During the inboard hydroplane final, Mike Weber driving the E-55 MY WAY was charging fast in the first lap and coming around turn two and his hydro went airborne into a scary back flip. Mike was okay and the hull appeared to come out better than it did in 2004 …
Tommy Thompson and FAT CHANCE A-25 inboard hydroplane goes airborne at Rocky Fork, Ohio in 2006. The flip was captured by photographer Phil Kunz. The driver and hydroplane survived to race another day. Phil told me this is one of the better flip photo sequences he photographed of a hydroplane …
The Ed Karelson Story by Rusty Rae. One of the greatest hydroplane builders of all time. (1988)
VINTAGE RACERS REDISCOVERED: “After many years of trying, I have been able to purchase the Z-Z-ZIP from Carl Schmidli of North Tonawanda, NY. Carl stored this 1955 Joe Guess raceboat in his pole barn for the last 20 years. He bought the Z-Z-ZIP from Gordie Reed, with the intentions of …
Sorry, missing the last page(s). This article has lots of info on many of the boat engines Keith Black built.If you are on a desktop computer – the best way to view this book is to click the “toggle fullscreen” button, then use your arrow buttons on the keyboard to …
The flipbook starts out with an interesting 3-page interview from October 1998 with Robert Stack. Other info: From Wikipedia: By the time he was 20, Stack had achieved minor fame as a sportsman. He was an avid polo player and shooter. His brother and him won the International Outboard Motor …
