I was straightening up the boat racing room last night and was looking at this book. I noticed on the cover was a picture of Mel Kirts on the outside and Fred Hauenstein on the inside. I then realized that most boat racers never have seen this book. It was written by John Kiely and was published in 1973. John was at the Pro Nationals at DePue in 1970. It was Charlotte Queen that notified me when the book came out and I bought 6 copies. I don't know who else besides Charlotte ever bought any.
My pit crew in those days were all guys and girls that I hung around with at the lake. Maybe John was attracted to the female part of the crew, but anyway...he hung around with us through that racing week. I have tried to find anything else he might have published, to no luck. But that was a fun time. That was the race I was shocked and acidized in a heat of B hydro.
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