HEATWAVE II   E-160
owner / driver Harry E. Holst
location Sauble Beach, Ontario  Canada
hull info / class 280 class hydro (E) - originally built in the early 1970s by Vance Whiteman
length / beam 17' 8" / 7' 10"
launch crane
motor 260 cu in Ford rebuilt to stock specifications .040 oversize pistons
power transfer direct
propeller mfg HI-J  12 x 19
years raced / history 1970s and 1980s
Originally raced as HEATWAVE E-160 by Lynn Weddel from Decatur, IL in the 1980s. Steve Lancaster from Burlington, KY as The River Rat E-69 in the early 1990s. It was also owned by Doug Hale & Bill McTague of Batavia, OH and Joe Marshall of Knoxville, TN. We purchased it in October of 2005 from Joe Marshall.