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    Ron, I Was A Kid At Canton Or Akron And There Was A Twin Tunnel Racing There With Twins. And In The Final Of The Big Boy Race, Two Brothers Stepped Up In A Round Bottom With A Single..they Hit The Clock Perfect And Beat Everyone To The First Turn But Barrell Rolled And Switzer Or Some One In A Twin Tunnel Ran Right Over The Top Of Them.. We All Thought They Would Be Killed Or Cut Up Real Bad.. It Seemed Like An Eternity But They Popped Up And Were Unhurt.. Their Boat Was Torn In Half And Went To The Bottom. See If I Am Right And That Was Bobby..the Lake That The Race Was At Had A Point That Stuck Out And There Was A Tree There And You Could Stand There And Get Water Thrown On You From Guys Going By.. Jerry Rinker

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    Quote Originally Posted by Sea Bat View Post
    I remember racing on Meyers Lake in Early 60's. I believe it was a TROA race. My brother Bert lost his "A" lower unit and prop in the lake during that race. That kinda finished his short racing career. We were from Lorain, OH and my APBA boat numbers were 14S and 16S.

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    Bill.....thinking that Akron Outboard ran most of them but Three Rivers
    might have done a couple there as well. There were some pictures of
    you posted a year or two ago on BRF and didn't remember you but
    got ahold of Jack and Joan Brewster and they filled me in on who you
    were......I was pretty young then and didn't pay close enough attention
    to those that I didn't race with every weekend.
    They had two races there in '66 and I raced ASR,ASH, and BSR. Boat
    numbers were 15-S in the A's and 55-S in the B. Still have a waist
    high trophy that I won the last time I raced there......was the "Mort
    Brown Special Trophy" (commodore of Akron Outboard at the time)
    for the winner of the class with the most boats in it (ASR). I currently
    live about three miles from the lake and can't pass it without it
    bringing back very pleasant memories from days gone by.

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    Quote Originally Posted by ELMER View Post
    Ron, I Was A Kid At Canton Or Akron And There Was A Twin Tunnel Racing There With Twins. And In The Final Of The Big Boy Race, Two Brothers Stepped Up In A Round Bottom With A Single..they Hit The Clock Perfect And Beat Everyone To The First Turn But Barrell Rolled And Switzer Or Some One In A Twin Tunnel Ran Right Over The Top Of Them.. We All Thought They Would Be Killed Or Cut Up Real Bad.. It Seemed Like An Eternity But They Popped Up And Were Unhurt.. Their Boat Was Torn In Half And Went To The Bottom. See If I Am Right And That Was Bobby..the Lake That The Race Was At Had A Point That Stuck Out And There Was A Tree There And You Could Stand There And Get Water Thrown On You From Guys Going By.. Jerry Rinker

    Jerry.....have been to both lakes but can only remember a point like you
    are talking about at Meyers Lake. That is not saying there wasn't something
    like that similar at Akron but just don't remember it. Know that I missed
    that wreck if it were at Meyers Lake.....surely would have remembered
    that one ! I have several good photos of me racing there that were taken
    from that vantage point by Fred Eckert.

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    Think the wreck is still at the bottom of the lake? I don't know if they recovered it or how deep it is there. Smitty

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    Can someone post pics boats running at Myers lake and/or any Akron Lakes. Remember going to these as a kid and still remember one boat. "Catch it if you Can". Thanks. Smitty

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    Default Bobby Switzer Talks about 1967

    Somewhere here on BRF is my story of Bobby winning the 1953 Winnebagoland Marathon and also winning the 1952 D Runabout Nationals, thanks to my dad.

    Bobby stopped by my shop, maybe 12 years ago, he had appointments, but we talked and we talked...two hours later he left.....saying, "Your dad was a gentleman".

    My dad had disqualified Bobby in the 1953 Winnebagoland Marathon.

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