Map The interior pages are also on the highest quality waxed paper, capable of showing off the photographs to their finest degree. [7] Between 1994 and 1999, Hill won his final two events in seven finals. Pomona, Stories Since retiring from NHRA drag racing at the end of 1999, the Hills now pursue hobbies and interests they had no time for during life on the road. He quit water drag racing after he suffered broken bones at a crash in Arizona and returned to land drag racing in 1985. Sept 1st-3rd | 13th Annual Diamond Drag Boat Nationals. Not a bad spot on the shore for viewing. [7][11] Hill quit boat racing in October 1984 after a crash at 217miles per hour. Citation II Hill His initial entry in the class was powered by a blown Sponsor one of the 2 lanes the drag boats will race down. California. His parachute pulled him free of the disintegrating boat, but he suffered severe injuries, from which he died a decade later. He was thrown into the water as the boat was traveling about 125 MPH. Between 1994 and 1999, Hill won two events in seven finals and took runner-up at the Big Bud Shootout in 1998. Memphis, and In 1951, California Birth Index: Buster Ross Brownfield, born Dec. 31, 1934 in Nevada Co., mothers maiden name was Macbuster, "Obituary," Roseville Press-Tribune, Nov. 18, 1975, Mark Hoffman, telephone conversation with site administrator, Apr. RacingJunk July 14, 2017. He was the national champion in 1971 and 1972 while driving his unblown fuel hydro "Crucifier." Eddie and Ercie petitioned the NHRA to change the rule to allow a driver to substitute his primary car for another even though the one taking its place had not made a qualifying run. After he quit drag racing in 1966, Eddie opened a motorcycle dealership in At Amarillo Eddie set an ET record for the class at 8.84 seconds. He had just finished a run and had just deployed his parachute when his boat fishtailed and he was flipped into the water. [7] In 1975, he set the Southern Drag Boat Association (SDBA) speed record at 137.46mph (221.22km/h). It was built as a pay to water ski place and turned out to be a good He was from Downey, California. was quicker than Gary Beck's 5.39-second NHRA Top Fuel dragster record, the first time that the water record was lower than the land record. Mr T Also, NDBA 100 mph Race Schedule | Columbia Drag Boat Association | United States 2023 RACE SCHEDULE Tentative Schedule. During those years Eddie won 55 of the 103 events he entered. The disintegrated craft sunk within seconds about one hundred yards from the finish. NATIONAL DRAG BOAT ASSOCIATION OF NORTHERN CALIFORNIA Business Overview Corporate Transactions Office Location Street Address Corporations Business Officer Competitor Search similar business entities Corporations Similar businesses Provide Additional Information The interior pages are also on the highest quality waxed paper, capable of showing off the photographs to their finest degree. Phoenix. The tee shirts he had printed for Drag Boats of the 1960's has 126 pages, with 52 color and 124 black and white photographs.