Witch
De Silva hull
 
 

Windjammer
Bob Valenzuela
Blown Gas Hydro, Hallett hull
 

Hot Toddy’s Ghost
Larry Schwabenland driver - Roger Pillow driver
Buck Smith hull
 
 

 Stranger
Ken Ruffner
Blown gas Chrysler powered Sanger hull
 

Mortician
Buzz Coats
Stevens hull with two injected Chevys on fuel. Currently being restored by Spike Morelli
 

 Avenger 99-F
Hey, what’s that circle boat doing at Ski-Land? One of Bud Meyer’s 266 cubic inch hydros. Harlan Orrin designed, built and drove the boat as a 150 with a Bud Meyers Chevy Nova engine, then as a 266 with a sbc., then at the drags with a injected gas 327. After Bud Meyer and Harlan split partnership, he formed a partnership with Pete Altman & Wayne Rexwinkle. At the first meet at Long Beach Marine Stadium, Harlan set the APBA UGH record  @ 107.14 as 99-F  HOMEWRECKER. breaking the APBA UNBLOWN GAS, HYDRO, AUTO ENGINE, DRAG record at the  Long Beach Marine Stadium, on July 18, 1965. Also, NDBA  100 mph  club. We ran for several years undefeated. Harlan Orrin 
 

Citation II
Owner - Driver Rene Andre Maddox with his foot firmly planted on the loud pedal, feeding fuel to the Dave Zeuschel engine. 
Thanks to Weston Edd Mathews and Rene Alpi for identifying. 
The original Citation flipped and disintegrated on its first trip thru the liquid quarter mile, in 1965.  Its replacement, Citation II, set a quarter mile top end speed record of 170.62 mph on its first pass, in April 1966.  Not a fluke, this rig was for real, and turned a 170.76 pass at Ski Land in (May 1966?).  Raised its own record to 172.90 in July, 1966.  Destroyed in August 1966 at Oroville.  The November 1966 issue of Hot Boat has a spectacular B&W flip photo showing the hull disintegrating and Rene Andre Maddox bouncing across the lake... this was before chute jackets boys and girls.
 
 

 007 Panic Mouse
Ray Casselli
 
 
 

whoever he is....he turned a fast quarter mile
 

 All images of drag boats, both hydroplanes & flatbottoms from 1964-1966. 
Ski-Land near Perris, California which is near Riverside & March Air Force Base. 
It was built as a pay to water ski place and turned out to be a good drag boat venue. 
All photographs were taken by me and were scanned from 35 mm slides.

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© 2005 Bob Foley
 

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