Some old OPC scans...

[brichter]

Working with the scanner and Dad's old photos, I figured I'd post a few shots here.

Boat 898 Terry Leatherby's mod 50 Broughton/Johnson, boat 328 Bill Richter Sr, Burgess/ Evinrude, Formula 100. Clinton Iowa, 1979(?) ish.

[brichter]

......These are from the same Clinton race, Rick Kasmar's SJ Hydrostream Puma with Johnson 140, and Dave Packer's Mod U......Dunno.

[MN1]

Clinton, IA was a good race site. I liked it because if you got tried of boat racing you could walk over to the car show. And when you got done with that walk over to the tractor pull. Then go see the rodeo and finish up with ice cream at the Burger King. Then back to the boat races. And carnival rides too. Cool place for boat races.
Mark N
Here's one from Clinton, IA too.
http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm315/MN392/RickRemley-ClintonIA.jpg

[MTECHMARINE]

Herewith some shots of early years in the Northwest. "NOMA" (Northwest Outboard Marathon Club) started out as wildcat racing and then APBA sanctioned. I raced there from 1970 thru 1983.
1st picture is of my SJ rig in 1973. The new tuned exhaust "bubbleback" Evinrude 135 was fast enough to run with the black motors, until the new better shaped gearcase came out for the Mercs.:eek:

2nd shot a beach start, Black Lake in Olympia WA. From top left, John Lehto, Greg Horn,John Abbott, LArry Lewis, Clyde Jacobus, George Abbott, Randy Zavales. In the water, Randys brother. On the beach lower left is Craig Indall.

3rd one, a placemat from Havasu. Ron should like this one.

4th, George Abbott at speed.

5th, a poleboat start at Black Lake, date unknown.

6th, Stu Deibert / Schultze / Evinrude

[MTECHMARINE]

There was only 1 Glas Moly in Region, belonged to Dick Sharp. I THINK I may have 1 pic, will keep digging. Don't have anything else for Deibert, sorry. Here's a good shot of Bill Glennon Next to Leatherbys' boat at Beloit in '79. Without his help I couldn't have kept involved as a certain individual at Evinrude did his best to interfere. Yannow, politics and I ain't a politician - -:mad:

Along those lines, here's my MOD 50 Hering. Molinari copy. Not enough airfoil, it was either plastered flat or in danger of a blowover! Lasted 3 races and the motor punched thru the transom dumping me in the Ohio. Lesson: want it done right, do it yourself.:eek:

Sorry photo quality is poor, most of these photos were in IVAN hurricane flood.

[MN1]

Herewith some shots of early years in the Northwest. "NOMA" (Northwest Outboard Marathon Club) started out as wildcat racing and then APBA sanctioned. I raced there from 1970 thru 1983.
1st picture is of my SJ rig in 1973. The new tuned exhaust "bubbleback" Evinrude 135 was fast enough to run with the black motors, until the new better shaped gearcase came out for the Mercs.:eek:

2nd shot a beach start, Black Lake in Olympia WA. From top left, John Lehto, Greg Horn,John Abbott, LArry Lewis, Clyde Jacobus, George Abbott, Randy Zavales. In the water, Randys brother. On the beach lower left is Craig Indall.

3rd one, a placemat from Havasu. Ron should like this one.

4th, George Abbott at speed.

5th, a poleboat start at Black Lake, date unknown.

6th, Stu Deibert / Schultze / Evinrude

I was wondering if you had more photos of Greg Horn's boat because I have his old SJ DelCraft. But I don't have any photos of when he owned it or what it looked like when Bob Holloway owned it.
Mark N
http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm315/MN392/Shop.jpg

[brichter]

The Seebold you rebuilt for Rick Remley. This is from the Kankakee nationals in the late 80s.

This hull has survived and is currently being restored.

[brichter]

The Schulyz tunnel with twin X-115s, I don't know who took the picture. It was given to me by someone who worked with me at OMC but I don't remember who.
I was told Rich McKinley is in the cockpit, and the other two fellas were Bruce Summers and Ray Nydahl. Bruce is often on BRF, hopefully his ears are burning and he will put in his 2 cents.

