Well, I don’t get to it and update it often enough (been quite awhile), but I finally updated the Directory of Former & Current Vintage Raceboat Members . We currently have 176 folks who have filled in our online form to be added into our Directory. Many folks have registered …
Dayton, Ohio: Race Town – new book by our good friend, Phil Kunz. The Race Boats & Hydroplanes Chapter has over 40 images and covers all the folks who were involved in boat racing in the Dayton area. The book (134 pages) is produced in cooperation with the Dayton Area …
Click image and when that opens, click full screen and sit back & relax. If the pics are going by to slow for ya (still a racer, huh?), you can hover your mouse to the right side and click on the forward (>) button and you can move on to …
Sally Shaffer writes in and wants to know if anybody knows anything on this boat and her father’s career driving it for Buddy Byers. Click on Sally’s name to send her an email or reply here. Note from the Editors: Al Shaffer is driving Miss DeSoto II, H-34– a Rich …
Owner/Driver was Brent Nixon of Summerstown, Ontario. Ron Jones 280 hydroplane (also featured this pic in February’s monthly calendar)
2017 Black Lake Regatta It was David Kancianich’s last official run as the owner/ driver of Annies Dodge H-25. Annie’s Dodge is running with Buccaneer, The Gold Streak and The Agitator. These guys look to be running all out putting on a great show. Video by: Digital Roostertails by Chris …
Interview with George Babcock by Eileen Crimmon – Powerboat Magazine, August 1971
Ken Warby receives from Dan and Debbie Joseph THE HENRY E. LAUTERBACH EXCELLENCE IN POWER BOAT RACING award last September at the Wheeling Vintage Race Boat Regatta. Ken Warby has held the World Water Speed record since 1978 when he drove his Spirit of Australia boat to 317 mph. That’s …
The Spirit of American Boat Racing – The Jersey Speed Skiff is a story of how the returning veterans of WWII, the every day guy, took the boat racing world by storm and away from the rich and famous that held it for many years. There are many old pictures …
