Originally Posted by
Ron Hill
My dad and Major "Red" Thomas had become great friends. Red has a DSH, DU, BU and AU. His D's were junk boats and junk engines. His BU was a new 20-H and fast, his "A" he burned up every race in 1954, til the Divisionals. My dad discovered the water pump on the bushing cones motor, had no blades.
Anyway, Red won the Divisionals in California dn he and my dad went to the Nationals together.
I did go to the 1954 and 1955 Winnebagoland Marathons.
The best story from DePere: Jimmy Jost, some kind of a "BIG SHOT" in APBA was going out to patrol the Nationals in a Dumphy and new Mercury and he was sitting 4-5 cases of beer. My dad said, "Jimmy you can't take alcohol out on the course." Jimmy said, "Russ, this is beer." After a short argument, Jost went out to patrol without beer.
Over they years we laughed about that often.
I was 1o in 1954.
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