DRIVERS CLUB FINISHES SECOND AT SEARS TOWER

 

THE KENOSHA DRIVERS CLUB RACING AS THE KENOSHA FIRE DEPARTMENT SHOCKED THE STAIRCLIMB WORLD BY FINISHING SECOND OUT OF 81 TEAMS AT THE URBAN CLIMB FOR CANCER AT THE SEARS TOWER IN CHICAGO.
FORMERLY KNOWN AS THE DAMON RUNYON FOUNDATION CLIMB THE RACE BROUGHT TOGETHER 1500 CLIMBERS FROM ALL OVER THE GLOBE TO RACE UP 104 FLOORS IN THE TALLEST STAIRCLIMB IN THE WORLD. 

CONTINUING THEIR PROGRESSION FROM NOVICE  TO EXPERT CLIMBERS THE DRIVERS CLUB PLACED FIVE MEMBERS IN THE TOP FIVE PERCENT AND NEARLY WALKED AWAY WITH THE TEAM TITLE.  TEAM CATERPILLAR WON THE TEAM EVENT WITH AN AVERAGE TIME OF 18:52.6 TO THE DRIVERS CLUB 18:58.2.  THE TEAM EVENT AVERAGES THE TIMES OF THE TOP FOUR FINISHERS ON EACH TEAM AS OPPOSED TO THE TOP FIVE IN OTHER STAIR CLIMBS.  IF FIVE FINISHERS WERE COUNTED THE DC WOULD HAVE EASILY WON.

IN ALL THE KENOSHA FIRE DEPARTMENT WAS REPRESENTED BY TEN PERCENT OF THE DEPARTMENT AS 14 KFD MEMBERS COMPLETED THE LONG CLIMB.  LEADING THE WAY WAS JIM STROUF MAKING GOOD ON HIS PROMISE TO WIN BACK THE CHAMPIONSHIP BELT HE LOST TO CHUCK LEIPZIG LAST YEAR AT THE HANCOCK.  HE WAS TIMED DRAGGING HIS KNUCKLES TO THE TOP   IN 18:37 FOR 42ND PLACE OVERALL.  CHUCK LEIPZIG

 LAST YEAR AT THE HANCOCK.  HE WAS TIMED DRAGGING HIS KNUCKLES TO THE TOP   IN 18:37 FOR 42ND PLACE OVERALL.  CHUCK LEIPZIG
LED THE GROUP OF FOUR PACK RUNNERS AND WAS THE NEXT TO CROSS THE LINE IN 19:01 FOR 51ST PLACE FOLLOWED CLOSELY BY JAKE WALDSCHMIDT AND BRIAN RUMMELHART IN 19:06 AND 19:10 GOOD ENOUGH FOR 54TH AND 58TH PLACE TO ROUND OUT THE SECOND PLACE TEAM.

COMPLETING THE IMPRESSIVE SHOWING WERE:
CHRIS HANNES          19:12     61ST
CARL CARLSON         21:04     122ND
MATT MARTIN          24:20     337TH
TIM HEIMAN              24:24     344TH
MATT STAHL              26:27     512TH
PAT RYAN                    26:27     514TH
JOSH                              30:38     834TH
PETE SILVA                 31:01     855TH
TIM LEWIS                  34:22     1041ST
JIM POLTROCK         35:12     1074TH
AS IS THE CUSTOM THE MARTIN BROTHERS IMMEDIATELY UPON FINISHING BEGAN SCANNING THE OBSERVATION DECK FOR ANY SIGNS OF A CAMERA.  AND THE HIT PAY DIRT.  AFTER GROVELING FOR SEVERAL MINUTES THEY CONVINCED ABC NEWS THEY WOULD BE THE BEST COMPETITORS TO INTERVIEW.  UNFORTUNATELY WHILE THEY WAITED TWENTY MINUTES FOR THE INTERVIEW THE VAN WAS TOWED.  IT SEEMS MATT ASSUMED YOU PAID FOR PARKING WHEN YOU LEFT THE LOT.

THANKS TO THE CHICAGO FIRE DEPARTMENT THE VAN WAS RECOVERED AND EVERYONE WAS HAPPY EXCEPT FOR TIM HEIMAN WHO HAD THE MISFORTUNE OF LEAVING HIS CREDIT CARD IN THE VAN.  WE HAD TO PAY FOR THE TOW SOMEHOW