Attn: John Schubert !

[bh/]

John Schubert – March 1969 Lakeland, Florida, New World 500cc Hydroplane,
5 mile Competition record of 82.42 MPH.
Lakeland, Florida, March 1969 New World Record, 700cc Hydroplane
5 mile competition record of 84.91 MPH. APBA and UIM record.
John was also the APBA 500cc National Champion.
Dick O'Dea

John, was the 500 the early 4cyl VC Konig,
4 carb, or 2 carb ?
Many would like to hear the 500 was a 'looper',
but likely not by that time ?
I never heard of Dick doing a looper.

[dwhitford]

I never heard of Dick doing a looper.

Brian, Dick worked on Janie Smith's Looper, even cut off the needle valve so that Ralph couldn't change the adjustment!! Maybe some other folk's Loopers as well.

[John Schubert]

Dave, he is talking about Konigs, not Quincy Loopers.

[John Schubert]

John Schubert – March 1969 Lakeland, Florida, New World 500cc Hydroplane,
5 mile Competition record of 82.42 MPH.
Lakeland, Florida, March 1969 New World Record, 700cc Hydroplane
5 mile competition record of 84.91 MPH. APBA and UIM record.
John was also the APBA 500cc National Champion.
Dick O'Dea

John, was the 500 the early 4cyl VC Konig,
4 carb, or 2 carb ?
Many would like to hear the 500 was a 'looper',
but likely not by that time ?
I never heard of Dick doing a looper.

Brian, if my recollection is correct, both the 500 & 700 were 2 carbs. WE also used the round tin can exhaust, no expansion chambers & cooled our fuel with a dragster fuel cooler using dry ice.

[John Schubert]

BTW they both had O'Dea manufactured heads, not Konig.

[Team B&H]

That was my very first race and I remember John had rotary valve Konigs to set the C & D records but Bobby Hering used Quincy loopers to set the A & B records the same weekend.