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Kankakee mid 1970's
Built
by Wally Milosivich. Driven by Kent MacPhail.
Photo
provided by Dick Harris. |
Double Eagle E-78
Forrest & Susan Elkins' restored Double Eagle
is lowered into the water at the 2007 Wolfeboro Vintage Race Boat Regatta
in New Hampshire.
This was the debut of the last hydro built by Dick Sooy,
for his daughter Susan. |
MY SIN
It wasn't long before the Gold Cup Class-together with
its counterpart, the 725 Cubic Inch Class-likewise embraced the new-fangled
three-pointers. The first Gold Cup boat with a three-point design to achieve
record-breaking results was Jack Rutherfurd's Juno, which set a
mile straightaway record for 625 cubic inch unsupercharged Gold Cup Class
boats at 84.606 miles per hour in 1937. This bettered the previous mark
(established by
El Lagarto) by nearly 12 miles per hour! There could
be no doubt that the era of the sponson boats had arrived. The days of
the step hydroplanes, which had held sway for a quarter century, were numbered.
(Although, the fast-steppers continued to be a factor for another twenty
years.) The first three-point Gold Cuppers to follow Juno's lead
were Miss Golden Gate, Excuse Me, and My Sin, built
in 1938. My Sin was a Ventnor product and a larger edition of the
company's 225 Class hulls. Built of mahogany, My Sin had a slightly
concave underbody. The Zumbach/Miller engine had previously been owned
by John Shibe (of Miss Philaadelphia) and been used in Gold Cup
boats since as far back as 1924.
From Fred Farley's - Some
Early Three-Pointers
Photo from Mr. Crawford |
Joe Gimbrone in E-111 goes for a wild ride at the start
of the race in Valleyfield. The race was stopped and Ed Schroder, Jr. in
E-387 is okay.
Germain Broissoit is driving CE-83 Rebel, a Schroeder
hull. Inside is Jules Leboeuf in CE-155 Boomerang. Photo from the Ken Helwig
collection |
Three Staudacher stock 7 Litres
L to R: Wheeler Baker - Baker's Dozen, Earle Hall
- Bluewater Special, Stover Hire in Jerry Waldecker's Hot Stuff
This is the heat after the Bluewater Special broke
the 1-2/3 mile record
St. Petersburg, Florida October, 1982 |
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Happy Hooker J-717 & Edilweiss J-444
Gary Todd photo |
'The Sheriff' Butch Kropfeld
Photo by Phil Kunz - about 38 years ago - Hillsdale,
Michigan. |
"...The high altitude record for Maggiore flips was set
by Wesley Nickens in the 1st heat of the 48's. It was a real skyrocket
trip..."
This excerpt was taken from the St. Pete Times, February
15, 1968. That weekend was a mixed bag of highs and lows for the Bayou
Blasters from Louisiana. Wild Bill Buntin set the 266 record in the
Miss
Peg with Jerry Silva in the Plata Rey second. Bill also took
the Southland, Joe Siracusa (Country Boy) took overall 1st in the
225's while Roy Wilson (Intruder) won the final heat to claim 2nd
overall in the 280's. On the flip side (pardon the pun), Joe Johnson suffered
a broken shoulder when he flipped his 145 Lil' Jewel, Roy Wilson
suffered a nose cut and severe cuts to his leg when he flipped the
Intruder
in the Sweet Sixteen and Wesley had his flip in the first heat of the day.
Though the photo tends to make you believe things are not going to turn
out well for Wesley or the boat, Wesley was uninjured and Caribe,
landing right side up only suffered a 6-8 inch hole in the non-trip. Joey
Nolan |
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