Sad news for a long time S&F Member and F1 Racer Lee Davies Today

[whipper]

Lee Davies aka { COMPRECBRKR (http://www.screamandfly.com/member.php?3428-COMPRECBRKR) } a member since 2002 on Scream and Fly passed away July 9th. He probably holds the record for the longest member with the least amount of posts! haha When i talked to him i called him the lurker. He read everything on hear but kept it to himself most of time unless you were really stuck because he had the answers. A friend of mine and a very good friend of many other high performance boaters on hear and abroad as he played a big part of Racing history in Canada and the USA. Mike Nass and lee were close friends and my condolences goes out to him. I know if you were a friend of Lees he had an effect on you as he was as genuine a person as you would ever meet. Some of you may remember him as having one of the largest Outboard Racing motor collections in the world. His passion was Racing and helping others get into it in any way he could. He holds 6 or 7 world records and was high points Champ many many years in row. i can go on and on about his accomplishment as he had many! Sad day for me and others. i just wanted to let the guys know who knew him and others who didn't know what a special guy he was that sadly is no longer with us. Hears a pic of his APBA high points badges he won and a fun clip that the news hour did on him some years ago. Great guy ! RIP Lee Davies . http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h151/whipperr/DSCF8032.jpg (http://s63.photobucket.com/user/whipperr/media/DSCF8032.jpg.html) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EYyGPgGZMQ8

[Scream And Fly]

That is terrible news, and I am very saddened to read that. I wish I was able to get to know him.
Thank you for letting us know James.
Rest In Peace, Lee. :( :( :(

Greg

[powerabout]

Sad news
He was known worldwide

[whipper]

In that youtube clip its funny when he describes what the seagull saw as he was upside down! https://youtu.be/EYyGPgGZMQ8

[Scream And Fly]

That is awesome! I've never seen this before, thank you for posting. Is that boat made by STV?
Lee really seems like a nice fellow. So sorry to read he's gone now :(


https://youtu.be/EYyGPgGZMQ8

[Smoking Joe]

Rest in Peace, Lee. Condolences to family and friends.

[whipper]

Is that boat made by STV? Yes i believe so Greg. Mike would know for sure though. http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h151/whipperr/pics433.jpg (http://s63.photobucket.com/user/whipperr/media/pics433.jpg.html) http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h151/whipperr/pics429.jpg (http://s63.photobucket.com/user/whipperr/media/pics429.jpg.html)

[MN4V]

Would that boat have been built by Rob Scythes?
Mark N

[FUJIMO]

RIP Lee...

[racer]

Rest in Peace Lee.

[Dave Strong]

Sad news, RIP Lee.


Dave

[PARKER RABE]

god thats terrible, if he still has some boats i would love to buy one? anyway to get a hold of his wife or whos in charge of all his stuff?

[largecar91]

Super nice guy. May god bless

[timmc6]

Sad News RIP!!!

[whipper]

Parker his beloved wife passed away a couple of years ago. His boats are being used for Regatta type racing last time i checked as there trying to get some F1 style events happening in the area more often. Thats the kinda guy he was since they weren't being used let someone use them so there is more boats at the event. i would be very surprised if any of his collection was for sale except to maybe a Mercury museum. He has very good friends involved with collecting and in the sport that are capable of preserving his legacy. Some of witch will see this thread. He told me after his wife passes whats the sense in having all this stuff if you dont have anyone to share it with anymore. That made me think about my wife and Family and how its easy to get consumed with our sport and forget to spend as much time with the ones you love before its to late. He was the kind of guy who said some things that were profound and you never forget. Going to miss him.

[MattGreen]

god thats terrible, if he still has some boats i would love to buy one? anyway to get a hold of his wife or whos in charge of all his stuff?

Parker all the boats were sold some time ago as Whipper mentioned. The motor collection is in good hands - no further discussion is necessary.


I crewed for Lee on a part-time basis for the latter years of his racing career. He was a great guy and I learned a lot from him. He was a real character and I don't think I've met anybody who loved outboard racing more than he did. Lee was "on the tools" his entire career, despite owning the dealership. Even if we'd had a rough week and long drive to the races, he would absolutely light up when we got to the pits :)

To answer the questions above, I believe the 48 boat in the video is his old Mod-U Seebold (that is a pretty old picture). The STV logo refers to the fact that Lee was a STV dealer for many years. The red boat is not a Scycraft, it's a wood Seebold, 1996ish if I recall correctly. The last pic of the other 48 boat is a wood Hoffman, 1998 I believe.

Matt

[BNFalcon]

Rest in peace Lee.

[PARKER RABE]

darn , i would of love to of bought one of those boats.trailers motors etc

[Mike Nass]

Thanks for all the kind words guys, Lee was a mentor to me in boat racing, early on he sold me a brand new 88 Charger /STV with a Bridgeport, then later he offered me a deal i could not refuse (when i was in my early 20's), he sold me a real nice seebold for a great price and complete minus gearcase and powerhead but also agreed to sponsor me for all the powerheads and gearcases i could use up for the first two years, so we went and raced SST140, which was basically a stock 2.4 bridgeport with carburetors... awesome class of racing... we would run the 140 class and also enter the Champ(F1) and Mod-U classes so it was great, we would get on the water 6 times on sat and same on Sunday... was great fun... later we moved up to legit F1 with all the right stuff.... he taught me so much over the years about engine building, he always did it the right way... no cheap routes... he would come by my shop on a regular basis, he helped me build a new powerhead about 8 months ago, i think he really enjoyed that day...

