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01-19-2006, 09:08 AM #76
I don't know what a Scorpion is.....do you have a photo, where were they built, when did they race, who built them, did they win anything, etc.?
Did Sirois/Janish also make a glass Zonker/Miles ?
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01-19-2006, 09:58 AM #77Screaming And Flying!
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S-36 - Art Kennedy,Jr. ( here's your picture Specboatops ) - 18' Molinari "rocker bottom" powered by one of the four 1350 powerheads running their 1st race at Havasu in 1968....he finished 6th overall and 3rd single. Those 4 boats were the last of the "good" 18'ers that came over from Italy. They were replaced by the 17' sprints and marathons
Thank you, Didn't Art later start driving for OMC ? seems I remember him at races with the white motor on the back. There use to be a guy who raced #13 do you remember who he was, I have a couple of pics of his old race boat think it was a seebold hull.....maybe not anyway he ran a 1500xs and had a very nice lookin boat.God, Country, and Fast Boats
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01-19-2006, 10:12 AM #78Screaming And Flying!
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Originally Posted by willabeeGod, Country, and Fast Boats
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Live your life that the fear of death can never enter your heart. And when your time comes to die, be not like those whose hearts are filled with fear of death, so that they weep and pray for more time that they may live there life over in a different way. Sing your death song, and die like a Hero going home.
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01-19-2006, 10:31 AM #79
for Lou Eppel
Art did drive Mod U and OZ boats for Lou Eppel and were Johnson powered, beginning in the late 1970s into the early 80s, then was driving Merc powered boats again after that.
Great driver and always fun to watch.
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01-19-2006, 11:30 AM #80
You're welcome.........Yes, he did drive for OMC. The race pictured is 1968, I'm pretty sure it was his first tunnel drive. He received factory help from Merc during his GW Invader days and then moved into this factory boat at Havasu. He may have run a few more races for Merc and then something happened. I really don't recall what it was, but I kind of remember a sort of falling out between him and Garbrecht ( I could be wrong about that ). I think he tried to run on his own for a year or two and then OMC picked him up. He may have started for them in 1970, but for sure was driving for them in 1971. When he ran over Renato Molinari at Long Beach in 71, he was definately OMC factory powered.....I doubt that Art would have run like that with Renato if he had been in a Merc factory boat ( they banged sides for at least two laps before the accident ).
The #13 isn't ringing any bells at the moment, if it comes to me I'll holler back at you.
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Thank you, Didn't Art later start driving for OMC ? seems I remember him at races with the white motor on the back. There use to be a guy who raced #13 do you remember who he was,[QUOTE]
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01-19-2006, 02:44 PM #817000 RPM
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Scorpoins were the boats Doug Perl ran in SJ. I think they built them just for Doug since I don't ever recall anyone else running one. I am pretty sure Albert Ensweiler had something to do with the final design but I think they started with a Milesmaster and kept changing things until they got the result they wanted.
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01-19-2006, 03:15 PM #82
Scorpions
Okay, now I remember them......Homer Green may have run one also, he and Pearl were very successful with their boats. However, I would have guessed that they were both running before the Milesmaster came over.
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01-19-2006, 04:06 PM #835000 RPM
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Homer and Doug were the only two that I can remember. I think Pearl owned the molds. This was a little before my time but I do remember that they were ugly and fast Didn't Ensweiler work for Pearl?
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01-19-2006, 05:37 PM #847000 RPM
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Albert worked several places and may have worked at UniWeld at one time.I believe Albert never ran a boat that he didn't take a saw to. Every boat he had kept getting smaller every few months. He cut down everything from a flatbottom Mitchell to a big twin engine Glasspar Vbottom,that one at least twice. He also cut down and redecked a Magnum Missile into twin engine kneeldown rig with 1250 Speedmasters on it. He blew it over in the Miami Marine Stadium big time and got hurt kind of bad and I don't remember him driving after that. I think he suffered some lingering effects from that one and he basicly coundn't race anymore.
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01-20-2006, 02:55 PM #85
I thought those two boats were of wood construction ?
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01-20-2006, 03:15 PM #867000 RPM
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Glass bottoms with wood decks.
