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I have a stack of old Power Boating magazine from the 1930's , hope you enjoy these racing stories.
I find the picture in the bottom right-hand corner interesting. It is rare, at least the races I attend in the mid-west, to see 5 or 6 boats straight across at the starting line. More often than not they are all scattered in the chute coming to the start.
Here are the next two pages of the August 1936 edition.
Here is another racing story from the August 1936 Power Boating magazine
Results from Peoria Illinois
As we approach the 1955 National Championship regattas , I thought we would go back and look at the articles from Speed and Spray magazine and celebrate the 70th anniversary of the champions. I wonder if any of these champions are still with us today,
First off , the 1955 Stock Outboards Nationals from Devil's Lake Oregon.
Found this in a 1952 edition of Propeller, a 50-year history of the APBA.
Here is the recap of the 1997 OPC National Championship in Kankakee IL from the October 1997 Propeller magazine.
Here is the May 1996 Propeller recap of the 20th Annual Florida State Championships
Here is the recap of the 1996 OPC Nationals from Kankakee Illinois.
The recap from Lake Ming>
This recap of the race at Saginaw MI
From the January 1990 Propeller
The February 1990 Propeller contained this story the the Bob Wartinger speed record run.
April 1990 Propeller coverage of the Southwest Divisionals
A 1990 article on safety cells.
A race recap in the August 199 Propeller.
From the October 1990 Propeller , the recap of the 1990 OPC Nationals from Kankakee IL.
The season opener from Nassau in the January 1984 Propeller
This from the April 1984 Propeller
Here is the Propeller article covering the 1984 Inboard Nationals
October 1984 story
Here's the recap