[brichter]

Roddy Foreman's Formula 100 LeeCraft with a Force, I thought I had one of his team mate's boat but haven't come across it yet.

[brichter]

A little merc Mod 50 hull, Looks like a Hering to me.....This boat didn't race the day I took this picture, the owner hauled it to Kankakee to sell it.

Hopefully someone responsible is taking care of this little gem.

[Ron Hill]

Looks like Ray Nydahl at the front of the trailer...Pretty sure this is the boat Dewey Berghauer stuffed in the 9 Hour....Looks like Havasu Springs where we tested...This would be the spring of 1967...

Missed your post....The twin Johnsons were McCune's...This is the Berghauer's ride...Dewey stuffed cross my wake made by my DeSilva Wing limping back to the pits on one more!

That is Rich and Bruce for sure....We stayed at Savard's Motel at Havasu Springs and tested up there before the enduro...In those days the road ended at Havasu Springs...There was no road to Havasu City from Parker, without going back through California...

[brichter]

A couple shots of Bob Parsons boat, I think he won that day.

[MTECHMARINE]

At the 1973 "225" held in Seattle on the unlimited course. I was doing pretty well until, on one of those big turns, my fuel pickup was starved and I ran out of gas! This was probably the best boat I built, very forgiving and fast!;)

We considered UJ to stand for "Used Junk", all I could afford.:D

[MN1]

Rick Remley bought this white Champ Boat and turned it into a Formula 100 boat and raced for one season, Then I got to do quite a few tricks to it. It turned out to be a really fast boat.
Mark N
http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm315/MN392/scan0004.jpg
http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm315/MN392/RickRemley-F100-2.jpg

[Master Oil Racing Team]

I was going to scan a few OPC pics from around 1973, but couldn't find them. Keep yours coming.

ADD: Found these from Lake Charles 1979. Have had much scanner trouble. Can't get these sized right.

[brichter]

Thanks to all who have posted on this thread!

Rick Remley's Formula 100 used a CCC/RS tower and gearcase under his V4, which worked quite well.

Keith Barco used the same setup on his V4. His boat was also very fast.
I took these in Jensen Beach Florida (near Stuart) in '88 or '89 when I worked for OMC.

[brichter]

Bobby Cullinan's boat and motor from the same race at the Jensen beach causeway.
I never saw anyone cut the exhaust snout off of a clubfoot before but it must have worked pretty well....he won that day.

[brichter]

Another Formula 100 V4 powered boat from Jensen Beach. I don't remember the name
of the driver.

I was surprised at the large number of V4s there on that day.

[MTECHMARINE]

1ST picture is Dick Sharp # 157 in the Glas Moly, don't know who in the # 99 dual stacker sidewinder - Camas Washington 1970

2nd pic is Barry Woods 335 in a "Marathon", foreground Glaston/Molinari, 18 footer, # 380 is Ed Lane.

[brichter]

A couple of in-action shots.....Jerry Guinn maybe?

[brichter]

First picture: Not sure about these but I think 266 is Lon Sawyer and 16 is Joy Gohr.
The location was Libertyville Illinois, 6-23-1985.
Second picture: Bill Richter Sr.in boat, me on the pier holding the boat. Can't remember where.

[proprider01us]

What hull and vintage is the #244 in the pictures. I would love to find and restore one some day. Those are the OPC boats I remember watching when I first started getting into performance boats.

Thanks for the awesome pictures!
Joe

[Mark75H]

What hull and vintage is the #244 in the pictures. I would love to find and restore one some day. Those are the OPC boats I remember watching when I first started getting into performance boats.

Thanks for the awesome pictures!
Joe


Mid 70's vintage.

The Merc T2X motor came out in mid 1973 ... this style boat a little later. They were raced thru the mid-80's in various classes

[largecar91]

That 244 boat looks a lot like my old Broughton.

[brichter]

It does look look like a Broughton with the cowls replaced. Heres another shot of the same hull, Bill Richter Sr in the other boat. The class is Mod 100, 1978 or 1979. I wish I could remember the race location....that building in the first picture looks so familiar.

