Tricks that old racers get up to after retirement

[jackiewilson]

boat was built with the sole purpose in mind of taking it round the world when they both retired.

[jackiewilson]

This laddie looks more like Renato than Renato himself doncha think ???????
It is in actual fact Albert Einstein !!!!!!!!!!!
But i suppose you could say Renato was the Einstein of “Circle” racing as we know it today!!!!!!!!!!

[jackiewilson]

WELL, that went down like a turd in a punch bowl !!!!!
He was Mercury you know , long before he ever went RUDE !!!
Always had to have the best—— even before Sirois and later the American factory drivers .
Pulled some remarkable stunts —- swopped motors in the middle of the night.
Hid props and covered sponsons —— was always a loner, until you had something he didn’t!.
Roy Ridgell was the only person he ever trusted —— but only 10 per cent.
Always thought Scotti had a better deal with OMC than he did with Mercury,—— which was absolute nonsense of course .
Fell from a dizzy height harder than any other boat driver anywhere —— IRS nailed his hide to the workshop door to dry.

Looks like TIGER WOODS had another little hiccup ——— got himself in a tangle with a Far Eastern SUV —— would probably have walked away unscathed in a Yank SUV. Can’t imagine a HUMMER or an ESCALADA crumpling like that. Just saying, i really don’t know much at all.

[FUJIMO]

...definate moli bloodline j.w....lol......

[FUJIMO]

...man o man do i feel for tiger...of all people to happen to...can't freak'n believe it...

[jackiewilson]

67 Paris six hours ??? Don Ross had just built the “ROSSINARI”—— we Took it to Paris and i forget where we finished —- that’s if we did ????? Don took the first stint, i took the second .. I think we had an 1100 merc on it at that time , but again i wouldn’t bet the farm on it Was yellow.
One year Don and i raced the 16’MM Levi.—— GAWD-L-PUS . i know i submarined it on the back straight , was around that time 67/8 . Sorry Jim, not much help im afraid, wasn’t a particularly memorable Paris six hours for me .

[jackiewilson]

Ok Jim, here is THE ROSSANARI- DON HAD IT BUILT BY A LOCAL CHIPPY. Paris was the first time out, number 53 was our allotted number.

[jackiewilson]

Was talking to my son Mark last night . Got to talking about the races we never did , The Rouen 24 hours —— The PAVIA/Venitzia . Then we got to talking about all the people that made our sport what it is today..
Talked about how passionate the Italians are about the PAVIA / Venezia and some of the participants . Renato tried dozens of times, but i think he only won once. Believe it was in the Seventies when he was at his peak. BOOTSIE always entered, but again, i think he only won it the one time. Some of the most ridiculous boats of all time have been entered . It’s like Parker used to be, YOU RUN WHAT YOU BRUNG. Nothing is ever turned away.
There is one guy who won six or eight times , but the river PO got its own back and he lost his life whe the boat hit a sand bar at speed . Boat cartwheeled a number of times before nose diving into the sand bar. Here i go again —dreaming !!!

[jackiewilson]

Point i was actually trying to make is how little recognition ANGELO MOLINARI received for his efforts.
Was without a doubt, one of the nicest men i ever met , great friends with BOOTSIE and ROLLA and Tullio Abatte. They would often meet for morning coffee at the tiny coffee bar —- in Como, right next door to Angelo’s factory.
All of them were giants in the history of power boating.
Never quite understood why Mercury didn’t deal with Angelo in the Mercury/Molinari/ TORRIGGIA deal.
Renato wasn’t even 21 years old and was still learning his trade . Angelo was a seasoned boatbuilder of all types of fast boats . Had raced competively all his life . So why deal with the boy, when they could have dealt with the man himself .??????

[jackiewilson]

Just some of the boats that will be running in this years PAVIA—VENICE race on the sixth of June 2021.
Don’t think there has ever been an American entry . I certainly don’t remember one. I know Roy. Ridgell went there a couple of times with Renato.
Distance is just over 400 kilometres—- sort of thing Ted Boyd , Roger Hinsdale and Rich Luhrs might get involved in. I would chuck in a 100 bucks to get a fund started to get an old farts team over there . Just for the hell of it. Would beat the crap out of staying home in lockdown for another year.
Entries close on 28th March. Just saying.

[GENE LANHAM]

...definate moli bloodline j.w....lol......

​Really??

[GENE LANHAM]

Point i was actually trying to make is how little recognition ANGELO MOLINARI received for his efforts.
Was without a doubt, one of the nicest men i ever met , great friends with BOOTSIE and ROLLA and Tullio Abatte. They would often meet for morning coffee at the tiny coffee bar —- in Como, right next door to Angelo’s factory.
All of them were giants in the history of power boating.
Never quite understood why Mercury didn’t deal with Angelo in the Mercury/Molinari/ TORRIGGIA deal.
Renato wasn’t even 21 years old and was still learning his trade . Angelo was a seasoned boatbuilder of all types of fast boats . Had raced competively all his life . So why deal with the boy, when they could have dealt with the man himself .??????

I got this from Roy--It was taped to my toolbox---for years

[jackiewilson]

Mark think he knows the answer , what he says makes a lot of sense.
Rassini’s were more than just race boat drivers , they were Bankers ——passionate racers and controlled an awful lot of money. Even had their own bodyguard in the one and only GIGI.
Big fear was that one of the Rassini children would be kidnapped .
Mark believes that the brothers were instrumental in getting the deal done between Mercury and Angelo—- putting his eldest son in charge, and acquiring the TORRIGGIA factory.
Simple fact is , the Italians were way ahead of anyone else in the tunnel design. Scottie, Abatte and Molinari were just three of the many tunnel boat manufacturers . Schultze in Austria was also a top line competitor . Carl KEIKHAEFER was quick to notice that.

[FUJIMO]

...but who came out on top. molinari.

[jackiewilson]

...but who came out on top. molinari.

Not too sure on that one Fuji. Look at all the other F1 drivers who took part in the sport at that time . Each and every one of them {that are still alive} have settled down well and all of them “HAVE MADE THE GRADE” {as we used to say in the olden days}.
That is , all except one———-Renato Molinari !!!!!!!!!
He was old long before his time . Still a LONER — Never Married , no kids to pass on his “LEGEND” status .
Would have to think long and hard about “WHO CAME OUT ON TOP”. No i don’t , not really, don’t even have to take a time out. SEEBOLD —— once again !!!!!!
Thirty years ago today, i had a triple bi-pass at Guys Hospital in London. Doctor told me i was good for another twenty years . ??????????
Wonder how many other triple bi-pass patients lasted thirty Years . Must be some sort of exclusive club somewhere ???? THE THIRTY YEAR TRIPLE BI-PASS CLUB.
JUST SAYING !!!!!!!!!