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As far as I know Bobby always lived in Baytown, Texas and had Witt Marine. I think because of the Sanders, Posey connection to Alan Yaw you placed him in Abilene John.

OK. Wow...would I have liked to met him too. Tell Eileen to take some pics. That sounds like a fantastic facility to tour.

Thanks Bill Van....I did it before you sent me this message.:) Sorry about that.;) I've been meaning to give you a call anyway. I'll do it after the races.

I have to go back and recollect my thoughts John, and reread those articles. Provo was one of the venues I remember from when I first started racing, but I have never been there. I still have some...

.....It's been riveting enough that we're getting the fleshing out of the OMC rotaries, but the inside stories are what really brings us at least a little bit into the going's on. When you mention...

Hope there is a part 4 and more John. You write so incredibly well and concise that I can gather the gist of engineering terms I'm not familiar with. You can throw us tidbits anytime while waiting...

These next two are from the January 1974 Powerboat.

These two pieces come from the December 1973 Powerboat. The first one is the second page of Mel Zikes column. Maybe Ron has a little bit of "splainin'"to do.;):D

Yesterday I bought some storage boxes for magazines to organize them so I can find what I'm looking for easier. While going through 1972 through 1975 issues, I kept having to stop and read. You...

I had no idea Dr. Wankel had competitors under license. I think I may have heard something about sharing reasearch, but I always thought that was between different types of manufacturers i.e....

Powerboat April 1975

The October issue gets into lengthy disussion regarding the rotary controversy as well as Provo results.

That's very interesting. I figured a lower unit that was not built for a rotary would be, along with the crank, a weak link.

In the September 1973 Powerboat Mel Zikes started his column off...

That's my thoughts too Sam. OMC knew what they were working with regarding lower units, and very early on they established a commanding presence so it makes sense to play it safe and last.

Funny I should check the masthead in the previous post to see if I could get a clue of who covered the Galveston race for Powerboat. In this, the very next issue, Bob Nordskog is the publisher. ...

It's been awhile and I may have some years wrong...I'll check. EPA may have begun in 1972 and RCRA 1976 which put more teeth and expansion in EPA.

Anyway....back to the story. At that first race...

In my opinion Skoontz, Mel was just saying that with the impressive display of horsepower by the rotaries, Mercury would have to join the fray to stay in the game. But they did not have the...

This the the July 1973 Powerboat article covering the Galveston Speed Classic. I don't know who covered the race. They didn't give credits or a byline. Carl Asmus was publisher and Bill Ames...

I quickly scanned through a few issues of the 1973 Powerboats last night before heading off to high school graduation ceremonies Ken, and that's where I found the Mel Zikes column. I missed this...

I don't know which strange people he was hanging out with, but it appear mine and Joe's esteemed editor from Motorsport was on to something. I found this in Mel Zikes column from the June 1973...

Ann Strang's column in the December 1973 Propellor

ADD: I finally figured how how to size smaller section from the same publication. But I guess I should have just copied the whole page because...

Some amazing info there. The inside stuff is very interesting.

Here is an article from the February 1972 Powerboat. While it is about marine application of the Wankel RC, it does mention in a...

Seems to answer where Scott. I didn't go to Conroe in 1973, but that must be where you saw them.

Great info Rotary John. I remember how deep the transoms were at Galveston. I didn't pick up...

These next two items come from the September 1973 issue of Motorsport. The tidbit about Gene Rhea and John Strader were in the Things-I've-Learned-by-Hanging-Around-Strange-People column of editor...

This is Ann Strang,s column from Propellor October 1973. In regard to Lynn having to fly back home because of Mike's accident, Bill called my Dad from Provo about Mike's accident. He drove a 4 X 4...

Thanks Ken, but you have been an inspiration to me in your drive to put togther a quality all-things-OMC website. I feel fortunate to have raced in a time when boat advancements and rapid motor...

All of this stuff was in the July 1973 Propeller. The blip on Bob Wanamaker's Flying Quarter was from Ann Strangs column. She didn't mention the Rotary, the the Flying Quarter results show Evinrude...

I still have the B&W photos from Clear Lake to post Scott. That might bring back some memories.

Here is a column from Ann Strang in the June 1973 Propeller.

Also, Ken...do you have the article...

Yesterday it dawned on me that Ann Strang probably had some things to say about the RC's so I looked up some of her Region 7 columns in various issues of Propeller. This one is from the April 1973...

I talked to Scott a little while ago and I told him I was confused myself as I had mentioned in my previous post. I was glad to finally hear from Scott after so many months of him not posting after...

It would be great if you could find your Dad's film and have it converted John. While I had the slides and contact sheets out I checked the boat numbers from your profile to see if I had any pics,...

I was not sure myself at first either Scott. The lighting changed quite a bit during the day because of a squall, and then I took some pictures from a pickup boat and depending upon the direction of...

I just made a startling discovery.:eek: I was looking for the few pics I have of the rotaries from the Galveston race and came upon some of Tommy Posey and Barry Woods from 1975.:cool: I looked at...

Here are a few pages from the Galveston Speed Classic program in 1973. The stark contrast is not because I have copied it many times over. This was what I got at the race. If you got a copy of...

Here is the Motorsport article about the Galveston race.

When I saw my first Mazda I was driving A chevy Malibu. The Mazda was the size of a compact Japanese car from those days. I was behind it at a stoplight. It turned right and hauled a$$. I stomped...

John's story on the rotaries was fascinating to me because of several reasons. First, I drove my Mazda RX-2 to the Galveston race, and I ended up overhauling the engine myself after 90,000 miles. ...