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Thread: Starting Clocks
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07-25-2020, 10:09 PM #16
The Gold Coast shotgun start was a.sight to see! Used to go out to the island off the Biscayne (104 st.) canal where we lived to watch. Helluva show.
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07-26-2020, 05:00 PM #177000 RPM
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My buddy Ron Russell lived on 104st just west of Biscayne Blvd.
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07-26-2020, 05:10 PM #18
Ronnie lived 3 houses towards the bay from me, on 105 st.(-;. Prolly saw or met you there, but I was just a neighborhood kid on a bicycle.
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07-26-2020, 05:27 PM #19
That brings up another question, has anyone heard anything from/about Ronnie? After he got out of the Navy, he lived in his parents house. They had moved to Orlando. He later moved to an apartment off 79th St., just west of the bridge over the canal Dave Craig's was on. Livved with him there for a while. I moved to Tallahassee, last I heard he was living on one of the houseboats by Pelican Harbor. Someone said he later moved to Orlando to be near his parents.......
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07-26-2020, 08:49 PM #207000 RPM
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Ronnie did move to Orlando but after his folks died his life unraveled. Ronnie died homeless in the Tampa area in 2005. A sad end for a guy with such potential.
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07-26-2020, 10:21 PM #21
Dammit, not what I wanted to hear. He was 4 or 5 years older than me, always looked up to him growing up.
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We were high school classmates and Ronnie introduced me to OPC racing. I got to co-drive with him and his dad in the 66 9 hour. I lost touch with him after he got out of the Navy. By then we were living different lifestyles. He never returned to his racing roots.
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08-04-2020, 06:25 PM #23The Historic Photo Master
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The Mercury powered #255 is yours truly. This picture is the start of my elimination heat. We went on to finish 2nd to Bobby Drewery in the finals. Bobby and I split heat wins. I won heat 1 and Bobby heat 2. We both broke the 5 mile record but Bobby took it home along with the Championship, First pic heat 1 second picture heat2 note Bobby's wake.
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09-08-2020, 11:39 AM #26
I remember a hand powered clock, one man standing behind it turning the crank as another counted down the time.
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09-13-2020, 12:53 PM #28
One RPM, one big crank handle attached to the clock hand shaft.
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