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No---Don't think you are getting off track John. That's a response I hadn't expected, but to the point. I didn't know there was a 125 MPH club. I suspect there were not enough to publish the...

John I wish someone would come up with a book that had not only the current records, but all the perpetual ones and including all records that were ever established. It would be like tree rings on a...

Now that's smokin' on a one mile course John. I didn't have any rule books with records after 1978. AND none of my books show any one mile records for OPC. I didn't know you guys ever ran...

I'll start naming names if no one else will John. I always hope first to get others involved, and there are some I don't know.

As far as DePue....yeah we need to start getting names together for...

I'll leave the 89 world 500 to Eric or Ralph as I don't have a clue. Regarding lap times, the alkies could get around pretty quickly with good water and properly laid out bouys. By that I mean on a...

There's been a lot of new members lately from the OPC and inboard ranks so here are a few pit shots from Clear Lake, Texas. The Red Adair North American Championships August 2 & 3, 1975.

I'll see if I can spot one of you John. Trouble is, I don't have contact sheets for most of these. Guess I'll have to scan the whole bunch. Here's a few more.

It was Herr DuCoffre with the West German team that taught us about some drivers using another country's license in some of the earlier UIM races. They wanted more boats on the water too. The way...

I'll make them a little bigger, but they may not come out too good Corin. I hadn't processed any B&W at the time and I overdeveloped most of them. Doing five rolls at a time means the whole batch...

Well, I guess that one was too small to identify most. so here goes another.

Here's one to start with Corin.

Ron....It's the rest of us I think that has to thank you for sharing your life with us. If not for YOU I would have had a whole darkroom full of pics, (well at least the transparencies) going bad. ...

Alan...I don't know what happened at Phoenix that you feel you didn't drive that new DeSilva hydro you were rigging up very well. What I was wondering was which pair of shoes were you testing in the...

Alan---I will from now on call him Billy Jack.:) I never really knew him personally as in sitting around bs-ing, but I knew him well from the race course and by reputation preceeding him before I...

He did for a fact Carl. They tied in points and it was decided on time. I was surprised Bill didn't make it to Fort Worth the following year for a rematch. Look hard for your pics, then get em...

You got most of them John. It turned out kind of a trick question because I only looked at the contact sheet before I posted it and wrote that it was California guys. I didn't realize my error...

Alan Ishii how about givine us the names of this famous group from California. This pic was from the UIM World Championships in Phoenix and you were there.

..........I haven't posted any under any thread named UIM World's 73, but they are scattered among Random Shots From the Pits, Where the Action Is, and Lone Star Boat Racing Association.

When I...

No Dr. Thunder I wish I did have photos but I didn't make it. My Dad and Tim Butts started working on UIM promotion in 1972 and the U.S. was awarded the World Championships for classes OA, OD, and...

I have a pic of you with your red and yellow somewhere Bill. I came across this one with Ray wearing his favorite flavor. The photo was taken in my Dad's front yard at the last race we held there...

He's right about Harry, and how the hell did he know about the glue?

Great story Bill. Man, did we have some times together. Here is a pic of that boat Ray got for his stepson. I can't remember...

Right on Jeff. And in the next pic, Hans Krage is kneeling at the left by the pipes, it looks like Harry Splettstosser with the Motor Club Steglitz windbreaker and I think that's Jurgen Lipinski in...

Okay, Eric---here's those two Butts pickleforks. Incidentally, the Germans called the conventional kneeler hydros "flunder" like the fish because of the bow shape.

That's cool you raced with kids of the of the guys I raced with. Ekkehard was having good success in rough water running a tunnel in OC. My Butts "Tex" was bought by Motor Club Steglitz with the...

So Joanne Chesman is related to Andy Chesman?.....and Claudia Knape (sp?) to Ekkehard Knappe? Just wondering.:)

I'm not sure Eric, but here are some possibilities.

I think Tim may have sold his after the race in Italy. Joe could confirm that.

The two following pictures were taken in Linz, Austria where...

In 1976 Walt Blankenstein smuggled in a calculator to East Berlin for Bernie Danisch to convert inches to millimeters for the purpose of copying a Yale. John Yale was one of the first to buy a Butts...

Eric, the 06 boat on the right from Yugoslavia---who was the driver?

Where were you pitted? More pit shots please.

That was the last race I have been to Eric, and the first for my kids. It was a great time and I really enjoyed seeing a bunch of my old friends. Didn't even get to talk to everyone. The only...

.........but skimmin's better than just stoppin'.;)

You can see that in just a split second the enormous force of impact. The spray in the second frame is just spray flying forward from the point of impact which is about 40' to the left. Now you can...

I saw them used only with Gentex, although in the beginning there may have been one or two Texas boys run them under a Lifeline. I was thinking Simpson and Lifeline later incorporated some such...

Here are a couple of shots. Bob Hering with the "Safe Jacket" and how it fits underneath the life jacket. I don't know how long Bob had been wearing one, but he credited it with lessening the...

I have a hard time sizing articles correctly. Let's try this on the caption.

This was the spread published in the September 1976 issue of Powerboat. Word spread like wildfire about that "SafeJacket" Bob was wearing. The next time we were in the pits there were a whole bunch...

Send me a pm with address.

I thought he was gone too. It was the worst I ever personally witnessed. You guys were right there. I saw it coming to and had time to focus my 500mm lens. I had not...

....I figured someone on BRF could make the i.d.

mbd29---how's about pointing yourself out and identifying the others?

If you mean the driver from Germany--No!

I really don't know who these guys are. I think Mark N probably named the guy I first posted about. I was just curious. The kilos at Kaukauna were a mix...

That would tend to addle the brain a little.

It's not Melvin.

John--I don't think that is Gary although I believe he was there. These photos are not good enough to get a positive I.D. ...

Here's a clue. That's Bob Hering's tunnel. And a Merc dangling off the transom.

Found this while I was looking through some contact sheets. It was taken at Kaukauna, Wisconsin in 1976. I figure I should know who this is, but I can't come up with a name. I think some of you...

Here's a few shots from the 1976 Oly Pro Nationals in Winona, Minnesota.

Well at least we got Pete looking. Tell him if he signs on I'll put up some shots of us in Berlin.

2nd pic, last series L-R, near tent Homer Kincaid, E E "Baldy" Baldwin, Jack Chance. At transom of hydro, Tim Butts. With back to us Lowell Schumacher. I know who the blonde guy is, but can't...

Yes Charley.

More Winona 1976.

I haven't even scratched the surface yet with photos Kristi. Stay tuned for more. I didn't know you ever lived in Texas.

The first photo in the last series is Dr. Phil Wagner in the runabout. I...

Right on the money Doug. I couldn't remember the Kirts boy's names. That's Todd Brinkman, Sr. on the far left and John Dortch Jr. with the floppy hat and suspenders. I think it may be Jerry Kirts...

Hey David, I was really looking forward to Alex this spring before I had to cancel out. One of the main reasons was to take you up on your offer of a short ride. When I heard that you broke your...

Hi Bob. Yes I do have some of Bob Hooghkirk. In fact I have a series that I have intended to put on the splash section from Alexandria, but I have misplaced the transparency on the middle of the...