A cold morning in November 2016.
The official start to the 2017 Mad Dog Series. The course started and ended at the Scott's Gap Trail Head in The Jefferson Memorial Forest. The route: Scott's Gap to Bear Camp Road, turn left. Bear Camp to Blevin's Gap, turn left. Blevin's Gap to Scott's Gap Road, turn left. Just like NASCAR, go fast, turn left.
| 11/13/2016 | | 2017 TMD Prologue Results | | |
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| Position | | Name | Finish Time | AV. MPH |
| 1 | F | Lise Andreasen | 35:57:00 | 15.86 |
| 2 | F | Nancy King | 40:12:00 | 14.18 |
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| 1 | M | Johnathan Lichtsteiner | 28:38:00 | 19.91 |
| 2 | M | Matt Lahm | 29:40:00 | 19.21 |
| 3 | M | David King | 30:26:00 | 18.73 |
| 4 | M | James Braden | 30:42:00 | 18.57 |
| 5 | M | Jeff Viniard | 32:18:00 | 17.65 |
| 6 | M | Kirk Engle | 34:45:00 | 16.4 |
| 7 | M | Ford Barr | 36:20:00 | 15.69 |
| 8 | M | Soren Stig-Nielsen | 38:49:00 | 14.68 |
| 9 | M | Scott Farrar | 39:13:00 | 14.53 |
| 10 | M | David Dillard | 42:35:00 | 13.08 |
