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The Race Across America, or RAAM, is an ultra-distance road cycling race held across the United States that started in 1982 as the Great American Bike Race. RAAM 2015 team start RAAM is one of the longest annual endurance events in the world.
Haldeman won the race from Santa Monica to New York covering 2,976 miles in a time of 9 days, 20 hours and 2 minutes. He was the first cyclist to eclipse the 10-day barrier across America. ABC documented the race with a two-hour prime time program and won an Emmy Award for the best Sports Documentary. The 1982 Great American Bike Race can still ...
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 ]
Hornets; mini cup, sprints, legends, focus midgets, figure 8, trains, trailer races, demolition derby, monster trucks, stock cars, modifieds, truck, pro 4's, super modifieds also connected is Drag Racing 1/4 mile and a MX Race track Shenandoah Speedway: Virginia Shenandoah: 0.375 miles (0.604 km) Oval (asphalt)
Race Across America. March 21 Iowa State ends Iowa's nine-year run as team champion at the NCAA Wrestling Championships, while John Smith wins his first NCAA title. March 22 Mountain Man Winter Triathlon from Avon and Beaver Creak, Colo. March 29 The first broadcast on Wide World of Sports of the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race. April 11
Race Across America, United States 9 day single stage 4,800 km (3,000 mi) TransAm Bicycle Race, United States 17-day single stage, unsupported 7,100 km (4,400 mi) Transcontinental Race , European Union 7-10 day single stage, unsupported 3,200 to 4,200 km (2,000 to 2,600 mi)
On June 2, 2015, British ultra runner Robert HP Young [8] won the 2015 Race Across USA footrace with a time of 482 hours 10 minutes. [9] The race started in Huntington Beach, California, and took the southern route on both road and trail to the Chesapeake Bay in Maryland with a total distance of 3,127 miles (5,032 km). Young subsequently ...
Strasser again won the Race Across America in 2013, finishing the race in 7 days, 22 hours, 11 minutes, at an average speed of 15.6 miles per hour (25.1 km/h) — a new race record. [2] This was the fastest crossing of the USA by an individual. [3] In 2014, Strasser won and set yet another record at the Race Across America, completing the race ...