2011 Iron Butt Rally, The Finish
Friday, July 1, 2011
Peter Behm has won the 2011 Iron Butt Rally. Peter pulled himself from 13th place at the
end of leg 2 by completing the Four Corners Tour and scoring seven state capitals on the
last leg. With a total of 24,428 points, Peter was just 319 points ahead of Eric Jewell,
who finished in 2nd place with 24,109 points.
2011 Iron Butt Rally Winner Peter Behm at the Finish in Ontario, California
Jewell’s second place finish involved a completely different strategy, concentrating on
capitals and foregoing the Four Corners Tour.
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2nd Place Finisher Eric Jewell at the Scoring Table
In 3rd place, 789 points behind Behm, was Jim Frens with 23,639 points. By coming in
71 minutes late, Jim incurred 1,420 penalty points. More memorable than his 3rd place
finish will be the record he set for the greatest distance ever ridden during an Iron Butt
Rally: 14,185 miles. Frens’ route was unique in that he was the only rider to document
Key West on leg 2, leaving him extra time for state capitals on the final leg.
4th place, with 23,476 points was Roger Sinclair, one of the three riders that included the
state of Alaska. Unlike Dick Peek, the other finisher that scored Alaska, Sinclair
concentrated on capitals instead of the Four Corners Tour and was able to score more
points with that strategy.
In 5th place with 23,172 points was Curt Gran, who scored the Four Corners Tour plus
lots of state capitals. Curt’s 13,857 mile ride was the second longest in Iron Butt Rally
history.
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3rd Place Finisher Jim Frens
Bill Shaw (bottom left) and Dave McQueeney (top left) Check Bonus Photos for
8 Place Dick Peek (top right) and 4th Place Finisher Roger Sinclair (bottom right)
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Top Finishing Woman Rider Kirsten Talken-Spaulding at the Scoring Table
Rounding out the top ten were Kirsten Talken-Spaulding in 6th place, Tom Loftus in 7th
place, Dick Peek in 8th place, Brian Johnson in 9th place, and Tom and Rosie Sperry in
10th place.
All of the final standings are summarized below:
Place
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
15
16
17
18
First Name
Peter
Eric
Jim
Roger
Curt
Kirsten
Tom
Dick
Brian
Tom/Rosie
Daniel
John
Karl
Corey
Wendy
Art
Michael/Betty
Perry
Last Name
Behm
Jewell
Frens
Sinclair
Gran
Talken-Spaulding
Loftus
Peek
Johnson
Sperry
Roth
Harrison
Snell
Nuehring
Crockett
Garvin
Ligons
Karsten
Make
Yamaha
Honda
Honda
BMW
Honda
BMW
Honda
Yamaha
BMW
Honda
BMW
Honda
BMW
Yamaha
Yamaha
Honda
Honda
Yamaha
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Model
FJR 1300
ST 1300
Gold Wing
R1150 GSA
ST1300
R1200
ST1300
FJR1300
K1200LT
Gold Wing
R1200 GS
ST1300
R1200 GS
FJR 1300
FJR 1300
Gold Wing
Gold Wing
FJR 1300
Miles
Points
13,544
24,428
13,162
24,109
14,185
23,639
13,195
23,477
13,857
23,172
13,110
23,122
13,092
22,649
12,782
21,718
13,198
21,665
12,955
20,957
11,701
19,619
12,034
19,354
10,885
19,114
12,482
18,919
12,336
18,833
11,105
17,798
11,591
16,920
11,496
16,889
19
20
21
22
23
24
25
26
27
28
29
30
31
32
33
34
Peter
Greg
Bill
Jon
Tim
Chris
Brant
Robert
Rod
George
John
W
Dave
Shuey
Greg/Pat
Aaron/Rena
35 (tie) Kurt
35 (tie) John
Delean
Guillermo
Wade
Good
Masterson
Sakala
Moteelall
Wilensky
Schween
Barker
Stamps
Boyter
Hembroff
Wolfe
Blewett
Miller
Dix
Frick
Memmen37 Gerhard
Krueger
38 Shane/Annette Cudlin
39 Michael
Boge
40 (tie) Jennyfer
Audet
40 (tie) Jacques
