.9
15.Tim Kinkeade 11 Days, 4 Hours, 49 Minutes Bronze 10.8
Solo Women's Division
1. Seana Hogan 11 Days, 7 Hours, 1 Minutes Silver 10.7
Team Division: 70 Plus Teams
1. Team Secure Horizons / SCOR 8 Days, 9 Hours, 11 Minutes Gold 14.4
Team Division: 2 Man Relay Team
1. Team Gustavo Rmo Franco 7 Days, 9 hours, 56 minutes Gold 16.3
Team Division
1. Team Action Sports 5 Days 11 Hours 2 Minutes Gold 22.1
2. Team Pacificcare 5 Days 11 Hours 24 Minutes Gold 22.1
3. Team Austria 5 Days, 23 Hours, 12 Minutes Silver 20.3
4. Team Colorado 6 Days, 5 Hours, 14 Minutes Silver 19.5
5. Team Coast Guard 6 Days, 8 Hours, 12 Minutes Silver 19.1
6. Team Adventure Cycles 6 Days, 15 Hours, 10 Minutes Bronze 18.3
7. Team Tyler 6 Days, 15 Hours, 55 Minutes Bronze 18.2
8. Team Men in Motion 6 Days, 20 Hours, 33 Minutes Bronze 17.7
9. Team New York 7 Days, 2 Hours, 22 Minutes 17.1
10. Team Jimmy 7 Days, 12 Hours, 49 Minutes 16.1
TBD = To Be Determined
Anyway, back to the 1998 Race ...
Hot Item -- Seana Hogan finished in 16th place after being passed by Tim
Kinkeade since the last report. In the above standings, I placed Seana in a
separate Women's Division because I think that's the official category she's
in. I had previously incorrectly reported that "Ensure will be awarding
$10,000 to the 1st place Woman so if Seana makes it to Savannah, she will
win that award." As of this writing, my understanding is that Seana will
receive the $10,000 only if she finished within [some number of hours] from
her Transcontinental Record of 9 Days, 4 Hours, and 17 Minutes. I have not
heard whether [some number of hours] is 48 or 60 or 72 -- we'll have to wait
for the Official Ruling from Race Director Michael Shermer on that one.
Seana's 1998 time was 11 Days, 7 Hours, 1 Minutes so she was 50 Hours and
44 Minutes behind her Transcon Record.
Peter Moffett who was on Rob Kish's crew reported that it was a bummer that
Seana missed a gold medal finish by three hours. Therefore, I conclude that
the Medal is based on Seana's Transcon Record.
Hot Item -- Giovanii Zilioli continued and finished in 14th place.
Hot Item -- Charlie Liskey and Aldo Calandro were the only riders still on
the road as of Monday 8/3/98 at 9:03 P.M.
Hot Item -- Tim Kinkeade from Moscow, Idaho moved up from 16th and finished
in 15th place by passing Seana Hogan.
Hot Item -- Charlie Liskey from Somis, California continues in 17th place.
Hot Item -- Aldo Calandro from Milano, Italy continues in 18th place.
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.
Also, you can order the RAAM Videos from there!!
Don't forget Nick's masterpiece photos at:
http://www.RAAMOnline.com
The 1993 Race Across America video was shown on the Prime Network and it has
all of the great Gerry Tatrai moments as well as the greatest duel and the
closest finish in the history of the race: Seana Hogan v. Muffy Ritz. It also
shows a dramatic team event as 8 teams battle each other in lightning pace
across America, testing new strategies and tactics.
To order your video, go to:
http://www.CalTripleCrown.com
then to the 1998 Race Across America Hot Items Updates.
These results may not line up on your CRT because of the Proportional Font
being used -- Copy them from here and Paste them into your Word Processor with
a Courier font and they will appear in columns.
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 Monday, August 3, 1998 at 9:03 pm (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 56 (Savannah, GA) at
12:19:00 AM (EDT) on Saturday, August 1, 1998, 2906.69 miles into the race.
Total Total Ave Ave Mi Hr.
