Old F1 pics.

[tthibodaux]

Found a few pictures I thought were pretty cool.

[tthibodaux]

Cees and Rick Frost.

[tthibodaux]

Andy Bullen and Benny Robertson.

[tthibodaux]

Gene Thibodaux old carb V8 in about 84.

[tthibodaux]

Roger Jenkins.

[tthibodaux]

Benny and Bob Spalding.

[RAANA]

Found a few pictures I thought were pretty cool.

Tim,

This boat # 17 is the crazy Finn Aarno Häkkinen I was talking about,
he had one of those Spalding/Hodges super Rude engines.
The guy started driving raceboats directly from F-1 later tested
a smaller SE (f-4 or S-850) boat. I was told that during the first season
for Velden they had the trim locked so he couldn´t trim it out for the ragged edge,
othervise he would have been killed instantly.

Those pics as this one are from my good friend K-J Holmström Fin

[tthibodaux]

Post more pictures RAANA. You showed me a couple of these so I know you have more.:D

[Ron Hill]

Please post MORE Pictures and post often...

I was in Amber Marine, today and guess what I found on the WALL...Gene and Cees...

[jackus173]

http://jackottobrini.noosblog.fr/racing_car_and_race_boat or dailymotion, search race boat group for see f1 v8 video world championchips !!! :D ;)

[tthibodaux]

http://jackottobrini.noosblog.fr/racing_car_and_race_boat or dailymotion, search race boat group for see f1 v8 video world championchips !!! :D ;)It may be my computer but it didn't work.:confused: Has anyone else tried? All I got was "unable to display this page".

[Mark75H]

Let's try this link instead ... http://www.dailymotion.com/video/x1b67g_oz-v8-monster-80

[Jeff Akers]

Thanks for fixin it Sam:)

That was awsome ! I love watchin those old V8 boats:cool:

[tthibodaux]

Thanks for fixin it Sam:)

That was awsome ! I love watchin those old V8 boats:cool:I wish tunnel boat races would start running those LONG straight aways and one pin turns again.:D Sure makes for better racin if you ask me.

[Joe J]

Watching that brings back memories of the first few F1 races in Sacramento. There were a few shots in the video form there as well.

Joe

[jackus173]

i make this video with a old k7 of motorsport !!! and if i find a other video of f1 race boat of 80' i post for you ,and sorry for broken link....:( :confused: .....try a jackottobrini.noosblog.fr on google or write racing car and race boat and scale model, on engine search !!!!..........:D :p ;)

[keith scotton]

That is just COOL

[Miss BK]

Watching that brings back memories of the first few F1 races in Sacramento. There were a few shots in the video form there as well.

Joe

I noticed that too, Joe. The only time I ever got to see them was at Sacramento 85 (or 84?). That was such a heart wrenching weekend. One I'll never forget.

I've got several VHS tapes of their television series that I recorded, but can't figure out how to make clips from them.

[tthibodaux]

Miss BK, the year was 85 if your refering to Jimbo's accident.:(

[corin_huke]

You may or may not be aware that the first safety capsule (cell) in F1 was designed and built by a British guy called Chris Hodges. It was after Tom Percival was killed in a racing accident that Hodges decided that he wanted to do something to help increase the driver's safety

The very first cell (picture below) is in a powerboat museum in England

http://www.motorboatmuseum.org.uk/collections/safety.php

The rumour goes that in order to test the strength of the cell in the event of a large impact, they flew a helicopter at speed a few feet about the water and dropped the cell out

[jackus173]

i post a new video on dailymotion (raceboat group)but warning !!!!because it's a crash (2 driver lost life in this video!!!) and sorry for the music, because i dont now what music added(??) whit this horrible crash !!!!:( :(

[tthibodaux]

i post a new video on dailymotion (raceboat group)but warning !!!!because it's a crash (2 driver lost life in this video!!!) and sorry for the music, because i dont now what music added(??) whit this horrible crash !!!!:( :(I'm not sure who was driving the blue boat that rolled onto the beach but I remember Ken's blowover in the Bahamas very well.:( Very sad day for the Thibodaux family and all of the racing community.

[Miss BK]

Yes, very very sad - both of them.

During the clip of the blue boat running, there is a flash of an image of Peter Inward, so I'm pretty sure that's who is driving the blue boat.

On GOOGLE, I found this:


During a F.2 powerboat Grand Prix, a round of a UK National series, held at Fairford, Gloucester, UK, on Sunday, 03 July 1983, Peter Inward had his fatal accident while driving his Hodges boat. The Fairford boat course had a tight corner at the end of a long straight, passing through a narrow channel around an island, with a high mud bank where the spectators sit on top, on the right side. As Inward rounded the corner his Hodges boat tripped over another boat's wake and rolled landing on the muddy bank, going up into the spectators area. The unfortunate boat driver was killed upon impact.

