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**Master Oil Racing Team** · 09-20-2005

Gene--The full frame has Wayne Walgrave to your right, but I hoped you could tell me who it was on your left. I cropped the photo and left Wayne out because it was such a poor photograph. I looked all through my stuff when you first joined and that's all I have found so far. I will send you one with Wayne in it if you will E mail me where to send it. If you don't know who it is to your left, I hope someone can tell us. If we find out I will send him a photo too. (If he is a member of BRF.

**Gene East** · 09-21-2005

Wayne asked for some funny racing stories. I like telling this story about Jerry Waldman.
On occasion, We would haul a boat or two on our trailer for Jerry and he would meet us and stay in our motel room.
The year he won A,B,C&D Hydro at DePue Jerry came to Quincy and hosted a dinner at the best restaurant in town for all the Quincy crew and our wives.
Jerry was sitting next to my wife and our waitress got their drinks mixed up.
She was very apologetic fearing she had just blown a nice tip.
Jerry really messed with her mind by telling her "It's OK if I drink her drink. I sleep with her husband".
True,I've shared a room with Jerry, but I've never shared a bed with him . He liked to sleep in the nude. Jerry was my friend but I'm not THAT friendly!
I sure do miss him as I'm sure we all do. but we'll meet him again some day on Lake Paradise.

**Gene East** · 09-21-2005

Wayne,
My email is geast@adams.net
My mailing adress is:
4404 Cedar Ridge Drive
Quincy,Il 62305

I have no qualms about posting this info. boat racers are not harrassers. I welcome messages from any one out there

**Master Oil Racing Team** · 09-22-2005

I've been putting all my negative, transparencies and photos in heavy plastic bags. Soon as Rita is gone and we get back to normal, I'll put something together for you.

**Gene East** · 09-22-2005

You guys stay safe and dry down there in Texas and Louisiana. Our thoughts and prayers are with you!

**racnbns** · 09-22-2005

Hi Gene:
Fill in the details on this one. Waldman's 44 or six. your on the rope, engine kicks back [most of us get pulled to the engine]but Gene pulls the rig right off the starting stand. How bout it Gene?
Bruce Summers
V-71

**Dr. Thunder** · 09-22-2005

Hope this works and the boys over at the "Pit Stop" don't mind ... link to a fascinating post ...

http://b4.boards2go.com/boards/board...=swampcridders

**Gene East** · 09-23-2005

Bruce,
It's all in the wrists!!!

**Gene East** · 10-30-2005

Wayne,
This story is about Paul Christner AKA Looper 1.
Paul came into his own after enduring all kinds of loving abuse from the guys at Quincy Welding.
Paul was the baby of the Christner family and at times he could be a pain as he was growing up. He was often the subject of practical jokes by all of us. Chris never said anything to us. Paul was always blamed for the little scrapes he got into at the shop. Chris never said anything to us.
Probably the worst thing we did to him happened at DePue when he was about 15.
Paul wanted to help in the pits at this race and Chris told him he'd have to clear it with me since I was crew chief. I told Paul he'd have to get a haircut. His hair wasn't really that long by today's standards, but Jim Schoch, Mark Hummelsheim and I all had flat tops. Jack McGrury had short hair as well. Paul agreed to those conditions however he showed up at the races with his Beatles style hair cut.
The next thing I knew,Jim, Mark, and Jack had Paul pinned down on the bottem of the trailer with tin snips in hand. Fearing they would really butcher his hair I took the tin snips away from them and cut one small lock of hair underneath where it wouldn't show too badly.
A shot time later as I was busy working in the pits I was approached by a police officer asking to see my barbers license.
Before I could explain what had happened the cop said "I don't care if you shave his *** and make him walk backwards. Just leave him alone so I can watch the races".
That's just one of the dirty tricks we pulled on Paul. He certainly paid his dues even though he was the boss' son. It's a wonder he even talks to us guys these days.