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#5 Years Ago, Ron Hill Races...
Thanks, I was like that...----- Original Message -----
From: william mackay
To: Ronnie Hill
Sent: Thursday, January 15, 2009 7:59 PM
Subject: Pic
Trying again to email a poster picture.
This has been hanging on my shop wall for at least 35 years.
This is how I remember Ron Hill.
FYI:
Bill MacKay is Jean MacKay-Schwartz's brother. Jean is and has been quite an A Stock Hydro driver. Their late brother Jim was as good of a tunnel driver to ever live. He drove small boats like Jimbo. He drove tunnels better than anyone I can recall. Jim was plagued by mental illness. Before I knew of his illness, I called to find out if I could hire him to teach Chad Hill how to drive a race boat....
Brother Bill built some amazing boats and was quite a racer himself.
Thanks Bill for the poster. I like Jim McKean with his DePue plaque....(Jim had never seen the picture that we made the plaque from)..I have never seen this picture of me driving my 13'6" DeSilva with my VC Konig D, at 90 plus MPH...
I would like this as a plaque..
ADD: My brother has a saying that "You were what you were when..." Well, this picture of me, July 1969, Folsom Prison (Folsom Lake), is me, Ron Hill....I was what I was when....
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Chad Hill and Steven Dawe
Mary Zapf gave me these photos at Havasu landing, 2009.
19-C is Chad Hill, Puddle Jumper is Steven Dawe...
Eric Von Zapf was racing that day, too, in J....
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The Great Outboard Race: 1954 Winnebagoland Marathon
My dad inspected this race in 1953, 54 and 55. I started racing and he backed away from inspecting for a few years. My dad disqualified many people over the years, the majority of which never blamed my dad. My dad was a pretty much black and white guy. He never looked for things to DQ you that didn't help your speed. If he felt it didn't give you an advantage, like a handle being taken off, he never bothers.
I feel me dad set the standard of what a CLASS ONE inspection should be, inside a controlled environment, quiet, with the inspector, driver and one crew member.....not every jack *** and their brother able to watch.
My dad was over ruled twice in his almost fifty years of inspecting. Once, an "A" block was over ruled at the DePere, Wisconsin Nationals. It was a blue Printed block, when blue printing wasn't legal, one port didn't measure, but that didn't matter, the Stock VP had an old score to settle with my dad, as my dad had disqualified his son at eh 1952 Nationals...
They other was also an "A" Block...Edgar Rose ruled the block was legal. Later, when I confronted Edgar, Edgar admitted measuring it with anew gasket....I pointed out to Edgar that the block had had a paper thin, no Mercury gasket, as Mercury gaskets were not required anymore...
I don't think my dad would inspect today, too many things that aren't clear enough cut for him, I suspect...
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As Puddingstone, 2009 Nears...
5-C is Ron Loomis, this is Puddinstone Spring 1957...Pete Osborne is in 400-C
Wynn "red" Brown is dumping his DSH at Brawley....C-6 is Russ Hill, Jr....(Marlee's grandpa)...
The other picture is Lake Mead, 1955...52-C is jack Corner, AU record holder, inside him is Bobby Willard from Oildale, then Charlie Harter, inventor of the Kneel Down boat cart..and me in 19-C