The information I have on the photo
is that it is the first Long Gone, owned by Les Brown and driven
by Bill Hodges.
It was a Ron Jones hull. I don't know if anyone knows if the boat is
still alive and its racing history.
Benoit Lemay
Hydroplane Photo Album
I & Album II
Note from John Nebelecky:
I am not sure if it is the same boat, but I believe Norm Phillips from
Ontario, Canada,
ran one of Les' boats in later years as the Grand Prix El Bandito.
Note from Bob Foley
The world speed record holding Long Gone was wrecked in Detroit
in late 1970. Tore off a sponson. Bob Boster of Poway, CA bought the remains
from Les Brown and spent two years re-building her as a 7 Litre Div II,
named Miss San Diego J-27. He won the 1973 Western Divisionals with
her. Bob subsequently moved to Washington state and I lost track of him.
I don't know if it is the same boat or not. Boster's boat was a round nose
Ron Jones cabover with the same cowlings and tail fin as the Long Gone
in the photo. I have a couple of newspaper clippings showing Boster's boat.
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