Mercury Through The Years...

**FUJIMO** · 12-26-2021, 09:04 PM

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**JFL** · 12-28-2021, 07:40 AM

Boots Spellman passed away, another racer gone

**Bob V** · 12-28-2021, 07:52 AM

We also lost Jack Staples...

Jack Staples
FEBRUARY 9, 1943 – JULY 6, 2021

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**FUJIMO** · 12-28-2021, 08:09 AM

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**FUJIMO** · 12-28-2021, 08:55 AM

...jack's 304 tunnel...

**FUJIMO** · 12-28-2021, 09:01 AM

**FUJIMO** · 12-28-2021, 09:04 AM

**willabee** · 12-28-2021, 10:59 AM

Originally Posted by FUJIMO

This pic is Boots winning the outboard division while finishing 2nd overall at the Parker 9 Hour in 1969. He and Jim Merten ran a flawless race resulting in the best finish ever for an outboard in that event. I always enjoyed being around him, he was quite the character. My nickname for him was "Animal". He owned a marina in Oshkosh and had an OMC dealership. A couple of years after Parker, he and a buddy bought Wings with 1250 stackers from Merc Racing and used them to go bar hopping! It was always a fun sight to watch how people sitting in a restaurant would react to the sound of those Wings running in full song and then the sight of them screaming towards the dock.

**bernie** · 12-28-2021, 03:45 PM

Originally Posted by willabee

This pic is Boots winning the outboard division while finishing 2nd overall at the Parker 9 Hour in 1969. He and Jim Merten ran a flawless race resulting in the best finish ever for an outboard in that event. I always enjoyed being around him, he was quite the character. My nickname for him was "Animal". He owned a marina in Oshkosh and had an OMC dealership. A couple of years after Parker, he and a buddy bought Wings with 1250 stackers from Merc Racing and used them to go bar hopping! It was always a fun sight to watch how people sitting in a restaurant would react to the sound of those Wings running in full song and then the sight of them screaming towards the dock.

Yesterday: https://www.thenorthwestern.com/obit...lfuIVfjghu5ptU