Group Sets ATV Record

Group Sets ATV Record ATV'S ATV'S 34-2-5 The All Terrain Vehicle Association of Minnesota set the Guinness World Record for the largest ATV parade on June 13, 2009. The group assembled 1,632 ATV's stretching just over four miles in Silver Bay, Minn. After much paperwork, the group recently received official notice from Guinness. "We tried it in 2008 in honor of the 25th anniversary of the club," says Leslie Schermerhorn, parade organizer. "We missed it by 56. We were so close, we decided to try it again." A Kentucky group previously held the record with 1,138 ATV's. ATV enthusiasts came from as far away as Japan, California and Alaska. They patiently waited as organizers lined them up from 6:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. in a field a mile outside of Silver Bay for the hour and 45 minute parade. "We went right through the town's business section and looped through neighborhoods. People lined up through the whole parade," Schermerhorn says. "They didn't even have to shut traffic down. We don't take up that much room." Though they didn't count officially, some folks joined in the parade with side-by-side vehicles. Residents of the local nursing home rode in a modified golf cart and were "grinning from ear to ear," Schermerhorn says. The event was good for Silver Lake, doubling its population for the weekend and bringing in income and supporting nonprofits and other vendors. "I can't say enough about Silver Bay - how they opened the community up to us," Schermerhorn says. Contact: FARM SHOW Followup, Leslie Schermerhorn, 1322 Second Ave. S., Moorhead, Minn. 56560 (ph 701 371-2855; www.atvparade.org or www.atvam.org).

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