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3 PASS BLA$T 2004
Final Results and Observations
Official Time: 7 hours, 11 minutes
Official Distance: 224.0 miles
Average Speed: 46:37 mph
I suppose we were taking a risk putting the starting point
for this years Ride West Insurance 3 PASS BLA$T in Bellingham this year. I
personally like Bellingham, but it is a few hours away from Seattle.
Nonetheless, everyone finished on Bainbridge and for Seattle riders it was just
a ferry ride home.
One area that went well this year was the 3 Wheel
category. 2004 is the year Washington adopted a sidecar endorsement policy and
the fine people at URAL came to the party with a crew of 10 signed up to compete
for the 3 wheel crown. They won and big time. Russ Noe won the crown for best
time in the category, but the club participation hailed them the club prize of
$500 as well. Very impressive. Im not sure what theyll do with the money, but
if theres a party please make sure Im invited.
The big winner was Ralph Noble who took the grand prize of
$885 as well as the best weekday time for $100. Ralphs doing very well for a
retired guy with a Suzuki. He worked together with Tommy Thompson to
crack the code on the Absolute Time and together the pair devised a plan to take
the cake. Noble came in with a 7:19 time on the route. Thompson followed him in
at 7:24 taking the crown in the senior category. As I understand it the two will
split the overall win of $885. This is the first time that only one person has
won the Overall category. In the years past there have always been two winners.
The other big winner was the Starlight Childrens
Foundation who was awarded $25 for every 3 wheel rider that rode on the
Endurance Day sanctioned in early September. They not only got that money, but
we also made them the beneficiary of our raffle during Sportbike Northwest this
summer in Stevenson where we raised additional money for them. In all I handed a
check to Brenda Potts of Mountain to Sound for $1,000 which was the take between
the two fund raising events. Brenda is a big player for Starlight here in
Washington State and rents some fine motorcycles in Fall City as well.
By now youre probably wondering who the rest of the
winners are. Fire up your Acrobat Reader and
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If you need to review the scoring procedures,
CLICK HERE.
TM/Fall 04
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