{"id":4279,"date":"2022-10-24T21:35:06","date_gmt":"2022-10-25T02:35:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.vintagehydroplanes.com\/Blog\/?p=4279"},"modified":"2022-12-31T22:05:27","modified_gmt":"2023-01-01T04:05:27","slug":"1956-225-national-championship-races-melbourne-kentucky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.vintagehydroplanes.com\/Blog\/1956-225-national-championship-races-melbourne-kentucky\/","title":{"rendered":"1956 225 National Championship races &#8211; Melbourne, Kentucky"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vintagehydroplanes.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/F-70_Take_Off_Dotty_Mack.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1603\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vintagehydroplanes.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/F-70_Take_Off_Dotty_Mack-1603x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4280\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vintagehydroplanes.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/F-70_Take_Off_Dotty_Mack-1603x1024.jpg 1603w, https:\/\/www.vintagehydroplanes.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/F-70_Take_Off_Dotty_Mack-768x491.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vintagehydroplanes.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/F-70_Take_Off_Dotty_Mack-1536x981.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.vintagehydroplanes.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/F-70_Take_Off_Dotty_Mack-2048x1308.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/www.vintagehydroplanes.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/F-70_Take_Off_Dotty_Mack-470x300.jpg 470w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1603px) 100vw, 1603px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Dotty Mack had her own show on WCPO-TV airing out of Cincinnati in the early 1950s. <br \/>She was the featured dignitary at the 1956, 225 cu in National Championship races held on the Ohio River in Melbourne, Kentucky. <\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vintagehydroplanes.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1956-09-16_Melbourne_KY.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vintagehydroplanes.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1956-09-16_Melbourne_KY-768x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4281\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vintagehydroplanes.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1956-09-16_Melbourne_KY-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vintagehydroplanes.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1956-09-16_Melbourne_KY-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/www.vintagehydroplanes.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1956-09-16_Melbourne_KY.jpg 805w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.vintagehydroplanes.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1956-09-16_Melbourne_KY-NKBC_hydro-fems-scaled.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"687\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.vintagehydroplanes.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1956-09-16_Melbourne_KY-NKBC_hydro-fems-687x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4282\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.vintagehydroplanes.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1956-09-16_Melbourne_KY-NKBC_hydro-fems-687x1024.jpg 687w, https:\/\/www.vintagehydroplanes.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1956-09-16_Melbourne_KY-NKBC_hydro-fems-768x1144.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.vintagehydroplanes.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1956-09-16_Melbourne_KY-NKBC_hydro-fems-1031x1536.jpg 1031w, https:\/\/www.vintagehydroplanes.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1956-09-16_Melbourne_KY-NKBC_hydro-fems-1374x2048.jpg 1374w, https:\/\/www.vintagehydroplanes.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1956-09-16_Melbourne_KY-NKBC_hydro-fems-201x300.jpg 201w, https:\/\/www.vintagehydroplanes.com\/Blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/1956-09-16_Melbourne_KY-NKBC_hydro-fems-scaled.jpg 1718w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 687px) 100vw, 687px\" \/><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Pretty neat how the women folks in the boat racing clubs joined together to support the guys and the club events.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Read \/ see more from the <a rel=\"noreferrer noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/www.vintagehydroplanes.com\/race_programs\/1956_melbourne\/1956_melbourne.html\" data-type=\"URL\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.vintagehydroplanes.com\/race_programs\/1956_melbourne\/1956_melbourne.html\" target=\"_blank\">1956 Melbourne, Kentucky Race program<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Read \/ see more from the 1956 Melbourne, Kentucky Race 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