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    Getting Ready for the 1970 SIX HOURS OF PARIS

    http://youtu.be/Xduz4DdRFpk


    The pictures of boat 11 is Bob Nordskog first ride in an outboard. More about that later.
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    I Ain't Never Had a 3hp Johnson, If That Means Anything

    I'm not sure Jimbo ever ended up with one either. By October of 1972, I was 28 years old and had raced for 17 years. In 1967, I'd won more than a year's salary winning Havasu and I also got a lot...
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    Jimbo and I Finished Third n1972...

    I have often wondered how far we were behind....Six hours is a long race.

    Ted May and I drove together in 1968, when it was over we were awarded third, though we always figured we were second. ...
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    Probably Off Topic...

    Class ON was to 122 cubic inches?

    Didn't OMC have a 60 degree 122 cube V-6? Something that maybe Hauenstein and you had a hand in making?
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    When I Got Home from the Six Hours

    People would ask me how racing in France was? I'd tell them, it was kind of like driving on an LA Freeway if everyone was drunk. Seeing this picture that Lars posted reminded me how "Wild" the Six...
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    The Six Hours of Paris: A History Thread

    Someone posted something to the effect, "If you ever raced the Six Hours of Paris, you never forgot the feeling."

    I last raced Paris in October of 1972, but I can still feel the boat under me and...
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