Yesterday I received a different looking mail from Stafford UK (England)
Could not wait to open up.
Back in the memory lane again.
The start of the London F1-V8 race 1983. My boat is the #8 Burgess/Aspen/ Evinrude V8.
This was a tough race for me..I crashed bad in the Liege, Belgium GP two weeks earlier and did spend some time at the local hospital.
David worked hard to repair the badly damaged race boat in time for the London GP.
You can see my brother Lennart and his friend Olle Magnusson holding the boat just before the start.

Thanks for thinking about me David..makes an old racer like me happy..

General News

Renato Molinari..Good news for the Great Italian boat racer.

30 December, 2014 Published by: Lars Strom

Today´s news from Italy translated by Bruno Verschraegen

http://www.laprovinciadicomo.it/stories/Sport/molinari-nella-leggendalo-incorona-il-coni_1097029_11/

Letter from Malagò to the icon of Italian motorboating:

You have been added to the list of the ” 100 Legends of Italian Sports”
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On Rosignano hill, from the terrace of his new home made from volcanic rocks, Renato Molinari looks out over the vineyards and woods of Monferrato.
There, in that place where the icon of Italian motorboating said to be re-born, he received great news yesterday. Giovanni Malagò, president of CONI (the Italian Olympic Committee), sent him a personal letter that announces his inclusion in the list of the “100 Legends of Italian Sports”.
This list is “A recognition that the world of sports has wanted to dedicate to all of you for your extraordinary careers as athletes and people and that will be represented in a path, by dedicated icons, along the Avenue of the Olympics and of the Foro Italico in Rome.”

A short message from Bruno:

“Quite an achievement, I’d say. Strange to see he now lives 150 km away from Cernobbio on Lake Como where I believe the Molinari’s had their boat building yard, close to the Lake that was his racing homeground. But then again, Rosignano Hill is only 10 km away from Casale Monferrato, another iconic place in the history of Italian powerboat racing”

General News

France takes over in UIM F1 2014. Chiappe is the new Champ..!!

19 December, 2014 Published by: Lars Strom

Yes..in a French built boat by Moore, the frenchman Philippe Chiappe left the rest of the world in his rooster tail.
Drove a perfect race today in Sharjah, UAE.

Well done and Congratulations.

General News

One of the powerboat world’s greatest racer ever left us today.

8 December, 2014 Published by: Lars Strom

I just got the sad news from Italy that the great Angelo Vassena past away.
There is so many memories from racing with Angelo.
He was such a fun friend to hang around..and always surprised you with crazy things.
So many things is spinning in my head..

Paris, Stockholm, London, Bruges, Como, Lecco, Sabaudia, the Evinrude factory..etc etc..

Maybe my best memory is our team driving in Paris 1978.

R.I.P my dear friend