MTF  50CC/100CCC Iron Butt Association Ride San Diego Details

San Diego Schedule

Special Thanks to our Witnesses

Departing San Diego

Shell
4794 Voltaire St
San Diego, CA 92107
619-224-1900

• We will issue a number to each 50CC WE and 100CCC WEW rider prior to the ride. This number will be the order in which you will be leaving the staging area. If you are a 100CCC EWE rider, you will not have a number. Report to the ride coordinator and he will work you in so that you can leave 15 minutes before the start of your second 50 hours. Riders who are doing a SS5000 on the front end of the ride received the lowest numbers, second were riders doing the 50CC WE and then riders doing the 100CCC WEW. The ride order within each class was determined by a random draw. Riders who expressed the desire to ride as a group only had one tag in the draw and were assigned sequential numbers based upon that tag.

• Note 100CCC EWE Riders. You must get a gas receipt at the start of the second leg at the same station in which you got your ending receipt for the first leg . This serves as your ending and starting time stamps. Note: this is not an IBA requirement but a requirement for our ride.

• Tom Offill, Assistant Ride Coordinator, is setting up and will be providing coffee, juice, dougnuts for the riders. Give Tom a big thank you for this effort. Tom had intended to ride with us but work got in his way. So we recruited him to help Bob Coffland.

• We will start releasing riders at 7:45 EST (4:45 PST) in the Hunter Steakhouse parking lot. Riders will be released a couple a time. We do not want riders riding in a pack for safety reasons. Our goal is to get all riders out by 8:30 EST (5:30 PST) and release the witnesses by that time. If you arrive at the staging area after 8:30 EST (5:30 PST), you will not be counted as part of the ride if you are a 50CC WE or 100CCC WEW rider.  If you are a 100CCC EWE rider and plan on sleeping in past 8:30 EST (5:30 PST) you need to leave a message at the front desk of the Motel 6 for Bob Coffland. We want to know that you made it ok. Further if you arrive after 8:30 EST (5:30 PST), you will have to arrange for your own midpoint witness.

• Have your witness form filled out and your odometer reading recorded. The witness should simply have to fill in the time, their personal information, and sign the form.    

• When you are ready to go, advise one of the witnesses. They will validate your odometer reading and license plate number; and add the time and their personal information to the witness form.

• Once your witness form is signed. Notify the ride coordinator and they will direct you with regard to staging for release. 

• When you are released from the staging area, you are expected to go directly to the get your gas receipt. If you do not do this then it will throw off the coordination of the witnesses on the east coast. Plan accordingly. Eat breakfast before staging; get your sand and water the before staging if you do not want it to be a part of the ride; etc. 

• Gas up and get a receipt at the Shell Station at 4794 Voltaire Street, San Diego, CA 92107, 619-224-1900. This station is staffed 24 hours and has 8 pumps and a large lot.  Optionally, you can get gas at Ocean City Gas (formerly Mobil), 2305 Sunset Cliffs Boulevard, Corner of Sunset Cliffs Boulevard and West Point Loma Boulevard, San Diego, CA 92107,  619-224-1477, which has 6 pumps.   

• If you have not collected your sand and water: from the Shell Station, go west .4 miles on Voltaire and then about .4 miles south on Abbott to the Ocean Beach Public Access to collect your sand and water.  You may want to go to the beach in pairs and take photos of each other. You will be glad you did.
                           

• Your off to Jacksonville. Ride safe, don't push your limits, and most of all enjoy your ride. From the beach access, you can take Newport to Sunset Cliffs Boulevard and then hit I-8 (about .4 mile northeast of the station where your got your receipt). Keep the water on the right all the way to Jacksonville.

Arriving at San Diego

Shell
4794 Voltaire St
San Diego, CA 92107
619-224-1900

• Exit I-8 and head to the Ocean Beach Public Access to gather your sand and water.
      
• Get your receipt from the Shell Station at 4794 Voltaire Street, San Diego, CA 92107, 619-224-1900. Optionally, you can get gas at Ocean City Gas (formerly Mobil), 2305 Sunset Cliffs Boulevard, Corner of Sunset Cliffs Boulevard and West Point Loma Boulevard, San Diego, CA 92107, 619-224-1477 . If you are finishing the 100CCC WEW, you should return to the same station that you started from.
          
• You can stop the panic. Your official time has been recorded on your receipt.
       
• A witness will be available at the Motel 6 from 7:00a.m. EST (4:00 a.m. PST) and 8:00 a.m. (5:00 a.m. PST), March 12, 2003 for those that are ending their 50CC East to West and for those needing a midpoint witness for their 100CCC from East to West to East. Note: If you get in before 8:00 a.m. EST (5:00 a.m. PST) you have the option of finding your own witness (there is often a police officer patrolling at the beach) and have them sign your witness form or going to bed and getting your witness form signed some time before 8:00 a.m. EST (5:00 a.m. PST). Note: Your stamped receipt is the end of your ride. We have discussed our witness procedure with the IBA; waiting until our witnesses are available will not affect certification of your ride. 
      
• A witness will be available at the Motel 6 at 2:30 p.m. EST (11:30 a.m. PST), March 16, 2003 for those that are ending their 100CCC West to East to West. Note: You have the option of finding your own witness (there is often a police officer patrolling at the beach) and have them sign your witness form or going to bed and getting your witness form signed some time before 3:00 p.m. EST (12:00 noon PST). Note: Your stamped receipt is the end of your ride. We have discussed our witness procedure with the IBA; waiting until our witnesses are available will not affect certification of your ride. 
  
• Congratulations on a great ride. If you are finishing the 50CC East to West or the 100CCC West to East to West, you definitely deserve to celebrate. If you are at the midpoint of the 100CCC East to West to East, be sure to get plenty of rest. Remember there is no incentive to leave before the first 50 hours is complete as you cannot use time from the first leg for the second leg.

Host Hotel

The Mission Valley Motel 6 is at 2424 Hotel Circle North, which is right along I-8 at the Taylor Street exit about 2 miles from the Mobil station in Ocean Beach. There are several good restaurants near the Motel 6, including an excellent steak house within walking distance.

Motel 6 - Mission Valley
2424 Hotel Circle North, San Diego, CA 92108
(619) 296-1612

A big thank you to Rick Brookes and Lou Canick for providing the leads to the above information.
If you need help of any kind email: amleduc@insightbb.com and I will do what I can to help.

Ocean Front Access

Hunter's Steakhouse