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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.
Cannonball Run 2001: Race Across America or known simply as Cannonball Run 2001, is an American reality television series that was broadcast on the USA Network from August 5 to September 2, 2001. [1] It was inspired by the Cannonball Baker Sea-to-Shining-Sea Memorial Trophy Dash , an outlaw road race of the 1970s which was the source for the ...
On May 20, 2012, ultrarunner John Pyle completed a run from San Francisco to Key West. His run began on February 29, 2012. [3] On August 18, 2012, ultrarunner Jennifer Bradley [4] became the second British woman to cross America on foot but the first to run across and make it in 80 days during the Run Across America on Trail 2012. [5]
Race Across America Powered By Trane Speeds Through West Virginia TYLER, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- Today, the Race Across America Powered by Trane (RAAM) - the world's toughest and longest-running ...
Race Across America Powered By Trane Speeds to the Finish in Maryland TYLER, Texas--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- On June 22 - 24, the Race Across America Powered by Trane (RAAM) - the world's toughest and ...
This and the U.S. Express are depicted in the 2019 documentary APEX: The Secret Race Across America. [11] In May 2007, Richard Rawlings and co-pilot Dennis Collins allegedly broke the 1979 Cannonball Run time during the 2007 Bullrun entry, driving a black Ferrari 550, modified with extra fuel tanks. Their final time was 31 hours and 59 minutes.
ABC's coverage of the 1982 Great American Bicycle Race wound up garnering an Emmy [12] for the Best Sports Documentary. In total, ABC would cover the first five [13] installments of the Race Across America. From 1983-1985, ABC aired the Race Across America in two one hour segments on Wide World of Sports. [14]
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 ...