"Racing with Kansas City Speedboat & St.Louis ODA, 1969 - 1977"----Part IV
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Here's the final part of the video slideshow.............I bet i've watched it 20 times! Seems only fitting that part 4 is going to be posted on July the fourth.
If any of you have old pics or slides of your racing days and would like to do a presentation like this about your boat racing career, simply contact a member of the BRF admin. team and we'll get it done for all to enjoy.
Thanks Tom for asking me to get involved with your project, I really enjoyed it, and learned more about doing stuff like this in the process.
Karen Cadle / family connection?
Hi Karen:
I am trying to figure out your family connection to Ross Gibson and Bill Collins. I think from your posts, Ross was your grandfather. Is that correct??
In the 1980's I made many trips from the St. Louis area to the Quad Cities on Hiway 67 to visit Harry Pasturczak, and probably stopped a dozen times or more in McComb to visit with Bill Collins. I either would go by "Hanger 7" and pick him up or meet him at a bar in a Hotel downtown in McComb and we would discuss engines/theory for a couple of hours before I started on back for home. He was a very nice person and never had a bad word to say about anyone, which is unusual in a racing sport. He was always interested in what Harry ZAK had cooking and what his latest ideas were also. I always enjoyed meeting him and our conversations, and used to see him at DePue even into the 90's I believe. I have enjoyed your posts and pictures. Hope to see more, especially about the "golden years" of outboard racing. the 50's, if you have any. That is when I started and when I think about that time, I can actually smell the methonal/castor,benzol mix. I can only imagine your memories from when you were small, but you have a talent for sharing them with others, so keep sharing what you have.