[brichter]

I remember these kneeldowns were pretty popular at one time.

[MN1]

It does look look like a Broughton with the cowls replaced. Heres another shot of the same hull, Bill Richter Sr in the other boat. The class is Mod 100, 1978 or 1979. I wish I could remember the race location....that building in the first picture looks so familiar.


Do you think it could be Danville, IL?
Mark N

[calvin]

Is the motor on the top scatcraft an omc with stacks?

[Lars Strom]

I think it is a Johnson FT-10 S..(a 55hp powerhead on the same midsection I used on the Evinrude65 SS 1973).

The pipes are not from OMC..

[brichter]

What's wrong with the cowls? My Broughton had cowls just like that, as a matter of fact, I still have my original rear cowl today.

I thought the Broughton cowls were like Leatherby's in the first picture on this thread or #414 in the third picture.

[brichter]

Dick Ingebretsen's OMC factory sponsored ride at Clinton IA....it was destroyed at Rockford shortly after this picture was taken.

[Mark75H]

Is the motor on the top scatcraft an omc with stacks?


Pretty sure it is the motor Lars says. I think it would have been a legal "R" class rig.


What year was the pic of Ingebretsen's Moli taken? Its a beautiful boat, and a fantastic picture.

[Ron Hill]

No capsule.... With Brad MIller's Crazy Horse, on a 125 MPH Keller, seems I saw 122 MPH. After Parker 1979, I parked that boat and never got in a tunnel again.

[Master Oil Racing Team]

I remember Bill Seebold calling my Dad from wherever Billy first blew over in a capsule. Seems like it might have been Parker or Havasu. Bill was telling my Dad how much difference that capsule made. He was telling it like a bad blowever was just about like a cakewalk. Billy had no injuries.

[Danny Pigott]

Note the water brakes on Ingebretsens boat . I remember when the when they tried this they must not have worked out to well only saw a few boats with them . Sam Hemp had them on a DSH one time i think they might have been for show are he may have tried them i'am not sure.

[Master Oil Racing Team]

Somewhere in one of my Powerboat & Waterskiing magazines is a picture of Renato Molinari's boat coming apart after he applied water brakes he had just mounted on his boat. I believe it was at Bristol, England.

[MTECHMARINE]

Tried that on my Mod 50. It was like either all or nothing! :eek: Imagine locking up your brakes every time you wanted to slow your car. I never ran them in a race.

[brichter]

Pretty sure it is the motor Lars says. I think it would have been a legal "R" class rig.


What year was the pic of Ingebretsen's Moli taken? Its a beautiful boat, and a fantastic picture.

It was either 1978 or 1979, The same Clinton Iowa race as the first couple of pictures on this thread.

[kevin beaulier]

Here are some random photos, Misc. molinaris, bouy trouble at Saint Louis, and sst140s

[RICK HOFFMAN]

The boats from this era in OZ due to the brakes they put on them. most of them exploded sooner or later.

[Steve Pinson]

Somewhere in one of my Powerboat & Waterskiing magazines is a picture of Renato Molinari's boat coming apart after he applied water brakes he had just mounted on his boat. I believe it was at Bristol, England. Molinari`s boat was fitted with water brakes at Chasewater in the Uk it was the Chasewater 500 mile race i am sure it was 1972 he ran a Twister 1 engine` the water brake pulled the back out of his LH sponson?.

[Steve Pinson]

Pretty sure it is the motor Lars says. I think it would have been a legal "R" class rig.


What year was the pic of Ingebretsen's Moli taken? Its a beautiful boat, and a fantastic picture. I would say that was a 18ft Molinari Omc did begin taking delivery of these Marathon boats in 1977 they were supplied for the Paris 6hr race oct 1977 and all but one shipped over to the US after the race` they were heavy boats.Molinari and Hering started using a smaller Molinari even for marathon races this picture shows this boat having front and rear deck air splitters his later boats had only rear air splitters?.

