Major Bob Checks In: 2011
Ron,
Roger. Have a great Thanksgiving and Christmas in the meantime. My son Mark is back from Afganistan and is now stationed at Maxwell AFB, Montgomery, AL. Tommy is a Missilier at Malmstrom AFB, Great Falls, Montana. They are both Captains in the USAF, like I was when we were racing at the Kemble Campble Ranch in Victorville, CA.
Bob
I told Bob it was Kemper-Campbell Lake, and it is a trout farm now owned by the state of California...Our tax dollars at work took a great race site from us.
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I Need "Major Bob's" Email....Read This About Cold Fusion
Major Bob told me that those guys in Utah "Discovered" Cold Fusion, but their mistake was telling the world, as the world wasn't ready to stop[ being dependent on oil. He said he's done the calculations himself and believed it.
Considering a got "D" High School Algebra, I had no clue what he was talking about. I did get an "A" in Geometry, my brother taught me the whole class one night...
Bob told me "WILD" tales about these guys from Utah being "OWNED" by Toyota and were in France and that he fly "THINGS" to Russia at times.
When I read this newspaper article this morning I wondered if Bob's company was part of the WORLD SHAKING EVENT.
Major Bob Up Date July 31, 2016
OLD BOAT RACERS
We always called him Major Bob, but really he was a Colonel.
Fw: Happy Birthday from Boat Racing Facts Forums
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On Thursday, July 28, 2016, Boat Racing Facts Forums
Hello Colonel Bob,
We at Boat Racing Facts Forums would like to wish you a happy birthday today!
Dear Ron,
Thank you for the birthday greeting! I just decided to cancel my registrations at the Hinton, WV Nationals, where I had planned to enter some classes. This is my 70th year of boat racing and my family says it is time to quit.
I will never quit racing in my mind. I can still see every turn of the Top'of Michigan Marathon. I can still see Dave Bryant's smile as he passed me just before the finish line at the Kemper-Campbell ranch where my Mark 30 ceased up because the gas that Dave had given me had no oil in it!
I still remember the great boat race at Willows, CA Divisionals in CU with you Ron. Your Dad told me that he was happy to see you engage in some real competition. I then won many DU/DSR races with the Bounty Hunter that he helped you to build. My Dad was like your Dad, a major reason for my successes in boat racing.
Thanks for the memories Ron,
Bob
78-S and 78-E
Bob, I had lunch with Dave yesterday.....As I recall the story, you asked to borrow gas, so Dave loaned you some. You didn't ask it if was mixed with oil. You said, "GAS." Because the next questions would be how much oil, what kind of oil?
At the Parker 9 Hour, one year, Jimbo was leading and ran out of gas and stopped it my pits. I ask him what was a matter, said, "Out of gas." I said to you want some? He said, "What kind?" I said "AV Gas." He said, "What octane? Keep in mind Jimbo was leading the Parker 9 Hour at the time. Said, "100-110." He said, "What kind of oil?" I said Mercury Racing." He said, "What mixture?" I said, "20 to 1." He said, "OK, give me a gallon."
I'm not sure I ever thanked you for loaning me your boat while you were in Vietnam.