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  1. RFlagg42

    FJRForum Official 2023 Iron Butt Rally Tracking/Analysis Thread

    A lot of people left the CP quickly this morning....another short leg so maybe the rally packet was simple to digest and come up with a basic plan
  2. RFlagg42

    FJRForum Official 2023 Iron Butt Rally Tracking/Analysis Thread

    the ones approaching Oklahoma City look a little further away than the one in Missouri.... but you never know with the delays. I've seen delays of as much as 45 minutes with people who have Garmin inReach
  3. RFlagg42

    FJRForum Official 2023 Iron Butt Rally Tracking/Analysis Thread

    I suspect you're thinking of something that happened in the 2007 IBR regarding a satellite tracking device, and which wasn't actually against the rules at the time, but now would be.
  4. RFlagg42

    FJRForum Official 2023 Iron Butt Rally Tracking/Analysis Thread

    looks like 2/3 of the field is converging at the group photo bonus in Coffeyville, KS.
  5. RFlagg42

    FJRForum Official 2023 Iron Butt Rally Tracking/Analysis Thread

    They've done that a couple of times since the advent of the group photo bonuses, and it seemed to incentivize much of the bottom half of the field to get into the CP early and it gets a lot of people through scoring before it gets too late.
  6. RFlagg42

    FJRForum Official 2023 Iron Butt Rally Tracking/Analysis Thread

    During the call in bonus, the riders were told in the recording that there's power at the checkpoint hotel. Also, sounds like there's a group photo bonus at 3 pm Central around 90 minutes north of Tulsa.
  7. RFlagg42

    FJRForum Official 2023 Iron Butt Rally Tracking/Analysis Thread

    Just scanned some local news there, and there are lots of mentions of gas shortages as well?
  8. RFlagg42

    FJRForum Official 2023 Iron Butt Rally Tracking/Analysis Thread

    Someone in Newport, RI right now. 1,530 mile base route to the CP--that's a rough way to finish leg 1.
  9. RFlagg42

    FJRForum Official 2023 Iron Butt Rally Tracking/Analysis Thread

    Yep, I wasn't suggesting that the rally staff didn't have access to their tracks
  10. RFlagg42

    FJRForum Official 2023 Iron Butt Rally Tracking/Analysis Thread

    There was a rest bonus on this leg and the rest (points for at least 4 hours up to a maximum of 8) had to begin today [Tuesday] between midnight and midnight (eastern time). I've also heard second hand that neither Mike Brooke nor Jim Owen appear on the group page 🤷‍♂️
  11. RFlagg42

    FJRForum Official 2023 Iron Butt Rally Tracking/Analysis Thread

    So many people up in Maine this morning (there's likely a big bonus in Bar Harbor) with over 1,800 miles to the checkpoint (with ~36 hours left) and many still intend on taking their rest bonus tonight. I was shocked to see how many people went for the Manhattan and Coney Island bonuses at...
  12. RFlagg42

    FJRForum Official 2023 Iron Butt Rally Tracking/Analysis Thread

    I rode past him on the interstate at the time and it gave me a 2nd wind late in the afternoon. I saw someone running across an overpass, and my thoughts were.... - that's weird, what is that person doing? - are those pom poms? - oh, there's a sign - OMG, they're cheering for IBR riders 😂
  13. RFlagg42

    FJRForum Official 2023 Iron Butt Rally Tracking/Analysis Thread

    7 of the '21 IBR top 10 are riding again including all of the top 5. There's also around 6-7 others that have either been top 10 before or have been top 3 in other multi-day rallies. Should be a good one.... @robcig Wendy is not riding
  14. RFlagg42

    Corey Ure Battery Issue - Resolved

    There's a BatteriesPlus in the Pittsburgh area that appears to have a compatible battery. Open until 5....
  15. RFlagg42

    FJRForum Official 2023 Iron Butt Rally Tracking/Analysis Thread

    From the poster, my prediction is that more important than the theme itself, there will be five categories of bonuses (that # is based on the exit sign) and similar to 2017, the real trick will be how to optimally sequence them to get the most points....
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