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    I think we should race at Salton as far as smell...

    I think we should race at Salton as far as smell goes do we want no racing or a little aroma? I recall races at Fox Lake Illinois that were next to a municipal garbage dump. Many many races were...
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    My first boat race

    When I started racing my first heat was in a stock BU runabout in a Van Pelt with a Mercury KG-4H on the back. (I stepped up because they were not racing AU in that regatta) The BU field consisted of...
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    Ah, Take me back to those days. Wouldn't it be...

    Ah, Take me back to those days. Wouldn't it be great to see all of those classes race once more with the old motors and boats? 14 classes that day.We used to have Frenso races every year. I notice...
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    A correction for both reg 11 and 12 lists. The...

    A correction for both reg 11 and 12 lists. The are each one year running from fall 1952 through end of summer 1953
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    In addition to the 1952 region 12 venue list here...

    In addition to the 1952 region 12 venue list here are the CA marathon venues for the same year
    Fresno
    Modesto
    Marysville
    Sacramento
    Santa Barbara
    Oakland

    Here is a lost water list from that...
  6. Outboard & Inboard Race Venues APBA 1952 region 12

    Region 12 - 1952 race venues & number of races
    2 in Blythe
    4 in Bakersfield
    7 in San Diego
    1 in Canyon Lake AZ
    1 in Lake Malibu
    1 at Hansen Dam
    2 at Parker
    5 at Long Beach
    1 at Salton Sea
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    Up in the Canadian Prairie Provinces in the 50s...

    Up in the Canadian Prairie Provinces in the 50s and 60s there were a few custom built all aluminum class D runabouts. Fenton Malley was one driver of a metal DU in competition and I think his son...
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    Thanks Sam Your posts in this thread made my...

    Thanks Sam
    Your posts in this thread made my week.
    They evoke a wonderful era of a great engaging sport that in recent decades has entered the doldrums.
    In recent years I caught some of that...
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    Vintage outboard motor names

    Forget about naming motors according to displacement or just assigning model numbers.
    If new racing outboards are ever in production again lets go for whimsical names like they were back then. ...
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    Eastern europe racing

    It was good to see these pictures and to know that boat racing seems to be in good shape over there.

    Take a look at this video and you will see those motors Scott/Koenig? in action
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    Wow great photos! Where were they taken? Were you...

    Wow great photos! Where were they taken? Were you there? What's the racing like? The hulls look like tunnels or are they hydros?
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    1938 Long Beach Two FRRs over

    Found on Ebay last night54045
  13. Thread: M Hydro

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    M Hydro

    Some drivers newer to the sport may not know that there was once an alky class called M Hydro. It was active from the 1930s until sometime in the 1960s. It was based on a full race OMC outboard...
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    1954 champions per Sports Illustrated

    Sports Illustrated used to have articles about boat racing. Here is a page where they posted the winners of the 1954 Nationals -both for APBA and NOA.
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    Lodi was an ultimate boat race showcase. So were...

    Lodi was an ultimate boat race showcase. So were the 1100s and even more so on a short course. And those throngs of spectators from the central valley before Lodi became a higher end wine suburb of...
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    EU runabout

    From Speed & Spray -1952 APBA nationals Lake Merritt Oakland CA
    EUs - an example of forgotten racing history.
    By the way look at the tight course close to shore at the nationals with full classes...
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    Don't let it fade away

    There is so much racing history that needs to be documented. All of us should send in stories and importantly photos to BRF Our history of the 1950s is fading. For example if you Google boat racing...
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    Thank you so much for posting all of this. A real...

    Thank you so much for posting all of this. A real treat!
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    More Lost H2O? My introduction to racing that has...

    More Lost H2O? My introduction to racing that has never ebbed since was at an all-alky race at Lake Maxinkuckee near Culver Indiana. All-stock races in that area were often held at Manteno, Ill. That...
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    Region 11 racing in the early days

    Todd: I think that you and I might agree that Lodi was perhaps the best lost water for the number of spectators, a close-in exciting race spectacle where spectators could feel like they were in the...
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    Remembering Lost Water

    Years ago I raced in region 11. Recalling those days I am aware of how many NorCal venues have been lost to racing. Here is a partial list: Stockton, Modesto Reservoir, Lodi, Berkeley Marina, San...
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    I am still hopeful that we will see some personal...

    I am still hopeful that we will see some personal stories about Wiget and Kinkaid. In the meanwhile, I found a 1955 Sports Illustrated article about Wiget and Bill Tenney who I am hopeful we will...
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    Homer Kinkaid and Bud Wiget

    Did anyone know these legendary drivers? Please share some stories about them.
  24. Thread: Barn Find

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    Fantom

    I think this Fantom is a reproduction but a good photo anyway
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    Logo For Los Angeles Speedboat Association

    From the club cover circa, 1963. At that time some of their races were Hansen Dam in LA. That year on the schedule were alky classes M, A, B, C Service hydro and ARR, BRR, CRR, CSR and FRR. Stock...
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    1961 Race Invitation Region 11

    Fremont marine Stadium - Built for boat racing..now an industrial park!
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    Fantom aka Phantom

    The name of the boat is a Fantom. I had the last "new" one. It was never in the water when I purchased it. Mine was an F Racing Runabout that hung on the wall in Shirey's hardware store in Oregon. He...
  28. Thread: Did you know?

