#James packer boats drivers#
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I started going through that list a couple of weeks ago and looking up the names on the internet, only to find that many have passed on. As a result I was given a list of names and addresses of all available racers at the time. In 78 or 79 Brad Miller and I teamed up to put on an Inboard Endurance race at Puddingstone reservoir along with an outboard race that was happening at the time. About 4 weeks ago I started digging through pictures and decided to do this project. Didn't keep up with any of it and missed it badly for years. After 1980 I moved east and married a girl who was and is afraid of water :( so I left boat racing. great sponsors and competitors.Gil Gilbert and Jerry eat drivers.Those were the GOLDEN YEARS of GN Racing.Ĭouldn't agree with you more. Great pictures.I miss Mitch Lemke.as we had planeed to attend the OPC Nationals together, the year hea and he father were killed going to Walker.DeeDee and Mitch kept the wheels on ET and GN racing for years.īrad Miller, Robert Palm. He was killed at Parker, in a blow over of his ET running for the kilo record. He had subdivided some land, and gave away view lots. Jack use to give away land near his home as part of the prizes. You'd be surprised what close to $400 worth of 'MAD MONEY' can buy.

#James packer boats free#

I told Barb we should spend the tokens at least.so she was playing roulette or the Big Spin and I went to get some FREE DRINKS.none of the RACERS would let me near the bar with my free tickets.(They were saying I was cheap.which was true).So, I shouted my order over their heads.which is the way I order drinks anyway, and turned and put my dollar token in the slot machine and hit $300.300 real silver dollars came out.all of a sudden I had a lot of friends.I tell'em all to go to H.Get my drinks, I put another dollar in the machine and hit $80 more.I filled this big bucket up with dollars and take my two drinks to my wife.All the rest of the summer the kids and me spent that money.we called it our 'MAD MONEY'.We went to Tiajuana.and we were paying the guys on the street to play La Bamba.then we went to the Dog races.

#James packer boats drivers#

well, why would she listen then?Īt that Mini/Big Boat Enduro they gave all drivers and families like $25 worth of gambling tokens and 2 or three free drink tickets. Many years later, at a Mini Enduro, at Walker, I remember the mini's putting on a great show.as Walker gets rough every morning and then gets flat as a pancake in the afternoon.They ran the Mini's first.I remember my wife being in the air more than the water.She ended third.but had lead.If I'd had a radio they'd have never passed her or. Dick Sherrer led wire to wire, Pat Murphy ran second wire to wire and I ran third.boring boat race. I have to admit, the 100 INCH OUTBOARDS didn't put on a very good show compared to the ET's. I remember one Walker 100 where they had about ten ET's, still not sure where they all came from, but they were running with a bunch of GN's.It was one of the best boat races I ever watched.Can't recall who won, but it seems it was Mitch Lemke or Bob Nordskog. I'm not sure of the elevation, but those BIG ET boats didn't develop 'KILLER' horsepower up there, and as a result they'd have to or I should say, they were able to fly them like outboards, without blowing over.and man did they RACE.Hart pounding excitement.