Midwest Boat Racer. 1950's

I am 84 years young now but still remember the "good old days" of racing on the Illinois River, Mississippi River and many small lakes in Illinois,Wisconsin, and Indiana. I started out with a DeSilva closed runabout which was a good unit but too heavy. My last three years I drove an Ashburn (A)hull with a a B Merc with lots of My own and Quincy Welding innovations. The set up turned out to be pretty good as I could compete with the Factory sponsored teams.
I will enter some more information later.
A couple of pics

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I like those pictures. You raced in a hotbed of alky racing. You must have many stories to tell. Lets hear them along with your pictures.

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Originally Posted by napa1

I am 84 years young now but still remember the "good old days" of racing on the Illinois River, Mississippi River and many small lakes in Illinois,Wisconsin, and Indiana. I started out with a DeSilva closed runabout which was a good unit but too heavy. My last three years I drove an Ashburn (A)hull with a a B Merc with lots of My own and Quincy Welding innovations. The set up turned out to be pretty good as I could compete with the Factory sponsored teams.
I will enter some more information later.
A couple of pics

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I noticed your recent membership to BRF. Lots of interesting history,etc. on this site. AGAIN, WELCOME ABOARD!

BRUCE

Welcome, Those are very cool racers. Tell us your stories and yes to the more pics.

Yes... This is cool boat racing history.

Thanks guys, I am working on gathering more photographs and picking my mind for some more memories. My last year was 1958, I joined the U.S. Army later that year. The Draft was going to take me so I decided to go on my timeline.

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