Cannonball Run 2006 Order In.
For an actual journal read the riders blogs listed on the main page.
This is the order the riders arrived each night. The first few days
lists a few issues the group ran into.
Day Nine - Warren, Pennsylvania to Scooters Originali, Orange,
NJ
A-Class (Super Stock)
JD Merryweather
Stan Obal
Ady Oren
B-Class (other TnG)
Chris Gaydos
Owen Medd
Mike Bobadillo
C-Class (manual stock)
Ashrat
Roy Cross
Heather Knight
D-Class (Modified Manual)
Patrick Owens
Mark Houghton
Jose "Noe" Valdez
Day Eight - Cleveland, Ohio to Warren, Pennsylvania
A-Class (Super Stock)
Stan Obal
Matt Wilson
Ady Oren
B-Class (other TnG)
Owen Medd
Chris Gaydos
Mike Bobadillo
C-Class (manual stock)
Ashrat
Roy Cross
Robert Volz
D-Class (Modified Manual)
Jose "Noe" Valdez
Mark Houghton
Patrick Owens
Day seven - Merrillville, Indiana to Pride Of Cleveland Scooters,
Cleveland, Ohio
A-Class (Super Stock)
JD Merryweather
Matt Wilson
Stan Obal
B-Class (other TnG)
Chris Gaydos
Owen Medd
Mike Bobadillo
C-Class (manual stock)
Roy Cross
Ashrat
Heather Knight
D-Class (Modified Manual)
Patrick Owens
Jose "Noe" Valdez
Tom Donahue
Day six - Ames, Iowa to Merrillville, Indiana
A-Class (Super Stock)
JD Merryweather
Rich Glass
Terry Luoma
B-Class (other TnG)
Owen Medd
Mike Bobadillo
John Smith
C-Class (manual stock)
Roy Cross
Ashrat
Jason Funderburk
D-Class (Modified Manual)
Patrick Owens
Tom Donahue
Sara
Day five - Valentine, Nebraska to Ames, Iowa
There are 35 riders (32 now) and I am not able to get in touch
with everyone. Sorry these updates are so one sided, I'm just posting
what info I am given.
Here's the morning update from Rob Downs. It's more of a damage
assessment after the longest day of riding the cannonballers will
have.
Heytens, Rob downs and Chris Gaydos are getting a u haul and going
to Omaha. From there, Heytens is going home with the bikes, Rob
is going to Deliverance. Chris is going to a Vespa Dealership getting
his bike fixed and will head to Ames, then rejoin the group.
Mike Heytens was super prepared (he was the overall leader in 2004)
and has been working on his bike for ages. This just goes to show
no matter how much you prepare, shit happens. Sorry to hear your
dropping out Mike.
Scott Baxter broke his exhaust and is using a spare from the sag
wagon. PJ unfortunatly broke down and is at the hotel I'm not sure
of his situation. Mark Houghton holed his piston and is using a
spare sent out from Scooters O.
More bad news. Jim Smith from Ptown is pulling out as well. Jim
Gave it one hell of a try from what I heard though I'm not sure
what caused him to pull out. Maybe the variator issues.
Bagel is going on the trailer due to a soft sieze. He either has
a blown seal or holed piston I assume he's dealing with it tonight.
(Update Bagel is back on the road, he only had a fuel delivery problem)
Matthew from Fist city has suffered an exhaust failure and is also
on the wagon. (His pipe fell apart he got is welded and finished
9th overall)
That puts at least 3 on the wagon at the start of today.
Mike Garrett did a complete engine rebuilt last night finishing
at 4:00 am, ouch. He must have enjoyed the few hours of sleep because
he came in this in his class.
Huge props go to Kieran for arriving at 1:00 last night while battling
35 mile hour cross winds while riding in pitch black on a DL. Luckily
for him his headlight was of top quality Italian design.
Todays route is much shorter and should have better services than
yesterdays grueling ride.
The super class today had a pipe go out. Earl Erickson shreaded
a belt as well as Rich Glass. They are repaired and running again.
A-Class (Super Stock)
JD Merryweather
Stan Obal
Ash Miltiades
B-Class (other TnG)
Owen Medd
Mike Bobadillo
John Smith
C-Class (manual stock)
Ashrat
Roy Cross
Jason Funderburk
D-Class (Modified Manual)
Patrick Owens
Jose "Noe" Valdez
Michael Garrett
Day four - Dubois, Wyoming to Valentine, Nebraska
One issue that has popped up, and may not be much of a surprise,
is that 2 support vehicles (and one unnoficial vehicle) is not enough.
The roads were pretty rough, but all in all it was good riding.
Open sweeping turns. There was a headwind starting around 2:00pm,
but Ive heard it wasn't that bad.
At the time of this posting, 10:00, 20 or so riders are in.
There have been several breakdowns as would be expected, some of
the bikes are getting some wear and tear but what Im hearing sounds
to be positive today, even though it is late and riders are out.
The riders all seem to be a great group of folks.
Unfortunatly Rob Downs and Mike Heytens are pulling out due to
multiple mechanical failures.
Rob Downs, Mike Garret, PJ, Mike Bobadillo, Chris Gaydos and Jim
Smith have been on the Trailer today.
Patrick Owens sucked a reed into his motor, pulled over on the
side of the road, fixed it and road into the hotel. Now thats impressive.
Keiran is just tuggin along.
Scott Baxter apparently was hauling ass at 75 mph on his P210.