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    Did you know?

    Did you know that in In 1953 there were EU and FU runabouts.
    Straightaway records for that year in the big stock runabouts:
    DU 57mph
    EU 36 mph
    FU 44 mph
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    Remember This? C Service - Sections 1 and 2

    C Service, which still exists. Originally the class was for the OMC 30 ci opposed twin with the "service" (stock) lower unit.

    In the 50s and 60s, there was C Service, Section 1 and C Service...
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    Thank you!

    Very interesting info. Thank you. It would be fun to see photos of as many of these record rigs as possible. Looks like the 460s did not make quantum leaps in velocity like the Italian machine the...
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    AU or BUs on Clearlake, CA

    Good ol days!
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    Independance Days Racing at Lodi

    What a great day is the annual 4th celebration. Every such day for 35 years I used to race and later spectate at Lodi Lake. It was real Americana. Community outdoors pancake breakfast, live dixieland...
  33. Bring it all back

    Right on, Mad Cat!
    I agree with all you said about the earlier OPCs.
    I double agree about Lodi and Sparks and FRR and Crackers. For me, the only thrill in the world better than watching a race of a...
  34. I agree with your entire post and thought the...

    I agree with your entire post and thought the same even before you posted it.
    Although I am an avid spectator and a sometimes racer these days, many stock heats and some stock races are even boring...
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    Other clubs?

    In Reg. 11, I remember Livermore Outboard Racing Association was in business for about 5 years. Also several of us formed the Redwood Empire Outboard Association for a while. Then there is the...
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    Logos, please!

    Can we all send our clubs logos or emblems to this thread? I like the cartoon hydro racer of East Bay Boat club. Have some logos changed over time?
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    I agree that this thread has devolved from its original intent but it is interesting. We are now dealing with two issues. The first issue is that the term "stock" is not very accurate about what is...
  38. We do agree in general. Super Sport racing seems...

    We do agree in general. Super Sport racing seems like a very good moniker for the current "stock" classes.

    About the Yamato imports. Even though they are still made new for parimutuel betting in...
  39. Classic And Modern Stock Outboards

    Good point. If people race these they are stock outboards (except for pwc) and APBA should sanction those as stock races. I am not against the current stock outboard classes, it is just that the name...
  40. Stock racing

    No doubt you are correct. Lets just leave well enough alone and we will survive. It is certainly more sensible to use a rope starter, have no neutral or reverse in a runabout class and kneel as if in...
  41. We have classes that are faster than pleasure...

    We have classes that are faster than pleasure boats but I wonder if they are really boats. A single person in an enclosed capsule with oxygen mask and very limited side and rear visibility says more...
  42. So that does ring a bell. I was at your home and...

    So that does ring a bell. I was at your home and it was your dad!

    Sounds like bike racing is a good substitute for boats. Never-the-less, sorry that you never got in a rig again after the early...
  43. Powell and Montoya

    Then for sure I had your Dad's boat! And it must have been him that sold it to me. I also purchased a 55-H from him with the boat. He and someone else assembled it from parts while I was there,...
  44. Sounds like it might be the one! I recall that I...

    Sounds like it might be the one! I recall that I did purchase it in WA and it was the only one that I ever saw on the West coast. It was so long ago I do not recall who sold it to me, even though...
  45. Back in the 60s those Price-crafts were very...

    Back in the 60s those Price-crafts were very competitive. Will Adams, Commodore of East Bay Boat Club in Reg.11 did quite well with his. They were great on the tight turns as well due to the rounded...
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    Ebbc

    Hi Gary

    My racing in the Bay Area started in 1958-59 when I moved there and some of those guys were still around. Unfortunately, my house burned down some years ago and my racing boats, trophies...
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    I am aware that EBBC exists and is active. ...

    I am aware that EBBC exists and is active. But-there is no public record of its very interesting history which dates back more than 50 years. I would wager that not many current EBBC members or...
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    Call For History Of Local Racing Clubs

    Before older members of existing and defunct racing clubs are no longer able to share history, memories and photos, we should make a record of the clubs, their members and activities for posterity....
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    NOA/APBA Classes

    In 1959, NOA had unlimited alky hyro and unlimited alky runabout in addition to F classes. APBA did not.
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    NoA Runabouts

    Another NOA/APBA difference in those days had to do with minimum dimensions and specs for runabouts- stock. mod and alky. NOA preceded APBA by years in eliminating the front cockpit requirement on...
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