OPC Photos

[Master Oil Racing Team]

Thanks Miss BK. How about IDing these.

[Smokin' Joe]

Don is your father-in-law!?

Great pics, Wayne~

1. #85 is Louis Collins in his white 16' Allison (not sure who is on the inside)

2. Not sure (could be Mike Cullen???)

3. woman (unknown)

4. #1223 Darrell Beaullier

5. #233 Could either be Sam Rochelle or Don Gautier (my father in law, Louis Collins bought this boat from Sam later)

[Smokin' Joe]

That's not Ed's wife, but she was also very good looking (one could say that she was extremely good looking, but Ed might not like to hear that!).

The white SE boat is Ed Caudill from the dallas area I think.

[Master Oil Racing Team]

Joe..Louis Collins is her father-in-law. She married to his son Brad. Don was at the Lone Star reunion with Tommy Posey and their wives.

[Smokin' Joe]

Wayne, thanks for straightening me out! I saw Louis first time since 1985 at the AOMCI meet at Kingsland in Oct., then visited him and his wife the next day. Meatball Murray told me to call him beforehand, and I think this conversation ought to go down in history (I didn't identify myself beforehand:
'ring'
(Louis' wife answers, I don't tell her my name)
Louis: 'Yeah?'
Joe: 'You still cuttin' off anyone who tries to pass you on the outside?'
Louis (without hesitation): 'Much as I can.'
Joe: 'Then how about a Big Boy (Shonies)?'
Louis: 'That sounds better.'

It wasn't necessary to say my name, he knew me from the start, even after 24 years. I think it was Louis who coined the nickname 'Smokin' Joe' in 1977.

The mold for my 'bass boat' shown below was from an experinental XR-14 that Louis traded back to Darris Allison for a 20' boat for Havasu in 1979. I set the EP record with my XR-14 (I 'd towed both boats to Waco with Louis' van and double-deck traiuler in 1978) after setting the EP record in Waco in 1980. The 'fishing boat' runs 41.5 mph 2-way avg., also over 41 mph upwind, with a rebuilt 1983 35. It's not a König but it's fun, especially with tiller handle!

Joe..Louis Collins is her father-in-law. She married to his son Brad. Don was at the Lone Star reunion with Tommy Posey and their wives.