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02-13-2006, 01:17 PM #1217000 RPM
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Originally Posted by lilabner
Mike Reagan also ran OMC outboards Offshore, 1984 Miami to New York challenge against Doc, neither boat ran more than 200 miles, including idling back to Miami (long, long night).
Gene
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02-13-2006, 03:11 PM #122Originally Posted by GENE LANHAM
Cooper did win, but that race should have been between Joe Habay in the triple Jones and Jim Merten's 18' Wing. I set the Jones up for Galveston and had driven the Wing, so I knew they both had an easy 10 mph on Cooper's twin for those long straightaways and would not have lost much in those turns. Habay tried to complete his 250 miles testing before the race and, I think, failed a gearcase during the event and Merten had that horrible accident . Note: That same triple Jones did win that race the next year with Merten doing the driving and I believe the twin Jones was back, this time with stackers and Bill Petty behind the wheel.
Here's Merten's Wet and Wild at Parker and Cooper's twin Jones......Last edited by willabee; 02-14-2006 at 10:55 AM.
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02-13-2006, 04:58 PM #1237000 RPM
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Willabee,
Is Bill Petty still living? Do you ever talk to him? I knew he had several companies in the Wapokenata, OH area (home town of Neil Armstrong). I remember he used to have a private jet based at the local airport.
SCT
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02-13-2006, 05:11 PM #124
Gene
I don't remember the tunnel boat that year..The first few boats were pretty close. Bobby and I were third overall for about an hour, when the steering cable snapped. Wallace was first,who can ever remember second but second..I just remember about five boats flipping in a 15 minute time period, running out of ambulances, and I think the last driver died. They took him off in a van, beating on his chest. A poorly run event..
Butch
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02-13-2006, 08:49 PM #1257000 RPM
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Galveston '69
[quote=willabee]Yes, 69 was the year .....I think those carbs were on all of the boats we brought from Oshkosh,
Willabee: 'improved': I was thinking maybe of the pressure/floatless Tillotsons-------didn't Sirois test/race a triple Jones in addition to driving the GN boat on Sunday? Golly, only been 36+ years----
Gene
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02-13-2006, 10:50 PM #126
Sirois
I'm pretty sure Bill ran a Jones..I was talking to him before the race..don't remember how many engines, but I think it was a triple, like Coopers..he was all smiles..It was the first time I had seen the latest Mercs since 63..
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02-14-2006, 10:54 AM #127Originally Posted by SCT
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02-14-2006, 11:13 AM #128Originally Posted by GENE LANHAM
Hey, I just remembered something from that race !!!!! Patty Duke was in town filming a movie and staying at the same hotel we were at and I got to dance a slow number with her .
Sirois finishing 3rd at Havasu in 1969......Last edited by willabee; 02-14-2006 at 11:49 AM.
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02-14-2006, 11:32 PM #1297000 RPM
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Galveston '69
Willabee:
Maybe it was Sirois helping Joe 'test' the triple. I do remember a big problem with a new carb, I think the guy from Tillotson was there.
I'm old enough to remember Patty Duke. I'm impressed!!!
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02-20-2006, 03:59 PM #130
Gene "throttleman" Lanham......
Found this shot in the January, 1973 Powerboat......Pictured, left to right, are Gene, Carl Kiekhaefer, Richie Powers, Carlo Bonomi and Bob Magoon. Gene was co-driver with Magoon when they won the 1972 Miami-Nassau Race. Back in the day, the only guys that received any ink were the "drivers of record", some of which never really drove. Here Gene has a full head of black hair......I wonder, is it all gray now or just all goneLast edited by willabee; 02-21-2006 at 02:57 PM.
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02-21-2006, 04:02 PM #131
Commodore's Regatta - 2 hour in Miami Marine stadium - 1972....
Here's a shot of Paul Felsch driving his 21' Glastron Molinari Tweety Bird to first overall.....Gary Peacock led this event with a single Molinari / TI when he threw a prop blade and blew the engine just before the finish......Lanham must have been Offshore racing that dayLast edited by willabee; 02-22-2006 at 09:08 AM.
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02-21-2006, 09:09 PM #1327000 RPM
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Good to see a picture of Paul in here. He was one of the mainstays of twin engine racing in South Florida back in the day. I think he had a auto body shop in Naples. I know his boats usually looked good and he could tear one up and get it fixed up pretty quick.
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02-23-2006, 11:23 AM #1337000 RPM
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Originally Posted by willabee
I still have most of it, and gray is supposed to be distinguished??? I see Doc Magoon often, and he is always wearing a hat-----
Gene
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More boats
Some pictures from that era.
Miami Race 1969??
Bill Petty--Jones twin----Ernie Threkeld--Switzer wing
Kenny Kitson---Switzer wing
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02-24-2006, 10:34 AM #135
Picture of the only other 20' Switzer wing known to have been run with triples. Don't think the two wings ever met on the race course... would have been interesting. I think this picture was taken around 1970~1971 at Havasu. In a speed kilo run it was reported to have been clocked at 123.~ MPH running twins.