America's Longest Race.......World's Smallest Bikes

The Second Annual "12 Hours of Texas" Endurance Championship was as much fun this year, as last. This now Annual event offers hours and hours of racing, some great competition, and as they say....more fun than a human being should be allowed!

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The TMGP is to be congratulated on once again presenting a very professional race under not always ideal conditions. Dennie Spears, Scott Sheaffer, et al, can be very proud of their club. It is a great group of guys and gals for sure!

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Some positive changes for the 1997 event were the addtion to the Denton track of significant length, and a great scoring system, not to mention it only rained lightly in the early going! Two straights, linked by a hair pin, gave the riders a chance to relax for a second or two. One straight is approximately 400 feet, then a hairpin, and onto the second straight of approximately 600 ft, then back onto the original track. The lighting is good throught the whole track, and due to a good scraping job the traction was significantly better than last year. The new scoring system was awesome and more importantly, when done properly, accurate!

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The weather even cooperated, in a manner of speaking, and at the drop of the green flag, was about 70 degrees and 70% humidity. By midnight, it was in the low 50's with very low humidity and a wind chill that made it feel like the Antartic! But, no significant rain!! Yeah! (The Denton track is slippery when dry, and impossible when wet!) So...the racing got started, and let no one kid you about it, a 12 hour, flat out sprint race ensued! Some great riders, very well prepared bikes, and no red flags! At midnight the checkers were dropped, and a lot of us dropped with it! It's a long race, but the time seems to go by very quickly!

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Our heart felt thanks to the great Texas Mini GP club, and our congratulations to all the participants. There are no losers on the track for a 12 hour endurance! 2 hour endurances are for the "big bikes" 12 Hour Endurances are for the real racers......YSR riders!

TEXAS MINI GP SERIES
2nd Annual 12 Hour Endurance Results

Overall Finish				Laps			Bike #		Team Name			Class	Class Finish
	1	ST		764			5	TEAM CALAMARI RACING				SE	1	ST
	2	ND		762			1	MISSION ANIMALS				SE	2	ND
	3	RD		758			4	DOLESS & SETMORE				SE	3	RD
	4	TH		749			41	TCB				SE	4	TH
	5	TH		737			2	MAD COW DISEASE				PE	1	ST
	6	TH		729			42	TWO-N-MOTORSPORTS				PE	2	ND
	7	TH		727			8	TEAM LEAN				PE	3	RD
	8	TH		726			17	WESTSIDE RACING				PE	4	TH
	9	TH		712			14	TEAM DISORDER				PE	5	TH
	10	TH		708			7	CROSSROADS RACING				PN	1	ST
	11	TH		690			70	T.B.A.				SN	1	ST
	12	TH		689			25	LIPSLIDE RACING				SN	2	ND
	13	TH		688			32	BIKER SCUM				PN	2	ND
	14	TH		675			12	12 WHAT/TREAD RACING				SE	5	TH
	15	TH		673			65	DOLESS & SETMORE II				PN	3	RD
	16	TH		670			69	OUI WANK BOYS				SN	3	RD
	17	TH		653			52	HOBBY RACING				PN	4	TH
	18	TH		646			35	CRASH DUMMIES				SN	4	TH
	19	TH		634			11	COSTA PLENTI				PN	5	TH
	20	TH		632			153	PAINT SHACK RACING				PN	6	TH
	21	ST		609			53	RUSTY NUT RACING				PE	6	TH
	22	ND		569			59	SOME FEAR				SN	5	TH
	23	RD		550			296	PAULA JONES				PE	7	TH
	24	TH		465			85	RUNS WITH SCISSORS				PN	7	TH
	25	TH		458			74	HAMMER RACING				PN	8	TH
	26	TH		261			21	TANK MONKEYS				PN	9	TH
	27	TH		170			79	ALWAYS LATE				SE	6	TH

SE=Superbike Expert, PE=Production Expert, SN=Superbike Novice, PN=Production Novice

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