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Alphabetical list of drivers and stats

Top twenty drivers based on number of times entered

Top twenty drivers based on span of years between first and last entry

There have been 59 endurance runs since 1961.
In addition to the 59 open class winners, there are 9 "cast-iron" class winners.
The "cast-iron" class ran from 1968-1976.

There have been 13 multiple open class winners:
Tom Carnegie, Spokane, WA 8 wins
Bud Peters, Ledger MT 5 wins
Norm Eberhardt, Cutbank, MT 3 wins, plus 1 cast-iron win
Ed Delzer, Shelby, MT 3 wins
Nick Nicholas, Pueblo West, CO 3 wins
Jim Halseth, Dutton, MT 2 wins
Terry Peters, Ledger, MT 2 wins
Scott Rawlings, Lancaster, CA 2 wins
Dale Schuler, Carter, MT 2 wins
Mike Robison, Spokane, WA 2 wins
Garrett Green, Orange, CA 2 wins
Jillian Robison, Spokane, WA 2 wins
Rich Armstrong, Helena, MT won 5 times in cast iron division
Perry Matthews won 1 time in aluminum and 1 time in cast-iron

There have been 39 Montana wins
There have been 5 Colorado wins
There have been 5 California wins
There have been 16 Washington wins
There has been 1 Ohio win
There has been 1 Missouri win
There has been 1 Iowa win
There has been two father and son wins: Bud and Terry Peters and John and Lawrence Pope
There has been one mother and son win: Nan and Mike Robison
There has been one brother and brother and sister win: Rick Carnegie, Tom Carnegie and Nan Robison
There has one husband and wife win: Jillian and Mike Robison
There have been 9 women entrants: Mavel Rector, Sandra Pindar, Joyce Smith, Nan Robison, Carla Carnegie, Anna Marx, Jillian Caples, Janet Cerovski, Kim MacLeod
First woman entrant: Mavel Rector, 1967 (Car was driven by Lewis Rector, according to Edward Towe)
The first woman winner, Nan Robison, 2010

The most open class wins have been from:

Spokane, Washington area with 15 wins, by six different drivers - Dick Bergan, Tom Carnegie, Rick Carnegie, Mark Hutchinson, Mike Robison, Jillian Robison and Nan Robison.

Followed by:

Ledger, Montana with 7 wins by two different drivers.  Bud and Terry Peters.  Frank Iverson and Dave Ratzburg are also from the Ledger area, which would make the total 9 and four drivers.
Dutton, Montana with five wins by five different drivers- John Frick, Ray Habel, Jim Halseth, Dale Schuler and C.E. Van Horn 

And :

Norm Eberhardt and Perry Matthews won in both cast iron and aluminum divisions
Tom Carnegie won with cast-iron pistons in the open division
All California winners have been from Lancaster except Garrett Green from Orange.
All Washington winners have been from the Spokane area except Mike Stormo from Davenport.

1961 - 22 entries 3 non-finishers 14% attrition rate
1962 - 17 entries 5 non-finishers 29% attrition rate
1963 - 22 entries 6 non-finishers 27% attrition rate
1964 - 35 entries 5 non-finishers 14% attrition rate
1965 - 35 entries 7 non-finishers 20% attrition rate
1966 - 36 entries 14 non-finishers 39% attrition rate
1967 - 22 entries 5 non-finishers 23% attrition rate
1968 - 22 entries 7 non-finishers 32% attrition rate
1969 - 27 entries 7 non-finishers 26% attrition rate
1970 - 31 entries 10 non-finishers 32% attrition rate
1971 - 30 entries 7 non-finishers 23% attrition rate
1972 - 25 entries 3 non-finishers 12% attrition rate
1973 - 27 entries 6 non-finishers 22% attrition rate
1974 - 30 entries 5 non-finishers 17% attrition rate
1975 - 28 entries 5 non-finishers 18% attrition rate
1976 - 31 entries 7 non-finishers 23% attrition rate
1977 - 30 entries 3 non-finishers 10% attrition rate
1978 - 20 entries 6 non-finishers 30% attrition rate
1979 - 17 entries 5 non-finishers 29% attrition rate
1980 - 30 entries 4 non-finishers 13% attrition rate
1981 - 30 entries 6 non-finishers 20% attrition rate
1982 - 23 entries 6 non-finishers 26% attrition rate
1983 - 14 entries 2 non-finishers 14% attrition rate
1984 - 16 entries 3 non-finishers 19% attrition rate
1985 - 25 entries 10 non-finishers 40% attrition rate
1986 - 20 entries 0 non-finishers 0% attrition rate
1987 - 20 entries 6 non-finishers 30% attrition rate
1988 - 19 entries 5 non-finishers 26% attrition rate
1989 -11 entries 1 non-finisher 9% attrition rate
1990 - 10 entries 0 non-finishers 0% attrition rate
1991 - 9 entries 4 non-finishers 44% attrition rate
1992 - 11 entries 1 non-finisher 9% attrition rate
1993 - 17 entries 0 non-finishers 0% attrition rate
1994 - 13 entries 1 non-finisher 8% attrition rate
1995 - 11 entries 5 non-finishers 45% attrition rate
1996 - 10 entries 0 non-finishers 0% attrition rate
1997 - 8 entries 1 non-finishers 13% attrition rate
1998 - 10 entries 1 non-finishers 10% attrition rate
1999 - 8 entries 0 non-finishers 0% attrition rate
2000 - 11 entries 3 non-finishers 27% attrition rate
2001 - 18 entries 5 non-finishers 28% attrition rate
2002 - 18 entries 0 non-finishers 0% attrition rate
2003 - 21 entries 5 non-finishers 24% attrition rate
2004 - 17 entries 1 non-finisher 6% attrition rate
2005 - 19 entries 6 non-finishers 32% attrition rate
2006 - 15 entries 4 non-finishers 27% attrition rate
2007 - 12 entries 0 non-finishers 0% attrition rate
2008 - 16 entries 6 non-finishers 38% attrition rate
2009 - 14 entries 3 non-finishers 21% attrition rate
2010 - 17 entries 3 non-finishers 18% attrition rate
2011 - 23 entries 3 non-finishers  13% attrition rate
2012 - 18 entries 5 non-finishers 28% attrition rate
2013 - 22 entries 4 non-finishers  18% attrition rate
2014 - 19 entries 2 non-finishers  11% attrition rate
2015 - 22 entries 5 non-finishers 23% attrition rate
2016 - 20 entries 5 non-finishers 25% attrition rate
2017 - 22 entries 2 non-finishers 9% attrition rate

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