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INDEX OF DEATHS BY LOCATION

This index is useful in identifying names of racers who died at a specific lake, river, marine stadium, or other site.  It is arranged by country with the United States preceding the international section.   Within each state or country, race locations are arranged alphabetically.  The racers are listed alphabetically under each location.

UNITED STATES

Alabama

Alabama River

  • Melvin Eaves

Tombigbee River (Campbell's Landing, Morvin)

  • Larry Stephens 

Arizona

Colorado River (near Parker)

  • Lance Faulkner

  • Wade Stanley

Firebird Lake (near Phoenix)

  • Cecil Florence

  • Mike Neuharth

California

Berenda Reservoir (near Chowchilla)

  • Tom Black

  • Jeff Bruns

  • Tom Cantrell

  • Dave Nolte

  • Tom Roland

Castaic Lake

  • Billy Todd

Irvine Lake (Orange)

  • Jim Hobbs

  • Barry Zenovka

Lake Ming (near Bakersfield)

  • Charles Abajian

  • Dale Anderson

  • Mac Bale

  • Jan Barrett

  • Jim Benson

  • Don Brandon

  • Jack Cayer

  • Alan Hawkins

  • Charlie Hodsdon

  • Gean Keen

  • Howard Lakin

  • Randy Muller

  • Stephen Rawleigh

  • Bob Stipp

  • Jay Wallace

  • John Young

Lake Yosemite (Merced)

  • John Hipwell

Long Beach Marine Stadium

  • Jerry Gleason

Nimbus Lake (near Folsom)

  • Buster Brownfield

Oakland Marine Stadium

  • Ray Caselli

  • Mac Christensen

  • Kenny McIntosh

Puddingstone Lake (San Dimas)

  • Tim Capaldi

  • Denver Mullins

  • Bill Thomas

Red Bluff

  • Milt Chapman

  • Ed Wilcox

  • Denny Vachal

Ski Land (Perris)

  • Willie "Buz" Coats

South Thermalito Forebay (Oroville)

  • John Lawson

Turlock Lake State Park

  • Earl Lothringer

Florida

Cross Florida Barge Canal (Inglis)

  • Gil Antes

Lake Jackson (Sebring)

  • Craig Arfons

Georgia

Savannah River (Augusta)

  • Tom Kunzeman 

Illinois

Lake Lou Yaeger (Litchfield)

  • Jim "Porky" Wright

Kentucky

Green River (Livermore)

  • Joe Barnes

Pisgah Bay in Kentucky Lake (near Grand Rivers)

  • Lloyd Burns

Louisiana

Toledo Bend Reservoir (Logansport)

  • Bob Rogers

Michigan

Holloway Reservoir (near Columbiaville)

  • John Phillips

  • Ken Scheff

Oxford Lake

  • Dudley Proctor

Mississippi

Oktibbeha County Lake (Starkville)

  • Porter McFarland

Missouri

Creve Coeur Lake (Maryland Heights)

  • Thurman Riggs

  • Jerry Spencer

  • Jim Tucker

Nevada

Lake Tahoe

  • Lee Taylor

North Carolina

Belew's Creek Lake (near Kernersville)

  • Arvie Hughett

Cane Creek Lake (near Waxhaw)

  • Ronnie Dew

Oak Hollow Lake (near High Point)

  • Julian Kirk

  • Jerry Wallace

Oklahoma

Grand River (near Chouteau)

  • John Haas

Hulah Reservoir (near Bartlesville)

  • Bob Bird

Oklahoma River (Oklahoma City)

  • David Skalicky

Oregon

Fern Ridge Reservoir (Eugene)

  • Ted Holden

Ten-Mile Lake (Lakeside)

  • Neil Donegan

Willamette River (Portland)

  • Chuck Skaggs

Texas

Brazos River (near Waco)

  • Bill Hartman

  • Don Williams

Cedar Creek Lake (Dallas)

  • Ricky Comer

Lake Marble Falls

  • Mike Fry

Marine Creek Lake (Fort Worth)

  • Don Ermshar

Town Lake (Austin)

  • Jim Sanders

INTERNATIONAL

Australia

Glenmaggie Reservoir

  • Bill Davis

  • Len Owen

Canada

Fanshawe Lake (London, Ontario)

  • Hughie Jones

England

Lake Coniston

  • Donald Campbell

Lake Windermere

  • Sir Henry Segrave

Italy

Lake d'Iseo

  • Erik Laforge

  • Mario Verga

Lake Sabaudia

  • Gianmarco Cighetti

Scotland

Loch Ness

  • John Cobb

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