Titolo
42 Terry
Neale
43 Philip
Weston
44 Mike
Jackman
45 Howard
Entman
46 Andy
Kirby
47 Bryan
Neagle
48 Roger
Allen
49 Kathleen
Allen
50 Jeremy
Loveall
51 Patrick
Clark
52 Bill
Thweatt
53 Michael
Mehaffy
54 Tony
Hudson
55 Dennis
Powell
56 Steve
Aikens
57 Dean
Mccurdy
58 Jeff/Carol
Fremder
59 Andy
Mackey
60 Neil
Hejny
61 Colin
Goodall
Yamaha
Yamaha
BMW
BMW
BMW
BMW
Yamaha
Yamaha
BMW
Honda
BMW
BMW
Yamaha
Honda
Honda
Honda
Kawasaki
BMW
FJR 1300
FJR 1300
R1200 GSA
R1200 RT
R1200 GSA
R1200RT
FJR 1300
DL 1000
R1200 GS
Gold Wing
R1200RT
R1200RT
FJR 1300
ST 1300
Gold Wing
Gold Wing
Concours
K1200LT
11,608
11,266
11,616
10,653
12,096
11,050
11,341
10,391
10,496
10,549
9,915
11,335
9,766
11,177
10,368
10,201
10,826
10,615
16,227
16,163
16,104
16,069
16,031
15,916
15,870
15,741
15,708
15,640
15,466
15,388
15,182
15,138
14,865
14,750
14,619
14,619
Honda
Honda
Honda
Honda
Kawasaki
Yamaha
Yamaha
Honda
Yamaha
Honda
Honda
BMW
BMW
BMW
Yamaha
Honda
Yamaha
Honda
Honda
BMW
BMW
BMW
BMW
Honda
Yamaha
Gold Wing
Gold Wing
ST1300
CBR1100XX
XZ12R
FJR 1300
FZ1
Gold Wing
FJR 1300
ST1300
ST 1300
R1200 GSA
R1200 GSA
R1200 RT
Road Star
ST1300
FJR 1300
Gold Wing
Gold Wing
R1200 RT
R1200 RT
R1100RT
R1200 GSA
Gold Wing
FJR 1300
10,478
10,688
11,324
11,481
11,405
10,839
11,285
10,225
9,680
10,977
10,980
9,836
9,827
10,119
11,864
10,801
10,887
8,838
9,447
10,282
8,431
8,906
11,696
9,048
8,951
14,510
14,471
14,403
13,968
13,968
13,925
13,389
13,140
13,025
12,805
12,722
12,705
12,655
12,449
12,293
11,818
11,793
11,772
11,195
10,835
10,494
10,197
10,009
9,768
9,646
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63
64
65
66
67
68
69
70
71
72
73
74
75
76
DNF
DNF
DNF
DNF
DNF
DNF
DNF
DNF
DNF
DNF
DNF
David
Robert
Brian
Alex
Bob
Stan
Bobby
Cletha
Chris
Doug
Wallace
John
Cliff
Nancy
Cameron
Ken
Mark
BB
John
Brian
Darrin
Robert
Rob
Don
Earl
Jim
Fick
Joers
Bray
Harper
Rippy
Dulemba
Fox
Walstrand
Ogden
Barrett
French
Young
Wall
Oswald
Brister
Meese
Crane
Neely
Coons
Jack
Hicks
Chadwick
Jaime
Speck
Damron
Winterer
BMW
Honda
Suzuki
Yamaha
BMW
BMW
BMW
BMW
BMW
Yamaha
BMW
Triumph
Honda
BMW
Yamaha
BMW
BMW
BMW
BMW
BMW
Harley
Harley
Honda
Harley
Kawasaki
Suzuki
R1200 GSA
Gold Wing
SV 650
FJR1300
R1200 RT
R1200 RT
R1200 GSA
F650 GS
R1200 GS
FJR 1300
R1150 RT
T150 Trident
Gold Wing
R1200 GS
FJR 1300
K1300 GT
R1200 GS
R1200RT
R1100 RSL
R1150 GSA
Electra Glide
Road Glide
Gold Wing
Road Glide
KLR 650
DL 650
9,575
9,380
8,521
8,856
9,079
8,842
8,647
9,069
8,609
8,620
7,411
8,483
8,827
10,233
8,992
9,001
8,568
7,682
5,250
5,312
5,178
7,123
7,059
4,598
6,992
1,975
A total of 21 riders out of the 76 finishers also completed the Four Corners Tour. In
alphabetical order they were:
Jennyfer Audet
Peter Behm
Michael Boge
W. Boyter
Wendy Crockett
Peter Delean
James Frens
Curt Gran
Greg Guillermo
Brian Johnson
Michael & Betty Ligons
Tom Loftus
Timothy Masterson
Bryan Neagle
Terry Neale
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9,601
9,461
9,300
9,118
9,068
8,497
7,999
7,699
7,397
7,387
7,188
6,669
5,495
4,893
4,023
10,339
8,249
6,048
5,000
4,397
3,520
2,637
894
882
555
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Corey Nuehring
Dick Peek
William Thweatt
Jacques Titolo
William Wade
Philip Weston
I’ll post an epilog providing more details in a few days. I will no doubt be posting
corrections to typographical errors in this report before that. There will be an article on
the rally in the next edition of the Iron Butt Magazine.
Tom Austin
July 1, 2011
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