Don Aronow the man , myth , and legend
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caincando1, yes power boats would still be here, just like baseball would still be here if Babe Ruth( although he is credited for bringing it back to americas game from the white sox scandal) never played but would be alot less interesting
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If the man played in some other sandboxes or had dealing with the good and the bad guys at the same time...........who cares! The man did for powerboating what Henry Ford did for the auto industry. I run a 30 year old Cigarette and 'comfortably' do things with my boat that I would be scared to death to do with some of the "performance" boats being built today. I haven't read 'Speed Kills' yet, I did ask Santa for it though . But, if he did the things being discussed on this thread, I still say - WHO CARES! My $.02 - He is and will always be the KING of the powerboat industry.
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Originally posted by RebarBox
who cares! The man did for powerboating what Henry Ford did for the auto industry.
He is and will always be the KING of the powerboat industry.
who cares! The man did for powerboating what Henry Ford did for the auto industry.
He is and will always be the KING of the powerboat industry.
Aronow has two claims to fame in my opinion:
1. He was a heck of a racer, although he never saw much over 70-75 mph in competition, and , in reality, wasn't as good as Bill Sirois, or Odell Lewis.
2. He was the best self promoter in the history of the sport. Through the efforts of his trusty henchman, John Crouse, he managed to garner about five times as much publicity as anyone else for any race he was in..... let alone won........ Believe it or not, he was not the only one who finished races with a torn shirt and bloody arms...but you'd never know it, from the media reports of the time.
I met him a few times........ and he was big, pushy, and clever. His whole demeanor was about power and charisma..... give the devil his due, but his actual talent and "contributions" were much more about sizzle than steak.
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Yea Mike I did the same thing. I crawled into the mold graveyard and saw all the old tooling laying everywhere. I even tried to go have lunch at Fort Apache' Bar and it had been close for 10 years - haha. BH
Yea Mike I did the same thing. I crawled into the mold graveyard and saw all the old tooling laying everywhere. I even tried to go have lunch at Fort Apache' Bar and it had been close for 10 years - haha. BH
The deal with your Mom had me going!!!! I was thinking "Brian is kinda tall and has dark hair, but I have never seen you frown like (Don did) in all his pictures or at least the one with the ripped shirt!!!"
That was Funny!!!!
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I got 2 copys of SPEED KILLS for sale $25.00 each.
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I got 2 copys of SPEED KILLS for sale $25.00 each.
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Mike,
You've got mail. What is Paypal?
Call me (202)224-5499
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I've been to the Apache Bar & Grill on the backside of the mall. Actually that's where I met Steve /OSO. Funny he was sitting at the bar and I saw his shirt with the OSO logo. I went on and on telling him about the site and he just laughed. Wasn't the picture of Mr Aronow with the shirt ripped from racing John Crouse on foot. Aronow tripped and fell? Funny I got you guy's on the trumped up story - haha - BH
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Originally posted by T2x
He was the best self promoter in the history of the sport.
He was the best self promoter in the history of the sport.
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I got 2 copys of SPEED KILLS for sale $25.00 each.
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Mike
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I got 2 copys of SPEED KILLS for sale $25.00 each.
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Mike
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