Rider Station Time/Day Hrs. Mile Mi/Day MPH Back Back
150 Gerry Tatrai 56 8/1/98 12:19 AM 204.07 2906.69 342 14.2 0.0 0.00 1
201 Wolfgang Fasching56 8/1/98 6:01 AM 209.77 2906.69 333 13.9 0.0 5.70 2
39 Rob Kish 56 8/1/98 8:37 AM 212.37 2906.69 328 13.7 0.0 8.30 3
129 Danny Chew 56 8/1/98 11:29 AM 215.23 2906.69 324 13.5 0.0 11.17 4
210 Fabio Biasiolo 56 8/1/98 7:18 PM 222.98 2906.69 313 13.0 0.0 18.62 5
223 Andreas Clavedets56 8/1/98 8:12 PM 223.88 2906.69 312 13.0 0.0 19.52 6
196 Tom Buckley 56 8/1/98 11:57 PM 227.63 2906.69 306 12.8 0.0 23.27 7
97 Steve Born 56 8/2/98 6:07 AM 233.80 2906.69 298 12.4 0.0 29.43 8
222 Andrew Bohannon 56 8/2/98 10:30 AM 238.18 2906.69 293 12.2 0.0 33.82 9
229 Mark Patten 56 8/2/98 2:59 PM 242.67 2906.69 287 12.0 0.0 38.30 10
231 Harold Trease 56 8/2/98 6:59 PM 246.67 2906.69 283 11.8 0.0 42.30 11
220 Rick Anderson 56 8/2/98 7:44 PM 247.42 2906.69 282 11.7 0.0 43.05 12
80 Paul Solon 56 8/2/98 8:24 PM 248.08 2906.69 281 11.7 0.0 43.72 13
219 Giovanni Zilioli 56 8/3/98 2:35 PM 266.27 2906.69 262 10.9 0.0 61.90 14
226 Tim Kinkeade 56 8/3/98 5:08 PM 268.82 2906.69 260 10.8 0.0 64.45 15
161 Seana Hogan 56 8/3/98 7:20 PM 271.08 2906.69 257 10.7 0.0 66.72 16
227 Charles Liskey 50 8/3/98 7:18 PM 270.98 2681.63 238 9.9 17
114 Aldo Calandro 43 8/3/98 8:50 PM 272.52 2372.86 209 8.7 18
**** Did Not Finish ****
225 Hansgeorg Haus 41 8/1/98 1:22 AM 205.12 2295.16 269 11.2 DNF
224 Bernie Comeau 30 7/31/98 3:55 AM 183.67 1819.75 238 9.9 DNF
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 56
(Savannah, GA) at 10:15:00 PM (EDT) on Thursday, July 30, 1998, 2906.69
miles into the race.
Total Total Ave Ave Mi Hr.
Rider Station Time/Day Hrs. Mile Mi/Day MPH Back Back
TM57 Team Gustavo Rmo56 7/30/98 10:15 PM 178.00 2906.69 392 16.3 0.0 0.00 1
Division: - 70 Plus Teams
Division Leader:
Rider #TM19 (Team Secure Horizons/SCOR) passed through station 56
(Savannah, GA) at 9:31:00 PM (EDT) on Friday, July 31, 1998, 2906.69 miles
into the race.
Total Total Ave Ave Mi Hr.
Rider Station Time/Day Hrs. Mile Mi/Day MPH Back Back
TM19 Team Secure 56 7/31/98 9:31 PM 201.27 2906.69 347 14.4 0.0 0.00 2
TM36 Team 70+ 56 8/1/98 1:26 PM 217.18 2906.69 321 13.4 0.0 15.68 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: 8/3/98 9:03 P.M. EST by Chuck Bramwell from each
* Rider's Web Page
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Anderson, Rick
NOTES
Date: 8/3/98 Time: 5:17 PM Note: Finish time is: 10 Days, 7 Hours, 5
Minutes
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Biasiolo, Fabio
NOTES
Date: 8/2/98 Time: 7:04 AM Note: Finish time is: 9 Days, 6 Hours, 59
Minutes
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Bohannon, Andrew
NOTES
Date: 8/2/98 Time: 11:57 AM Note: Finish time is: 9 Days, 22 Hours, 11
Minutes
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Born, Steve
NOTES
Date: 8/2/98 Time: 11:54 AM Note: Finish time is: 9 days, 17 hours, 48
Minutes
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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
Date: 8/2/98 Time: 6:46 AM Note: Finish time is: 9 Days, 11 Hours, 27
Minutes
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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
NOTES
Date: 8/2/98 Time: 7:02 AM Note: Finish time is: 8 Days, 23 Hours, 14
Minutes
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Clavedetscher, Andreas
NOTES
Date: 8/2/98 Time: 7:05 AM Note: Finish time is: 9 Days, 7 Hours, 53
Minutes
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Comeau, Bernie
NOTES
Date: 7/31/98 Time: 1:06 PM Note: Rider dropped due to extreem pain
exhaustion
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Fasching, Wolfgang
TOTAL PENALTIES = 0 min.
Time: 0 min. Reason: Warning given by Tracie Holmes for excess time next
to pace vehicle
NOTES
Date: 7/31/98 Time: 12:19 AM Note: Rider 201 will get a 20 minute credit,
given by Michael Shermer
Date: 8/2/98 Time: 6:48 AM Note: Finish time is: 8 Days, 17 Hours, 26
Minutes
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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
NOTES Date: 8/1/98 Time: 3:00 AM
Note: DNF @ RP932. Need to catch plane.
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Hogan, Seana
NOTES
Date: 8/3/98 Time: 7:25 PM Note: Finish time is: 11 Days, 7 Hours, 1
Minutes
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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
NOTES
Date: 8/3/98 Time: 5:15 PM Note: Finish time is: 11 Days, 4 Hours, 49
Minutes
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Kish, Rob
NOTES
Date: 8/2/98 Time: 6:54 AM Note: Finish time is: 8 Days, 20 Hours, 22
Minutes
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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.
NOTES
Date: 8/3/98 Time: 5:12 PM Note: Finish time is: 10 Days, 2 Hours, 40
Minutes
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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.
