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Iron Butt Rally - The history of the Iron Butt Rally by Robert Higdon

Version No. 1

Date last revised: September 18, 2022


These Iron Butt Rally History series were saved from early production proofs from the Iron Butt Magazine. You might find minor typos or other small notes in them, for example, move this photo up two paragraphs, but otherwise are very close to the actual print articles.  
The series is in FIVE PARTS by Robert Higdon: 
PART I - In the beginning
    PART I (PDF download)
PART II - The 1985 Iron Butt Rally
    PART II (PDF download)
PART III - 1986 Start your engines!
    PART III (PDF download)
PART IV - 1987
    PART IV (PDF download)
PART V - The Imagination Man
    PART V (PDF download)
PART VI - 1991: Lazarus Awakens
    PART VI (PDF download)
HISTORIC REPORTS: 
1991 Iron Butt Rally
    by Robert Higdon
1993 Iron Butt Rally
    by Robert Higdon
1995 Iron Butt Rally
    by Robert Higdon
1997 Iron Butt Rally
    by Robert Higdon
1999 Iron Butt Rally
    by Robert Higdon
2001 Iron Butt Rally
    by Warren Harhay
2003 Iron Butt Rally
    by Robert Higdon
2005 Iron Butt Rally
    by Robert Higdon
2007 Iron Butt Rally
    by Tom Austin
2009 Iron Butt Rally
    by Tom Austin
2011 Iron Butt Rally
    by Tom Austin
2013 Iron Butt Rally
    by Robert Higdon
2015 Iron Butt Rally
    by Chris Cimino
2017 Iron Butt Rally
    by John Harrison
2019 Iron Butt Rally
    by John Harrison
2021 Iron Butt Rally
    by Jeff Earls
2021 Senior and Junior Butt Rally
    by Cliff Wall
2022 Senior and Junior Butt Rally
    by Cliff Wall
Iron Butt Rally Facts and Finishers
    by Dave McQueeney
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