Ride Around Texas
Ride Around Texas Gold
Ride Around Texas -
Rewind
Ride Around Texas - Rewind Gold
Version No. 3.1
Date last
revised: April 2, 2022
© 2022, Iron Butt Association, Sheridan, Wyoming
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Background:
RAT Objective:
Ride the perimeter of Texas, clockwise or anti-clockwise,
stopping at 18 mandatory checkpoints, including start/finish point, in
order within the alloted time period.
RAT - less than 85 hours
RAT Gold - less than 70 hours
RAT Rewind Objective:
Ride 2 consecutive rotations around the perimeter of Texas, one
clockwise and one anti-clockwise,
stopping at 18 mandatory checkpoints, including start/finish point, in
order within the alloted time period for each rotation.
This is a back-to-back ride and follows typical back-to-back rules.
RAT Rewind - less than 85 hours each rotation
RAT Rewind Gold - less than 70 hours each
rotation
Note: The Ending DBR date/time of the first rotation is the Start
date/time of the second opposite rotation. For RAT Rewind each rotation
must be less than 85 or 70 hours. You can not carry over unused
hours from one rotation to the opposite rotation. For RAT Rewind
GOLD each rotation must be under 70 hours
The Ride Around Texas
History
Read the rules
for
the iconic SaddleSore 1000
on the Ironbutt
Association site. The rules for this ride are similar and you
will get valuable background information.
Documentation:
See here.
Verification fee:
RAT - See fee page.
RAT Rewind - See fee page.
Definitions:
DBR - Dated Business
Receipt
A DBR is a machine generated receipt with the date, time and LOCATION
on it. Check it - do not assume it is correct. A
receipt
with an incorrect time/date/location is worthless. Check and
re-check.
Rules
for the RAT
The
mandatory checkpoints are listed below. You may start at any
of
the mandatory checkpoints. Your finish checkpoint is back to
where
you started. Checkpoints must be
ridden in order,
clockwise
or
anti-clockwise, around the perimeter of Texas. You may take any
route you wish between checkpoints, but you must stay within the State
of Texas.
You must obtain a DBR every 350 miles or less AND in the following
jurisdictions and the receipt MUST indicate the city, date and
time. Check your receipts.
- Texarkana START location
- Port Arthur
- Port Bolivar
- Galveston
- Victoria
- South Padre Island
- Del Rio
- Panther Junction, Big Bend NP (picture
of your motorcycle in front of Visitor Center sign is acceptable)
- Lajitas General Store (picture of your motorcycle
in front of store sign acceptable)
- Presidio
- Anthony
- Guadalupe Mountains National Park (picture of your
motorcycle in front of park entrance acceptable)
- Kermit
- Texline
- Follett
- Childress
- Paris
- Texarkana END Location (if possible, use same gas station
as start location)
DBRs
are readily obtainable at all communities. Pictures of your
motorcycle may substitute for DBRs at only the following locations:
- Panther
Junction Visitor Center, Big Bend National Park. (DBRs are
available at the Visitor Center and gas station, when open)
- Guadalupe Mountains National Park (DBR is available at the
Visitor Center when open)
- Lajitas General Store (DBR is available at the General
Store when open)
- Port Bolivar (Take a picture of your motorcycle on the
Galveston - Port Bolivar ferry while underway)
You
may not leave the State of Texas except for emergencies. If you
do leave the state, you must return to the point where you crossed the
border and continue your ride from that point.
Your official time is determined by the
starting
and ending receipts. PLEASE check these documents and make
sure
the clock and date are correct!
Spotwalla.com is REQUIRED
FOR THIS RIDE.
Merchandise:
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