"Andy Hartley Payne" was the winner of the Trans-American Footrace staged in 1928. He ran the 3,423.5 mile (5,509.6 km) route from Los Angeles to New York City, much of it along U.S. Route 66, in 573 hours, 4 minutes, 34 seconds, (23 days) averaging 6 miles per hour over an 84 day staged run.

Payne, a member of the Cherokee tribe, grew up in Foyil, Oklahoma which was one of the check point towns along the route of the race. His father was a friend of Will Rogers and had worked on the ranch of the latter's family during his youth.

The footrace was organized to promote U.S. Route 66 which had recently been built as a simple, well-paved route across the country, and dubbed "the main street of America". First prize was $25,000 which Payne used to pay off the mortgage on his father's farm.

Andy Payne was elected clerk to the supreme court in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and was reelected 5 times afterwards.

He died in December 1977 at the age of 70.

More Andy Payne on Wikipedia.

We have another very enthusiastic crowd this year and we hope to raise well in excess of last year's total, but we should do as there are more climbers!

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It's tough when you're working for minimum wage and have four kids.

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We are very keen to support GME as shows such as this give us a rare chance to meet potential new business partners and discuss opportunities. We will be showing off the many new titles joining our three labels and discussing forthcoming release, so the message is clear: make sure you drop by and see us.

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