I Was There When It Happened...
I think that is somewhat what Marshall's book title was...but "Amateur" was the word I remember....But they were good for AMATEURS......
Jim Briggs was a hell of a man and a great sponsor.
I was in Paris, 1970, nad Jim Briggs asked me something and I said, "I don't have a dollar or a French Franc...he handed me 500 French Francs...Don't recall what that was worth, but I had money to buy French wine...that night.
Jim Briggs was the "MAN"....he loved life and boat racing. He never seemed the same after Timmy, his son, was killed in a car accident in Colorado after the Parker Enduro.