[cosmchk]

Bill, thanks for the photos! Good to see Terry Leatherby. Hev have one of his old trophies to congratulate me on my first win. Good memories of him and Nancy.

[brichter]

Bill, thanks for the photos! Good to see Terry Leatherby. Hev have one of his old trophies to congratulate me on my first win. Good memories of him and Nancy.

You are welcome. Here's another one of Terry running SJ class at Rockford, Illinois in the boat your dad built. I think this was in 1976. My dad is in the Hydrostream, #328 running MOD 90 at the time. The race was a 15 minute 'mini-marathon where SJ and MOD 90 were combined.

[Ron Hill]

Barry averaged 120 MPH for the first lap. Don't forget this year's Blue Water Resort and Casino 336, October 24, 2014.

It should be fun, Blue Water Resort is SOLD OUT and so are many hotels and motels in town.

[Steve Pinson]

Barry averaged 120 MPH for the first lap. Don't forget this year's Blue Water Resort and Casino 336, October 24, 2014.

It should be fun, Blue Water Resort is SOLD OUT and so are many hotels and motels in town. Hi Ron is Barry Woods still around?if anyone ever went out with the OMC guys Ziggy Mouse and Barry Woods for a drink at night they were in for a real experience boy was he wild he drove hire cars like he drove racing boats` I only did it a few times when they were over in Europe but he must be around your age now Ron.I can remember he went missing from racing boats for 1 or maybe 2 yrs I was told he had been out at night with friends and got thrown out of a Corvette and a car hit him coming the other way I am not sure if this was true but he was out of action for a while?.Does anybody else have any stories about Barry?.

[Ron Hill]

My starter wife worked for the Airlines, so we got great deals on tickets. She planned a trip between Paris and Berlin races. I told Barry, his wife Margarite, Bill Seebold and Lynn Seebold of our plans. Barry and Billy wanted to go with us. Seems Bill Welch and his wife (Bill was a Mercury wrench)....So, we fly to Lisbon, Portugal and rented two cars and headed for Spain. Barry and Billy had to drive. I think they started that European Rally Racing that day. I probably should have stopped both cars, and kicked there asses, but at the time I thought it was funny. They drove like "LOONS" all day.

When we finally found a town big enough to eat at, it was about 6:30 in the evening, no lunch and racing across Portugal had us all on edge. By the time my turn came to use the bathroom, everybody was already served tomato soup with rice. When I came back to the table, everyone was down with there soup. I looked at my soup and asked, "Why is my rice moving?" It wasn't rice, it was maggots. Welch wife got up a "BLEW CHUNKS" out the back door and told, Bill, she was going back to Wisconsin tomorrow and he could come if he wanted, but she was going home.

The "STORY" of Barry's "ACCIDENT" that I heard, was that, "Yes he'd been drinking and went around a freeway off ramp to fast in his Datsun 280 and the door came open, when he reached to close the door, the door pulled him out of the car, and his own car ran over him and screwed him up pretty bad.

Barry and his wife, Margarite own jet airplane that they lease out and Barry flies it roughly all the time. Margarite planned a 70th birthday party for Barry about 5-6 years ago, but she could never find a weekend when he wasn't working. I'm not sure I'd have gone anyway, as Portland, Oregon is like 1,000 to 1,200 from here!

I gave Barry the name, "KING" as he always wanted to be NUMBER ONE.#36 is Randy Pierson, from Avon, Minnesota.

[Ron Hill]

Randy did most of Barry Wood's "Set Up" work during the Formula 1 V-8 days.

[Willabee]

My starter wife worked for the Airlines, so we got great deals on tickets. She planned a trip between Paris and Berlin races. I told Barry, his wife Margarite, Bill Seebold and Lynn Seebold of our plans. Barry and Billy wanted to go with us. Seems Bill Welch and his wife (Bill was a Mercury wrench)....So, we fly to Lisbon, Portugal and rented two cars and headed for Spain. Barry and Billy had to drive. I think they started that European Rally Racing that day. I probably should have stopped both cars, and kicked there asses, but at the time I thought it was funny. They drove like "LOONS" all day.

