Race Report 1997

Overall
Position
No
Name
Gender
Total Time
(hh:mm:ss)
Total
Kms
%
1
16 James Aylmer Male
28:22:59
585
100%
2
38 Bob Simpson Male
33:36:51
585
100%
3
13 Leon Fisher Male
34:11:32
571
98%
4
14 Rodney Simpson Male
35:03:23
569
97%
5
21 Gilbert Fontannaz Male
37:27:20
557
95%
6
19 Aiden Grimes Male
39:31:45
535
91%
7
17 Craig Loosemore Male
40:05:30
538
92%
8
18 Kodi Becket Male
41:03:36
507
87%
9
2 Ray Challen Male
41:42:01
536
92%
10
44 Shane Paul Male
41:50:03
534
91%
11
45 Jack Long Male
42:28:11
520
89%
12
15 Nick Tillett Male
43:42:15
480
82%
13
3 Rick Hopwood Male
44:14:53
525
90%
14
6 Andrew Woolard Male
44:32:03
510
87%
15
40 Alan Jones Male
45:21:17
513
88%
16
30 Bill Frost Male
45:34:51
527
90%
17
43 Steve Reeves Male
46:47:32
513
88%
18
9 Natalie Schroeder Female
49:17:53
485
83%
19
23 Robert Franklin Male
50:39:39
455
78%
20
10 David Mackenzie Male
50:39:52
440
75%
21
29 Junko Sugibuchi Female
51:21:52
471
81%
22
4 Gill Plastow Female
51:54:38
496
85%
23
11 Sam Blight Male
52:44:50
405
69%
24
41 Michael Waxman Male
53:19:10
415
71%
25
31 Steve Drummond Male
53:20:35
439
75%
26
12 Dave Overton Male
53:22:35
406
69%
27
24 Robert Johnston Male
53:25:42
427
73%
28
28 Yoshihiro Taketani Male
53:38:33
475
81%
29
39 Bob Mills Male
53:48:16
454
78%
30
20 Greg Fischer Male
54:23:32
445
76%
31
42 Richard Ware Male
55:01:32
474
81%
32
25 Hideyuki Ashio (Ranger) Male
56:47:21
408
70%
33
22 Lorraine Townsend Female
58:40:23
419
72%
34
27 Mitsuo Hirata Male
61:02:20
374
64%
35
37 Bob Montgomery Male
62:08:28
391
67%
36
26 Haruko Fujinaka Female
64:20:52
369
63%
37
36 Kane Towns Male
64:28:03
364
62%
38
35 Ched Towns Male
65:43:03
349
60%
39
5 Don Blair Male
67:15:11
325
56%
40
46 Scott Annan Male
75:40:52
208
36%
41
7 David Cossettini Male
81:22:07
121
21%
42
34 Neil Parker Male
82:43:33
121
21%
43
33 Peter Grant Male
82:43:40
121
21%
44
47 Kieran Wilson Male
90:21:54
60
10%



Riders finishing Day 4

Rider passing vehicles


Vehicle bogged in dunes

Start Line Day1
Riders on the start line at Purnie Bore. Day 1

Leon Fisher, Nick Tillet
Leon Fisher, Nick Tillet

Cresting Sand Dunes
Subaru and Rodney Simpson taking on the dunes

Day3 afternoon start
Day 3 afternoon start

Army bogged
Army vehicle bogged on the Birdsville Track

Riders in action
Riders in action


Riders at Birdsville

Riders photo shoot at Birdsville