2021 Atomic 1000 - Spring Open House cancelled

[Brian Thorn]

A shout out to David Hay for bringing this to my attention. Once again, your opportunity to snag a rare certificate has been thwarted by Covid 19. Here is the info from the White Sands Missile Range regarding this year's events:
https://www.wsmr.army.mil/Trinity/P...9r8VLZv6jQNHYZd9Stx6hLqhybu_1Q4nam6yYC_NSfxLs

Per the above notice there is no mention of the October Open House so that still remains a possibility if the Pandemic is more under control by that time.

By my count (the Big List is sometimes hard to decipher) there have been 13 riders/pillions that have obtained this certificate since 2017. Matt Coffer has done it twice, and Chris Rasmussen really raised the bar with his Atomic 3000 ride.

I did not see this ride listed under the Themed Rides so I've just sent in a request to get that added.

For more information here is my original ride report from four years ago. Most of the photos are missing from the report. https://forum.ironbutt.org/index.php?threads/the-atomic-1000-a-saddlesore-to-history.1763/

Here are other threads related to the ride:
https://forum.ironbutt.org/index.php?threads/2018-atomic-1000-reminder.2000/

https://forum.ironbutt.org/index.php?threads/dr-tikis-atomic-1000.2109/

https://forum.ironbutt.org/index.php?threads/atomic-1000-trinity-test-site-reminder.2815/

https://forum.ironbutt.org/index.ph...nce-motorcycling-atomic-1000-saddlesore.2939/

Better luck in the fall.

 

[MarkG]

That's too bad this was a nice ride. Well worth the time to spend looking at the exhibits before turning around and heading home. Distancing wasn't a problem either there was plenty of room for people to move around and not be crowded.

 

[Brian Thorn]

According to Ben Ernst, there are two additional riders who did this with him in 2019 yet have not filed for a certificate, so that takes us to a "possible" 15 total riders / pillions.