BMWMOA Land'O'Loon Rally

Awards

There were seventeen categories for which rally guests submitted a request to win. Note that, while the rally was in Canada where kilometers are the rule, I'm an American and I wrote the software, so these are in miles!

Long Distance Male Solo Rider

Charles Froiland, Anchorage, AK - 3,941 miles
John Froiland, Anchorage, AK - 3,940 miles

Long Distance Female Solo Rider

Carla Sims, Livermore, CA - 2,670 miles
Cynthia Peticolas-Stroud, Lyons, OR - 2,601 miles

Long Distance Two-Up Male Rider with Passenger

Jerry & Regina Sather, Eagle River, AK - 3,926 miles
Thomas & Gloria Davis, Rio Lindo, CA - 2,593 miles

Long Distance Two-Up Female Rider with Passenger

No Entries - but we know there were at least 20 of you at the rally. :-(

Long Distance Sidecar Male Rider

David Hough, Port Angeles, WA - 2,555 miles
Geoff Adams, Arlington, TX - 1,474 miles

Long Distance Sidecar Female Rider

Sandra Wehnalt, Jasper, GA - 939 miles
No Entry - there were at least four more of you.

Long Distance Classic Thumper

Bruce Valenti, Uncasville, CT - 1950 R25, 414 miles
Raymond Terwilliger, Eden, NY = 1955 R26, 214 miles

Long Distance International Rider - Non-CDN/USA/MX

Thomas Lindner, Bavaria, Germany - 1,946 miles
Shigeo Furukawa, Shiga, Japan - 126 miles (from Toronto airport!)

BMWMOA North American Tour

Ronald Beckley, Glauster, MD - 10,588 miles on an F650
(one award)

Oldest Male Rider

William Dewitt, Harrison Twp, MI - Jan. 21, 1917 - 85.47 years old
Harold Martyn, Blackstock, ON - Jan. 28, 1917 - 85.45 years old

Oldest Female Rider

Clara Mace, San Juan, TX - Jan. 26, 1930 - 72.46 years old
Alice Hanes, Crete, IL - Jul 31, 1931 - 70.95 years old

Oldest Passenger

Glenna Bogart, Buffalo, NY - Mar 11, 1921 - 81.34 years old
Irene Dewitt, Harrison Twp, MI - Mar 24, 1922 - 80.30 years old

Youngest Passenger

Chet Tex, Moweaqua, IL - Dec 10, 1995 - 6.59 years old
Katerina Wittemeier, West Hill, ON - Nov 4, 1995 - 6.69 years old

Youngest Riders, 10 awards:

Sarah Mandel, Souis Falls, SD - 9/19/86 - 15.81 years old
(tie) Wayde Barnes II, Glasgow, KY - 7/9/86 - 16.01 years old
and Michael Josephson, Pleasant Hill, MO - 7/9/86 - 16.01 years old
Anastasia Kazanas [sidecar!] - Jay, NY - 7/3/86 - 16.03 years old
Bill Waugh - Bellefonte,PA - 6/30/86 - 16.04 years old
Paul Pegelow - Northfield, MN - 6/23/85 - 17.05 yeras old
Jake Gehler - Two Rivers, WI - 10/14/84 - 17.74 years old
Christopher Sienko - South Plainfield NJ - 2/21/83 - 19.39 years old
Kerry Welliver - Port Orchard, WA - 9/26/83 - 18.80 years old
Tim Stade - Kingsville, ON - 4/2/83 - 19.28 years old

Oldest Combined Ages of BMW, Rider, Passenger

Raymond & Edith Sim - Scotch VIllage, NS - 173.4 years old
Richard & Louise Bidle - Oak Lawn, IL - 172.0 years old

Oldest BMW Ridden to the Rally

Garry VanderEyk, Clinton, ON - 1939 R51, 217 miles
Valenti - Uncasville, CT - 1950 R25 - 520 miles

Oldest BMW Transported to the Rally

Craig Vechorik - Sturgis, MS - 1925 R32 - 1,090 miles
(one award)

Largest Special Interest Virtual Club

Internet BMW Riders # 244 - 116 members
Airheads Beemer Club # 214 - 109 members

Largest Local Chartered Club in Attendance

Yankee Beemers # 153 - 73 members
BMW Touring Club of Detroit # 1 - 72 members
Chicago Region BMW Owners Assn # 3 - 64 members
BMW Club Quebec # 86 - 62 members
BMW Motorcycle Club Ontario # 45 - 51 members
BMW Bikers of Metro Washington # 40 - 41 members

Most Member Miles by a Chartered Club

Chicago Region BMW Owners Assn # 3 - 38,946 miles
Yankee Beemers # 153 - 29,591 miles
BMW Club of Houston # 12 - 27,529 miles
BMW Touring Club of Detroit # 1 - 24,857 miles
Washington State BMW Riders # 104 - 22,085 miles

Farthest Chartered Club with 5 or More Members

BMW Club of Northern California # 9 - 5 members, 2,773 miles
Washington State BMW Riders # 104 = 9 members, 2,704 miles
BMW Owners of San Diego # 4 - 8 members, 2,685 miles
River City Beemers # 210 - 5 members, 2,635 miles
South East Arizona Touring Riders # 2 - 5 members, 2,345 miles

Something for you to consider for next year: even if you think you might not be eligible for an award because you live close by, go find out and fill out one of those forms! You may get lucky, eh?