I remember that race well. Along with the go-cart races afterwards! Harley Wilson was a menace on the track as well as the water!
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I remember that race well. Along with the go-cart races afterwards! Harley Wilson was a menace on the track as well as the water!
Ray, talking about dredging up the past! Jimmy Rogerson built Rayner's SJ (835)and Mark Dillow's SG (831). I rigged both of them. Rayner said he always had to follow me and put in one steel bolt...
My good friend Bobby Boose, loaned him my van to go to Eufaula that year. Now I actually know he went! :D Boat was, I think, a McCall U boat, owned by Dave Casey and/or Lee McGlaughin (sp?). Too...
This was a great idea for a class. We had three FS racers from Portsmouth (Bobby Boose, Bert Fary, and Rabbit Anderson) that raced every regatta. On the off weekends we would put coolers and skis...
Bill Slivey (blond), Mike Herrman (Lowenbrau), Sherlock, Kenny Curtis (afro and white socks). I think my memory is still clear. How about it, Ray?
Ray, you will probably attest to this....If you ran good in Region 4 you could run good anywhere in the country. Not only did we have good drivers but ran often enough to get some good seat time in...
It was 1976 or 77. OMC sent Jimbo McConnel, Barry Woods and Fred Hauenstein to Portsmouth to run on our record course. Water was rough on Saturday morning, didn't look good for records. Shortly...
Danny, we never met but I saw you race in Miami at the 75 OPC nationals. Remember that one?
OK, I raced in these regions in the late 70s and mid 80s. The 70s were the heyday for OPC in MD/VA/NC. You could race at least every other weekend, sometimes more. We had as good a drivers here...