NOTES
Date: 8/3/98 Time: 5:10 PM Note: Finish time is: 10 Days, 8 Hours, 5
Minutes
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Tatrai, Gerry
TOTAL PENALTIES = 0 min.
Time: 0 min. Reason: Warning at RP# 040 urinating while on the bike
NOTES
Date: 8/2/98 Time: 6:52 AM Note: Finish time is: 8 Days, 12 Hours, 22
Minutes
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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
NOTES
Date: 7/30/98 Time: 11:04 PM
Note: Team 57 finish time is, 7 Days 10 hours
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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
NOTES
Date: 7/31/98 Time: 9:51 PM Note: Finish time is: 8 Days, 9 Hours, 11
Minutes
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Team 70+
NOTES
Date: 8/2/98 Time: 7:08 AM Note: Finish time is: 9 Days, 1 Hour, 7
Minutes
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Trease, Harold
NOTES
Date: 8/3/98 Time: 5:11 PM Note: Finish time is: 10 Days, 6 Hours, 40
Minutes
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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
NOTES
Date: 8/3/98 Time: 5:06 PM Note: Finish time is: 11 Days, 2 Hours, 16
Minutes
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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 56 (Savannah, GA)
at 11:02:00 PM (EDT) on Friday, July 31, 1998, 2906.69 miles into the race.
Total Total Ave Ave Mi Hr.
Rider Station Time/Day Hrs. Mile Mi/Day MPH Back Back
TM37 Team Action Spor56 7/31/98 11:02 PM 131.28 2906.69 531 22.1 0.0 0.00 1
TM9 Team Pacificcare 56 7/31/98 11:24 PM 131.40 2906.69 531 22.1 0.0 0.12 2
TM58 Team Austria 56 8/1/98 11:22 AM 143.37 2906.69 487 20.3 0.0 12.08 3
TM42 Team Colorado 56 8/1/98 5:36 PM 149.23 2906.69 467 19.5 0.0 18.20 4
TM61 Team Coast Guard56 8/1/98 8:34 PM 152.20 2906.69 458 19.1 0.0 21.17 8
TM60 Team Adventure 56 8/2/98 3:32 AM 159.17 2906.69 438 18.3 0.0 28.13 9
TM56 Team Tyler 56 8/2/98 4:17 AM 159.92 2906.69 436 18.2 0.0 28.88 10
TM53 Team Men In Moti56 8/2/98 8:55 AM 164.55 2906.69 424 17.7 0.0 33.52 11
TM54 Team New York 56 8/2/98 2:44 PM 170.37 2906.69 409 17.1 0.0 39.33 12
TM59 Team Jimmy 56 8/3/98 1:06 AM 180.73 2906.69 386 16.1 0.0 49.70 13
Division: Human-Powered Vehicle
Division Leader:
Rider #H1 (Bob Forney) passed through station 16 (Roswell, NM) at 4:47:00
AM (EDT) on Wednesday, July 29, 1998, 1003.1 miles into the race.
Total Total Ave Ave Mi Hr.
Rider Station Time/Day Hrs. Mile Mi/Day MPH Back Back
H1 Bob Forney 16 7/29/98 4:47 AM 64.78 1003.10 372 15.5 0.0 0.00 DNF
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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: 8/3/98 9:03 P.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
NOTES
Date: 7/29/98 Time: 12:09 PM Note: Rider dropped out due to overheating
East of Roswell, NM.
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Team Action Sports
TOTAL PENALTIES = 15 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
Time: 10 min.Reason: Failed to call their Time Station times in a timley
manner, given by Michael Shermer
NOTES
Date: 8/2/98 Time: 7:10 AM Finish Time is: 5 Days, 11 Hours, 2 Minutes
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Team Adventure Cycles
NOTES
Date: 8/2/98 Time: 3:45 AM Finish Time is: 6 Days, 15 Hours, 10 Minutes
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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.
NOTES
Date: 8/2/98 Time: 7:23 AM Finish Time is: 5 Days, 23 Hours, 12 Minutes
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Team Coast Guard
NOTES
Date: 8/2/98 Time: 7:26 AM Finish Time is: 6 Days, 8 Hours, 12 Minutes
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Team Colorado
NOTES
Date: 8/2/98 Time: 7:24 AM Finish Time is: 6 Days, 5 Hours, 14 Minutes
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Team Jimmy
TOTAL PENALTIES = 15 min.
Time: 15 min. Reason: 7/26/98 Run Stop Sign @ Start. Reported by Kurt.
NOTES
Date: 8/3/98 Time: 5:22 PM Finish Time is: 7 Days, 12 Hours, 49 Minutes
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Team Men in Motion
NOTES
Date: 8/2/98 Time: 9:18 AM Finish Time is: 6 Days, 20 Hours, 33 Minutes
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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.
NOTES
Date: 8/3/98 Time: 5:21 PM Finish Time is: 7 Days, 2 Hours, 22 Minutes
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Team Pacificcare
NOTES
Date: 8/2/98 Time: 7:12 AM Finish Time is: 5 Days, 11 Hours, 24 Minutes
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Team Tyler
NOTES
Date: 8/2/98 Time: 7:28 AM Finish Time is: 6 Days, 15 Hours, 55 Minutes
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