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01-20-2006, 03:54 PM #87
Paris 6 Hour - 1971
The orders come down to start preparing for Paris. We are going to run six boats again, four new 17' Molinari's that are waiting to be rigged at Renato's shop along with the Molinari Bob Spalding had been running and a 20' hull that Renato had built to run with a pair of Twisters in special event races in Europe. I think the driver pairings were Renato/Hering, Downard/Pellolio, Seebold/Rasini, Stickle/Sirois, Spalding/Percival and Pruett/Petty in the big boat. The confidence level was still not that high for the C6, so the plan was to run two of them ( Renato and Pruett ) and run TI's on the others.
Paris is always a rough water race because you have 80/90 boats which include V bottoms, solid seawalls and barge traffic after the first hour of the race. With that thought in mind, it was decided to set the four TI boats up differently.....propshafts were run at levels between 1/4" to 5/8" below the sponsons to try to maintain a good bite all around the course. The thinking on the big boat was to give it the C6 and set it up as fast as that engine could push it and maybe it's size would make it competitive in that water. Of course Renato was allowed to set his up any way that he wanted to and he took the "as fast as it will go" route. When we left for Paris, the four new boats peaked out between 85 and 90 mph, the big boat might have hit 85 and Renato was flying.
Renato and Hering did all of their testing with a C6 that had been sent over for him to play with while coming up with his design for the new boats. As it got closer to race time, I suggested that we install his new C6 and make a few passes. He informed me that he was going to run the one he had been testing with. I gave him all of my reasons why that was a bad idea, he didn't want to hear it. I asked Hering to convince him otherwise, he declined. Garbrecht said that it was up to the drivers. Disgusted, I told Renato that if that powerhead failed, I was going to tell him in front of God and the whole world that he was a dumb, stubborn SOB......he responded by saying that if he wins, he was going to say the same to me.....I said "Deal".
Here's a shot of the winning Downard/Pellolio boat ( notice it's not Renato/Hering ).
To be continued.......Last edited by willabee; 10-18-2021 at 09:01 AM.
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01-21-2006, 05:09 PM #88
Paris 6 Hour - 1971....continued
Paris is an impound race, so everyone has to be out of the pits by a certain hour on Saturday. All of our drivers had taken a few laps and we were wrapping things up when it was announced that, for the first time, barge traffic would be held for the entire race rather than just the first hour. Suddenly, the strategy for 5 of our 6 boats doesn't look as good because the water isn't going to be as rough as we had set up for, and there is no time to do anything about it.
The race starts, and Renato flys into the lead which he holds for almost an hour before that "test" C6 comes apart and he is done for the day ( you already know what I'm thinking ). Cesare Scotti takes the lead and sets a course record in the process, averaging 90 mph! Just after his fuel stop, he bangs sides with someone coming out of a turn and sinks ( I think Mr.T can tell you more about that ). Somtime into the 3rd hour, the boats running TI's start sounding strange, a misfire. Tom Stickle comes into the pits and a quick check doesn't reveal the problem. We put him on a trailer so we can find out what is going on and maybe be able to fix the others in the water. Turns out it's water in the distributor, so we spread the word to every pit using a TI to bring their boat in as soon as possible, drop the cap, spray the insides with CRC and to put GE sealant over the plug in the cap. We do the same with our remaining TI boats.
All of this takes time, so the OMC boats are running in the top positions. However, a variety of things break on all of their rigs during the last two hours! We didn't do much better, Molinari and Stickle were already out, Pruett breaks an ignition coil mount, Seebold flips and something broke on Spalding.....the one remaining factory boat in the race, Downard/Pellolio, pulls out the win
Here's a couple of shots of Scotti......Last edited by willabee; 01-21-2006 at 05:15 PM.
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What a fascinating insight into an era widely regarded by many as the golden period for this type of racing. The entrylists for these events seem to read like royalty for tunnel boat racing, we salute you for taking the time to share your memories of those great races with us.
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01-23-2006, 04:04 PM #90Member
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Originally Posted by willabeeLast edited by Mr.T; 01-23-2006 at 04:17 PM.