Escape From Berkley Made Colbert!!!

[shellebelle]

I may be the only one who thought this was a HOT idea of Jim Mason's! But here it is the results were published on Scott Beale's Laughing Squid Blog.

https://laughingsquid.com/escape-fro...olbert-report/

[alanora]

I have looked and can't find the results. Did anyone make it? Mindy

I may be the only one who thought this was a HOT idea of Jim Mason's! But here it is the results were published on Scott Beale's Laughing Squid Blog.

https://laughingsquid.com/escape-fro...olbert-report/

[shellebelle]

Oh yes several did!

https://www.escapefromberkeley.com/

https://www.escapefromberkeley.com/?p=145

And the Winner is…drumroll please

Published October 14th, 2008 in escape from berkeley

Ending in Vegas while considered gastly by some, put quite a punctuation on the end of the race. From the Lovely DIY Oasis of our dear Shipyard to the glitz and over the top nature of Vegas we travel to extremes in this Road Rally. Celebrating at the Sahara racers crossed the finish line in Valet Parking. John Hell and Dr Hall joined us again in Vegas for the tallying of the times and debating of the awards, which were given out at our end of the road party in the NASCAR cafe.

But really you aren’t interested in the rich conceptual ideas around using Vegas as an end point are you. Really you want to know who won.

1st Place Rally Winner – Grand Prize $5000 – PRISONERS OF PETROLEUM - from Cave Junction, Oregon. Jack McCornack and his rugged navigator Sharon Wescott in their homebuilt, high mileage sports car gussied up to look like Number Six’s Lotus Seven, KAR 120C Won the first ever Escape from Berkeley race. Read more about Jack Kinetic Vehicles.
2nd Place Rally Winner – GREEN TEAM - from Alabama, and supported by Auborn University, Wayne Keith, Dave Gamble, David Bransby in their gasified Dodge Dakota. Using Biomass - mainly wood scrap as their fuel they competed fercly for the Grand prize, but the re-route on the seconday, a trailer wheel blowout, and fuel issues put them behind, but they just might come back next year, and I put them as a favorite to win.

I have looked and can't find the results. Did anyone make it? Mindy