More Than 40 Entries...

**Ron Hill** · 10-20-2006

Six Divisions, more than 40 boats...

Avila's "Warpath" is a twin engine V Hull (Maybe a Marty Wells hull), Ski Racer and his Bernico is a single Blown V Hull..

John Lane has a NEW STOKER, center steering...Owned by John Roth, of Intgeral Products.

V-8 Johnson is Division V...

Weather is perfect...

It is going to be a RACE!!!

**Ron Hill** · 10-20-2006

Fred Bowden says it is easy to find BMB Storage in Parker, dial 411!!!! (Actual number is 928-667-7094)

Thanks for the support on boat NUMBER 34.....

Top pictures is Roger Carr and Fred Bowden, the Ledgen, with the red hat...

**Ron Hill** · 10-20-2006

More...

Greg Foster may still show up...Just got off the phone with him and I'm in the LIBRARY at Parker...

Jimmy Harris is here helping.....Well, he was giving our crew wives and girls friends boat raides in his new 29 Warlock.....And he may drive 077....."Gold Finger"...

Scott March from Chicago and Ted March of BRF is here from New Jersey.

Lifeline's big rig is here...

Bob and Rob Dvine's boat is the checkered GN... Ted Kolby's Body Snatcher is here...Dave Rankin and his brother are running ....

People I don't know who are are racing...

I saw a DIESEL POWERED FLAT BOTTOM COME IN AS I WAS LEAVING THE PITS...WAY COOL!!!!

Three spare gearcases should be enough..

Harris takes the parachute off my jacket to put on his GOLF CART!!!!

We'll have a race....See ya!!!

**Moneypit** · 10-22-2006

OK, all this hype and no reports, sheeeesh, you'd think someone knows something...........I heard a whacker won it, true/false????..........MP

**Ron Hill** · 10-22-2006

Chad Hill and Pat Bowman lead wire to wire, 60 laps in The Blue Waster Casino 300 Enduro...

It was BMB Storage of Parker that sponsored the winning OUTBOARD...a V-6 Mercury

Second overall, and Division V winner was John Lane and John Roth, in a Stoker SST powered by a Mercury V-6. (Boat number 48)...

Third Overall was Jason Miller, who was also so, first in Division IV, Mercury V-6 V Hull.

Top three drivers also race 45 SST Tunnel boats.

Fourth Overall and second in Division V was John Soares in a Baker Tunnel
powered by a Mercury V-6...

Not sure where the 124 boat finished, overall, but he was second Division IV, Greg Foster and Mark Durham in the Terrible Herbst, number 19, Mercury V-6 powered V Hull was third Division IV and somewhere in the top ten....

Schiada boat number 17, may have won Division VI, the driver was thrown from his boat with two laps to go, he's ok, and may still have been a top ten finisher...

007 Finished second to P-24 in Division I...

And I honestly don't recall what anyone did in Division III but break...Marrone, Gritch, Kolby....I know all broke something

So, if a "WACKER" in an Outboard, the outboards took about 7-8 of the top ten...

Thanks to Fred Bowden....and BMB Storage or we'd never have made the race...Thanks to Steven and Lane Curry....for working like hell for weekend...Lane mixed gas during most of the race...Jay Hautabaugh wrenched on the motor all day Friday and Saturday...And Fred Bowden, drove the truck PERFECTLY.....plus was a constant "COACH"....Steven Curry kep a lap total so we knew where we were..
Scott March came from Chicago to help...He ground our water scoops so we got water.. His dad, and my BRF partner, Ted March came from New Jersey to help all weekend, too... Ted has been coming to Parker since 1981, and this is first Parker he's seen us win...He's seen us bust a lot of suff, before...They called the old 9 Hour, a Destruction Derby....

Cory Hill, Chad's wife, scored the entire race....

Chad finished assembling this motor on Wednesday night...by 4:30 Friday night, we still had no water pressure...Pat Bowman had spent two solid weeks getting the boat in shape to race.

Everything at "The Well Oilded Machine, That IS CHAD HILL RACING" went exactly as we planned, once the race started....Maybe, I should say it went like we dreamed it...

And, Yes, when Chad came across the line as winner of the Blue Water Casino 300......Like Fred Hauenstein and I had done in 1978....Yes, people saw me wipe tears from my eyes...I knew how much Chad and Pat wanted to win...Pat has been going to the Enduro since he was about 5...

Breaking down while leading last year was a heart breaker...Then, with all our bad luck this year, I didn't want them to race...I told Pat and Chad I didn't have he money to sponsor them....and I really didn't like them running so fast...why don't we pass this year??? Chad called Fred Bowden for sponsorship and told me that he'd run Division II, with no nose cone, so he'd be slower and faster...Chad's wife, sister and dad agreed with the slower speed division... Planning to win Division II, not even thinking of winning Overall...

Thanks to Tim Soares for telling us, on Saturday aftenoon, we should get water at the height we were, and thanks to John Roth and John Lane for telling us we didn't have a "Dry Pipe".....We didn't know if we had enough water, until....

Completed the first two laps......

Thanks again to John Roth for loaning us a tuner and mid section.... And to John Lane for "Finding" the tuner and mid section so John Roth could loan it to loan us...

Roth and Lane we going to make three pit stops, Chad talked them into making only two....by using their side tanks...and this two pit stops, helped them a lot.....as they came within two laps of winning.

Thanks also, to Jenny Lane, John's wife, for being so nice to Cory as she was scoring....and being nice all the time!!!

Thanks to volunteers, Jim Harris and Sid Castle, who patrolled all day......all day..

No pictures too busy worrying to take pictures...Pat Bowman's girl friend took more than 500, maybe some will get posted...

ADD: We sure looked good, for Powerboat Magazine's picture of the winners, all wearing RED California Gold...Fred Bowden "T" Shirts....Fred took off his shoes to pose for the picture...(He didn't want to get his shoes wet...).

Thanks, three million, Diane Bowden, for the WONDERFUL dinner for our crew, on Friday night....

**racer98** · 10-22-2006

Chad, Pat & Ron congrats on the win!!!

I'll bet you don't even remember all that last minute late night wrenching now.

**sst45jefff** · 10-23-2006

Congrats guys, It is great when everything comes togethere.

**MAXIMUS** · 10-23-2006

Congradulations Ron! You guys did great! We look forward to taking another swing at it next year!

**skater28** · 10-23-2006

Congratulations!! You guys ran a flawless race. Can't wait till next year.

Jon Roth #48

**bowman** · 10-23-2006

Well....

Last week as I was sitting in the shop full of fiberglass shavings I never thought we would be the first across the line. I want to thank so many people for all that they have done for me.

First is Chad Hill for not only being a great FRIEND, but for the second year letting me give him a break and driving the #34 boat for almost 100 miles. Chad you are a great friend and look forward to many more years of racing with you.

Next is Ron Hill for all the support and coaching he has given me with boats. Ron Thanks so much for all you have done.

Fred Bowden and BMB storage for the sponsorship!!

Steven and Lane Curry for all the support, Lane sorry you did not see more of the race. (He spent most of the race in the trailer as the mad scientist mixing fuel.)

Corey Hill for scoring.

Scott and Ted March as well as Jay for the support in the pits as this is not possible without them.

I hope to see all of you next year for another SAFE race in Parker. Thanks for the dream come true.

Pat Bowman