Texas 6-Hour Shoot Out

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Seven solo males who participated in The Texas 6-Hour Shoot Out rode a pro-rated lap using every minute of their 6 hour limit.  The top 3 Solo Males made quit a race out of the 6-hour event finishing 106 miles each within less than a 15 minute window. 

 

First Place Solo Male, Tyrone Dunson, rode 4 laps for a total of 106 miles in 5 hours 22 minutes.  Ruarri Day-Stirrat rode 4 laps in 5 hours 34 minutes adding to his Texas Ultra Cup total to achieve the Overall Champion in the Solo Male 6 Hour Upright division.  Ron Lillis (1^st Place 60-64 age group) finished his 106 miles in 5 hours 36 minutes earning his 3^rd Place TTT Solo Male Upright trophy. 

 

 

After doing their pro-rated laps, 4^th and 5^th Place Solo Male Upright winners Tyler Thompson (1^st Place 40-44) and Dale Cline (2^nd Place 60-64) finished with a total of 101.54 miles and 96.09 miles, respectively.  Gerald Eddlemon, from Tennessee, finished 1^st in his over 70 age group and 6^th overall.  Justin Daniels, with B&B Bicycles a Texas Time Trials sponsor for 7 years, was the youngest solo male and finished 7^th overall in the Solo Male Upright category and 1^st in his 25-29 age group. 

 

Finishing out the top ten were Gary Kanaby, Robert Munger and Tibor Tamas.  Steve Nelson with Cycle Center Dallas rode to 1^st Place in his 50-54 age group.  Also riding the 6-Hour event was Dennis Cook, 2015 TTT Hall of Fame Inductee. 

 

For the second year in a row, Gabe Rodgers from Missouri rode to 1^st Place Solo Male Recumbent in the 6-Hour Shoot Out.

 

 

First Place Solo Female, Jennifer Mix, rode 4 laps in a little under 6 hours and added 106 miles to her Texas Ultra Cup miles to become the Overall Champion in the Solo Female Upright 6-Hour Division.  Jennifer is also our current record holder for the Solo Female 6-Hour event with 106 miles in 5 hours 36 minutes.  Jaime Hollingsworth won 2^nd place in the Solo Female Upright category with 79.5 miles in a little less than 5 hours.  MBBC’s own Cynthia Caruthers rode in at 3^rd Place with 79.5 miles in 5 hours 16 minutes. 

 

Fourth Place Kristin Kuhn also rode 79.5 miles with a time of 5 hours 27 minutes.  Tracy Christenson, with Cycle Center Dallas, earned 5^th Place and Debbie Breaud came in close behind at 6^th Place.  Two more MBBC team members, Liana Randel and Allison Jones, finished 7^th and 8^th Place in the Solo Female Upright category.

 

Red’s Racing team members Carol Ambuhl and Martin Hukle finished with 106 miles for a new course record in the 2-Person Mixed Upright Team.  Their 4 laps were added to their Texas Ultra Cup mileage earning them an Overall Champion in the TUC 2-Person Mixed Upright Open Division.  Kalleen Whitford and Ben Rodelo, of the Silver & Streak team, finished 1^st in their Mixed Tandem category and also won Overall Champion TUC 6-Hour Mixed Tandem division.

 

Thank you to all the Texas 6-Hour Shoot Out participants for a great ride. 

 

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