Early magazine articles

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I have a stack of old Power Boating magazine from the 1930's , hope you enjoy these racing stories.

I find the picture in the bottom right-hand corner interesting. It is rare, at least the races I attend in the mid-west, to see 5 or 6 boats straight across at the starting line. More often than not they are all scattered in the chute coming to the start.

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Here are the next two pages of the August 1936 edition.

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Here is another racing story from the August 1936 Power Boating magazine

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Results from Peoria Illinois

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As we approach the 1955 National Championship regattas , I thought we would go back and look at the articles from Speed and Spray magazine and celebrate the 70th anniversary of the champions. I wonder if any of these champions are still with us today,

First off , the 1955 Stock Outboards Nationals from Devil's Lake Oregon.

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Found this in a 1952 edition of Propeller, a 50-year history of the APBA.

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Here is the recap of the 1997 OPC National Championship in Kankakee IL from the October 1997 Propeller magazine.

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Here is the May 1996 Propeller recap of the 20th Annual Florida State Championships

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Here is the recap of the 1996 OPC Nationals from Kankakee Illinois.

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The recap from Lake Ming>