ASH Champs

[dholt]

What a list. Driving on the edge of sanity in the late 70's/early 80's. Jacked to the moon and skating all over the place.


'51-Joe Lelly
52-Dean Chenowith
53-Don Baldacini
54-Don Baldacini
55-Don Benson
56-Dean Chenowith
57-Dave Hoggard
58-Dave Hoggard
59-Eddie Wulf
60-Jack Evans
61-Don Christy
62-George Stillwill
63-Billy Hutchins
64-Billy Hutchins
65-Jerry Lohrer
66-Stuart Wilson
67-Stuart Wilson
68-Brian Berger
69-Brian Berger
70-Mike Minea
71-Bill Hutchins
72-Dave Hoggard
73-Steve DeFeo
74-Steve DeFeo
75-Jeff Hutchins
76-Cuck Zolkoske
77-Mark Demaray
78-Tom Marcell
79-Jeff Hutchins
80-Billy Hutchins
81-Kenny France
82-Juli Seaman
83-Scott Davidson
84-Howard Pickerell
85-Jeff Berghauer
86-Joe Zoloske III
87-Dana Holt
88-Andy Hansen
89-Kenny France
90-Kenny France
91-Bob Trolian
92-Paul Trolian
93-Billy Allen
94-Don Graham IV
95-Billy Allen
96-Steven Dawe
97-Bittu Spedding
98-Jay Fox
99-Jean McKay-Schwartz
00-Carl Holt
01-Bent Dillard
02-Glen Sevenson
03-D. Difebo
04-John Palmquist
05-Dave Bennett
06-D. Difebo
07-Dan Hauenstein
08-Andy Hansen
09-James Luce
10-JM Kelly
11-Jay Fox

[Brew56]

Billy Hutchins

Still the King of ASH....4-time champ Billy Hutchins.

I've heard many stories of how great a driver he was. Wish I could have seen it.

[Matt Dagostino]

Butt kicking

Still the King of ASH....4-time champ Billy Hutchins.

I've heard many stories of how great a driver he was. Wish I could have seen it.

In 1971, my rookie year we pitted with Hutchins in warm Lake Placid, FL in mid August.

I finished 5th in my ASH elimination. I believe i had Stu (DOC) Wilson, Jerry AC Waldman, Andy Hansen, Jeff Hutchins etc etc etc to 'learn' from. The thing that i found amazing about both Hutchins bro's was how guys that tall could coil up like snakes in those little boats and vanish in the cockpit!!

I believe there were maybe 4 or 5 ASH elimination heats that year. It was the hottest week of racing i have even seen. Every day was 100 degrees with a 4pm thunderstorm which gave us the sauna effect. Nice!

Later.

[G Stillwill]

Knew Billy, Jeff and WT for many years and when you beat Jeff or Billy you were running pretty good. I remember one time WT put together a 20-H with everything new in the powerhead, first heat Billy went into the first turn and barrel rolled it there was nothing left any good in the powerhead WT just looked at it and never said a word just shook his head.

[Big Don]

I may have told this story before about Jeff Hutchins but I’ll tell it again.

One year at Dayton we’re running 25H. I’m out front and going through the corner Jeff passes me on the outside and he’s floating the sponsons around the corner. Now this is before the boats were built to do this. We go into the second corner and Jeff has a boat length or two on me. I decide I’m going to try floating my sponsons around the corner to try and stay with him. About .1 millisecond later I’m in the water. I get towed in and Don Sr. asks me what happened. I tell him and he starts laughing and says so what did you learn. I reply, I can’t turn like Hutch.

The guy was unreal in a boat. Watching him start from as far away as one could on the outside with his sponsons floating as high as they could and nailing every start was unreal.

I’ve always thought for my era and who I have seen race that Jeff was the best Hydro driver and David Dewald was the best runabout driver.

[dwilderacer]

I have a huge sense of pride for the fact that there are two GIRLS on the list and I had the chance to grow up around both of them! Go Nor Cal Girls!