O'Dea Engines: Races Won and Records
Set
Dick O�Dea - November
19, 1961 Norristown Pa, New 250 cc Hydro APBA and
UIM kilo record.72.94 MPH.
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.
Bill Seebold � April
1972 Dayton, Ohio. OPC Nationals Class R winner and
New 5 Mile competion record of 67.90 MPH. APBA and
UIM world record.
John Woods � October
1965 Alexandria, Louisiana, NOA D runabout National
Champion, 5 Mile competition record holder at 66.225
MPH , NOA. John also won the APBA 700cc Hydroplane
Nationals, in 1966.
Billy Simmons � February
1975 Ocoee, Florida. New Super C, 5 Mile competition
record of 78.43 MPH. APBA and UIM world record.
John Sherlock � April
1983 Moore Haven, Florida. APBA and UIM MOD U World
Kilo Record of 135.804 mph, fastest outboard in the
USA. The engine started life as a stock 225 hp
Mercury. September 1984. A.P.B.A. Champ Boat
five-mile competition record of 99.299 mph. Power
was a 2 liter Mercury EFI engine.
George Andrews Jr. �
October 1983 Welland, Ont. Canadian Boating
Federation Unlimited Outboard record of 132.029 mph,
fastest outboard in Canada. Originally this motor
was a stock Mercury 200 hp. April 1984. APBA and
U.I.M. OZ World Kilo record of 157.425 mph, world�s
fastest outboard, with the same boat and engine that
was used to set the Canadian record.
John Yale - May 6, 1973
Marci NY, World Flying Quarter,700cc Hydro record
110.6 MPH. KT Inboard Flying Quarter record at
111.701 MPH. John was also a two time C-Stock Hydro
National Champion and APBA 700cc Hydroplane and also
850cc Hydroplane National Champion.
Domonic and Paul Palombi � July 1984. First Outboard racers to officially run
over 100 MPH in APBA�s new Offshore class V in their
30-foot Shadow Cat �What-A-Package.�
Kenny Winters � APBA
C-racing runabout National Champion, Sarasota
Florida.
Skip Birbarie � Won 25SS
Modified Hydro NOA National Championship.
Blake Justice � Set new
American Drag Boat Association quarter mile
unlimited record of 128.38 MPH.
Lynn Nichols � July
1984. A.P.B.A. MOD VP five-mile competition record
of 78.795 mph. two months later, in September 1984,
Nichols broke his own recently-set five-mile MOD VP
competition mark at Essex, MD, with a speed of
82.990 mph.
Owen Boris � April 1984.
New A.P.B.A. Mod VP record of 114.316 mph. He also
set the NOA record of 118. 461 mph and World�s NOA
unlimited V-Bottom record of 123.347 mph.
Bill Hoctor
- 1967 A.P.B. A. National Champion 350cc hydroplane.
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Marcy, NY
Bob Wanamakers Flying 1/4 Mile
L to R is Tim Butts, John Yale, Dick O'Dea
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Dick O'Dea driving Wally Adams B Konig, Lakeland
FL.
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A Laser Boat number 20 with an Everrude V6 engine built by Dick O'Dea.
Mike Quindazzi - He set a 5 mile Mod VP record on a 1 1/4 mile course at 68.524 mph on May 29,1983 with Boat # 20. He also won the short course nationals and the marathon nationals on Delta Lake in Rome, NY all in the year 1983.
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Allen Nimmo
Running an O'Dea setup Johnson V8 at the Embassy Grand Prix, Bristol Docks England appox.1978.
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Accidents Happen
Stepping my alky Crescent into the D alky race Lakeland
FL.
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One of a kind Sid-Craft
14 ft. F outboard hydro.
(About 1959 or 1960)
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3 photos of world record hydro.
John Sherlock driving.
Photos by George Andrews Jr.
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