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    Paris 1972 .....

    Second place in 72 was taken by Spalding & Percival in a Merc powered Molinari. I remember making my way through the pits after the race and I just happened to come upon Bob & Tom and their wives....
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    Paris 1972 .....

    The real answer to your question about what we did to Renato's motor is ….. we got lucky. The C6's we were running then had a hot spot on #3 cylinder and there was some concern that the fuel we...
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    ...Just a quick FYI …. Cathy McConnell says Jimbo...

    ...Just a quick FYI …. Cathy McConnell says Jimbo confirms 1971 for the beginning of Scotti's ON style race boats.
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    Beginning of Scotti-Craft .....

    Just a quick revision regarding the start of Scotti-Craft. After I posted the above, I received some info and pictures from a couple of old boat racers which confirms Scotti was also running a...
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    Pickle fork Molinari 1972 Paris .....

    ….. and in color, courtesy of Lars Strom …..

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    Pickle fork Molinari 1972 Paris .....

    Peggy says you're correct, we flew into Lisbon. She remembers the boys driving like they were Mario Andretti & Emerson Fittipaldi !

    I'm not good at pictures, but if I did it right, this is the...
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    Barry Woods / Scotti-Craft

    Well 'Racing Ronnie',

    I'm not sure if you did either :confused: It appears that Barry decided to run OMC power after conversations with you and Fred. You must have convinced him there was...
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    Barry Woods / Scotti-Craft

    Hi Ron, thanks for the response. As normally happens, answers to questions generally create more questions ……


    ..... You are saying there really wasn't any recruiting going on. You and Barry were...
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    Barry Woods / Scotti-Craft

    A couple of weeks ago, a few of us were talking about Barry Woods on S & F. I think I first met him at Havasu in 1970, he was driving a Marathon tunnel powered by a pair of Mercury stackers. He got...
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    Sanders in the Molinari .....

    Turns out that the Top 20 list I posted in post #7 is "Boats to finish & laps recorded". It isn't how the boats officially finished, it's a listing of how the boats that were running at the end...
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    Parker 1970 ....

    Going back to the picture you posted of you and Johnny Sanders at Parker 1970, do you happen to know if he is driving the Caesar Scotti 1969 Havasu winner? It doesn't look like the same paint scheme...
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    Winternationals picture .....

    I'll give you the bigger, taller ...... :D
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    Jimbo's McDonald ......

    Hi John, you are correct that he ran a McDonald in Paris and stuffed it early :), you just don't have the right year :(.

    From Powerboat, January 1971 issue (that makes it the October, 1970 race)...
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    black & white Scotti .....

    In all fairness to your friend Jimbo, I think it was his boat first. I took a picture of him being towed passed our pit area during the 1971 Paris race and I think he was in a black & white Scotti....
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    Parker 1970 ....

    I agree, it was the most chaotic end to a race that I have ever seen! The three of you really put on a show, all determined to win. Those of us that were fortunate enough to witness that finish will...
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    Parker results 1972 .....

    Here ya go, from Powerboat, April 1972 .....

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    'BOATS TO FINISH AND LAPS RECORDED'

    1. McConnell/May - 60 - #191 - OB
    2. Wallace/Hill - 59 - #777 - OB
    3. Woods/Hauenstein - 59 - #351 -...
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    Parker 1972 .....

    Just an FYI ..... I did find what Powerboat calls the top 20 finishers running at the end. I don't think he needs anything further.

    Thanks
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    Parker 1972 .....

    You are way too old to be just at 1961! Hell, the 67/74 years will take you a decade to reduce to writing. Of course part of the problem is that you think a lot like Jackie Wilson ..... why say...
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    I was at that race, I thought the little boat in that release was a McDonald driven by Ted May? It looked more like a 4 point hydro than a tunnel as it ran toward you. I don't know where it finished,...
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    Parker 1972 .....

    Hey Ron,
    Would you happen to have the official results for this race? One of the guys just bought a Schulze that was in that race, probably driven by Mac McCune. He is trying to find out how it...
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    Sticky: Front Wing .....

    As you know, the early single engine Molinari's were blown over quite frequently. That was primarily due to two factors, they rode high in the nose and were driven by a bunch of guys that had just...
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    The "Gibraltar Trip"

    After all of my reminding and correcting, you still can't get the "tomato soup" story right! :D My wife just read your version and said "That man has it all wrong", but we were laughing anyway...
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    Sticky: Powerhead timeline .....

