MS 150:
• 237 cyclists raise $117,000.
• Simultaneous starts in Houston and in Austin. The cyclists meet in La Grange and then head in opposite directions the next day.
• There is one official bike store for the Houston to Austin ride.

MS:
• Treat symptoms of MS, rather than disease.
• Focus on treatments such as bee stings, diets and hypobaric oxygen treatments.

MS 150:
• Sick Puppies and Motorcycle Support Teams are created.

MS:
• Society begins peer counseling programs and expands services to those living with MS.

MS 150:
• Begin busing the Austin area riders to Houston on Friday night so that all cyclists can ride in the same direction.
• First year showers are available, located at La Grange High School.

MS:
• Pilot Research Program is established to quickly test novel, high-risk ideas.
• Society establishes program to attract research proposals in patient management, care and rehabilitation.

MS 150:
• First year for the overnight at the Fayette County Fairgrounds where it remains today.
• First team jerseys are created by Team Anadarko.
• Ride Marshall program is started by Chris Bennett with approximately 20 members.

MS:
• Health Care Delivery and Policy Research Program is established.
• First demonstration, using MRI, that there is significant lesion activity in MS brain, even when the disease is clinically quiescent.
• Creation of Camp Can-Do, a camp for people with MS who require 24-hour help with activities of daily living.

MS 150:
• 2,100 cyclists cross the $1M fundraising milestone.
• Begin to focus on corporate team development.

MS 150:
• The Houston to Austin ride becomes the largest of its kind in the nation and has yet to be defeated.

MS:
• Recognizing the paramount importance of neurological disease, Congress designates the 1990s as the "Decade of the Brain" and purposefully provides funds, time, and talent into the treatment of illnesses that affect the nervous system. MS community benefits enormously from these efforts.

MS 150:
• Team Anadarko puts up the first circus-style tent at the overnight in La Grange.

MS:
• First physician update with University of Texas Health Science Center Houston, University of Texas Medical Branch, Baylor College of Medicine and Society.

MS 150:
• 2,500 cyclists raise $1.3 million for MS.

MS:
• Society supports first comprehensive search for genes that make people susceptible to MS, initiating targeted research program in MS genetics.
• First free MS Clinic at Ben Taub Hospital is offered to service people affected by MS.

MS 150:
• Steering Committee consists of 12 individuals (SAG, Sick Puppies, Supplies, Security, Route, Motorcycle Support, and Start and Finish Line Support).
• SAGs only have 20 mini vans (no trucks or buses)!

MS:
• FDA approves Betaseron for relapsing-remitting MS, becoming first drug approved that effects underlying disease. The Society had supported the first study of any type of interferon in MS, paving the way for the ultimate approval of three types of interferon therapies for MS.
• Creation of Family Discovery Camp, which provides enjoyment and education for the entire family while encouraging interaction with other families who live with MS.

MS 150:
• 10th Anniversary of Houston to Austin MS 150 had 2,200 cyclists and raises $1.4 million.

MS 150:
• In its 11th year, the Houston to Austin ride continues to raise more than $1 million to fund research to find the cause of and a cure for multiple sclerosis.

MS:
• Society grantees find that aerobic exercise improves physical and psychological well-being in persons with MS.

MS 150:
• 2,500 cyclists continue their efforts to raise awareness and funds for MS with more than $1 million.

MS:
• Lone Star serves 5,600 individuals affected by MS.
• $220,000 in funded research within Lone Star.
• Approval of Avonex and Copaxone for relapsing-remitting MS. The National MS Society also funded early basic research involving the substance then known as Copolymer-1, which was later approved as Copaxone (by Teva Pharmaceuticals).

MS 150:
• Development and implementation of "TeamMS" corporate team concept.
• Start Line relocates from Holiday Inn to Houston's Tully Stadium.

MS:
• Sylvia Lawry Physician Fellowship Program is established to train doctors in conducting clinical trials in MS.

MS 150:
• Memorable weather conditions exist with cold rain first 50 miles into Bellville. However, cyclists still manage to break the $2 million barrier.

MS:
• Society launches targeted initiative to fund research on gender-based differences in immune responses to increase understanding and treatment of immune-based diseases such as MS.

MS 150:
• 6,000 cyclists raise $2.3 million to move the Society's mission forward in finding the cause and cure for MS.

MS:
• Society initiates first-ever longitudinal patient-focused database effort, the Sonya Slifka MS Longitudinal Study.
• Society grantees first to isolate immature cells in the adult brain capable of developing into replacements for myelin-making cells destroyed by MS.
• Society initiates new clinical trials in estrogen treatment for women with MS, in T-cell vaccination, and in antibiotic treatment targeting Chlamydia pneumonia bacteria, all of which had their origins in early fundamental research.

MS 150:
• Club 300 is officially started.
• 6,500 cyclists raise $3.2 million.
• Finish Line moves to Applied Materials on US-290.

MS:
• Lone Star pledges additional $1 million to National Research Challenge of Champions.
• Society initiates international collaborative research effort to better correlate the MS lesion with disease state and MRI: the MS Lesion Project.
• Novantrone is approved in U.S. for worsening forms of MS.

MS 150:
• BP becomes the title sponsor of the Houston to Austin ride.
• Introduction of eCommerce for online registrations and donations on www.ms150.org with the help of BSI consulting and a volunteer task force.

