2008 Participants

Solo Division:

  • Mike Dunlap (51): Sioux Falls SD
  • Ryan Lamer (33): Spicer MN
  • Chris Pierson (43): Sioux Falls SD
  • Dan McNeil (36): Redfield SD
  • Tim Tennessen (47): Lyons SD
  • Jeff Bonk (29): Sioux Falls SD
  • Pete Hansen (34): Sioux Falls SD
  • Justin Pfeiffer (31): Harrisburg SD
  • Daniel Jensen (59): Sioux Falls SD
  • Harlan Nielsen (51): Sioux Falls SD
  • Phil Tau (47): Sioux Falls SD
  • Bob Thunselle (50): Casper WY
    • Bob shared the 2007 Gut Check victory with Randy VanZee and had this to say, “I finished the race last year with Randy VanZee and want to dedicate this years race to his merory. I tragic loss he will be missed.”

2-Person Relay:

  • Leon Essler (56) Bismarck ND & David Ostlund (49) Minot ND
    • Team: Essler-Ostlund

4-Person Relay:

Leap Frog:

  • Josh Ellis (36) Rapid City SD, Jay Stevens (44) Littleton CO & Steven Dean (38) Highland Ranch CO
    • Team: Mudd Butte Merger
  • Jodi Harkness (36) Sioux Falls SD, Troy Thompson (40) Sioux Falls SD 
    • Team: Batman
  • Paul Fick (43), Nyle Herbener (50) & Mike Willeson (44) (all from Sioux Falls SD) 
    • Team: The Big German & The Drafters
  • Dan Clements (28) Rapid City SD, Monni Karim (44) Custer SD, Blake Faulkner (43) Rapid City & Weston Neiffer (34) Rapid City
    • Team: Crank Brothers
  • Allan Walton (53), Timothy Powell (54), Joshua Rasmussen (22) & Devin Bethune (24) all of Wayne NE
    • Team: EVCC (Elkhorn Valley Cycling Club)

Hell & Back:

  • Keith Frick (50) Casper WY “This ride WILL BE DONE for Randy….He most certainly would have done it, AND with that smile on his face!!”
  • James Webb (44) Spirit Lake IA “Honor the memory of Randy and attempt the truly insane and live the impossible dream!  I hope to begin in Minnesota and ride back from Wyoming with the peleton and a nice tailwind!

 

  • Randy Van Zee registered for this division and his reasoning was “I’m thinking I should have a tail wind at least half of the race when doing the double crossing….. but you can’t be sure about anything in South Dakota except there will be wind.  I’m sure it will be another “gut check”.  I have no doubt he would have made it.

Tandem: