Back of the Pack!

We were the media's darlings last year. Here's the first article about our Crack-A-Noon ways

July 24, 2006 Section: RC Page: 6S

Back of the Pack Forgrave Reid Staff
BY REID FORGRAVE

Dan Oldehoeft
AGE: 34
HOMETOWN: Manhattan, Kan.
YEARS ON RAGBRAI: Six
TEAM NAME: Team Crackanoon, with 11 proud slackers
TEAM SLOGAN: "You won't see my HINEY - 'til the sun's high and SHINEY!"

WHY THEIR TEAM LOVES TO SLACK: "It's a revolt against getting up at 6 a.m.," Oldehoeft said. "We were on a team for a while that did that. So we just formed our own team."

NUMBER OF VEHICLES STILL AT THE MAIN CAMPGROUND WHEN TEAM CRACKANOON WAS PACKING UP AROUND 10 A.M.: A scattered few. "Sometimes we don't wake up until after the Kybos are gone and the road signs are gone," Oldehoeft said. "That sucks."

ABOUT THE BUS: Team Crackanoon bought the old Team Smelly Cats' bus for $2,000 a couple of years ago. They repainted it bright splotches of color, and they added a couple of slogans, including "Port-A-Party."

FINAL WORD: "We're the last ones out," Oldehoeft said. "Always."

Photo_By: Reid Forgrave/The Register
Dan Oldehoeft, 34, of Manhattan, Kan., left, and Corey Steenhoek, 34, of Kansas City, Mo., hold the "homewrecker" - a handle of Crown Royal whiskey that they and the members of Team Crackanoon planned to polish off Sunday night.

I'm still searching for that picture...
-Nate, The WB