Dale,
What kind of things are you looking for?
Dale,
What kind of things are you looking for?
Anything in relation to the Nationals at DePue. Heat sheets , final results sheets , propeller magazines articles , videos or photos that you could copy , etc. I am trying to compile a racing history of Lake DePue. Like I said in the past , I never intent to profit from anything I ever display. I just believe that Lake DePue has played an important part in boat racing and the history should be saved.
1907............Did Bill Kurps throw that C Service in from being there??????????? And winning???????????? Good stuff to come..............and just kidding, Bill.
Charley Bradley
Early in 1966, Carl Meyers bought a new DeSilva A-B Runabout and a Quincy Loop "A". He decided I should drive it for him, so by August or late July, we headed for DePue.
When we got to DePue we went into a little bar, and beers were 5 cents. I bought a dollar's worth. I felt like a "BIG SPENDER".
Ralph and Billy DeSilva told us we needed to see 70 MPH to be in the race. So, I test, ten gallons of "ALKY" through that "LOOPER". We got the 70 MPH mark. In the qualifer I was leading by a half lap, when a rod broke and I flipped.
After I dried out, I went up to eat some corn, as DePue corn wa th best I ever ate. Two ears for 25 cents. AS I was eating my two ears, Johnny Woods (John Riner Woods from St. Louis) walked up next to me, eating corn also. He just said, "Be sure an chew your corn." We just looked at each other and started laughing like crazy men. 47 years later, every time I eat corn I always announce to everyone, "Be sure and chew your corn."
That October, on Carl's Hill Runabout, I broke the A Runabout KILO Record of a little over 70 MPH.
In 1967, I borrow Max McPeeks, 30" BOTTOM 90 pound A Stock Runabout and ran Carl's Looper (Owned by Harry Bartolomei, now). won my qualifer and first final heat. But the rings went away in the second, after leading for 2 and half laps, and Jerry Siminson beat me.
Lou Simon and my dad re ringed that motor, Saturday and finished 4th in A Hydro the next day in my D Sid Craft.
My last DePue racing effort was 1969...
Thanks for the recollection Ron and thanks for moving the other two threads here. The reason for the sweet corn being so good is Del Monte has a processing plant in Mendota IL which is about 30 miles from DePue. That may be where that sweet corn came from but I will have to check with some of the more mature folk back in DePue as I was a bit young back in those days.
My program collection is almost complete. If anyone has a 1965 , 1970 , 1992 or 1999 program that they may be willing to part with please let me know and maybe we can work something out. I have some other things to post from 1965 and 1970 but I would like to follow my format and start the post with some of the program pages.
I would like to thank the guys and gals who have helped me collect all the information I have posted already.
Thanks to Wayne Baldwin , John Schubert , R.C. Hawie , Bruce Summers , the Augustines, Bob Rusnak and anyone one else I may have forgotten.
Also a thank you to Ron Hill for having a place for people to go to keep the history alive.
If any one is interested I do have duplicates of the following years programs. If you need one please send me a pm and I will send it to you : 1972 - this one is in a ring binder , the 1984 Title series program , 1985 , an 1986 but not in the best condition , 1987 ok condition , 1988 in bad condition , 1990 not so good , 1991 bit rough , 1994 , 1996 , 2008 , 2010 , 2011 , and 2012.
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