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In 2012, he won the inaugural World Cycle Race. In 2013 and 2016, he won the Tour Divide ultra-endurance mountain bike race across the Rocky Mountains in Canada and the United States. In 2014, he won the inaugural Trans Am Bike Race, a road-based event from the Pacific coast to the Atlantic coast in the United States.
In 2017, Carlsson designed the Indian Pacific Wheel Race, a 5,500 kilometer road race across the continent of Australia. In the course of the first race, Mike Hall was killed by a motorist. [5] Carlsson was a competitor in the event, but had to withdraw due to injury. [6] Due to the tragic death of Hall, the event was cancelled in progress.
Trans-Am Series: Mosport International Raceway: Trans-Am Series 125 Race Spun out, stalled and hit by another car [209] David Gaines (USA) 1990-05-16 Stock car Oldsmobile NASCAR Limited Sportsman Division Lowes Motor Speedway: Unknown Practice Hit by the car of Peter Gibbons in the rear and then hit broadside by the car of Steve McEachern [210]
The Trans Am Bike Race (TABR) is an annual, self-supported, ultra-distance cycling race across the United States. The route is about 4,200 miles (6,800 km) long and uses the TransAmerica Bicycle Trail that was developed by the Adventure Cycling Association for the Bikecentennial event in 1976. [ 1 ]
Some of these deaths affect cycle racing afterwards – the death of Andrey Kivilev in a crash during the 2003 Paris–Nice race caused the Union Cycliste Internationale to institute a mandatory helmet rule. The dangers of the various sporting forms of cycling continue to be an issue, [7] including training on public roadways. [8]
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Trans Am. In June 2014, Buhring raced the inaugural Trans Am Bike Race in the US. Starting in Astoria, Oregon, and finishing in Yorktown, Virginia, the race is 4,400 miles (7,100 km) long, with a total of around 51,000 metres (167,000 ft) of climbing. [6] As in the Transcontinental Race, cyclists must ride unsupported and be self-sufficient.
It was the first off-road racing victory by an Indy 500-winning driver. In Big Oly, Jones won back-to-back Mexican NORRA 1000s, a Mint 400, a Baja 500, along with other victories. Jones's 1970 Boss 302 Mustang. Capitalizing on his long history with Ford, Parnelli joined with Bud Moore Engineering to race in the SCCA Trans-Am Championship series ...