(“Honoring a Legend: Powerboat Magazine Founder Bob Nordskog Inducted Into the Motorsports Hall of Fame” – reprinted from the August 1997 Special Commemorative Issue of Powerboat Magazine.) Some would say I’m not the best person to do this tribute to Bob because I only knew him for the last year and a half of his […]
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The Lure of Powerboating
by Ted Kreiter (from The Saturday Evening Post Nov/Dec ’91) The boats get more powerful every year, but the true test remains man against the sea. Powerboats come in all sizes, and the owners and drivers are equally diverse. They range from President George Bush and former football quarterback Joe Theismann to the cast of […]
Boating News: 1965 Colorado River Nine Hour Enduro
Bob Nordskog wins his first big boat race in 1965 Colorado River Nine Hour Enduro. WHO SAYS THE “FACTORY TEAMS” CAN’T BE BEATEN IN A MAJOR MARATHON EVENT! BOB NORDSKOG, A 51-YEAR-OLD GRANDFATHER, TOPPLES THE FAVORITES AT PARKER, ARIZ. FEBRUARY 21 and the third running of the Colorado River Nine-Hour Enduro was a day and […]