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    Quote Originally Posted by racingfan1 View Post
    Just wanted to say THANK YOU to all who stopped by and shared a story about past races at DePue and the kind words about the books. I appreciate it. It is your history , I just want to preserve it.


    Dale:

    As one of the winners of the 1100 Runabout "simulated"(big laugh here, that was about as good a two man runabout race as I have seen lately) race during Sunday's intermission, you should be much more appreciative of the history of racing at DePue that you have put together.

    Just imagine 12 of these hitting the starting line with the big heavy iron on the transom and side by side seating that made them a handful and really brought home the description of "two man" runabout.

    Eileen and I were wondering how much money you had to put in the pot to assure getting a ride, and KUDO's to whoever came up with the idea. What a great way to express USTS thanks for all the Men's Club and Village of DePue have done for PRO racing over the years, and add some cash to the Men's Club treasury.

    Also many thanks for the superb job you have done with keeping the DePue boat racing history alive, and I am sure the ride you got Sunday was the topping on the ice cream and cake. I was not close enough to see, but Eileen said you had a grin on your face that was from ear to ear and that was after the helmet came off. If you have any photos' please post them.

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    How I wish it was me Bill but it was my oldest brother Dave who got to take the ride , we kind of look alike. But if given the opportunity I would certainly do it.

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    Quote Originally Posted by racingfan1 View Post
    How I wish it was me Bill but it was my oldest brother Dave who got to take the ride , we kind of look alike. But if given the opportunity I would certainly do it.

    Well, as I said, I was not close enough to see when Dave came in that is was not you, and since Eileen must have misunderstood "Dale" for"Dave" ( her hearing is going also from yelling at me all the time) and I did not hear the PA announcement as to who it was, it was an easy mistake for her to make. Like you said, perhaps next year.

    It still was a great idea to build interest, and to thank the DePue citizens for all their years of support of the race.

    Additionally that still does not take away from what you are doing with the DePue history, and by association, PRO history for those years. We all who have competed or crewed there for those who competed, owe you thanks for that.

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    Mother nature is trying to help out with Asian carp problem at Lake DePue.

    http://newstrib.com/main.asp?Section...rticleID=31109

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    Great news on the Asian carp kill. 100 bow fishermen couldn't dream of such success. The great part is such a low count on game fish. Wish there were more big heads in the kill count. As far as the stink is concerned, that will go away in time.

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    I am going to start posting more DePue PRO Nationals information. Does anyone have any requests for any certain years ??????

    Also , I never did get a reply on post #19. Certainly some body must remember who drove the H-10 rig that is in that picture. It has to be pre-1961 as it appeared in the 1961 Nationals program.
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    Been making some trips to the local libraries and collecting more local newspaper articles and pictures to post with new and old threads. Look for them soon.

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    If you are coming to DePue this year stop by the tent where Ray announces the races from on Wednesday and Thursday and refresh your memory on the 40 years of Alky/PRO Nationals on Lake DePue. Include are various programs , race results , old heat sheets , Propeller articles , Hydroplane Quarterly articles and local newspaper articles. Thanks to everybody who has helped me in this endeavor.
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    I don't know who H-10 is/was, but his engine is one you won't see in many photographs, a cross-flow B Konig. I didn't start racing until 1965, by which time the loop-scavenged FB Konig had long-since replaced the deflector B's, so the only one of the old motors I ever saw on a racecourse belonged to Bill Myers, a wonderful guy then in his fifties, J-Dub's grandpa. For a time he ran it on a C Stock Charleton hydro, the only Charleton that ever made up here to Reg. 10, so the whole rig was quite a novelty, if not very fast.

    Can one of you really old fellers tell me how well the best of those early cross-flow Konigs (there was also a 3-cylinder C motor) did against the alky deflector Mercs? Who built pipes for them? I do know that Turner sold pistons for them.

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    I remember B and C stock Konig stocks in Canada c. 1965. That engine looks like them.

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