If you're unfamiliar with the annual Route 66 Marathon in Tulsa, this video explains this year's event quite well: https://youtu.be/ZbvASQkvenU Check out the medals that will be awarded at the race, about the 1:30 mark.
Category: Sports
UPDATED: Part of marathon will try to help Joplin
A portion of the Mother Road Marathon, an annual event that goes on Route 66 in southwest Missouri, Kansas and northeast Oklahoma, will be used to benefit boost the morale of tornado-ravaged Joplin, reported the Joplin Globe. Organizers for the Oct. 9 race says the five-kilometer part of the event will be tagged as a … Continue reading UPDATED: Part of marathon will try to help Joplin
A drag race we can support
Ordinarily, we at Route 66 News don't plug auto racing ... nor many other sports events, for that matter. But we're making an exception for this one: the Route 66 Classic at Route 66 Raceway in Joliet, Ill. This sounds like something roadies can get behind: https://youtu.be/tyuLI-1be1c Here's a description of the event, in case … Continue reading A drag race we can support
Upcoming video golf game features Route 66 course
Golden Tee Golf, maker of video golf games commonly found in taverns and arcades, soon will release a new game called Golden Tee 2012 that features the Dusty Bend golf course built along Route 66. Here's a sneak preview released today: https://youtu.be/8NQ5YuJIgaY I spotted replicas of the Wigwam Motel, a Bunyon Muffler Man, and a … Continue reading Upcoming video golf game features Route 66 course
Tucumcari will try again for racino
Investors in will apply Wednesday to the New Mexico Racing Commission for a horse-racing track and casino license in Tucumcari, reported the Clovis News-Journal. Coronado Partners' plans to develop the $60 million Coronado Park on 300-acres, featuring live racing from May to August each year during the heart of the triple-crown racing season nationally, and … Continue reading Tucumcari will try again for racino
Joplin tornado, continued
Today closed a chapter in the tragic story of the Joplin tornado. Gov. Jay Nixon announced that all of the missing people from the May 22 twister had been accounted for, and that the final death toll stood at 134. The Springfield News-Leader reported: The total of 134 includes 124 people on the unaccounted for … Continue reading Joplin tornado, continued
Students help design Mickey Mantle projects
Students from Oklahoma State University helped design what will be called Mickey Mantle Monument Park and other related projects in the Route 66 town of Commerce, Okla., where Mantle grew up, according to a story in the Tulsa World. A 9-foot-tall Mickey Mantle statue dedicated last summer stands at Mickey Mantle Field, next to a … Continue reading Students help design Mickey Mantle projects
Injured endurance athlete closes a chapter
Six month after nearly dying in an accident on Route 66 in Arizona, endurance athlete James Cracknell participated in an ultramarathon in Yukon Territory of Canada during severely cold temperatures, according to an excellent article by Chris Harvey for The Telegraph in London. The Yukon adventure closed a chapter for Cracknell, who is still dealing … Continue reading Injured endurance athlete closes a chapter
“Get Your Tricks on Route 66”
I found this documentary video about skateboarders who live in the Route 66 town of Glendora, Calif. The interviews aren't much, but the slow-motion footage of their skateboard tricks is worth viewing. https://vimeo.com/20541672
‘No chance’ marathon organizer will be rehired
Joplin's city manager said there was "no chance" Dean Reinke would be rehired as the director of the 2011 Mother Road Marathon, according to a report in the Joplin Globe. In an e-mail headlined “A Special Message from the Mother Road Marathon,” Reinke, of Winter Haven, Fla., questions the city’s ability to put on the … Continue reading ‘No chance’ marathon organizer will be rehired