Miami match race of Champions 1975

[brichter]

I remember watching this race on TV, nationally televised on wide world of sports.
Billy Schumacher was 1st,
Geoff Briggs was 2nd,
Roger Jenkins was 3rd,
Jimbo was somewhere in the pack?
Can any one provide the rest of the list, even if not in order?

[Lars Strom]

The Race of Champions at the Miami Marine Stadium 1975 by Bill Muncey

http://svera.se/blogg/the-race-of-ch...y-bill-muncey/

[calvin]

Are any of the boats still around?

[brichter]

Are any of the boats still around?

Jimbo had one, put Molinari cowls on it and campaigned it as a Mod 50.........I believe it survived and someone in Canada has it.

[Ron Hill]

I'll see Jimbo next week, but don't think the Molinari that went to Canada was one of these boats.

Very cool concept....too bad no one but Bill Muncey could see the potential!

[stinger]

Who was the designer/builder of those boats?Seebold?

[peterse90]

Are any of the boats still around?

The race was in November of 1975, I doubt any of these boats would still be around, too bad.

There were 17 hulls made for the Race of Champions. Even before the first elimination heat began 2 hulls were damaged, the one driven by Barry Woods was damaged pretty bad, the other was patched and could have returned if needed. During the final 10 lap race, one boat rolled or blew over (Mickey Remund).

In addition to the 17 Seebold hulls made for The Race of Champions, I wonder how many more Seebold SE hulls were made for the Jeff Brown turn-key SE boat promotion (picture attached)? Could some of the R. of C. hulls have found there way over to the Jeff Brown deal??

I know Seebold made a few more SE hulls that were not part of either of these programs. The one I had was one they built with experimental sponson bottoms that were actually concaved. I don't think they made many like this as mine was pretty fast in a straight but did not turn as well as the regular angled sponson bottoms. If you look hard you can see the different shape on my sponsons.

Jimbo did have a Seebold SE hull that he raced in MOD 50. It had Velden cowlings on it but it was a Seebold hull. He raced it here in Canada a few times in the late 70's.

[brichter]

Here is an old Evinrude ad with some info on the match race.

[brichter]

The race was in November of 1975, I doubt any of these boats would still be around, too bad.

There were 17 hulls made for the Race of Champions. Even before the first elimination heat began 2 hulls were damaged, the one driven by Barry Woods was damaged pretty bad, the other was patched and could have returned if needed. During the final 10 lap race, one boat rolled or blew over (Mickey Remund).

In addition to the 17 Seebold hulls made for The Race of Champions, I wonder how many more Seebold SE hulls were made for the Jeff Brown turn-key SE boat promotion (picture attached)? Could some of the R. of C. hulls have found there way over to the Jeff Brown deal??

I know Seebold made a few more SE hulls that were not part of either of these programs. The one I had was one they built with experimental sponson bottoms that were actually concaved. I don't think they made many like this as mine was pretty fast in a straight but did not turn as well as the regular angled sponson bottoms. If you look hard you can see the different shape on my sponsons.

Jimbo did have a Seebold SE hull that he raced in MOD 50. It had Velden cowlings on it but it was a Seebold hull. He raced it here in Canada a few times in the late 70's.

Yep, the Seebold with Velden cowls that Jimbo ran at the '76 Nats in Dayton was one of these match racers. He won Mod 90 that day.