15 YEARS OF RAMROD
| 1984 156-mile original course (using all of Mud Mountain Dam Road) | ||
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Males Fastest: Dick Gustafson 8:17 Senior: Dick Wetmore and Junior: Scott Bioren 14 (on tandem) |
Females Fastest: Karen Brown 10:31 Senior: Louise Taylor 49 Junior: Tina Bauer 23 |
There were 52 starters and 45 finishers. Tandems were not given a separate category until 1988. |
| 1985 156-mile original course | ||
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Males Fastest: Dick Gustafson 8:10 Senior: Jarl Secher-Jensen 55 Junior: Steve Richardson 21 |
Females Fastest: Gayle Bilsland 8:20 Senior: Louise Taylor 50 Junior: Cindie Guilliams 23 |
76 starters and 70 finishers. |
| 1986 156-mile original course | ||
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Males Fastest: William Zale 8:05 Ages were not recorded. |
Females Fastest: Gayle Bilsland 8:13 Ages were not recorded. |
146 starters and 125 finishers. |
| 1987 156-mile original course. First RAMROD presented by Redmond Cycling Club. | ||
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Males Team: Rick Benson and Individual: Dave Nicholson 7:39 Senior: Harold Bridge 60 Junior: Lyle Maines 12 |
Females Fastest: Gayle Bilsland 7:53 Senior: Lynn Sealey 45 Junior: Patty Lea, Nanci Bender and Marilou Powers 25 |
303 starters and 265 timed finishers. There was a separate category for "Two-man teams" in 1987. |
| 1988 156-mile original course. Tandems were given a separate timing category for the first time. There were 446 starters and 360 timed finishers. | ||
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Individual Males Fastest: Martin Criminale and Ages were not recorded. |
Individual Females Fastest: Susan Barr and Patty Lea 9:11 Ages were not recorded. |
Tandems Fastest: Ron Sprague and |
| 1989 156-mile original course. There were 555 starters and 444 timed finishers. | ||
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Individual Males Fastest: Calvin Mitts 8:01 Senior: Vic Groening 71 Junior: Michael Hannigan 15 |
Individual Females Fastest: Patty Vulk 9:24 |
Tandems Fastest: John Cacabelos and |
| 1990 156-mile original course. This was the first RAMROD held on a weekday, following a year of contention and compromise with the Park Service. There were 553 timed starters. | ||
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Individual Males Fastest: Eric Burt 7:26 Senior: Howard Maddy 67 Junior: Dan Burwell 15 |
Individual Females Fastest: Ward Griffiths 8:52 |
Tandems Fastest: Jack Keane and |
| 1991 152-mile course. We could not use Mud Mountain Dam Road because of construction work. Coupled with perfect weather, this produced the fastest course ever used on RAMROD, with the only sub-seven hour times ever recorded. There were 601 starters. | ||
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Individual Males Fastest: Brian Ecker and Senior: Howard Siemens 67 Junior: Michael Richard 15 |
Individual Females Fastest: Ward Griffiths 8:24 |
Tandems Fastest: Robb Collins and |
| 1992 154-mile course. Our preferred course, using Mud Mountain Dam road on the return to the Fairgrounds. There were 677 timed starters and 608 timed finishers; both are records. | ||
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Individual Males Fastest: Jack Anderson and Senior: Ralph Harris 75 |
Individual Females Fastest: Donna Peters 8:00 Junior: Michelle Du 14 (on tandem) |
Tandems Fastest: Rich Williamson and |
| 1993 154-mile course. The worst weather ever experienced on the ride, with snow flurries at Paradise and downpours during the final 40 miles for most riders. There were 628 timed starters and 508 timed finishers. | ||
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Individual Males Fastest: Douglas Pollock 7:13 Senior: Norm Tjaden 61 Junior: John Lofthus 16 |
Individual Females Fastest: Leigh Fulwood 8:27 |
Tandems Fastest: Brian Claasen and |
| 1994 154-mile course. There were 621 timed starters and 568 timed finishers. | ||
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Individual Males Fastest: John Weyhrich 7:03 Senior: Howard Maddy 71 Junior: Adam Robb 10 |
Individual Females Fastest: Leigh Fulwood 7:53 |
Tandems Fastest: Curt Orazem and |
| 1995 195-mile course. Road work in the Park forced us to use an alternate course, which was "too long" for many riders. There were 527 timed starters and 454 timed finishers. | ||
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Individual Males Fastest: Jim Rock and Senior: Ed Curtis 62 Junior: Cameron Colpitts 12 |
Individual Females Fastest: Teri Loew 10:37 Senior: Patricia Johnson 63 Junior: Debra Lowe 22 |
Tandems Fastest: John Ospina and |
| 1996 166-mile course. Road work again forced us away from the preferred course. We shortened the 1995 course by moving the start/finish to Orting. This was one of the hottest RAMRODs. 487 timed starters and 425 timed finishers. | ||
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Individual Males Fastest: Jack Anderson 7:59 Senior: Howard Maddy 73 Junior: Cameron Colpitts 13 |
Individual Females Fastest: Donna Peters 8:59 Senior: Lousie Taylor 61 Junior: Melissa Spooner and |
Tandems Fastest: John Ospina and |
| 1997 154-mile course. Perfect weather greeted the riders on the return to the preferred course. There were 621 timed starters and 598 timed finishers. | ||
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Individual Males Fastest: Glenn Bunselmeyer 7:21 Senior: Richard Lawrence 70 Junior: Rick Lawrence 8 (on tandem) |
Individual Females Fastest: Donna Peters 8:41 Senior: Louise Taylor 62 Junior: Rebecca Daly 18 |
Tandems Fastest: John Ospina and |
| 1998 154-mile original course. Drizzle, fog and clouds made for one of the least scenic RAMRODs, but temperatures were much more comfortable than the 97 degrees recorded two days prior to the ride. There were 665 starters, of whom 632 were timed, and 594 timed finishers. | ||
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Individual Males Fastest: Jan Heine and Mick Walsh 7:17 Senior: William Nicholson 67 Junior: Cameron Colpitts 15 |
Individual Females Fastest: Jamie Nicholson 8:16 Senior: Louise Taylor 63 Junior: Rachel Bender 16 |
Tandems Fastest: John Cacabelos and |