Knocky House
 

With the "old timers" reunion rapidly approaching, does anyone here, know who Knocky House is, and what he did for Offshore??

Hello Bobby

As far as I know he was Don Aronow's racing side kick for all or most of Don's races from the beginning. In old school terms he was Don's "riding mechanic , am sure he did more then just that for Offhshore racing. I would think that some of the things that were tried on Don's race boats were Knocky's ideas?
Thank you
Jim

Bobby...he was Don's guy in the boat and for most of his races. He also was the guy in the boat for other world champs like Bobby Rautbord inhis 36 Cigarette.

He was an Olympic wrestler (like Rocky) and was one guy that although short in stature, could never be bested in arm wrestling by any of the bigger or stronger guys.

Here he is shaking hands with Don after winning the Bahamas 500. Barry Cordingley is the other guy in the boat. Sadly, Knocky has passed on, but his wife still lives in the Ft Lauderdale area, my son speaks with her on occasion.

Did Knocky race with Howard Quam (Flap Jack) some? I Thought I'd read something where the boat came apart and Knocky had to Help Howard since he was Injured, anybody Recall that????

All I can say is "CLASS ACT" all the way!
Besides being a good prop man.
Later,
pp.

PS, Whats up Mr. Wide Awake ???

HAD A PROP SHOP EARLY 80'S IF I REMEMBER..

Yes he did.
Later,
pp.

When I met Knocky, he had a motorcycle shop on 7th Ave. in Miami. I gave him a job at Donzi, and introduced him to Aronow. They arm wrestled. Knocky won. One Sunday, I brought my kids over to the Donzi factory to go for a ride, and one of the kids said "I hear someone calling HELP"! The noise was coming from a 16' Donzi. We opened the hatch, and there was Knocky, stuck beside the engine since the evening before. He was muscle-bound, and couldn't raise his arms above his head to work on the latch. Great guy. I miss him a lot. PS, Big Dirty beat them both arm wrestling........

His wife and daughter still live in the same house in Ft. Lauderdale on the water - saw them at a XMass party this past year. Gave them a copy of Run Sunward and they loved it! They still have a cutoff "bow" from Knocky's old Donzi...