For Sale: UIM World Champion Jimmy Shane's Original A Stock Runabout

[Mark 72@E]

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Now is your chance to own a piece of boat racing history! Prior to becoming the World Champion in H1 Unlimited Hydroplane racing, Jimmy Shane had a successful APBA racing career in smaller boats. Following in the footsteps of his father, Stu Shane, Jimmy started out racing Stock Outboards before switching to inboards and becoming a champion in the 1.5 Liter inboard T Class.

I met the Shane family around 2002 when I purchased this boat from them in an eBay auction. Having raced stock outboards as a teenager, I wanted to pass on the excitement of the sport to my oldest son Austin. So I took this boat home and placed it in the garage in a strategic location where Austin would walk by it every day. I waited for the day when he would ask about going for a ride. A year or two went by. That day never came. So in 2004 I bought a C Stock Runabout and drove to Lock Haven with Austin for my first boat race in 28 years.

Jimmy's old A Stock runabout has been inside my garage or inside a storage trailer since I've owned it. We've never raced it, although it is a legal A Stock runabout. It could also be used in J Runabout. I've never weighed it nor measured it so I can't give exact specifications.

It includes everything that came on the boat originally:

Keller side mount dead man's throttle
Throttle cable
Built in wooden gas tank
Steering wheel (not Keller, not Brown)
Keller extended steering hub
Side fin
Nice transom hardware including Keller handles
Original numbers and original driver's name graphics

Overall condition of the boat is good. If I were smarter I would have wiped down the hull before I took the pictures. The dust makes the finish looks worse than it is. The finish is not perfect, but it's in good shape for its age. It's not high gloss, but neither is it flaking or chipping like the dust makes it appear.

I don't know who built the boat or what year it was built. The Shane's said the builder was a racer from Pennsylvania. The boat may date back to the late 1980's. It certainly has a unique design. READ POSTS BELOW FOR MORE INFO.

I'll help with delivery or arrange for shipment if requested.


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[csh2z]

That looks like a Bud Pinto wedgie with some not so appealing add-on sides.

[Bill Huson]

I had the same thought - Bud Pinto wedgie. It might be a modified wedgie to meet the "rule" on hull deck thickness. I forgot the year but I was SO commissioner at the Wakefield Nats when Casey Minton's Pinto Craft was challenged via protest, Protest claim: the wedge shape could not be measured for hull thickness since there was no "deck." Protest denied but I seem to recall a rule rewrite the following year.

[Mark 72@E]

Ho, ho, ho!

Have truck -- will travel. I will assist with delivery if possible. If you are new to the sport you should know that given enough time and some assistance with gas money it is possible to get boats delivered cross country with the generous assistance of hydroracer.net members.

[USMCA17]

boat 4 sale

hello mark 72 is this boat still 4 sale and where in maryland are you tom/nyc

[Mark 72@E]

Yes, the boat is still available

hello mark 72 is this boat still 4 sale and where in maryland are you tom/nyc

Yes, the boat is still available.

I'm located in Southern Maryland, about 45 minutes off the Washington, DC Beltway I-95/I-495 and about two hours from the Maryland/Delaware line on I-95.

If you're just looking then we can plan a day for you to come here. Or if it's a done deal, I'll meet you at whichever Maryland travel plaza is open at the time (either Maryland House or Chesapeake House might be closed for renovations) after receiving a $200 deposit.

[Mike45]

This is pretty cool little bit of history because I was just watching the race that Jimmy Shane beat Steve David's in because David's "Jumped the Gun". I believe it was in San Diego.
Anyway cool piece of history and it should be in a museum Shane is going to be the next David's.

[Mark 72@E]

What if ...

This is pretty cool little bit of history...
Anyway cool piece of history and it should be in a museum...

Yes, I agree. If this was Dean Chenoweth's original A Utility with his name and racing number still intact do you think there would be a little more interest????

[Mike45]

Yes, I agree. If this was Dean Chenoweth's original A Utility with his name and racing number still intact do you think there would be a little more interest????

Yes, due to the fact Chenoweth's boat would be around 60 years old and he lived and died racing. This one is most likely about 10-15 years old. (if it was bought new) But if Shane continues his career he will be right up there with the other "old timers"/"legends" of H1 Unlimited Hydroplanes. And just think this little runabout could have been his start to the APBA Hall of Champions.

[Mark 72@E]

SOLD!!! Thank you Hydroracer.net

SOLD!!! Thank you Hydroracer.net