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    Massey at Parker
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    Another shot
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    Were those things as big a chore to turn as they looked?

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    Quote Originally Posted by mbd29 View Post
    What is odd about this one. I know all of you will get it. Had to do before I left for the day.
    Only the 'enemy' could do such a thing----


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    [QUOTE=willabee;2525095][QUOTE=GENE LANHAM;2525079]Willabee: Who was 'Niels'---and what was the connection with Bobby Massey? Massey sure was active back then and certainly had caught the eye of Mercury. ......
    ..... I only remember the boat, don't recall the driver(s) ...... pic test
    I believe it was O'Neils Sporting Goods or something like that. Don't know too much about them. He was supposed to have money and wanted to go boat racing. Bob Massey was a wheeler dealer when it can to buying race boats especially wings, so somehow he got the Neil wing. I know he owned at least four wings.
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    Quote Originally Posted by mbd29 View Post
    Anothershot


    These are great pictures that I never have seen before. Where did you get them....have any more : - ) This wing was originally red and on loan from Mercury to Jan Schoonover. He first raced it at Salton Sea in 1967 with 1100 stackers. It was built in 1966 and he picked the lightest Mercury had at the time. A few years after Bob Massey got it he painted it yellow as seen in the picture. It was last raced at Parker in 1975 as a tribute to Bob Massey who had passed away years earlier. It was a dinosaur by then and probably the last wing ever to be raced. One eye witness said it was actually doing pretty good until a powerhead let go and that was that.

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    Quote Originally Posted by willabee View Post
    Youhave to remember that 68 was about the time that this kind of racing wasgetting "factory". That' was when Mr. K decidedhe wanted to get all of the 18' Switzer Wings into his stable. Severalindependents already had one so part of Garbrecht's job was to try tosecure the loose ones while keeping the others in Mercury dressing. Runningagainst the inboards in the big marathons, Massey hadthe best finish of any of the outboard pilots. I'd have to look to be sure, buta 4th overall in 67(?) at the Elsinore 500 sounds right to me. He and Gary gotalong quite well ( I don't know anyone that didn't get along with Bob) and hewas considered one of the premier Wing drivers. I only saw the"Niel's" boat a few times, a couple Parkers and a Havasu, somethinglike that. Gary may have learned though conversation with the owner that theywere getting out and probably made the arrangement for it to go to Massey.Bob's old white Wing was gettin' pretty tireded about then ......


    I believe Bob Massey's first big win with the white wing was at Parker 1968 he came in first outboard. Story goes Ted May wrecked the wing a year earlier. OMC figured the wing was a total loss, so it was given to Bob. He pieced it back together to come back to win first outboard Parker 1968. As best I can tell this is the wing that was on the Pearland Marine sign post in Texas for ~ 30 years.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Old fiberglass View Post

    I believe Bob Massey's first big win with the white wing was at Parker 1968 he came in first outboard. Story goes Ted May wrecked the wing a year earlier. OMC figured the wing was a total loss, so it was given to Bob. He pieced it back together to come back to win first outboard Parker 1968. As best I can tell this is the wing that was on the Pearland Marine sign post in Texas for ~ 30 years.

    Tell us more, Rick----about that boat???


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    Gene you were there when it happened in the Lonnie Todd wing at Parker in 1968. Don't know too much more about the white wing.
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    I am guessing Gene was actually the real driver of that one. After a name change it became " Red Bird". I don't know what became of Lonnie.

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    Quote Originally Posted by 2us70 View Post
    I am guessing Gene was actually the real driver of that one. After a name change it became " Red Bird". I don't know what became of Lonnie.
    Lonnie and Bob Donahue were racing the Offshore boat in Miami. I had help----


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    Quote Originally Posted by GENE LANHAM View Post
    Lonnie and Bob Donahue were racing the Offshore boat in Miami. I had help----


    Billy was like the Zelig of boat racing...he was in every major race, driving anything imaginable, as if he was born in it.
    20 Foot Switzer Wing 2 X S3000 (Dust'n the Wind II)
    !6 foot Wood Eltro Vee (2X Merc 1500's) (Dust'n the Wind IV)
    15 foot Powercat 15C (2 X Merc 1500) (Dust'n the Wind III)
    (Single engine boats are lacking something)
    15’ Wooden Switzer Shooting Star...
    16 foot Lee Craft Merc S 3000-(Gold Dust II)
    (The exception proves the rule)
    Obsolete and Proud of it

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    There is footage of # 140 Bobby Massey's Switzer Wing running at Parker 7 Hour in 1975 in the video "1975 Parker Testing" on my site "Tunnel Boat Racing in the '70's!"
    Quote Originally Posted by Old fiberglass View Post

    These are great pictures that I never have seen before. Where did you get them....have any more : - ) This wing was originally red and on loan from Mercury to Jan Schoonover. He first raced it at Salton Sea in 1967 with 1100 stackers. It was built in 1966 and he picked the lightest Mercury had at the time. A few years after Bob Massey got it he painted it yellow as seen in the picture. It was last raced at Parker in 1975 as a tribute to Bob Massey who had passed away years earlier. It was a dinosaur by then and probably the last wing ever to be raced. One eye witness said it was actually doing pretty good until a powerhead let go and that was that.


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    I found another wing shot that I don't think has been posted before.
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    TRIPLE motor?????

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    I found another wing shot that I don't think has been posted before.

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