Columbus 1960
This photo courtesy of Michelle Nabozny and her Dad, Doug Maykovich. She writes: “I don’t know why Dad had this picture, but I think I see him in the pic, but in 1960 he would have been almost 16”. Her father was a premier engine builder so she is wondering if …
Race Regatta Program Covers
Drew Herrick sent us 33 New Martinsville Regatta Race Program covers to add to our “Official Race Programs” book (we have almost 325 covers now). I really like this first one he sent from 1953. The Y-333 SHOOTING STAR is a cool boat, cool name, and even his helmet is …
Ed Karelson – story
The Ed Karelson Story by Rusty Rae. One of the greatest hydroplane builders of all time. (1988)
AQUA ALLISON – article by Bill Holder & Phil Kunz
This article appeared in Engine Builder magazine (Dec 2014)
1966 New Martinsville Regatta – RACE PROGRAM
1966 New Martinsville Regatta added to our RACE PROGRAM section
1979 Dayton Nationals
We added 13 newspaper articles from the 1979 Nationals to our “Newspaper Articles From The Past – DAYTON – 1962 through 1999“. This completes this section of all the newspaper articles that Phil Kunz collected over the years.
Joe Guess- boat builder
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 …
1980 Dayton NATIONALS – newspaper articles added to our “Media from the Past” section
There is a total of 11 newsprint articles from the 1980 NATIONALS in Dayton posted. Visit our media page and scroll down to the “1980 Dayton” articles, then click on each small pic to read the entire newspaper article.