Contestants ride roller coaster for 34 days to win car

Posted | Contributed by Viper423

Three twenty-somethings are the last survivors in a Spokane radio station's publicity gimmick. The deal? Live aboard Tremors, one of the premier roller coasters at Silverwood, for 34 days and win a car. Contestants get a 30-minute break every three hours and even sleep aboard the coaster at night. Food is delivered by a sponsoring fast food restaurant.

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Richard Rodriguez rode The Boss at SFSTL for something like 100 consecutive days last year. I believe that he had like 5 minutes break each hour but was otherwise riding.

I have to give this guy credit. If I were going to marathon a ride for that long, The Boss is definately not the ride I would pick. Don't get me wrong, it's a great ride, but it's also very intense.

Kyle

I would love to see a marathon on the Texas Giant it wouldent take long to win that car.Does anyone know if they ever had a marathon on the Ninja at SFSTL ? That ride was rough
I remember on Lake Compounce's brochures and maps a couple of years ago they had the record for most consecutive rides on the Wildcat. Noel Aube, "NuNu", had 2,001 rides in a row.

Also on the topic, I think I remember a contest going on with consecutive rides on the Wildcat now. NuNu is defending his title against three other men- Duane Robertson, 28, Michael Barillaro, 32, and Derrick Ruegg, 37 are trying to steal NuNu's record. They are going for $2000 and a ski boat along with the title. This is done for celebrating the Wildcat's 75th anniversery.

Ruegg got disqualified for returning late on a seven minute break. Sucks for him, and on the first day too!

Read about this in the news above this one.
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I lost my hat on Poison Ivy. How pathetic. *** This post was edited by Superman:Kid of Steel on 6/20/2002. ***

1st of all, Michael W. Moss, your idea for 1 million on Millenium Force is amazing. If they do that, I'm right there, first in line. I just had my fourth ride on it yesterday.

2nd of all, when's the time they're doing this? And also, how do people find out about this stuff?

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Magnum is red,
Millenium Force is blue,
I love Wicked Twister,
and Raptor too.

I was at the park when this contest was going on. I got 10 or 12 rides with the contests. They look like they were bord with the coaster. I know I sure wasn't.

KickTheSky said:

How about a marathon on something unbearably rough like Shockwave at SFGAm. Fill the train and last to leave wins a million bucks.

That contest would be unfair... I was fine in the front row of shockwave with NO problems and rode it 32 times in a row.. If I was in the back, I would never EVER do that!

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