RAAM 2004

[Tom Dougherty]

Anyone who's interested, there is a four person HPV team category in this
years' Race Across AMerica. The race started earlier this week and the
first place team since Kansas IS the HPV team, Team ALS Lightning.
Comprised of Sam Whittington, James Kern, Timothy Wouldenberg and Bob
Fourney, Team ALS passed the front running upright four person teams in
Kansas. They will be coming in first place (barring any catastrophes)
tonight after midnight. They have truly been smokin' most of the way. The
race runs from San Diego CA to Atlantic City NJ. You can check the whole
race out at http://www.caida.org/~dmoore/raam2004/ and Team ALS at
http://www.raceacrossamerica.org/raam2004/2004riders/teamalslightingpro.htm

Cheers and tailwinds

Tom Dougherty

[R42pilot]

> Anyone who's interested, there is a four person HPV team
> category in this years' Race Across AMerica. The race
> started earlier this week and the first place team since
> Kansas IS the HPV team, Team ALS Lightning. Comprised of
> Sam Whittington, James Kern, Timothy Wouldenberg and Bob
> Fourney, Team ALS passed the front running upright four
> person teams in Kansas. They will be coming in first place
> (barring any catastrophes) tonight after midnight. They
> have truly been smokin' most of the way.
The
> race runs from San Diego CA to Atlantic City NJ. You can
> check the whole race out at
> http://www.caida.org/~dmoore/raam2004/ and Team ALS at
>
http://www.raceacrossamerica.org/raam2004/2004riders/teamal-
slightingpro.htm
>
> Cheers and tailwinds
>
> Tom Dougherty
>
>

Pretty cool how you can see the lay of the land and why
they had such a low average the first day compared to the
rest of the trip.

[Skip]

I'm presuming these Lightning bikes are the F-40 type rather
than naked P-38s.

skip

[Tom Dougherty]

Yes The mountains of West Virginia also took their toll on
the average speed of the team, too, allowing the 2nd place
team to close the gap to 1 hour. The remaining 108 miles
is relatively flat though, and I am hoping that the HPV
team will remain in the lead for the final push in to
Atlantic City.

"R42Pilot" <mark.benson6@verizon.net> wrote in message
news:ftnDc.4962$x9.4608@nwrddc01.gnilink.net...
> > Anyone who's interested, there is a four person HPV team
> > category in
this
> > years' Race Across AMerica. The race started earlier
> > this week and the first place team since Kansas IS the
> > HPV team, Team ALS Lightning. Comprised of Sam
> > Whittington, James Kern, Timothy Wouldenberg and Bob
> > Fourney, Team ALS passed the front running upright four
> > person teams in Kansas. They will be coming in first
> > place (barring any catastrophes) tonight after midnight.
> > They have truly been smokin' most of the way.
> The
> > race runs from San Diego CA to Atlantic City NJ. You can
> > check the
whole
> > race out at http://www.caida.org/~dmoore/raam2004/ and
> > Team ALS at
> >
>
http://www.raceacrossamerica.org/raam2004/2004riders/teamal-
slightingpro.htm
> >
> > Cheers and tailwinds
> >
> > Tom Dougherty
> >
> >
>
> Pretty cool how you can see the lay of the land and why
> they had such a
low
> average the first day compared to the rest of the trip.

[Tom Dougherty]

That's right faired F40s

"skip" <skip@whatever.com> wrote in message news:seWdnQ2diNYTtEPdRVn-
gw@comcast.com...
> I'm presuming these Lightning bikes are the F-40 type
> rather than naked P-38s.
>
> skip

[John Knezevich]

