[[3]]The ride was established in 1998 when Iron Butt Association rider Ron Ayres set a 49-state record time by riding to Hyder at the end of a 48-state record ride.[4][5][6][7]
2010 was the last year the event was organized by Ron Ayres himself; 2011 and 2012 rallies were self-organized by attendees.[8][5]
Notes
1. ^1 {{citation|journal=American Motorcyclist|title=Canadian Detours: the Long Road to Alaska|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=P_cDAAAAMBAJ&pg=PT18#v=twopage|author=John E. Van Barriger|volume=48|number= 6|date=June 1994|issn=0277-9358}}
2. ^1 {{cite journal|journal=Roadrunner|title=Edmonton to Alaska|author=Tim Yip|date=March–April 2008|url=http://www.roadrunner.travel/magazine/read/march-april-2008/page/52|quote=Joining a band of motorcyclists on an annual run to Hyder, Alaska, we rode north from Edmonton to celebrate Ron Ayres's 1998 feat of smashing the Iron Butt record (riding to 48 states within 10 days) in what is now called the 48 Plus! Iron Butt Ride. }}
3. ^1 2 {{cite web|title=About Hyder Seek|work=Hyder Seek 2012 site|publisher=Paul Lawson|url=https://sites.google.com/site/hyderseek2012/registration}}
4. ^1 {{citation|title=Proving your worth, earning your chops |author=Lynn Anderson |date=March 2011 |publisher=Johnson County Kansas Department of Human Services |work=The Best Times |url=http://www.thebesttimes.org/people/cover_stories/0311_iron_butt_association.shtml |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131120072010/http://www.thebesttimes.org/people/cover_stories/0311_iron_butt_association.shtml |archivedate=2013-11-20 |df= }}
5. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.ironbutt.com/ridecerts/getdocument.cfm?DocID=14 |publisher=Iron Butt Association |title=48 Plus! Rules |date=May 27, 2009 |accessdate=2013-03-27 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20130918145156/http://ironbutt.com/ridecerts/getdocument.cfm?DocID=14 |archivedate=September 18, 2013 |df= }}
6. ^1 {{cite web|author=Ron Ayres|title=HYDER SEEK [2011]|url=http://www.ronayres.com/HyderSeek.aspx|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080515100650/http://www.ronayres.com/HyderSeek.aspx|dead-url=yes|archive-date=2008-05-15}}
7. ^1 The Milepost mileage charts: Cassiar Highway, Yellowhead Highway,West Access Route maps and Stewart, BC page
References
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