In the 1950s, Mitch ‘Doc J’ and Mitch Jabczenski, Sr. were Chiropractors in the Detroit area and were very active in hydroplane racing. The father and son team purchased two hydros: a 266 class Lauterbach (photo above) and the other hydro was a Les Stadaucher built 266 hull, using Ted Jones plans from their friend, Bill Muncey. They campaigned both boats together under the names, Chiro Too and Chiro III for a few years.
Interestingly, both boats were sold to Ed Morgan and he campaigned them under the names: High Winder and High Winder II. He later sold the Lauterbach, but kept the Stadaucher/Jones and it was converted to a 225 (N) class and went on to be very successful boat earning two National High Point Championships and setting a competition speed record.
The Lauterbach was sold and a couple of years later, it had the misfortune of hitting a submerged log in Madison 1963, Phil Kunz and another photographer caught the entire flip.
Together both boats had interesting Owners, Drivers, and racing careers: Read the story on the Stadaucher/Jones hull here and read the story on the Lauterbach hull here.
