This is pictures from my FaceBook page and comments by Jimbo McConnells wife Cathy.

Enjoy and thanks to David Blanchard for the pictures.

• Cathy McConnell
  
  Here is a story for everyone about this Boat….. referred to as “the Little #30 Boat”, before APBA changed the numbers and then it became #191. Each time it was run it was very “protected” from prying eyes. We took it to Loveland, Colo. and Jack Leek did not go. Before we left he warned us not to let anyone look under the special 2- piece tarp. One tarp surrounded the bottom, another over the top. The bottom tarp was to be removed as the boat went into the water, not a moment before. There were several new ideas on the bottom and there was to be no one snooping around. Before the race started, I walked behind the Boat and there was a pair of legs sticking out from under it at the back. I could see a belt, but not the person. I grabbed the belt and pulled the person out while Jimbo and others got there. We knew we were in trouble!! Our culprit was Barry Woods …. . That was before we really knew Barry. He had his tape measure and was measuring everything on the bottom. The incident caused quite a scene. Of course, over the years, we became friends and he was Jimbo’s co-driver, at times, but we never forgot the incident. Dragging Barry out by his belt…..

Cathy McConnell

One other tidbit….. this was the first OMC boat to go 100 mph. That happened at Galveston, Tx. in 1970. This was a big deal, at the time, because most of the single engine boats were running in the high 80’s and low 90’s.

Cathy McConnell

This is Jimbo’s boat. It is not a Goat Boat…… it is a Jack Leek OMC Boat. Each time it won a race beating Mercury the Little Mercury Motor and the race was painted on the Boat…… like the shoot downs of Warbird Airplanes.