When we finally found a town big enough to eat at, it was about 6:30 in the evening, no lunch and racing across Portugal had us all on edge. By the time my turn came to use the bathroom, everybody was already served tomato soup with rice. When I came back to the table, everyone was down with there soup. I looked at my soup and asked, "Why is my rice moving?" It wasn't rice, it was maggots. Welch wife got up a "BLEW CHUNKS" out the back door and told, Bill, she was going back to Wisconsin tomorrow and he could come if he wanted, but she was going home.
After all of my reminding and correcting, you still can't get the "tomato soup" story right! :D My wife just read your version and said "That man has it all wrong", but we were laughing anyway because it is a fun memory. It was 72, the only time Peggy was able to join me on a trip to Europe. The plan was for her to stay with us through the Berlin Six Hour, but the boys cancelled the factory attendance at that event after seeing what they had left to race with after Paris. Lynne asked if we'd like to join you guys on the Gibraltar run, it sounded like it might be fun so we did. We had to kill a week before she could fly home anyway, adjusting her ticket to leave early would have been expensive. By the way, much to my regret, I was the one that insisted we eat at that particular restaurant. I was convinced that it looked "clean" !

Shifting gears, I recall that Jim Wagner was the #2 man in the OMC racing division. The impression I had was that Jack called the shots and Jim had to see that things got done. Get boats rigged, motors built, set a travel itinerary, etc. Are those the kind of things Jim was responsible for? Was he in charge when Jack was not around? How did that group function, who did what?

[Lars Strom]

I think Jim Wagner was the #2 man up the the end of 1974. After that Paul Kalb was the second man in racing for OMC under Jack Leek.
Paul was running OMC racing in Europe and there was a lot of racing in Europe.

Did see Jim at some races after 1974 but he did not have much power.

Charlie Strang and the OMC President for Europe Beat Jenni was in charge of racing after Paul Kalb was out.
1983/84 GG and Second Effort took over.

[John Schubert T*A*R*T]

After all of my reminding and correcting, you still can't get the "tomato soup" story right! :D My wife just read your version and said "That man has it all wrong", but we were laughing anyway because it is a fun memory. It was 72, the only time Peggy was able to join me on a trip to Europe. The plan was for her to stay with us through the Berlin Six Hour, but the boys cancelled the factory attendance at that event after seeing what they had left to race with after Paris. Lynne asked if we'd like to join you guys on the Gibraltar run, it sounded like it might be fun so we did. We had to kill a week before she could fly home anyway, adjusting her ticket to leave early would have been expensive. By the way, much to my regret, I was the one that insisted we eat at that particular restaurant. I was convinced that it looked "clean" !

Shifting gears, I recall that Jim Wagner was the #2 man in the OMC racing division. The impression I had was that Jack called the shots and Jim had to see that things got done. Get boats rigged, motors built, set a travel itinerary, etc. Are those the kind of things Jim was responsible for? Was he in charge when Jack was not around? How did that group function, who did what?
Bill, you nailed it! Jim was the one to see that Jack's plans, thoughts, ideas, etc were implemented & implemented correctly. But just remember, Jack was the boss. At one race where my dad was at, perhaps one of the Miami 225's, Jack told him when you win, upper management loves you, when you lose you are the goat (he meant himself).

[brichter]

Clinton, IA was a good race site. I liked it because if you got tried of boat racing you could walk over to the car show. And when you got done with that walk over to the tractor pull. Then go see the rodeo and finish up with ice cream at the Burger King. Then back to the boat races. And carnival rides too. Cool place for boat races.
Mark N
Here's one from Clinton, IA too.
http://i299.photobucket.com/albums/mm315/MN392/RickRemley-ClintonIA.jpg

Here is a pic of the Kramer hull (Rick Remley's #640 in the picture above) with Buddy Wright driving it in sport J.

[brichter]

Some more Sport J action shots. Ron Lamb is #13, Buddy Wright is #336, Terry Leatherby is in the Bass Pro shops boat and I don't know who #103 is.