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They were EXCELLENT pipes in their day. Various motors driven by several different drivers, such as Homer Kincaid, Bob Rhoades, and Ray Hardy won National Championships and also Bob won the John Ward...

I knew I wasn't completely "round the bend" insofar as my memory is concerned. Now we just need to find out if the Kirt's loaned that engine to Kay or if he had one of his own. Also not sure that is...

John:

I did not pay that much attention to the engine that I have been referring to insofar as the lower unit. My memories about it are looking at it on a boat stand while it was partially in the...

Wayne:

Thanks for the photo of the Harrison alternate firing 2 cyl. I am even more certain now after reading Danny's post, about him remembering the engine at a race in Chicago that there was also...

Wayne:

The more pictures you put up of Kay's rig, the more uncertain I am whether this is the rig I saw at Monroe, La, on a river race there, which is where I saw the motor he had turned around....

Wayne:

Are you sure that is a Konig? Looks to be one of his engines, as it is considerably taller than a 4 cyl Konig, or at least looks that way to me. Also some other things in the photo make me...

In the very late 60's or early 70's, Kay Harrison had a C Konig that had the powerhead turned around, but instead of pointing the pipes backwards, they pointed forward and were located alongside the...

I never ran Konig pipes on my Konigs, only ZAK pipes, and they were much shorter in length, not only insofar as the "pipe" section, or sheet metal portion, but also the manifolds were entirely...

I had two Konigs, as did some other drivers, that had the powerheads reversed on the towerhousing to keep the carbs on the outside of the boat in the corners to try to eliminate "watering down"...

What a great picture of Jerry with his post about Fred Petter. And he posted a picture also, in only his 2nd or at most 3rd post. I have been making a fool out of myself on here for 2-3 years, and...

Picture # 3 is Jim Teitge from Cedar Rapids, Ia. Looks like a flathead on his boat, and if only RB and F-350 ran, he may have been either racing or testing his RB rig. He is a dentist and now lives...

David:

Kenny Bayer had everything to do with that movable fin. I purchased it from him when he and his Dad stopped racing, as I thought it would be a desirable item to have to help acceleration...

David:

I remember someone making that comment at the time, but since that has been 20+ years ago I don't remember who it was. I asked Eileen if she made that comment and she said she did not...

There seems to be some confusion about Formula 350 and the RB Class. The only real common ground between the two is that the Yamato Model 80 327CC engine run in Japan as an engine used on the...

look closely at the stinger diameter and length on Jerry's boat versus the F-5
Possibly Jerry is running a "B" instead of a "D". Typically the stinger diameter was larger on the larger engines, and...

Wayne:

I can tell you have your Dad's genes, and I am not talking about the kind you wear. That is one of the "all time" great Baldy stories.

I have been watching the news about "Dolly" coming ashore in the South Padre Island/Corpus Christi area yesterday, and from my knowledge of where Wayne lives, certainly hope he is weathering the...

If you can't recall the particulars and want your memory refreshed, give me a call. I don't really know how active the participants in that deal are in APBA today. I haven't heard their names...

Wayne:

I don't know whether you chose to leave it out of your story or not, or possibly were not aware of it, but when Mel passed away there was an attempt to appoint a new PRO VP by the then...

Wayne:

You mentioned that you thought you never saw Mel again after the Laredo race. After Mary died at the race, and Mel arrived back home, within a just a few days he was in the hospital. Was...

Wayne:

You are being WAY too hard on yourself. If the average boat racer could have accomplished just 10% as much as you did in your racing career, most would be estatic. And even if there had...

I remember specifically what the fuss was about, although as previously stated I did not attend the commission meeting about it. The fuss was because the motor the Street youngster was running was...

Wayne:

I didn't remember that was one of the years I was on the commission. That was probably the reason I don't remember any discussions by the commission about the locking the motor in the...

As Wayne was recounting his recollections of this incident, it brought back a lot of memories. As he said I and several other PRO people were very involved in getting the Formula 350 class started...

Denny:

I think I have the video somewhere, probably in a box in the basement. I will see if I can find it and make you a copy. I now have a VCR/DVD recorder that I could put it on DVD if you have...

Wayne:

Seeing that shot reminds me of something that took place at Alex that year involving the two in the double exposure and Stan Leavendusky Jr. AKA "Butch". Butch had gotten a new design...

Wayne:

Thanks for posting the pictures taken at 6-flags. I had almost forgotten about that trip. I will NEVER forget about the Gatorade deal thought. Thought someone had a red hot spike stuck in...