One great piece of news is that everyone is doing good (they're
tired as hell Im sure) but there havn't been any injuries worthy
of a hospital trip.
The order in today is a bit iffy, some riders are still out and
these guys need to get to sleep so I'm leaving them alone.
A-Class (Super Stock)
JD Merryweather
Stan Obal
Matt Wilson
B-Class (other TnG)
Owen Medd
Most Likely John Smith (not in yet)
C-Class (manual stock)
Ashrat
Jason Funderburk
Roy Cross
D-Class (Modified Manual)
Scott Baxter
Day Three - Hailey, Idaho to Dubois, Wyoming
Updates are very difficult to get and sporadic today. Here's the
info I was able to gather, but a lot of this was not given to me
by the party involved, so take it with a grain of salt.
The riders had a great ride. The riders went over the continental
divide today. There were two segments where road conditions were
gravel, mud and hard pack. Other than that the roads were great.
Not as many animals in the road today. Everyone seems to be trying
to go to sleep because tomorrow is the longest day.
Jason Funderburk has been having a great time riding. He was lost
at one point but was enjoying the scenery no one else saw. Enjoying
the scenery and having no problems as he puts it. He changed his
rear tire. Some of the roads are in pretty poor conditions and eating
tires up.
Heather Knight ran into a guy on a Harley and he said he saw a
bunch of guys on mopeds, so she set him straight.
The riders seem to be preparing for tomorrow and rejetting for
the 4000 + foot elevation drop tomorrow.
Heytens broke down three times. Once he had stator problems and
didnt have the the tools to fix, I heard he was able to fix it at
a mechanic shop of some sort when they allowed him the use of a
lift and tools. The last break down he blew the spark plug out of
the head stripping the threads. He'll be helicoiling it tomorrow
and back on the road early if I know Heytens.
Mike Bobadillo is waiting on a fuel tap.
Sara is back on the road, she lost a stud on her rear hub yesterday
I believe. Not sure about when that happened but I heard shes runnign
strong.
Kieran is working on some minor cabling issues and changing his
rear tire. He's going good though.
Jim from P town got his new variator, but one of the bolts stripped
so he is riding it out and hoping it holds.
Volz blew a seal or something and the oil got on the brakes, and
his rear wheel locked up, I assume due to friction. Something is
going on with his rear brake I heard the bike tipped over off the
stand and broke the brake lever for the front as well, He has a
vespa lever on at the moment with that nice disc brake. Apparently
he still has brakes, thats good.
Once again there are forest fires and the riders are having to ride
through smoke.
5 miles into todays ride one of the ET4, Chris Gaydos, ate a belt.
I was unable to get more info about his status.
Rob Downs and Michael Garrett are in a rental car going to the next
stop for their overnight parts.
A lot of coordinating is going on to keep everyone running I think
these riders are doing a great job and am enjoying hearing their
progress as sporadic as it is due to bad cellular connections. There
are also a lot of shops really helping these guys out. The ones
I have heard of are Scooters Originalli and Casa Lambretta. Thanks
a lot for helping the riders and sorry If I am missing any shop
names.
Its 10:09 Local time and two riders have not arrived. Hopefully
they are in the Sag wagon.
A-Class (Super Stock)
Rich Glass
JD Merryweather
Rolf Soltau
B-Class (other TnG)
Owen Medd
John Smith
Riders not in yet
C-Class (manual stock)
Jason Funderburk
Roy Cross
Heather Knight
D-Class (Modified Manual)
Patrick Owens
Scott Baxter
Mark Houghton
Day Two - John Day Oregon to Hailey Idaho
At the start we had 3 bikes in the sag wagon. Mike Garrett, Mike
Bobadillo and Sailor Sara had break downs. Heytens blew a clutch
side seal, and repaired it at this time. 6 bikes in the wagon. The
SAG Wagons are full. There are going to be riders that will either
have to drop out or get their bikes fixes quickly. There is a rule
in effect that if a bike is not running for two consecutive days
and in the wagon, the rider is out so as not to hold up the group.
The tNg's came in 1-12 today. The Vintage bikes came in later in
the day, about 2 hours later.
The riders were going through a couple of forest fires and there
were some smoke issues, but all in all it sounds like they had a
great day of riding.
A lot of elavation gains, lots of twisties. Riders are at least
7 hours apart. At the time of this posting riders are still showing
up. It's 9:00 pm local time.
Order in.
A-Class (Super Stock)
Stan Obal
Rolf Soltau
JD Merryweather
B-Class (other TnG)
Chris Gaydos
Owen Medd
John Smith
C-Class (manual stock)
Janice Ashrat
Roy Cross
Heather Knight
D-Class (Modified Manual)
Patrick Owens
Mark Hougton
Tom Donaghue
Day one - Pacific City Oregon to John Day Oregon
The start of day one had its share of problems. Directions turned
out to be an issue. There was one crash. Mike from San Jose lowsided
into the lava fields.
Rob Downs, Mike Garrett , PJ, Jim Smith all had break downs and
did not finish. Jim is having parts overnighted due to a break down.
Most riders finished by 4:00 pm.
Order in.
A-Class (Super Stock)
Stan Obal
Rich Glass
Ady Oren
B-Class (other TnG)
Chris Gaydos
Mike Bobadilla
Owen Medd
C-Class (manual stock)
Janice Ashrat
Jason Funderburk
Heather Knight
D-Class (Modified Manual)
Mike Heytens
Patrick Owens
Scott Baxter
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