Raceboat and Switzer Wings

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Here you are Ron ----- C U finals at this race Boat # 1 C

[Ron Hill]

Interesting...Stan Armstrong won C Hydro that year, as its turned out his only National Championships...

Walter Huhn...from California...His son is in the heating and air conditioning business and has been working doing the electrical on our remodel...

As I recall, Don Pontius ran a 13 foot Speedliner and he could flat turn only as Donny Ponitus could...Seems there were many gun jumps in CU... My Cu wasn't fast. I borrowed a Cary prop from Lee Sutter and I took my bow handle off for CU...It weight a pound and way up front on a 13 foot Du, it thought it was faster without the handle.

They ran CU on Monday morning, and I'd burned all the AMOCO gas my dad had gotten from Jane Smith.

I'd gotten second in DU, with a one heat win, after five restarts, of which I was leading everytime...

Dean Chenoweth, said, "I never jumped once. That my starts were perfect." He wasn't racing Stocks but he'd come to the Nationals...It meant a lot to me to have Dean Chenoweth tell me he didn't feel I'd jumped...No cameras...Without a camera, you are either late or you've jumped...

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Guntersville, Alabama, 1961: DU results

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DU results: Guntersville, Alabama 1961

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A S H finals beloit wisconsin. Note future APBA president Mike Jones boat# 7R

[Ron Hill]

I thought I got second with a one heat win...but maybe, the five restarts, when I was leading...is when Dean said I hadn't jumped....and he didn't see a reason for a restart...

Pontius in a Sid Craft...

In 1961 he had new Sea Jay...12 footer in CU and a 13 footer for DU...he won both classes..

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B S H finals Guntersville, Alabama 1961.

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CSH Finals: Guntersville, Alabama 1961

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D S H finals Guntersville, Alabama, 1961

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Class 36 Finals Guntersville, Alabama, 1961