The "Innovator" Award This
award was first introduced in 1993. It is awarded annually to
the team which shows the most innovation and ingenuity during
the 24 hour Numb Bum to finish or resume the race with the bike/quad
that they started the race with. (The plaque will remain
the property of the Numb Bum and will be displayed at a local
dealership) |
1993 |
Speed Twin Psychos
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1994 |
Cool Running's
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1995 |
Chosen Free
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1996 |
The Bar Bashers
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1997 |
Quad Trash
1998 #37 & #69 Frozen Lake Dogs and Motorcycle Mech Class
(Fairview College)
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1999 |
Team W.F.O.
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2000 |
Snatch Racing
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2001 |
In 2001
the Onoway Outlaws won the award. Two laps into
the race the connecting rod on their 250R broke, so they swapped
tires with their parts quad, which had no rear shock,
and rode it for about 14 hours until they lost a ring. Then they took the top
end off the quad they had started the race with and slapped it on the parts
machine. The team spent a good six hours rebuilding machines and swapping parts,
and came in
second last, but finished the race.
Here's a link to a couple pictures of our pit, and the race.
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2002 |
The
Innovator was awarded to Quad team #169. They
completely rebuilt their engine from the cases up and completed
the race after a 16 hour breakdown!
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2003 |
The Innovator is awarded
to bike #4 the Bar Bashers (Note: That is the second time they
have been awarded the Innovator award.)
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2004 |
Bike #034 Alberta
Cycle built 20 tires to replace flats. They had to
send people into town to purchase more screws and tires. As
well, 1hr into the race their transmission blew and they suffered
the popular HID light problems. The tranny blew while in reverse
gear. "Mike, what were you
doing in reverse?"
http://community.webshots.com/album/119080486eCsuck |
| 2005 |
Second
Mortgage Racing for nearly stripping their 2 spare machines
to finish the race with the same machine as they started with,
they finished in 3rd place in their class.
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| 2006 |
Ice
Holes,
this team from Seattle, Washington rode their bike without a
clutch for over 8 hours they also had a break in their rear wheel
hub early in the race. They borrowed a stator from a another
team during the night and using tire plugs as gaskets for keeping
there engine oil in and finishing 3rd in their class.
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