Tom Dougherty wrote:
> Anyone who's interested, there is a four person HPV team
> category in this years' Race Across AMerica. The race
> started earlier this week and the first place team since
> Kansas IS the HPV team, Team ALS Lightning. Comprised of
> Sam Whittington, James Kern, Timothy Wouldenberg and Bob
> Fourney, Team ALS passed the front running upright four
> person teams in Kansas. They will be coming in first place
> (barring any catastrophes) tonight after midnight. They
> have truly been smokin' most of the way. The race runs
> from San Diego CA to Atlantic City NJ. You can check the
> whole race out at http://www.caida.org/~dmoore/raam2004/
> and Team ALS at http://www.raceacrossamerica.org/raam2004-
> /2004riders/teamalslightingpro.htm
>
> Cheers and tailwinds
>
> Tom Dougherty
>
>
It's official now. Team ALS Lightning, a 4 man recumbent
team, was the first team across the RAAM finish line. Their
average speed was 23.1 mph. The results are at http://www.n- (http://www.n-/)
evrona.com/raamstats/report.aspx?report=RacePosition

[Just Zis Guy]

On Sun, 27 Jun 2004 16:59:07 GMT, John Knezevich
<johnknez@stny.remove.this.to.reply.rr.com> wrote in message
<v1DDc.140297$j24.39934@twister.nyroc.rr.com>:

>It's official now. Team ALS Lightning, a 4 man recumbent
>team, was the first team across the RAAM finish line.

Impossible. Nobody buys a recumbent to go fast, Mr Ed
says so...

Guy
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[Edward Dolan]

"Just zis Guy, you know?" <outlook.bugs@microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:q8vtd0hp2l4rbh9l85bkunc1m7g2ccqap7@4ax.com...
> On Sun, 27 Jun 2004 16:59:07 GMT, John Knezevich
> <johnknez@stny.remove.this.to.reply.rr.com> wrote in
> message <v1DDc.140297$j24.39934@twister.nyroc.rr.com>:
>
> >It's official now. Team ALS Lightning, a 4 man recumbent
> >team, was the first team across the RAAM finish line.
>
> Impossible. Nobody buys a recumbent to go fast, Mr Ed
> says so...

What was this? 4 guys taking turns riding a faired
recumbent? I think I will confine my interest to the real
world of the solo riders doing it all on their own. No one
would be interested in this RAAM at all except for the solo
riders. Any recumbent solo riders on RAAM?

--
Ed Dolan - Minnesota

[Timh]

What's up with that 8.82MPH average last leg? It took them 1:38 to cover
the last 14.4 miles (DF'ers did it in 0:24).

"Tom Dougherty" <bombadil1977@xxcomcast.net> wrote in
message news:p2qDc.115421$eu.21250@attbi_s02...
> Yes The mountains of West Virginia also took their toll on
> the average speed of the team, too, allowing the 2nd place
> team to close the gap to 1 hour. The remaining 108 miles
> is relatively flat though, and I am hoping that the HPV
> team will remain in the lead for the final push in to
Atlantic
> City.
>
> "R42Pilot" <mark.benson6@verizon.net> wrote in message
> news:ftnDc.4962$x9.4608@nwrddc01.gnilink.net...
> > > Anyone who's interested, there is a four person HPV
> > > team category in
> this
> > > years' Race Across AMerica. The race started earlier
> > > this week and
the
> > > first place team since Kansas IS the HPV team, Team
> > > ALS Lightning. Comprised of Sam Whittington, James
> > > Kern, Timothy Wouldenberg and Bob Fourney, Team ALS
> > > passed the front running upright four person teams
in
> > > Kansas. They will be coming in first place (barring
> > > any catastrophes) tonight after midnight. They have
> > > truly been smokin' most of the way.
> > The
> > > race runs from San Diego CA to Atlantic City NJ. You
> > > can check the
> whole
> > > race out at http://www.caida.org/~dmoore/raam2004/ and
> > > Team ALS at
> > >
> >
>
http://www.raceacrossamerica.org/raam2004/2004riders/teamal-
slightingpro.htm
> > >
> > > Cheers and tailwinds
> > >
> > > Tom Dougherty
> > >
> > >
> >
> > Pretty cool how you can see the lay of the land and why
> > they had such a
> low
> > average the first day compared to the rest of the trip.
> >
>

[Tom Dougherty]

Might've been that that last time station was where
penalties are meted out, and racers are 'held' for their
penalties. Plus the logistics of putting the final rider(s)
together may've delayed some too.

