Who from the Midwest will be going to the Don Aronow gathering and race 6/20 in Sunny Isles...I know there are costs involved,$1,200 for gas,$1,000 if you are going to race plus food and lodging.You are probably looking at $2-3,000 but look what you get ...be part of the potential largest gathering of old school Magnums,seeing there are a lot of them in Florida that will be there plus hopefully ones from the Midwest. Also a chance to meet all of your Magnum buddies plus drivers and crews who ran these great boats.

Can we see a show of hands of Magnum diehards who are going ???????

BudWeisner

you got that right........m.m....

Hey guys,

I wanted to get the word out on behalf of Steve Miklos and Adib Mastry that they will be entering the Don Aronow Memorial Race on June 20, 2008 running their 29 Extreme.

Good luck to all.

Hey, im not Mr. Vinyl !!!!
But if you wanna help sombody (in case he is not going)
I WILL GO !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
But as of right now cant get the entry fee together.
To any one wanna se me there call me.
NEED HELP !!!!
941 592 5815
Thanks Scott.

I've spoken with Carl and Jeanne Moesly, Dave Craig and Jon Culver..They are all coming barring a crisis or medical problems..Jon wasn't an ocean racer, but he has very long racing roots with Mercury, even before OPC started.

Jon Culver was a legend in his own back in the day. He ruled the JJ class of OPC for a few years there. I was just a poor J class racer and always watched those JJ guys blow out of sight in the mid 60's era.

For those new racers of this era.....here is a shot of Mel Riggs changing the prop on a Ron Jones tunnel cat in '70 and Odell Lewis with the first turbine powered offshore boat in the mid 60's. Would you like to be the first to tell them about all the "New" ideas in offshore today.

I sure hope Mel will be down for this. We have the pleasure of seeing the Riggs family on a regular basis and they are the nicest, most down to earth people you will ever want to know.
Just having a shot of the weeds, sitting back, drinking a few beers listening to Mel talk about the good old days is the best!!! My wife Kathy, also enjoys going up there on the weekends while the boys work on the motors. They grill out and Kathy spends her time talking with Shirley and Mindy and sometime Mel (if he is done beating up on me!!!). This family has huge hearts and we are so lucky to have be-friended them all!!
LT and Kathy

Jon is too damn modest, he was Chief referee of Offshore under Gene Whipp....and probably the best at that job we ever had.......... His wife Carol also handled scoring and registration and volunteered for nearly everything....... We also used his props back in the day in the old Around Long Island Marathon...so that has to count for something...

T2x

i cant wait to see all of the guys i have not seen in a while and all of the greats i have always wanted to meet.
mike stancombe

Mike ,It is shaping up to become a real great weekend for Offshore powerboaters and offshore racers .Everyone will have a chance to meet each other at all of the events and partys that are planned all weekend .
NOW Lets get some boats to RACE to BIMINI !!!This needs to be a SHOW !The list is getting much better ,but we need MORE boats to fill the ocean and make some noise !