Lake Mead 1948 APBA Race

[Skoontz]

Sam:

Back east and the midwest, all the inboarders use a crane. When I came here I was amazed to see all the inboarders back in just like the pleasure boats and launch.

Don't know if they used cranes in '46-'48...Russ can ya help out here? But found that little fact interesting.

[Ron Hill]

http://boatsport.org/theboatsportmagazines.html I got this magazine cover from the BoatSport Web page...

Russ Hill Jr. is riding deck on C-286....


Seems to me that in 1952, my dad got a very late start in the first heat, then won the second heat. He was 2nd overall and won 50 silver dollars. The 50 silver dollars were given to him in a silver painted "PEE POT". Russ Jr. had the pot in his room for years. At one time he had it clear full of speeding tickets, until he lost his license...Don't know what became of the pot, but do remember the race, I could be wrong on the year....I think the reason my brother was riding deck is this was a runabout only race, as Lake Mead was deemed too rough for hydros...

We didn't race at Mead again until the fall of 1955, and it was a Stock race sponsored by Sahara Hotel and Casino...

[bowman]

if you read there is a crane at this race so it is the same apples to apples