Category: Racing Memories
The Danbury Racers
Neat article put out on the ACBS website“The Great Danbury State Fair was established in 1869 in Danbury, Connecticut, and by the early 1900s it was the largest agricultural fair in New England. In 1949 the Great Danbury State Fair Grounds opened the nation’s first landlocked, oval, boat-racing speedway—the Aquaway—to …
SOUTHERN AIR
F.C. ‘Doc’ Moor campaigned very successfully in the Y class with his SOUTHERN AIR hydros, winning 9 National Championships from 1957 to 1972. He also did well with his L class hydros winning 2 National Championships. He set numerous speed records along the way. Some folks may not know this, …
CAVALIER TOO E-35 | Lauterbach that was built by Frank Farmer
This Lauterbach design had the teardrop sponsons. Visit the webpage on CAVALIER TOO E-35. This “Lauterbach” hydro was built, owned and driven by Frank Farmer (Will Farmer’s nephew). Frank sent us his pics from 1966 as he built the boat. Frank used Lauterbach plans and guidance from Henry Lauterbach and …
Dayton Newspaper articles
Dayton had their races on the Miami River from 1946-1953. In 1954, they moved the race site on the river to what is now Carillon Historical Park along the Miami River and it was a big hit. We have added 15 Newspaper articles and photographs to our Media From The …
1951 YACHTING
I added a magazine article written by Kent Hitchcock for 1951 Yachting magazine which had results for their ALL AMERICAN racers for 1950.These and other OFFICIAL RACE PROGRAMS, NEWSPAPER & MAGAZINE ARTICLES, FIRST HAND EYEWITNESS STORIES can be found here.
1979 MODIFIED coverage of Dayton race
Thanks to Phil Kunz for sending an article that appeared in this issue of MODIFIED magazine covering the race results of the 1979 race in Dayton. Added to our Race Programs.