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Here are more pictures of the fun we used to have....Parker, 1978
The girl is my best friend from Kingman - Karen. She used to come with us to a lot of races and she LOVED it. She is a real estate developer in Kingman now. In the picture with her is Don Johnston (long before Arcadian). Karen had a "thing" for Don. That was fine with me, because Don had some very cute friends. ;) We did a lot of Go-cart racing and always had a blast.
Ron has met Karen before. I hadn't seen Karen in years and she decided to come to St Louis a couple of years ago for "old times sake". Unfortunately she was on crutches at the time. (St Louis + 95% humidity + crutches = miserable time). She didnt have much fun except for when Greg Foster let her hang out in his exotic hauler in the AC. Greg & his team are really great guys -they kept Karen from getting heat stroke. Thanks guys!
The photo at the bottom is my dear friend, the late Roger Johnson (527). A true gentleman. The kid in the green hat is our very own "Joe J" - who is ditto his dad. That's Don again, ready to push Ted's "Hell Cat" off the trailer. The hydro's in the foreground belong to the Nordskogs.
I have a bunch more pictures of this same weekend -- but it's late. I'll have to resume scanning later. :)
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I just remembered what Don was doing in that picture. He's got a magnet and is pulling chains out of the gas tank. He found about 3 of them -- I assume they were chains that kept the cap from getting lost. Just after this picture was snapped, Ted came over and gave him a scolding for leaving those things in there. Ted was always looking out for all of us "kids" so we called him "Uncle Ted" -- and it was always an honor to have Ted chew you out.
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Val:
Does the picture of my dad and I have a date? I am guessing around 1980 or so........
Don couldn't be more than 17-18 at that time.
Joe
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Joe,
I think that's actually the weekend of Don's 18th birthday. They had a cake and ice cream party for him at the resort (I can't think of the name of that place..argh Near Buckskin fire dept) Then your Dad and Ted May used a saw to cut off Mike Nordskog's cast so the 4 of us kids could go race the go-carts that were across the highway. I am pretty sure this was 1978.
Hold on a sec....you weren't with us at the go-cart track...where were you ? I know your dad was there, because I remember seeing him with the saw. And to torment Mike, Ted was yelling, "STOP! I SEE BLOOD!"
:D
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Go-Karts at Parker sound familiar, but that was a LONG time ago. I was probably there, since my dad was real good about taking me w/ him for stuff like that.
JJ
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Here's Mike Nordskog the morning after they cut off his cast. (And probably now wishing they hadn't!)
And the second shot is Karen again - She had gone out to help Don after a heat, and he climbed out and walked off! LOL She stood there for quite a while holding the boat - with the river current she couldn't let go and was there for at least 10 minutes. I thought that was pretty funny so I took her picture. She doesn't look too pleased. ;)
The date says May 20, 1978. This was not long after the Yamato 80's were introduced and they were everywhere. The class was called "B-Local" then.
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Needles in Feb '77
BK, Ron and everyone,
I remember that race well, my 1st in ASR!! Scott Davidson and Kieth Younger both jumped the gun, I was legal and won my 1st race!!
Hell yes that water is cold, later that day, Mark Preuss and Jeff Arnold gave me the Winning PLUNGE!! somewhere, I still have the photo!!
Bunker
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Found this old thread in "Technical discussion"
Not sure why it's over there....
Since there are pages of great shots, I felt like it was a good time to "bump" it up! Enjoy!
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Great Pictures & Text
Thanks for "bumping" this. Great to read. I noticed that John & others were asking about Pete DeLanckner. I'd like to hear from him, as I have his C-7 TerrilCraft and want to ask about what motors were run on that boat. Pete, please contact me if you read this.
Thanks,
Roger
(Roger Hinsdale - Spring City, TN, 423-452-0428 or eMail me at hinsdale@bellsouth.net)
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The last time I talked to Pete was at the Lone Star Reunion. I had bugged him repeatedly about getting a computer and he assured me his daughter would help teach him. Enough time has passed. Pete does a lot of traveling so it may be a week or two before I catch up with him, but I will see how he is progressing and try to get an answer for you.
And I don't know how it got on this category either, but thanks Val for bumping it.