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    7 s

    7S is Bill Ellis. Not sure what year. Probibly late 50s, early 60s,
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    1978 Dayton UIM Video

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UNX3JYVm944

    enjoy

    bill

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    Didn't someone in the late 70s or so try a kart...

    Didn't someone in the late 70s or so try a kart engine/clutch setup in M or 125cc pro class. :confused: Seems this would get peaky critter out of pits and on plane with clutch locked up when at...
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    Here's a couple pictures from that weekend.

    Here's a couple pictures from that weekend.
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    1978 World Championships Dayton

    South African driver Rynhert Schultz gave me this plack when the 1978 World Championship races were completed at Dayton. He rented a boat from me for the race. Sorry for the spelling :D
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    5:48 in clip three !!!!

    I agree. That was fun to watch! Looked like the Dan Kirts I remember watching. Wow!!!:D
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    wheres my video??????????????????

    wayne, still need my 77 video! :D i was wondering why i wasn't there for this race briefly then i remberbered. my dad was ill at the time. your recall is 100% i still remember tim saying, i'm not...
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    wayne, how did the merc/loop run compaired to the...

    wayne, how did the merc/loop run compaired to the konig? same speed loss? thanks bill
  9. isn't that how a lot of racing stories start also...

    isn't that how a lot of racing stories start also !!! :D

    bill
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    Wayne, I think that Wilfried's blow over was the...

    Wayne, I think that Wilfried's blow over was the very first test session. The crash boats weren't quite ready but he waved that he was ok and waited for a while for someone to go get him. Thought,...
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    Wilfried Weiland's cat / blowover ?

    Wayne, Didn't Wilfried take off out of pits for first practice, go to the far end of the lake, and blowover?:eek: I recalled his blowover at Dayton and thought this guy really likes to fly.:)...
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    I sure remember this race weekend. I flew into...

    I sure remember this race weekend. I flew into Houston, Tim picked me up, and rode with him to Larado. Wayne, you mentioned elsewhere about different Texas landscape. That sure was some desellet land...
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    kneeling or laydown

    Wayne, What did you think about driving laying down after years in a kneeler?

    I always get a chuckle thinking about my dad telling my granddad the first time he saw my boat that kneeling allowed...
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    How does 150HP compare to the current motors? bill

    How does 150HP compare to the current motors? bill
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    wayne, who's that beside ya in the fourth pic?...

    wayne, who's that beside ya in the fourth pic? aerowing?
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    high flying

    wow:eek: can't wait for the video:) although i'm still waiting for my 77 OD video:D
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    First Aerowing Laydown

    wayne,
    i want to thank you again and again for your posts. your pictures and commentary. i had a small window into pro racing, and enjoyed every minute of it. to see a picture of the first aerowing...
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    wayne, Eileen looks intence. never could see...

    wayne,

    Eileen looks intence. never could see what she saw in bill:D .

    your dad and jack were always my heros.

    bill
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    denny, one blade prop not the way to go? i ...

    denny,

    one blade prop not the way to go? i bet that did shake. i remember you testing late in the day and the water was glass. you came by with your knees against the wheel and hanging as far out...
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    gadgets on the yamatos ?

    i guess zak wasn't only working on gadgets for the konigs:)

    i'm sure the same thing is going on now but we'll read the details in a decade or so:)

    great post denny, i can remember...
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    typing at the same time

    thanks wayne. as i said earlier, i got faster as i got older:)
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    3 lap quals at dayton

    wayne, i couldn't remember what the format was other then against the stopwatch. when my rotary valve belt came off after taking the green, i then probably got two laps later. where the quals one...
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    1978 OB Qual times

    wayne do you or joe (anybody else?) have the qual times for OB at dayton in 78? i didn't make the top five but as the saying goes the older i get the faster i was! i remember i tried turn 1, wide...
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    way back machine still running full tilt

    wayne you are killing me. tell a story and here comes a pic. thanks

    looking at the pic i'm thinking what the heck is that duct tape doing on the cal. forgot about that. tim had warned me to be...
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    my first pro outboard race

    i had run e-mod hydro for a couple of years(75&76). i had crewed for mike o'brien and kurt kubler(sp) for a few years before that. kay harrison was driving hydros for mike and kurt. kay was going to...
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