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I saw Tim Seebold do this same thing in St Louis. But he had one thing Peter didn't - a safety capsule, and he came out of it unscratched.

Thank God we have safety capsules today and don't have to endure these tragic events much anymore. Thank you, Chris Hodges.

BK~

[corin_huke]

Yes, very very sad - both of them.

During the clip of the blue boat running, there is a flash of an image of Peter Inward, so I'm pretty sure that's who is driving the blue boat.

On GOOGLE, I found this:


During a F.2 powerboat Grand Prix, a round of a UK National series, held at Fairford, Gloucester, UK, on Sunday, 03 July 1983, Peter Inward had his fatal accident while driving his Hodges boat. The Fairford boat course had a tight corner at the end of a long straight, passing through a narrow channel around an island, with a high mud bank where the spectators sit on top, on the right side. As Inward rounded the corner his Hodges boat tripped over another boat's wake and rolled landing on the muddy bank, going up into the spectators area. The unfortunate boat driver was killed upon impact.

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I saw Tim Seebold do this same thing in St Louis. But he had one thing Peter didn't - a safety capsule, and he came out of it unscratched.

Thank God we have safety capsules today and don't have to endure these tragic events much anymore. Thank you, Chris Hodges.

BK~

Having watched the video, I was about to say the same that it was the accident that sadly killed Peter Inward at Fairford in the UK. I know the circuit first hand and sadly it has a history of bad accidents - my best friend's kid brother was killed in an OSY accident there back in the 90s

Sad days indeed

[tthibodaux]

At the begining of the video, the green Laing Homes boat about to blow over was my dad at Bristol almost winning the race. The boat blew over near the end and almost killed him. Bristol was a very dangerous place to race. This is dad in the boat I'm talkin about. It belonged to Steve Kurton.

[jackus173]

i cut the image of peter ,because with interwiew of peter the video it's verry long,and my net connection it's verry low(and for post video on dailymotion,if the time for post its too long,the link for post its broken!:mad: !!) so i want say sorry for you and your friend tim!!!:( :( :(
sorry...

[tthibodaux]

i cut the image of peter ,because with interwiew of peter the video it's verry long,and my net connection it's verry low(and for post video on dailymotion,if the time for post its too long,the link for post its broken!:mad: !!) so i want say sorry for you and your friend tim!!!:( :( :(
sorry...He was all of our friend. Ken was an awesome driver and person. It's a good thing sometimes to remember old friends.;)

[Skoontz]

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[Ron Hill]

Because Formula One is still racing, in Europe as Formula One, and V-8 are part of HISTORY, now...I'sd call the V-8's OZ just to not confuse the world...

I only watched the video once but wow!!! I will watch it again....

[tthibodaux]

Skoontz, I don't know. I'll ask dad and see. I do know that dad ran that sponsor at several races but they were all across the pond.

[jackus173]

6 hours of paris under heifel tower!!:D :cool:

[Mark Poole]

That was the first time I had seen a slow motion replay of Kens crash. If you look closely his boat hits a "hole" in the water and then bounces up. That is why his boat blew over so violently. Was a sad day for boat race fans.

[tthibodaux]

More Jack... I know you have more.:D

[jackus173]

ok ok !!!!!wait a litle please ,;)

[tthibodaux]

ok ok !!!!!wait a litle please ,;)No problem.;)

[Freddie Webb]

Please post more v8 stuff. That video is incredible and inspiring.

[Lars Strom]

F1 V8 Burgess-Evinrude

[Lars Strom]

My Racing truck

[Lars Strom]

Boat # 8 Burgess - Evinrude


Edit,

Black boat # 6 is Rick Frost, England
Burgess/Johnson

[Lars Strom]

Burgess Evinrude

[Lars Strom]

Boat # 8 Lars Strom, Sweden
Burgess/Aspen/Evinrude

Boat # 11, is Kicco Vidoli, Italy.
Team Molinari/Martini/Evinrude

[tthibodaux]

Burgess - EvinrudeCool picture! That was Rick Frost?? I mean the boat you were passing?

[Lars Strom]

Cool picture! That was Rick Frost?? I mean the boat you were passing?



Thank you, I have a few more.

Yes, it´s Rick Frost.

[Lars Strom]

Boat # 8 Lars Strom, Sweden
Aspen/Burgess/Evinrude

Boat # 15 Allan Nimmo, England
Castrol/Molinari/Johnson

[Miss BK]

Just wanted to say........
I have always loved to say the name "Lasse Strom". I always pronounced it "LAW SAY", not Lassie. So was I always saying it wrong?

I'm sure I got that pronunciation from some boat racing TV program somewhere...

