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If you rode four or more Planet Ultra doubles (or longer) during 2003, then your name is on the list below and you qualify as one of the elite few who can wear the Planet Ultra Grand Slam Official Finisher jersey!

2003 Planet Ultra Grand Slam Official Finishers

Just fifty-eight Planet Ultra riders completed the Grand Slam in 2003 by completing four or more Planet Ultra doubles (or longer brevets)! These are the super heroes of Planet Ultra, the hardiest of the hardy, the toughest of the tough, the few, the proud, the brave! Roll out the red carpet, because here they are:

These 30 Grand Slam Official Finishers did four double centuries or longer (compared to 14 in 2002):
Clem Bartolai, Lasse Bjerga, Carol Breed, Brandon Bruce, Robert Buntrock, Russell Cammell, Dale Cole, Scot Gould, Doug Grattan, Michelle Kashima, Charles Kaye, Fred Lichtenstern, Charlie Liskey, John A. Long, Robert Macdonald, Frank Neal, Ralph Pacini, Kenneth Pang, Mark Parish, Gary Poles, Ken Rodenberg, Rob Schmidt, Alan Smith, Bracken Smith, Sean Smith, Brian Tavoian, Bruce Taylor, Eric Wilson, Steven Winfrey, and Lonnie Wolff

These 17 Grand Slam Official Finishers did five Planet Ultra double centuries or longer (compared to 11 in 2002):
John Beam, Paul Biron, Chuck Bramwell, Mark Dehanke, Richard Grantner, Francis Ignacio, Franklin Jensen, David A. Jones, Paul Kopit, Thomas Lawrence, Edward Linert, John D. Long, Tom O'Kane, Brian Rapp, Jorge Saavedra, Steve Warner, and Mike Warren

These 6 Grand Slam Official Finishers did six Planet Ultra double centuries or longer: (compared to 2 in 2002) Charles Griffice, Tim Skipper, Michael Sturgill, Cathe Waltmire, Wick Waltmire, and Rowena Wildin

These 2 Grand Slam Official Finishers did seven Planet Ultra double centuries or longer (compared to 0 in 2002):
Dave Evans and Jeff Landauer

These 3 Grand Slam Official Finishers did eight Planet Ultra double centuries or longer (compared to 1 in 2002):
Brian Bowling, John T. Clare, and Thomas Parkes

Scroll down to see which events they rode, and their finishing times. Also, note that those with an asterix completed the Grand Slam AND volunteered at at least one Planet Ultra event. (Click here to see the full list of 2003 volunteers.)

Last Name First Name Butterfield Spring DV Solvang Mulholland Ridge Route Heartbreak Eastern Sierra ToTF Fall DV
Bartolai Clem 16:48   13:20         17:17 16:07
Beam* John 13:06   11:18 14:49   14:18 15:03    
Biron* Paul 14:48 12:10 11:29 14:04  18:02      
Bjerga Lasse 10:53 11:19 10:44       10:23    
Bowling* Brian 11:49 11:36 9:52  17:26  18:02 12:04 13:08 13:18  
Bramwell* Chuck   13:19 11:19 14:44   14:24     14:52
Breed* Carol   10:47 8:33     11:25   12:35  
Bruce Brandon   13:12 10:40   16:13 15:33      
Buntrock Robert 15:08 13:59 13:19       13:33    
Cammell Russell 13:24   11:39       14:53 18:19  
Clare John T. 12:09 14:44 11:19   18:06 13:04 14:57 14:00 14:52
Cole Dale   14:11 12:03       13:30   15:36
Dehanke Mark 14:15   12:02 17:33   16:31   16:06  
Evans Dave 13:52   13:25 17:30   18:20 14:57 17:17 15:56
Gould Scot   13:40 11:13 14:58   15:01      
Grantner Richard 14:15   14:35       16:13 18:19 16:54
Grattan* Doug   10:47 8:33     11:25   12:35  
Griffice Charles 13:31 13:46 11:35 16:47 18:47 15:57      
Ignacio Francis 13:31 13:25   16:57   15:04   15:33  
Jensen* Franklin 14:09 13:59 11:02 15:38     13:31    
Jones* David A. 13:31 13:44 10:27 15:27   18:31      
Kashima* Michelle 13:03   11:13     14:27 13:35    
Kaye Charles 11:22   9:36 13:30     11:18    
Kopit* Paul 14:15 15:04 10:04       15:06 16:39  
Landauer* Jeff   10:42 10:43   13:11 11:10 10:23 12:35 12:58
Lawrence Thomas   12:56 11:11 15:03   14:15 13:14    
Lichtenstern Fred           15:00 16:05 17:24 14:42
Linert Edward 13:03 12:59 10:45     14:14   14:21  
Liskey Charlie     12:34 16:30 18:06 19:29      
Long John D. 16:43   12:05       16:16 18:24 14:52
Long John A. 16:48 13:29       16:27 18:43  
Macdonald Robert 13:18 13:25 11:15       14:40    
Neal* Frank   15:32 12:02     15:45     15:51
O'Kane* Tom 13:06 13:14 11:23 14:58     14:03    
Pacini Ralph   14:23 11:54       14:21 16:09  
Pang Kenneth 15:32 15:21 13:07         18:08  
Parish* Mark 11:22   11:13     14:13 13:40    
Parkes* Thomas 14:34 15:17 12:25 17:02   17:06 15:14 18:24 16:38
Poles Gary 13:57   12:45         13:30 12:26
Rapp* Brian     12:08 14:39   15:25 12:15   14:02
Rodenberg Ken 14:15   12:02 17:33       16:06  
Saavedra Jorge 12:46   12:08       13:20 15:13 14:45
Schmidt Rob     10:24       13:14 13:10 13:02
Skipper Tim 13:03 13:14 11:59 15:14     14:03 16:25  
Smith Alan 15:25 14:23 11:54       14:21    
Smith Bracken 15:25 15:17 13:07       14:21    
Smith* Sean     11:09   16:13 13:08 13:08 16:06  
Sturgill* Michael 14:15   12:02 17:33     13:26 16:06 12:43
Tavoian Brian 14:09 13:59 11:38 14:26          
Taylor Bruce 13:31   11:48     15:18 14:21  
Waltmire* Catherine 14:34 15:54 12:45       16:09 18:19 16:10
Waltmire* Wick 14:34 15:54 12:45       16:09 18:19 16:10
Warner* Steve 13:09 13:14 11:16     13:44 14:03    
Warren Mike         18:50 15:25 14:17 15:43 14:59
Wildin* Rowena   15:04 12:19 17:32   16:27 15:06 16:07
Wilson Eric   10:50       11:47 11:23 12:48  
Winfrey Steven     12:34 16:30 18:06 19:29      
Wolff* Lonnie 14:09   11:02 15:38     13:31    

Click here for the 2002 list of Grand Slam finishers.

Click here for the 2004 list of Grand Slam Finishers.

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