"TimH" <tim@nospam.com> wrote in message
news:10duld3eqofnta0@corp.supernews.com...
> What's up with that 8.82MPH average last leg? It took them
> 1:38 to cover the last 14.4 miles (DF'ers did it in 0:24).
>
> "Tom Dougherty" <bombadil1977@xxcomcast.net> wrote in
> message news:p2qDc.115421$eu.21250@attbi_s02...
> > Yes The mountains of West Virginia also took their toll
> > on the average speed of the team, too, allowing the 2nd
> > place team to close the gap to
1
> > hour. The remaining 108 miles is relatively flat though,
> > and I am
hoping
> > that the HPV team will remain in the lead for the final
> > push in to
> Atlantic
> > City.
> >
> > "R42Pilot" <mark.benson6@verizon.net> wrote in message
> > news:ftnDc.4962$x9.4608@nwrddc01.gnilink.net...
> > > > Anyone who's interested, there is a four person HPV
> > > > team category in
> > this
> > > > years' Race Across AMerica. The race started earlier
> > > > this week and
> the
> > > > first place team since Kansas IS the HPV team, Team
> > > > ALS Lightning. Comprised of Sam Whittington, James
> > > > Kern, Timothy Wouldenberg and
Bob
> > > > Fourney, Team ALS passed the front running upright
> > > > four person teams
> in
> > > > Kansas. They will be coming in first place (barring
> > > > any
catastrophes)
> > > > tonight after midnight. They have truly been smokin'
> > > > most of the
way.
> > > The
> > > > race runs from San Diego CA to Atlantic City NJ. You
> > > > can check the
> > whole
> > > > race out at http://www.caida.org/~dmoore/raam2004/
> > > > and Team ALS at
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
http://www.raceacrossamerica.org/raam2004/2004riders/teamal-
slightingpro.htm
> > > >
> > > > Cheers and tailwinds
> > > >
> > > > Tom Dougherty
> > > >
> > > >
> > >
> > > Pretty cool how you can see the lay of the land and
> > > why they had such
a
> > low
> > > average the first day compared to the rest of the
> > > trip.
> > >
> > >
> >
>

[Melanie]

As for the low mph in the last leg, I suspect it might be
due to exhaustion! Penalties were assessed along the route
and were posted for the teams to see on the internet.

In RAAM, much of the thrill, is seeing if the body will
actually get you there, and that would be true probably even
in a group ride on a bent...

Melanie

[Gcdoss]

Melanie wrote:
> As for the low mph in the last leg, I suspect it might be
> due to exhaustion! Penalties were assessed along the route
> and were posted for the teams to see on the internet.
>
> In RAAM, much of the thrill, is seeing if the body will
> actually get you there, and that would be true probably
> even in a group ride on a bent...
>
>
Melanie

Reading the RAAM website and the maps for the riders, I
noticed that at the end of the race a bridge was closed to
bikes during certain times and the RAAM riders were to
wait at beginning of the bridge until it opened to bikes
as much as 8 hrs later. May be that the recumbent team got
there at a bad time and had to sit and wait.

Jerry

[Jeff Wills]

"Tom Dougherty" <bombadil1977@xxcomcast.net> wrote in message news:<MgqDc.122629$0y.11853@attbi_s03>...
> That's right faired F40s
>

Nope- fully-faired R-84's... the carbon-fiber full-
suspension Lightning. With the fairing an R-84 becomes an
F-90.

Jeff

[Tom Dougherty]

Smoooooookin'!!!!!

Tom

"Jeff Wills" <jwills@pacifier.com> wrote in message
news:a13b2743.0406290956.1ab93ab6@posting.google.com...
> "Tom Dougherty" <bombadil1977@xxcomcast.net> wrote
> in message
news:<MgqDc.122629$0y.11853@attbi_s03>...
> > That's right faired F40s
> >
>
> Nope- fully-faired R-84's... the carbon-fiber full-
> suspension Lightning. With the fairing an R-84 becomes
> an F-90.
>
> Jeff