Category: Racing Memories
Ken Warby
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
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 …
Press Release: “Simply The Greatest”
For immediate press release: William Oliver “Wild Bill” Buntin raced the Miss Peg in the 1960’s. Bill did not own the Miss Peg (she was owned by Lawrence Farris), but all say Bill was the only one who could really drive her. He raced out of the Region 9. In …
WANTED POSTER
WINDJAMMER is featured in this month’s WANTED POSTER over at Phil Kunz Photography website.
Chiro and Chiro Too
My name is Jim Jabczenski. I am the son of Mitch (Doc J) Jabczenski. My father and my Grandfather (Mitch Sr.) were Chiropractors in the Detroit area and where very active with the program in the late 1940s, up to 1963. They had 3 boats that they campaigned through those years. …
Helter Skelter in West Virginia
Margaret Myers driving Phil Kunz’s Helter Skelter 280 cu in class hydroplane in Wheeling, West Virginia over Labor Day Weekend.
Bill Pearson
In case anyone hasn’t heard or read, Bill Pearson was tragically killed running his Edelweiss GP-444 last weekend at Rideau Ferry vintage event. Bill was from Minnesota. Bill had Larry Lauterbach build him the Edelweiss hull a few years back. Click on the Edelweiss name above to see pics as …
Regatta Program Covers
With thanks to David Guetzlaff, 16 more Regatta Program covers have been added to our place on the website that has all the “OFFICIAL RACE PROGRAMS, plus other publications, news reports & articles” in our database. Stop in, click on some covers and reminisce when you have time.