Dan Pigott

[Danny Pigott]

This is Ralph Donald's 175 Hydro at Jesup this past weekend. They had one of tha best Local PRO races I have seen in a long time. PRO boats came from NY.- Mass. Conn. Wis. GA. FL. an Ohio.

[Allen J. Lang]

Wayne- When I ran stocks in the 60s, I had a Gentex which I did like. My helmet was a AF surplus jet fighter helmet. That fit me well. The problem with the Gentex was when I dumped in the salt water of Long Island NY, the collar was loaded with small jelly fish. Yes, they do sting somewhat.

Hi Danny- Look forward to your picture postings as I do with Wayne. I only got to meet Ralph Donald once after seeing him run in SEBA and NOA while I was stationed in Charleston. Pete Hellsten introduced us at Pete's last running at Constantine, MI. Heck, I hadn't seen Pete in almost 40 years since Long Island NY racing days. Glad I got to see him before he passed.
Al

[Danny Pigott]

AL, you should know this Pro driver from N.Y. Diane Murray 175 Hydro.

[Allen J. Lang]

Danny- Old friend Pete Voss did introduce me to Diane at a Constantine race.
When I lived in MI, I would try to attend the pre nationals Pro race. Would see the Long Islanders I used to race with and catch up on what happened from 1970, my last year racing and moving, to the present. Sure miss even those races for catch up time. Always enjoyed to listen to history from Art Pugh. He is one smart man. In '64, he asked Bill Fales why wasn't he running tuned stacks on his 460. Bill told him no one was able to come up with a set, so Art took a piece of paper and pencil and asked what he was going to run it at in rpms and drew out a diagram with dims. Several weeks later, Bill said he picked up about 3-4 mph with Art's design.
Just loved the old days.

[Danny Pigott]

Not a great pic. Mitch Mayer (sp) from NY 250 Hydro

[Danny Pigott]

Jimmy Warren ,Troy Noonan and Dale Pigott. Troy and Dale must be thinking Jimmy, what are you doing to the motor, It just won both heats of CMH.

[Danny Pigott]

Top Lakeland Fla. 1979. Bottom testing in snow.

[chip johnson]

danny, boy I regret not taking many pics when me and dickey and david were running but I am sure enjoying yours.The pics of pop were exactly like I rember him,boy we had some good times with pop.

[Danny Pigott]

This was Joe Burgess Duel engine Allison Guntersville Al .This was a NOA race. The boat caught fire when Joe started it at the ramp.

[Danny Pigott]

The guy in the hat is Dr Chuck Rutherford he owned this boat an i think the rest of the Big Orange boats that Joe drove. He told me that the bad thing about this, was that one engine was loaned to him. The good thing was that Joe was not hurt.