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tm632
01-16-2013, 10:32 AM
Boat Racing Facts racers and fans- Go to http://www.facebook.com/LifelineRaceGear and cast your vote for the GREATEST BOAT RACERS of all time in all categories.

Ron Hill
01-16-2013, 11:30 PM
This is a great topic, but wow!!! Times have changed. Jerry Waldman once won A,B,C, D and F Hydro at one Nationals.

His F motor was considered BIG and BAD for the ear. Now days an STV River Rocket with a 300XS will run 20-30 MPH than Jerry's F Hydro.

Bob Nordskog once drove and E through kilo trails at 136 PLUS MPH with no capsule. Now days, offshore cats run almost 150 with five people on board.

Ever watch Guido Capellini drive a 2.0 liter Formula One Outboard....? WOW, WOW and WOW!

Tough topic here!

Single engine outboard driver: Johnny Sanders? Offshore driver: Betty Cook? Billy Schumaker in Miss Bardahl, 1967??? Ben Roberson, F1 driver, APBA Hall of Champons4-5 times, world's Fastest Vee Bottom of 165 MPH???

Jeff Lewis, 149 MPH with a 2.0 liter Merc in a home made hydro, no capsule. Oregon River Racer undisputed Champion...25 years running...

Ron Hill
01-16-2013, 11:45 PM
I may have written this 25 years ago!

http://www.boatracingfacts.com/forums/images/misc/quote_icon.png Originally Posted by Ron Hill http://www.boatracingfacts.com/forums/images/buttons/viewpost-right.png (http://www.boatracingfacts.com/forums/showthread.php?p=25404#post25404)
My article of the 25 All time best drivers...
1. Bill Sirois
2. Dean Chenowith
3. Chip Hanauer
4. Bill Seebold, Jr.
5. Jerry Waldman
6. Renato Molinari
7. Bob Nordskog
8. Bill Cooper
9. Johnny Sanders
10. Chris Bush
11. Bill Muncey
12. Jimbo McConnell
13. Dick O'Dea
14. Bob Wartinger
15. Ted Jones
16. Skeeter Johnson
17. Gordon Jennings, Jr.
18. Julian Pettengill
19. Bobby Switzer
20. Dick Jones
21. Hugh Entrop
22. Al Stoker
23. Rusty Chambell
24. Orlando Torganti
25. Homer Kincaid

That was my list then, not sure I'd change it today...