America’s Challenge Officials & Winners

Chair, AIBF Gas Balloon Committee ........Mark Sullivan America’s Challenge Event Director .......Sam Parks Deputy Event Director ....................................John Petrehn Safety Offi cers ....................................................Wally Book, Chuck Raskob Launchmaster ......................................................Tomas Hora Meteorologists .......................................................... Randy Lefevre, Brad Temeyer Scoring Offi cer ....................................................Jim Byrd Jury President .....................................................Andy Baird Jury Members ......................................................Tarp Head, Ken Draughn

Director ............................................................................Ruth Lind Scoring and Internet/YB Tracking Liaison ......Ben Anello Database Manager .....................................................Carolyn Lilley Controllers .....................................................................Jon Ashworth, ....................................................................C. J. Carter, ....................................................................Jeff Davis, ....................................................................Guy Feltman, ....................................................................Richard Iverson, ....................................................................Chris LaFleur, ....................................................................Cliff Tvede Onboard Tracking Equipment Coordinators ........Harris “Goody” Goodwin, .......Chuck Raskob Media Liaison ................................................................Kim Vesely Website and Digital Media ....................................Ken Tuley Field Preparation ........................................................Damian Duran-Arias Event Registration .....................................................Jennifer Garcia Hospitality ......................................................................Dodie Bernal

YEAR PILOT CO-PILOT COUNTRY DISTANCE DISTANCE DURATION KM MILES HOURS

1995 Richard Abruzzo David Melton 1996 David Levin Alan Levin 1997 Richard Abruzzo Jacob Traub USA 2241.9 1393 60.2 USA 706.6 439.1 38.1 USA 1465.3 910.5 45.7

1998 Troy Bradley

Tami Stevenson-Bradley USA 2234.9 1388.8 58.8 1999 Race not held 2000 David Levin Alan Levin USA 3215.5 1998.1 64.1 2001 Peter Cuneo Barbara Fricke USA 2095.6 1302.2 58.4 2002 Richard Abruzzo Gary Johnson USA 2797.08 1738.11 43.13 2003 Richard Abruzzo Carol Rymer Davis USA 1787.72 1110.89 63.23 2004 Richard Abruzzo Gary Johnson USA 984.23 611.6 35.97 2005 Janet Folkes Bill Arras UK / USA 2407.28 1495.81 46.14 2006 Andy Cayton Kevin Knapp USA 2380.99 1479.48 60.45 2007 Andy Cayton Stuart Enloe USA 1698.21 1052.89 61.5 2008 Mark Sullivan Cheri White USA 1419.76 880.25 68.58 2009 Race cancelled due to high winds 2010 Barbara Fricke Peter Cuneo USA 2175.86 1349.03 58.16 2011 David Hempleman-Adams Jonathan Mason UK 1538.66 953.97 71.51 2012 Mark Sullivan Cheri White USA 2623.33 1626.46 62.3 2013 Peter Cuneo Barbara Fricke USA 2299.79 1425.87 60.4 2014 Anulfo González Angel Aguirre Spain 1914.3 1186.87 53.33 2015 Race cancelled due to weather conditions 2016 Peter Cuneo Barbara Fricke USA 1394.96 864.88 54.65 2017 Nicolas Tièche Laurent Sciboz Switzerland 3670.76 2275.87 59.32 2018 No event 2019 Andy Cayton Krzysztof Zapart USA/Poland 2598.61 1611.14 58.20 2020 Event postponed to 2021

Switzerland, 3670.76 km /2275.87 miles (2017)

Mason, UK, 71 hours, 31 minutes (2011)

Richard Abruzzo: fi ve wins: 1995 with David Melton, 1997 with Jacob Traub, 2002 and 2004 with Gary Johnson, 2003 with Carol Rymer Davis Peter Cuneo and Barbara Fricke: four wins (2001, 2010, 2013, 2016) Andy Cayton: three wins: (2006, 2007, 2019) David Levin and Alan Levin: two wins (1996 and 2000) Mark Sullivan and Cheri White: two wins (2008 and 2012)