He will live on with his race engine collection which has been bought by a local collector who intends to keep it intact along with his current collection... i am thrilled to see that is happening... all of the boats you see posted in here so far all still have a life... the Red Seebold is owned by Mike Maskall and was crashed in Seafair two years ago, but is almost fixed and may be there for this years race in two weeks... Lee's White Hofman is owned by Roland Shoenfeld and will be racing is Port Alberni next week and Seafair two weeks after that... the older Seebold with the two tone blue is currently being raced my Mike Maskalls son Kyle... it will be at Seafair and Alberni as well... even my old Seebold which is also from Lee will be in both Alberni and Seafair... all of the existing owners and drive'sr were all mentored by Lee, so its very cool to see his love live on through us...

Check out the attached picture of Lee talking to young 19 year old Kyle Maskall (Mike Maskall's son) before a heat last summer in Lake Chelan... That's Lee in the Blue jacket, and Lee's old Seebold, still sporting Lee's number 48... talk about passing the torch! very cool!!!

RIP my freind, you will live on for many years through all of us who you infected with this love of boats...

[Mike Nass]

Back in the day, he was racing tunnels and also ran the DRAGS with the Fraser Valley Drag Boats association, where to this day he still owns the fastest OB, 1/4 mile record... its ini th 8's... don't remember the number... he crashed this hydro.... i have pictures of that somewhere as well...

[Frank Molé]

he sounds like a great guy and a bad azz too..R.I.P. buddy..................

[Mike Nass]

Couple old shot of Lee....

[PARKER RABE]

great story mike.....such a cool guy wish i could of met him. would of loved to own one of his boats.

[Dave Strong]

The few times I talked to Lee years ago he was great. Always took time to talk and offer advise, was well known by the other Hi Po dealers in western Canada.

Dave

[RADER]

Now that's a man who really earned it.

[whipper]

Now that's a man who really earned it.

You got that right! Im a vee hull driver blow overs scare the crap out of me. Know nothing about packing air! I ask Lee how many times he blow over. He was like the second pic of Mikes above in deep thought for a second then like that shat eating grin in the first pis says. Oh gosh I dont really know exactly quite a few, big grin!! I said over 10? he said oh probably :D Balls of steel I thought! love the name of his race team Out of Pocket Racing. He paid for everything him self no sponsors all out of pocket. So ya he earned it, had to work for every inch of water he ran. He was still getting capsule certified until a few years ago!! Ready to race till the end. :cheers:
Im sorry for your Loss Mike as I know you and him shared a very long standing mutual friends ship. He was a one of kind guy and will be sorely missed.

[Spectre Powerboats]

Have not talked to Lee in years, I really regret that. I talked with him more back in early 2000's when we were building tunnel boats. Mike Maskal introduced me to him, as Mike had one of the early F1's we built. Lee was so laid back and full of information. He had played with these boats and had tons of feedback from it. Enjoyed talking with him. God Speed Lee. Todd Lamb

[blkmtrfan]

I just saw this and am very sad to hear this news. Lee was an awesome guy, I talked to him quite a few times and even bought a 280 from him back in the early 2000's.
He would always take time to answer anyone's questions, dumb or not :) . He also worked his butt of off in his shop just so he could go racing.

RIP Lee, you will be missed

[Peter J]

I ran one of Lee's old F1 boats today at the Alberni Regatta What a blast my first time in a F1.. Thanks to Mike Nass and Mike Maskall . I met Lee for the first time at a race at Mission Raceway Park 91-92 on the Fraser River BC Canada. they had to call him to race 3 times.... bedause he was answering my stupid questions. Lee always had time for my stupid questions.. He will be missed but never replaced Peter Wilson

[PARKER RABE]

peter do you have any pics?

[PARKER RABE]

who ownes the boat now , you? what was the set up on it? thanks

[ProComp]

Heres another story those who knew him might like. First time I flew to Vancouver and visited with Lee I took my son with me, probably 7yr old or so at the time. Theres not many hi perf merc shops in western Canada never mind an STV dealer as well. Well within 15 minutes it was like we had know each other for years and he invited my son and I to his house to see his boat, motor and mini boat motor collection. Crazy cool. Even let my little guy climb in a race boat and take some pictures. Such an awesome guy. I wish I would have been able to visit with him more. RIP Lee.

[whipper]

i hear ya Procomp. My son loved going to see him wondering what cool boats he would have in his shop when we made it to Vancouver. Hears my son with a sick Euro with a 300xs he was rigging for a customer. He drove it and said the gas tank and batterys needed to be moved forward an inch or so to get the correct ballance so was doing this when we got there. :cheers: This was when there was very few STV,s with 300xs hanging on them yet. This one ran very well with the XS after he finished with it. http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h151/whipperr/DSCF7917.jpg (http://s63.photobucket.com/user/whipperr/media/DSCF7917.jpg.html) http://i63.photobucket.com/albums/h151/whipperr/DSCF7919.jpg (http://s63.photobucket.com/user/whipperr/media/DSCF7919.jpg.html)

[Slimm]

I am sorry to learn of this. My condolences to Lee's family and friends,

Slimm