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Update about my Racing stories
I promised to get back with them in a few weeks, but so much
fun at the Lake of the Ozarks.
My Sea Ray Weekender 27' turned in to a 41' Formula PC with Cummins
diesels last Friday.
Please, do not give up on me.
I have lots of good Racingstories to tell but need little more time
with my new toy.....
My wife Carina and our Dog Lucky like the new Boat to
Nice to have you back Lars
I, along with many others I'm sure, have missed your posts the last few weeks. Hope you can get them started again.
Bill
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Offshore Racing. Flying Flipper 2 x Merc 1250 BP
One more from Dan in Sweden.
This is Sigurd Isacsson and his very fast Offshore Cat 1968..
A few weeks after this photo was taken he flipped the Boat but was able to "swim away"....
This winning boat was no more...
40 years ago last months..
Another view of Molinari "out of the cockpit"
Lars:
In the 70's here in St. Louis at George Winter Park, we had some of the most competitive OPC Tunnel boat races ever. One of them was the OZ World Championship. This was at the height of the "factory wars" when OMC had the Johnson and Evinrude teams, and of course there was the Mercury team with Seebold, Fountain, Benz and others driving, plus all the great drivers for OMC. I remember Renato Molinari participating in this race or if not the OZ Championship, one of the other big races held in St. Louis in that same time frame.
At that time the lake had only one ramp for both launching and retrieving boats, and with the large number competing it usually took some time to get them out after the heat was over with, as the ramp was being used to both launch and retrieve at the same time. Evidently Molinari had to take a "leak" quite badly after finishing his heat race, and the urge finally overcame whatever shyness he might have had (if any). I remember him climbing out on the deck of the boat and standing with the "golden stream" going into the lake, completely unmindful of the probably 15-20 thousand spectators looking on.
The picture of him on top of the motor you have posted reminded me of that moment. I seem to remember someone in the media took some pictures but I don't know whether they were ever published or not. I later found out that customs in Europe do not look upon that type of thing as we did here in the US, but it was unusual for a midwest crowd at that time. He was very nonchalant about the whole thing, and acted if there was nothing unusual about it at all. That was the only place I ever got to see him race, but he was a fierce competitor.
Great to read your story again Lars.......
,,,,,,I know how much time it takes to dig up the photos and get back into the groove of telling your story. We are all glad to see you continue.