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A 48-year old postal clerk has returned to Lake Compunce to defend his record of 2,001 consecutive laps on the Wildcat. If he outlasts his opponents, he'll win $2,000 and a ski boat.
Read more from the Hartford Courant.
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Joey Ciborek, Florida Coaster Club, Member
"WE RIDE ALL YEAR!!!" www.FloridaCoasterClub.com
"It's like an addiction" Me, The Discovery Channel, Ultimate Guide: Roller Coasters 5/27/02
4,002 fan turns!!! This oughta' be intersting....
I can take many rides on the Wildcat because it's smooth and tame, but never would imagine 200+ consecutively.
Obviously the statement of someone who's never ridden the Compounce Wildcat :-)
I'm not one to slander classic rides but it'd take a hell of a lot more than $2000 and a ski boat to get *me* to ride that thing for over 2000 laps as it certainly wasn't "smooth" when I rode it last year :-)
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* The Legend @ HW
* Superman: Ride of Steel @ SFNE
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*** This post was edited by Colin W. on 6/19/2002. ***
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Chris Knight
CP Sea Gull population 1,000,000
CP Mufflehead population 1,000,000,000
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Joey Ciborek, Florida Coaster Club, Member
"WE RIDE ALL YEAR!!!" www.FloridaCoasterClub.com
"It's like an addiction" Me, The Discovery Channel, Ultimate Guide: Roller Coasters 5/27/02
That would be cool to do even if there wasn't a prize. Tryin to sleep on a coaster, that would be funny. Do they try to sleep or not?
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It's his turn to feast, when you ride the Son of Beast.
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Lake Compounce-So Fresh and So Clean Clean
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..........13,000 rides on that Scream Machine, could they ever have stopped? Not for 61 days.
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Lake Compounce-So Fresh and So Clean Clean
*** This post was edited by Vertigo on 6/20/2002. ***
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