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20 years. Wow he's old......
How many of our members were in that race that day??????
Sorry to say but a bunch of us had moved on out of offshore racing into IMSA Endurance sport car racing. Preston Henn had gone from his many victories in the Bacardi race to running a Porsche 962 and winning the Daytona 24 hour race with some co drivers by the name of AJ Foyt and Bob Wollek. Sandy Satullo and his son were racing with me and my son in some of the lower classes doing the 6 hour races and Sebring races each year. Preston decided to sell the Porsche when he needed a new starter at Sebring one year and when he went over to the factory parts truck, they sold him one for $5,000. I think he kind of felt they were taking advantage of the racers. Bill Elswick and Joel Halpern moved into NASCAR by then too. Believe it or not if you bought a car or team from a well known builder, you could just show up and qualify and they would let you race. Different times back then.
Bobcat
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1930 While chasing a rum-running boat near Key West, the USCG fired at the boat before it stopped and the three men were arrested. The men claimed that Willie (Twisteye) Demerritt had been shot and fell overboard. A search failed to find his body. The local authorities tried to charge the Coast Guard men with murder but they were taken out of town and charges were dropped. Demerritt was never seen again.
1960 An Aerovias Q. flight was hijacked over Cuba and forced to fly to Key West. During the hijacking, a Cuban guard was killed and three people were wounded.
1960 An Aerovias Q. flight was hijacked over Cuba and forced to fly to Key West. During the hijacking, a Cuban guard was killed and three people were wounded.
Bobcat
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1948 President Harry Truman was re-elected in an upset victory over Gov. Tom Dewey of New York. After his victory, Truman announced he was going to Key West on vacation
arty:
1965 Burglars cut through the roof of First National Bank on Duval Street, entered the vault and opened 90 of the 1,000 safe deposit boxes. As the contents of the boxes were private and confidential, the value of the stolen goods was never determined. Arrests were later made, but no one was ever indicted.
arty:1965 Burglars cut through the roof of First National Bank on Duval Street, entered the vault and opened 90 of the 1,000 safe deposit boxes. As the contents of the boxes were private and confidential, the value of the stolen goods was never determined. Arrests were later made, but no one was ever indicted.
Ratickle
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What happened to the shrimp?
old377guy
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Well sir, there's fried shrimp, there's cocktail shrimp, there's fresh shrimp, there's ...................
Ratickle
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Heck of a racer. Too bad about his accident.
Ratickle
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Bobcat
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on this day in:
1951 Teddy, the dog on the sightseeing bus, died. Teddy was the nationally known 15-year-old dog that rode on top of the sightseeing bus owned by Ramon Navarro. He had been featured in countless magazines and newspaper articles.
1963 A U-2 spy plane crashed into the sea west of Smith Shoals Lighthouse. Presumably the plane was returning from a mission over Cuba. Air Force pilot Lt. Joe G. Hyde was killed in the accident.
Ratickle
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I wonder if the Navarros were related to the Romneys?
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