At any rate...you'll always be "LAHSAY STROM" to me. :)

[Master Oil Racing Team]

I know where you're coming from Val. I first met Leif Ahlborg in 1973. We all called him "Leaf" as in the viking movies and such "Lief (leaf) the Red". When I was at Dieter Konig's plant one day and Leif came in Dieter addressed his as "Life". I never asked Leif the correct pronunciation.

Konig with the oomlough in German sounds like "coer-nish" rather than "kay-nig".

[Lars Strom]

Val, Thanks for your nice comments about my name,

and Wayne I have a message from Leif Ahlborg.

This is not my tread so I will post it under mine,
Super Swede Lars Strom

[Lars Strom]

Again, the # 8 boat is me,
and the red one # 4 is an Italian Driver with a Molinari boat.

I do not remeber his name, but I think he worked for the Army in Italy.
Not really sure.

The year is 1983

Edit.

The driver of the # 4 boat is Saverio Roberto. Italy

[Lars Strom]

London Victoria Docks 1985

Boat #8 Lars Ström, Sweden
Burgess Evinrude

Boat #17 Arno Hakkinen, Finland

Velden Johnson

[Bill Van Steenwyk]

Lars:

Would there be any connection (family relationship) between this driver Hakkinen, and the F-l automobile driver who won the world championship several years ago for McClaren?.

[Lars Strom]

Lars:

Would there be any connection (family relationship) between this driver Hakkinen, and the F-l automobile driver who won the world championship several years ago for McClaren?.


Bill,

Years ago I was told there is a connection but that info is maybe wrong.

I have a correct answer in a few days.

[Lars Strom]

There is two more new race stories at the thread "super Swede Lars Strom" now.

[Lars Strom]

I am pretty sure this boat is somewhere here on BRF, but I cannot find it.

This is one bad boat.

2 X 3 Litre Evinrude V6 Racing "Loopers" and was extremely fast.

Driver and owner Renato Molinari
Como, Italy

From 1980

[Lars Strom]

Lars:

Would there be any connection (family relationship) between this driver Hakkinen, and the F-l automobile driver who won the world championship several years ago for McClaren?.

Hi again Bill,


Yes, my info was right.

Mika Hakkinen the Formula 1 Car World Champ is the son of Arno Hakkinens brother.



Arno is driving boat # 17

[Lars Strom]

This is an other Swede.

Bertil Wik a friend of mine and a very good driver.
Photo from 1985

[Lars Strom]

Race start 1984

[Lars Strom]

Evinrude F1 V8 1985 Model year

[John (Taylor) Gabrowski]

That IS ome OMC! :)

[Lars Strom]

James Beard
Cardiff, Great Britain 1975
ON World Champion ship race.

Cees VD Velden won,

remember as it was yesterday, I was there racing SE

[mintominto]

Coincidentally,

I recently found and dusted off my old copy of the Cardiff programme in order to search for info that someone requested.

[Lars Strom]

Coincidentally,

I recently found and dusted off my old copy of the Cardiff programme in order to search for info that someone requested.


Hi again,

Please, open that Cardiff programme if possible and scan the entry list
for the SE/OE class.

I do not remember if Lars and Bo was in the programme, (late entry)
but my next story is about the Cardiff race and Amsterdam 3 hours 1975.

Please, put it on my thread instead of this one.

Thank you

[Lars Strom]

This is from Leon, Spain 1982.

Boat # 10 Tom Percival
Boat # 11 Bob Spalding
Boat # 12 Francios Salabert

[Master Oil Racing Team]

What an awesome pic. I was just saw an ad of the John Player boats in P&W a few days ago when I was looking up 1980 race info Lars. I'll try to find it again........too much stuff.:( At least Debbie doesn't bug me about it:cool:

[Lars Strom]

From Nottingham, England

[Master Oil Racing Team]

Very good PR Lars. It was noteworthy that John Player was big into cars AND boats. You guys across the pond had some good sponsers like Carsberg, Endlands Glory and Gordon's Gin.

[mintominto]

Remember some great ads from those big sponsors back in the day.

Here's one from Carlsberg, will have to put some others to the scanner.

[Lake X Kid]

51921

[Lake X Kid]

51922

[RpR]

What was the last year the V-8 F-1 boats ran in the U.S.?
Pictures of those boats on-line are darn close to zero. I saw them run at the Aquatennial in Minneapolis several time and miss them greatly.

What are the engine rules in the series now running?
I am in Minn. -- Land of Ten Thousand Lakes -- but a desert for boat racing (ditto for snowmobile racing but they build them here).
I was planning on finally getting to the big race in Kankakee Ill. but now it is gone too.

[crewman060]

the book of facesuk is where a lot has gone this year Lars Strom has lots of v8 omc on his page,yes kancakee is gone,and hurricane harvey wallbanger has done away with opc championships in Shreveport La this year.