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    Thanks everybody for the answers and excuseme for my english...
    I hope you understand...

    Mintominto your reply it's very important.

    Behind the pics (boat n.87) some times ago I wrote:
    Johnny Sanders / Barry Briggs with three ???
    I don't know why Barry ?? You confirm that is Geoff ?

    Tom Posey ('75) in the Cormorant boat... is possible.
    In Paris '76 Posey drove a Molinari hull with Bob Hering and
    always with a Johnson engine.

    J.Millward with J.Peverelle co-driver and builder. OK I can
    definitively to file the photo.

    Other 2 pics (Paris '76) and other 2 questions:

    Didier Josseaume (with Cormorant boat)
    the british co-driver is.....

    John Hill (OE Molinari boat)
    the co-driver is....

    Thanks again
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    Nice pictures again Roberto, don't worry about the English I am understanding
    you perfectly well.

    The British co-driver for Didier Josseaume in 1976 was Steve Pinson.

    John Hill's co-driver in the Molinari OE was another British racer named Tony Williams.

    I have a few old magazine reports containing information on these events. I will try and find them to see if it helps clear up the Briggs and Tom Posey question marks. Got a feeling the Sanders/Briggs Molinari boat might in fact be a Stippich, a Molinari copy built in Wisconsin USA. Hopefully some of the folk on this site may be able to confirm that.

    Great seeing some of these old boats, please keep the pictures coming.

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    Mintominto

    I've these photos (in stand-by) from 1990 and now with your resarch
    I can file definitively in the archive.

    It's intersting the hystory of the Molinari copy built in USA.
    The official Molinari boats of '76 was different and had a Mercury engine.

    I wait confident in your ability to resolve the other "problems".

    Thank you.

    In the next days I will post other pics.

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    Other 2 pics (Paris 1975)

    The first
    ON Van der Velden / B.Woods (Velden boat - Molinari Copy)
    OE Derek Rundle and co-driver ........... ?? (boat Milesmaster)

    The second
    OE R.Jenkins and co-driver............... ?? (boat............?? Clerici??)

    Thank you

    Roberto
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    Hi Roberto,

    The Velden was so close to the Molinari it was nicknamed "Veldenari".

    Sorry just can't remember or find who partnered Derek Rundle in the OE. You were right about the boat being a Milesmaster.

    Again I can't find who shared the drive with Roger Jenkins but the boat is listed as a Burgess.

    There is no mention of either Rundle or Jenkins after the 2nd hour in the magazine reports I have. Only the top 3 placings are shown for each class in the results so I have no idea how far they actually made it in the race. If for example some competitors retired early in the event it is possible some drivers never got a chance to take the wheel.

    What makes things even more complicated is it seems some drivers were able to change boats midway through the event. Tom Percival shared the driving with American Lee Sutter during Paris 1976. They worked their way into a leading positon but Mercury decided to replace Lee Sutter with Bob Spalding for the last 90 minute stint. Spalding had previously been paired with Earl Bentz but they were already out of the running with a holed boat.

    The rules and regulations concerning drivers entered in specific boats certainly seems very relaxed in comparison to modern day endurance motor racing events.

    Double checked and article mentions Geoff Briggs several times on the 1976 report. He also partnered Jimbo McConnell in 1975 at Paris driving a Scotti/Evinrude V6.

    In 1976 Angelo Vassena had an Italian co-driver named VALDATA. They finished 2nd in the OE Class driving a Clerici/Evinrude outfit. Do you happen to know the full name of the co-driver or have a photo of the boat in your collection?

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    I found this article in the January 1977 issue of Powerboat and Waterskiing. Tom Percival mentioned the duo of Beker and Fountain coming in second. Who is Beker? Could it be Gunter Beker?
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    Mintominto

    like as usual your research it's very good.

    If Jenkins and Rundle don't finish the race and if the magazine, of course,
    don't report the names of the team retired, only Jenkins and Rundle,
    maybe, can remember the names of the co-drivers.

    "Veldenari"... yes I read the complete history of this boat on a beautifull
    book wrote by Kevin Desmond. I remember that I was very young but I see
    this boat in Boretto Po (1975) for an ON European Championship.
    Velden make a flip at first start.

    Incredible history (Percival - Sutter) (Spalding - Bentz) I've the pics where
    it's possible to read the names of the drivers in the boat but I don't know nothing about the change !!

    The complete name is: Gabriele Valdata, if i've the photo I will post...
    and I will post other pics.

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    Master Oil R.T. - I think it was Philipp Becker... but Reggie Fountain in Paris
    6 h. of '76 ran with Renato Molinari
    I make a research

    Roberto

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    Master Oil Racing

    Thanks for posting the Percival article, how do you manage to get it big enough to read on here?

    Having read a few different articles on these events I've seen various spellings for Beker but never seen a christian name. I just can't tell if the various spellings are diffrent people or just type errors. I suspect type errors are the problem as the same articles contain names like Jeff Briggs and Roger Jenskins.

    I seem to remember a German Gunter Beker/Becker running a Konig V6 on a Burgess OE cat during the mid 1970's, I suspect this is who you are referring to.

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    Yes Mintominto that's the Becker I was referring to. I first met him in Berlin in 1976, and I didn't think it was him at the Paris 6 hour, but I never heard of any other Becker/Beker before.

    As far as sizing the article, I just use JPEG and change the longest side to 1000 when its a full page magazine article. When it is columns of different lengths I have problems getting the sizes right so they match. Also, I usually increase the brightness and contrast both to help with readability, but when photos are also included you have to be careful because you may create too much contrast. So sometimes it comes out too light



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    Here's a few pics. Gunther Becker, his boat and Roger Jenkins. Berlin 1977.
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