![]() They called them the "flying bananas"! Some were painted yellow too. To kick off the Mercury powered racing runabout side of this thread in outboard racing the first picture is that of my class "D" - "F" combo class use USA built Asburn racing runabout. These were the exciting golden days and years of outboard racing. For people like me with my Ogier and Merc KG-9, you had to have a name in racing already to get an Anzani and Mercs were a plenty and quite inexpensive so as a future university student would have to do. Such speeds for the class D and F Alky Merc racers by a half the displacement Anzani was un-nerving for them. British Anzani engines would come from the south where the bridge is located moving north through the middle of the course exceeding the speeds of 4 and 6 cylinder class D and class F Alky Mercs pulling speeds to near 90 miles per hour. It is still one of the finest race courses in North America. ![]() Some years some 2 to 3 dozen class A and class B Anzani powered hydroplanes and racing runbouts would compete in an 8 class a day X 2 or more elimination heats competition schedule for 2 day mixed weekend compeitions. ![]() During the 40 years of Stock, gas Modified and Methanol - Alky outboard competitions there British Anzanis shone brightly. Another view of the same raceboat with me running is where the backdrop is the Red River in Selkirk with a large opening type bridge over the river some 1/4 mile wide. ![]()
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