Jimmy "Freeway" Ablott

[Ron Hill]

Jim "Freeway" Ablott

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Jim Ablott is a name I almost forgot. When Ted and started Boatracingfacts we had a sincere desire to have every boat racer, living and dead, to be listed on BRF.

The sport of boat racing has had many colorful people over the years. I met "Freeway" at a P.R.O.P Tour Formula One race. But may have known himf from some other racing besides Formula One.

He was from Seattle area, and as I heard the story, Seattle being like Southern California, has freeways in all directions. I heard that "Freeway" carried his boat on top of his Corvette and had little onr no help to get his boat off the roof, so, he just left it on. Boat racers would report to each other where they saw "FREEWAY", like on the 55 or the 91.

I was told by "Freeway" that that story was bull****, that he pulled his boat with a Corvette and when he left one race he had wet clothes, and he drove to the drove banquet, non stop, but changed his clothes on the freeway, in his car, when he got to the trophy banquet, he got out with a tuxedo on!

After that he was called "Freeway". I liked my story better but, I never let facts get in the way of a good story!.

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Ted May was kind of a SoCal "FREEWAY" as many people would see Ted with his Ranchero and Scotti racer boat on the back all over Southern California. Many thought Ted's boat trailer was actually welded to his Rancero! As no one every saw Ted without his boat...Ted loved boat racing!