MS:
• Society employs first RN specializing in Neurology and Neurosurgery.
• First Program and Support Group is conducted in Spanish and the first Hispanic roundtables are held in San Antonio and Houston.
• First Lone Star volunteer is inducted into National Volunteer Hall of Fame.
• A Society task force develops new diagnostic criteria for MS, which may shorten the time it takes a person to receive a firm diagnosis.

MS 150:
• Safety Task Force is implemented to provide cyclists with the knowledge and resources to cycle safely.
• Second Start Line is started at Rhodes Stadium in Katy.

MS:
• Society offers professional workshops to medical community to enhance knowledge and treatments of MS.
• Lone Star develops Clinical Advisory Committee.
• Opening of University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Comprehensive Multiple Sclerosis Center of Excellence in Dallas and Maxine Mesinger Multiple Sclerosis Clinic of Baylor College of Medicine at The Methodist Hospital in Houston.
• Rebif is approved in U.S. to treat relapsing-remitting MS, making five drugs available for treating major forms of MS.

MS 150:
• 42 motorcycle marshals on the ride, eight of which were HAM operators.
• 10,500 cyclists join the movement and raise $7 million.

MS:
• Avonex is approved for clinically isolated syndromes suggestive of MS.
• Betaseron is approved to treat "relapsing forms of MS," including individuals with secondary-progressive MS who experience relapses, or acute attacks.
• Society launches new Collaborative MS Research Centers, five-year, $825,000 awards for expert scientists and clinicians from a variety of fields to team up on promising avenues of research.

MS 150:
• Finish Line moves to downtown Austin in front of the Bob Bullock Museum Texas State History Museum near the state Capitol.
• Introduction of the "HAM cram class" to license additional motorcycle volunteers as HAMS to improve communications and effectiveness among the motorcycle volunteers.
• 20th Anniversary BP MS 150 is a huge success with 12,000 riders raising $8.8 million.

MS:
• Lone Star serves 14,000 individuals affected by MS in Texas.
• $5.3 million in funded research within Lone Star.

MS 150:
• BP MS 150 is limited to 13,000 cyclists to maintain safety as its top priority and preserve the integrity of the ride.

MS:
• Society launches Promise: 2010 campaign to raise at least $30 million for cutting-edge research and clinical care initiatives including six Pediatric MS Centers of Excellence.
• Society launches largest research initiative to speed nervous system repair strategies in MS. Four international teams share $15.6 million to pave the way for clinical testing to protect tissues and promote recovery of function in people with MS.
• "McDonald Criteria" for diagnosing MS is updated by Society Task Force, speeding time to diagnosis for many.

MS 150:
• BP MS 150 crosses the $10M milestone, raising $11.6 million with 12,000 cyclists.

MS:
• Tysabri is approved in U.S. for treating relapsing MS.
• Society launches fellowship program for training in rehabilitation research.
• The cumulative investment for MS research is $500 million since first three grants in 1947.
• Lone Star serves 17,000 individuals affected by MS in 141 Texas counties.

MS 150:
• The Bubble Bistro is formed at the Finish Line in Austin for those living with MS to cheer on riders as they crossed the finish line.
• Nearly 13,000 cyclists raise $13.5 million for MS.

MS:
• First large-scale trial of sex hormone Estriol gets underway in women with MS, a result of the Society's targeting of gender differences.
• Two genes are linked to susceptibility to MS; researchers believe many more will be uncovered.
• Debut of Champ Camp, a three day, two night camp for children living with multiple sclerosis.
• Lone Star serves people with MS, their loved ones and the MS community in 174 counties, covering nearly all of Texas.

MS 150:
• First team to reach $1 million in fundraising in one year – Team BP raised $1,025,062.
• A third Start Line is added in Waller.
• The 90 slots for the Motorcycle Marshal Team for the 2009 BP MS 150 closes four days after the 2008 ride.
• The ride finally outgrew the Fayette County Fairgrounds and a satellite overnight location at the Knights of Columbus hall in LaGrange is added for team tents.

MS:
• Society launches Fast Forward to speed treatments to people with MS by partnering with industry to develop new drugs.
• Society funds $49 million in 2008 for 440 MS investigations.
• The cumulative investment for MS research is $610 million since first three grants in 1947.

MS 150:
• Registration opens for the 25th Anniversary BP MS 150 and closes in seven hours.
• BP MS 150 Steering Committee consists of 56 individuals in Houston and Austin who work year-round to make the ride safe and successful.
• For the first time in its 25-year history, the first day of the ride is canceled after April storms dumped as much as 11 inches in areas along the route. Instead, event organizers are able to stage a one-day ride on Sunday from LaGrange town square to Austin and more than 11,000 cyclists join the movement and raise over $17 million.

MS:
• Lone Star serves an estimated 20,000 individuals affected by MS in 174 Texas counties.
• Lone Star now has 10-affiliated MS Clinics for people with MS.
• 29 scholarships totaling more than $77,000 are awarded to college-bound students. This is nearly double the amount awarded the previous year.

MS:
• The FDA approves Gilenya, the first oral disease modifying therapy, a significant step for people with MS, which helps address the unmet need for additional therapies.
• Lone Star awarded 29 total scholarships to students affected by MS, which is nearly double the amount awarded the previous year.