The race was in November of 1975, I doubt any of these boats would still be around, too bad.
There were 17 hulls made for the Race of Champions. Even before the first elimination heat began 2 hulls were damaged, the one driven by Barry Woods was damaged pretty bad, the other was patched and could have returned if needed. During the final 10 lap race, one boat rolled or blew over (Mickey Remund).
In addition to the 17 Seebold hulls made for The Race of Champions, I wonder how many more Seebold SE hulls were made for the Jeff Brown turn-key SE boat promotion (picture attached)? Could some of the R. of C. hulls have found there way over to the Jeff Brown deal??
I know Seebold made a few more SE hulls that were not part of either of these programs. The one I had was one they built with experimental sponson bottoms that were actually concaved. I don't think they made many like this as mine was pretty fast in a straight but did not turn as well as the regular angled sponson bottoms. If you look hard you can see the different shape on my sponsons.
Jimbo did have a Seebold SE hull that he raced in MOD 50. It had Velden cowlings on it but it was a Seebold hull. He raced it here in Canada a few times in the late 70's.
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