    Yes, I think I can give you a timeline .....

    Team Mercury started running the Twister in the later part of 1970. The Twister was really just the 1350 direct charge powerhead that they had been...
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    Sticky: The picture .....

    I believe the boat in the picture was built to be a twin engine rig for Renato to run in special events, I think it was about a 20'er. The brain trust at Merc decided to use a different approach for...
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    Sticky: Ray Block .....

    Gene, is this the Ray Block Wing? It is the one I remember pairing with Earl Welch as we discussed.

    http://i42.tinypic.com/140euye.jpg
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    Sticky: Ray Block .....

    Gene, I received a photo from mbd29 of the black Wing with the six pipe powerheads that I was talking about. This is the boat that seemed to always pit and test...
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    Sticky: Ray Bloch .....

    There weren't many 6 pipe Wings, so I'm pretty sure I know the boat you are talking about. Rick, you may recall quite some time ago we were talking about who ran Wings back in the day and I mentioned...
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    Sticky: Ray Block .....

    Were the engines 6 piper's? Was Ray a good friend of Earl Welch? Earl drove a gold/white Wing with 6 piper's. Thought his engine work was also done at Quincy? ..... #T-111 I think for Earl's Wing.
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    Sticky: Just like Johnny Cash.....

    You could order the T2 in any color you wanted.....however, it only dressed in black.
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    Parker 68.....

    Boy, I missed that one a ton! Maybe 67 had only one outboard in the top ten?

    Thank you, that's what Gene wanted to know. He and Bill Sirois drove Lonnie Todd's Wing that year. Then he bought it,...
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    Parker results.....

    Hi Ron, Gene is looking for the top 10 from 1968. McCormick's Howard hull won in 69, Merten was 2nd overall, first outboard. I'd guess the results would be in a Powerboat from about May or June...
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    Parker results.....

    Gene Lanham is looking for the official results, listing the top 10 at Parker, 1968. I checked my stuff and can't find them and was wondering if one of you old salts might be able to post them here.
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    Paris.....

    Sorry to say that I don't remember that particular "little excursion". However, I do recall that sometime later, back in the states, he was talking about all the hot water he was in because he had...
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    Race summarys.....

    If memory serves, that race recap you posted was something that Molly Ballou used to do for Mercury after the Havasu and Parker races. I remember them now that you've posted one, I had forgotten all...
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    I can help you with that.....

    I remember the Morgan City race, had never been there before and was really looking forward to seeing that part of the country. After we got settled in our hotel rooms, a few of us went out to see...
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    Aaaaaaaa, another memory maker.....

    First, a small correction.....you should always tell boat racing stories, especially when they are as entertaining as that one. I have a bunch of Nautical Inn memories, just can't talk about most of...
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    Glad to hear that.....

    Your question to T2x was "how in the world can you think what you stated was any better" and I got to thinking that maybe you were comparing it to something I had said. I did write that T2x was just...
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    No worries mate.....

    There's no bickering here.....Ron simply said that while Team Merc was blowing over a bunch of boats, OMC took the first three places at Parker in 1972.....therefore proving his hypothesis that OMC...
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    Ron, you better take a long look at that picture...

    Ron, you better take a long look at that picture of the Mercury lineup at Miami again. I count ten.....seems to me that means the best you would have been able to accomplish is 11th :p Seriously,...
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    :DLOL:D.....That is a Great shot.....sure can't...

    :DLOL:D.....That is a Great shot.....sure can't get blamed for letting any secrets out of the bag when you test like that. You need to send that to Jackie Wilson, tell him that when we were counting...
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    okay.....the story behind the photo

    This photo is from the Miami 225, scheduled for February 1972. Unfortunately Miami had small craft #2 warnings that day and the race was cancelled, but there is a story about the photo just the same....
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    Tinker and stuff.....

    If I were Tinker, I'd tell his version of that story too.....after all, there are damn few of us left that can call him on it. You're telling me that Tinker thinks he can still drive.....what a...
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    Miss BK, info for your photo file.....

    The boat in your picture is a lightweight 21' Glastron/Molinari that Mercury Racing had asked Glastron to build for them. No one was thinking about an "all singles" race format at the time this was...
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