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Captain Brian Buck set
a 24 Hour World
Record for a 3 wheeled recumbent Human Powered Vehicle of 348.75 miles in Milwaukee in 1991 at the Human Powerd Vehicle International Speed Championships. This was in a fully enclosed, 3 wheeled, monococque framed HPV weighing an incredible 63 pounds! |
Saginaw Arthur Hill High School Technology Club. The Captain and Coach were consultants for the club. Their experiences in 24 hour events resulted in Brian being chosen to pilot the 24 hour event as well as take turns in the 200 meter sprints. The pictures above and below were taken on the one mile track in Milwaukee during the event. |
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the picture at the right,
Brian is passing Gerry Tatrai, who won First Place Overall in the 24 hour event in a 2 wheeled Moulton (not 3 wheeled nor a recumbent). Gerry placed Third in RAAM ( Race Across AMerica) in 1991 and 1992 and won first place in RAAM in 1993. We saw Gerry again several years later on a tandem at the National 24 Hour Challenge. |
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Brian and Gerry swapped places and at times paced each other during the event. Brian had the higher top speed but the weight of the vehicle and chain problems worked against him. Brian took 3rd place overall and was the first 3 wheeled fully enclosed recumbent. It escapes us what the 2nd place vehicle was. |
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| Brian
also races USCF events: criteriums, road races and tandem racing. He placed in the top 10 in the Cat 5/Citizens class in six events of the Tour de Michigan series in 1993. |
Notice
the chainring in the window of the vehicle in the picture above - thats where his feet were as he pedaled and his head was back where the other window is on the right. |
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Continue with: More of the Captain. |