1970 E & T Tunnel Racer

**bajarick** · 12-15-2011

This is the old thread where me you and Ray hooked up.

Rick

**brichter** · 12-20-2011

Originally Posted by bajarick

I knew that

Man you had that Mod 90 COOKIN"

Like I said - you and Bill and Beale ought to pick a spot to have an OPC regatta for the boats! It ought to be a BLAST.

Somebody may even show up with pics of MY boat

Ray did have that MOD 90 cookin'.
He had a BP 1000 that he put a T2X front half and carbs on. My dad ran against him at the '76 OPC nationals in Dayton. We saw that E&T with the 6 carb BP and knew we had a problem that day!
Ray wound up getting a bad start in the first heat of MOD 90 but after a couple of laps passed everyone except Jimbo McConnell.
Ray was catching up on Jimbo when he blew over.

**bajarick** · 12-20-2011

Hey Britcher,

This is an old thread that I revived for Beale TIlton. I have the red boat pictured at the beginning of this thread.

If you have any tunnel pics lets see them!

Racing stories are great too!

Lets see sum pics!

**bajarick** · 12-20-2011

Originally Posted by Ray Lumpkin

Sam, thanks for posting E&T pictures, hope this is your boat. These are two pictures of boats I just purchased last week. The first is the 15 foot round deck E&T tunnel ( red, white, and blue) I have been looking for. Beale Tilton says this is the last boat they built in 1974. The second boat is 1984 16 foot 7 inch Herring brand SST120 wooden boat. I plan to restorse both boats next year.
Ray

Beale,

Do you know what happened to Rays boats n motas?

He was restoring the Herring and had just found the E & T.

Rick

**Beale Tilton** · 12-20-2011

Bill Edwards has Ray's E&T, don't know what Norma did with the Herring or the engines. He had some nice ones. You mentioned this is where Ray and I hooke up. We always had contact.

**bajarick** · 12-20-2011

Originally Posted by Beale Tilton

Bill Edwards has Ray's E&T, don't know what Norma did with the Herring or the engines. He had some nice ones. You mentioned this is where Ray and I hooke up. We always had contact.

Hello Beale,

I think you mentioned that Bill has Rays boats - thanks.

What met was ...... this is where "I" hooked up with "you and Ray".

For sure you and Ray knew each other for years - LOL!

Rays stuff needed to be in a museum or handed to someone who knows how to care for it.

Rick

**Beale Tilton** · 12-20-2011

Ray was the third owner of that boat. We redecked it for him prior to the season.
It's the same boat Jim Caldwell won the '73 UI nationals and US-1 and Competion record.
Ray and Jim built the 6 carb 89 CI motor. Don't know how quick it was with Ray, all he would say was it was a handful past 100mph.
I was there watching the race. When he started down the straight before blowing over I stood up and started for the parking lot. Ted March ask where I was going. Told Ted I was going for the trailer because he was going to blow. It was flying pretty right to the point it lifted. Ray was usually good on the starts, just made a mistake that day. Too bad.