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[lars strom]

Seebold, Havasu 1972 ..... It has the Italian colors on the rear of the cowl, so this boat definitely ran somewhere in Europe before running at Havasu (sorry, I thought I had a colored picture) .....
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Here it is in color..

[lars strom]

My brother Lennart Strom in his UIM F1-ON 2 liter class #21/Burgess/Merc V6 2 liter.
I think this is from year 1990 or -91.

[lars strom]

Lennart Strom again in his #21 Burgess/Merc 2 liter V6 UIM F1 race in Chalon, France 1990.
Yes, I was there helping him.

[lars strom]

One more Renato in is #554 Molinari/Merc from 1972

[willabee]

Here it is in color..

I don't remember the color of the boat Renato drove at Havasu 72. I'm thinking that if he didn't drive this one himself at the OWC, Seebold did.

[willabee]

One more Renato in is #554 Molinari/Merc from 1972

There's the answer Lars. I didn't think rough water would be the reason Renato didn't continue racing that day. It was a powerhead failure due to lack of water.!

Maybe another puzzle ..... the other boat pictured sure looks like it carries the number 457 ?

[lars strom]

I am not sure where the picture above is from. Cant be Sweden 1972 because Bob Hering was not racing there. I found it on my Svera.se forum.

http://svera.se/blogg/smorgardsbord/...d-information/

[willabee]

Apparently it is from Milan, 1972.

[lars strom]

Bo Jansson of Sweden in his ON class #141. Not sure what make of tunnel but pretty sure it was a Merc 1250 BP.
I love when pictures have dates..August 1970..

[willabee]

Thanks STEVERINO,

Not 100% sure but I think this is from Amsterdam 1974.

This is a fun photo for me, contains lots of 'people memories'. The first time I saw it I just checked the boat out and moved on. When I came across it a second time, something caused me to notice all of the people around the boat. I'm pretty sure this photo includes .....Renato Molinari (in forefront on lower left side, white Merc jacket & white pants), Jim Schunke (blue short sleeve shirt behind Renato), Gary Garbrecht (upper left corner, white Merc jacket with arm on leg). Standing on the little platform in front of the boat ..... Gene Treichel (white Merc jacket, left side), Jimmy Kubasta (white Merc jacket in the middle) and Levio Prada , one of my wife's favorite Italians , (wearing the colorful outfit on the right).

You all know who Renato is, Schunke was a powerhead specialist for the race team, Garbrecht was Race Director, Treichel did most of the boat rigging, Kubasta was the Mgr. of Hi Performance Products and Prada was a transport driver that hauled Renato's boats all over Europe. I've worked, traveled and played with all of those guys, good memories!

[lars strom]

My brother Lennart Strom in his UIM F1-ON 2 liter class #21/Burgess/Merc V6 2 liter.
I think this is from year 1990 or -91.

One more in color.

[Capt.Insane-o]

One more in color.

I had a Burgess of that era, wicked fast boat. The cockpit was tiny though and it was definitely at the end of it's life cycle but I wish I kept it around.

[lars strom]

Paris 6 hours.

[lars strom]

Not sure if it is Percival or Spalding but think its 1973.

[willabee]

Renato won the 3 hour race on Saturday and if I remember right Renato was the overall winner Sunday.
This is from the Swedish newspaper.
Not sure what type of Merc he is sitting on but the 3 hour race was hard on the driver according to the paper.
Renato was using #34 here..Maybe willabee know why??

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This is 1968 and in the photo you can see the big bladed prop. Renato is running in ON, so he has to be doing his balancing act on a 1250 BP. Looking at the boat numbers listed in the race program, they must have been assigned by the race promoters as they processed each entry.
He won the three hour marathon Saturday and raced some more Sunday so I'm guessing that someone sent him a solid driveshaft to replace the original rubber cushioned shaft and told Renato not to shift that unit under any circumstances. The BP was built and APBA approved with a F-N-R shiftable gearcase so that it was legal to run in the Family classes However, it didn't take long to find out that shifting them resulted in early failure. Additionally, prolonged running (marathons) would result in failure of the rubber driveshaft.