Todd Cameron and The Canonball

 @Marjorie Kleiman

Todd Cameron raced this 114-Year-Old Motorcycle Cross-Country and won the Class 1. Todd Cameron completed the ‘Cannonball’ going 40 mph and using pedals to climb mountains on his 1909 Indian motorcycle. The competition between Todd Cameron and Dave Currier was fierce, yet friendly. The two Cannonball veterans could often be seen riding the course side by side. And through each stage of the competition, everyone wondered whether Dave would keep the #1 spot or turn over the championship to challenger Todd. It wasn’t easy for either of these men to maintain the top two positions like they did throughout the entire run. Todd had to change both front and rear sprockets on his 1909 Indian Single not only many times throughout the competition, but multiple times in a single day! And Dave’s 1911 Harley-Davidson Single could not be left to idle in traffic or the belt would have burned up. Those who rode near him would see him either ride circles to avoid stopping at lights, or jump off the bike and roll it back and forth until the light changed or traffic cleared enough that he could jump back on and take off again. Once the endurance run reached its conclusion, riders went through many different, and sometimes conflicting, emotions: exhausted and happy it was over, sad to leave the camaraderie and the new friendships formed, pleased with their bike’s performance or thinking about mechanical improvements for next time, ready to go home, looking forward to the next Cannonball—the entire range of feelings one can experience when an event of this magnitude is suddenly over.

Class 1:

1 - #99 Todd Cameron

2 - #1 Dave Currier

3 - #109 Alex Trepanier

(Thanks Don McGovern 😁)