8th Annual Celina RTE
April 2, 2022 Paul Tong hosted the 8th Annual Celina RTE on Saturday in absolutely beautiful Texas spring weather! Larry Telling won the longest ride with 2400+ miles. Roy Kjendal won the longest ride...
Category: Iron Butt Association
Defective Gene Pool RTE 2021
February 27, 2021 The annual gathering of the defectives was held this weekend in Allen, TX. A trial was held Friday night finding Paul Pelland guilty of possessing the gene driving him to ride...
2017 HW3 – Heaven and Hell
Justin was at it again… He and his team devised yet another brain-tweaker for the fourth edition of the How the West was Won 32-hour rally. This year’s theme was Heaven and Hell, with...
2017 IBR Checkpoints 1 and 2
June 28, 2017 The 11-day 11,000 mile Iron Butt Rally riders began their challenging journey from Minneapolis on June 21st. They scattered about the USA and Canada making their way to Checkpoint 1 in...
2017 DFW Defective Gene Pool RTE
February 25, 2017 Cliff Wall and Bill Thweatt have been luring long distance riders from around the United States for 6 years now with the DFW Defective Gene Pool Ride to Eat at Big...
Pressed Penny Insanity – East States Finish
It was time to wrap up the Pressed Penny Insanity. This whole ride was due to Mike Kneebone with the Iron Butt Association pitching an idea that he and Donna Fousek envisioned – collect...
2016 HW3
This is the third year for Justin Philipson’s How the West was Won rally. Justin chooses great places for ride starts and he and his scouts do a lot of homework ahead of the rally...
Iron Butt Rally 2015 in Albuquerque
July 9, 2015 The 11-day Iron Butt Rally 2015 was coming to an end. I wanted to see finishers arrive in Albuquerque. I know some of these riders from the Texas area and others...
DFW Defective Gene Pool Gathering – 2014
February 22, 2014 Cliff Wall and Bill Thweatt orchestrated the Iron Butt Association gathering of the DFW Defective Gene Pool in Allen, TX. This year’s honorees were Bo Griffin for running out of gas...
Republic of Texas 1000
November 1, 2013 The annual meeting and party for the Iron Butt Association is held in Irving, TX this year. The event outing for Friday is a 1,065-mile ride down to the Gulf and...
