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The 12 Hours of Boise VI
January 6, 2001

12 Hour Race
Jim Terry, Stan Fuller, Chad Taylor
12 Hours of Boise Track

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Well, another 12 Hours of Boise is in the History Books--once Mark writes another killer tale for the HO magazine!  We had a great race and a lot of fun.

Kudos all the way to Team Fireball: TEAM CAPTAIN & car builder Stan Fuller, Jim Terry and Chad Taylor.

To my knowledge, this is only the 3rd race in Shearmanator history that a race has not been won by a Shearman or with a Shearman (Brady Fuller won a race a few years ago and Mike Pope won the first race of our NASCAR series this Fall). The Drivers are all getting too good to think that only certain people can win on this track. This year proved it.

Chad was a late entry who hadn't seen the track since last year's race's last segment.  He put up the top lap total for one segment on his first time back on the track!  Way to go, Chad.

Stan, as announced early in the preparation, was putting a TYCO to the test of enduring the 12 Hours. Well, no one else could catch that car as it quietly steamrolled around Shearmanator Raceway. I don't know about anyone else, but I certainly spent 11 hours and 55 minutes shaking my head at this well built machine. The first 5 minutes of the race Team Jaguar was either in the lead on at least fighting for it!!!

Team Jaguar, defending champions, took a "close" 2nd place.  It was the closest finish in race history, but still too far to catch Team Fireball. Great efforts were put in by Flyin' Ryan Hansen and Jarom Shearman to keep us close. We ran the race on 2 sets of tires and most of it with 2 arms. A valiant effort.

Team Porsche/Hidden Springs Racing took 3rd place, but took the most laps during the 2nd half of the race, which means watch out next year!  Rookie of the Year honors goes to Courtney Fuller. She stepped up to the plate for the first time in an enduro and after 90 minutes, with at least 2 stops for car maintenance, she put up an amazing 525 laps. Very close to the average segment for the race. A great showing by a greatly improving driver. I think Mark has already got the invitation out to Courtney for next year's race!!  Sammy Shearman, Sam Shearman, and Mark St. Clair all put up great lap totals in the 2nd half after getting some motor concerns kind of resolved. Great job, Team Porsche.

In 4th place, but by no means last place, was Team Toyota. While motor problems seemed to plague the race, Toyota seemed to have the worst of it unfortunately. But a valiant effort by Phil Malone, Aaron Shearman, and Brady Fuller kept them close for most of the race.

When it was all over, only about 200 laps separated first place from fourth. Some races in the past that gap has been larger between first and second, so to go into the last segment knowing that a blown car or a longer pit stop could result in anyone winning this thing. It makes us all want to come back for more!!

Special thanks go out to the Shearman family who graciously let us invade their garage every year.  Sam provided slot cars and the traditional turkeys out of his own pocket, for which I am very thankful for his selfless contributions. Boise Demo, Pam Shearman, and Wendy Benson also provided some goodies for the racers as well as the wonderful food we ate during the race.  Phil Malone of Mountain Man gave us a lot of treats to snack on during the race and as race-end rewards. Thanks to all of you for making the race event as great as it was.

Lastly, thanks to all the racers. We had a great race with no major contentions and that is a signature characteristic of this club. When the biggest problem is a marshal catching a car to give it the proper lap credit coming into the final turn, we have done all right!! All the drivers put up terrific lap totals and we had a lot of fun just associating while driving, marshalling, or away from the track. That is the way it should be. I look forward to next year's race because of things like that.

I look forward to a great year of racing with everyone. After the Fray and the Idaho Championships look for another series or two before we start preparing for The 12 Hours of Boise VII!!!

- Mike Pope

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Team/Segment

1

2

3

4

Total

5

6

7

8

Total

Grand
Total

Team Fireball  blue
669

green
633

yellow
577

red
577

1st
2456

blue
575

green
620

yellow
534

red
571

2nd
2300

1st
4756

Driver

Chad

Jim

Jim

Stan

 

Chad

Stan

Jim

Stan

 

 
Team Jaguar  green
649

yellow
631

red
586

blue
554

2nd
2420

green
565

yellow
616

red
530

blue
581

3rd
2299

2nd
4712

Driver

Ryan

Mike

Jarom

Ryan

 

Jarom

Mike

Jarom

Ryan

 

 

Team Porsche 

red
613

blue
617

green
549

yellow
520

4th
2299

red
623

blue
525

green
604

yellow
628

1st
2380

3rd
4679

Driver

Sammy

Sam

Mark

Sam

 

Sammy

Crtny

Mark

Sam

 

 
Team Toyota  yellow
611

red
589

blue
529

green
596

3rd
2325

yellow
573

red
519

blue
535

green
560

4th
2187

4th
4512

Driver

Brady

Aaron

Phil

Aaron

 

Brady

Aaron

Phil

Brady

 

 

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