(I’m not certain if any of the competitors grew the obligatory facial hair before the run)
Whew! This is exciting! This year’s 3000+ mile Cannonball Run is close race right now with Patrick Owens of Team First Kick (the 2006 Manual Kitted class champion) just minutes behind Jess of Team Bastard. Right now they just passed Pueblo, Colorado and are heading toward Kansas. In case you want to run them out a pint, both Jess and Patrick have a cool gadget to tell you exactly where they are. Go here to follow Jess and Patrick.
Jess is on a Vespa GTV, riding for the 250cc class which has 15 competitors riding Honda, Piaggio or Vespa. Wassup Yamaha? Couldn’t get a rider for 2008? You’ve even got a 250 in your ’08 line up, so no excuses. ;P~
Patrick AKA OopsClunkThud is on a slightly modified SYM HD200, which fits him into the Automatic 190cc class. There are only 3 in the 190 class with Two on SYM and one on Genuine. Maybe now that Patrick has donated his pony-tail to Locks of Love (bravo my friend) he might have shed enough weight to pull off another win!
I wish Austin’s own, Pink-haired Heather would have made it this year. Maybe she’ll bring it home for 2010? We’ll start training right away!
Go here to see the daily results. Who will be the big winner? Tune in this Saturday for the results!
Shout-outs to all my peeps who are running this incredible feat of endurance! I wish you all a safe trip and I hope you’re enjoying that cold front we brought down especially for YOU!
17. September 2008 at 7:49 am
Quote Mr.Guzman : “Wassup Yamaha? Couldn’t get a rider for 2008?”.
Hello Steve !
It’s not that Yamaha couldn’t get a rider for ’08 SCBR. They declined my request for sponsorship, saying in their reply that numerous riders already requested sponsorship this year. I planned and registered to ride my Morphous in this year SCBR; but sadly had to cancel because of personal reasons.
18. September 2008 at 7:52 pm
What happened to the SCOOP three wheel scooter by Italjet? Are they making it?
29. September 2008 at 2:18 am
Just to throw it in there… Jess wasn’t on Team Bastard. ;) There was no Team Bastard on Cannonball -both Jess and Patrick rode as part of a SF Bay Area riding team (including myself) consistening of members of Vespa Club of Los Gatos and the Quitters Scooter Club. :)