Current Owner:  Bruce Lowe

Year Built: 1978

e-mail:  bruce@lowetax.com

Built By: Bender

Power: Chevy 350

Resides In: Locust, NJ

History: (Supplied by Bruce)

Original owner was someone from Keyport, NJ. who sold it to Bob Friebaum, Monmouth Beach, NJ in 1979.  It was orange and white and named "Orange Juice" JS-22.  Bob used it one day as an early type 'personal watercraft', jumped a big wake, stuffed it, and broke 7 ribs… Bob sold her to Joe Masica, Monmouth Beach, NJ in 1981.  Joe had fun with it on the river for over 10 years then sold it to Tom Wenner, Oceanport, NJ in 1992. 

 

Tom painted it green and white, renumbered her to JS-12 and called her 'Pure Adrenalin'.  Tom used it on the river for one summer, then converted it to APBA race ready, campaigned it for one season and won the Region 3 Rookie of the Year in 1994.  He wanted a lighter hull, so he sold it to Gary Willhelm, Long Branch, NJ in 1995.

Gary painted it Cherry Pearl Shimeren (it’s present color) and ran it with a 327.  In June 2000, having never even taken a ride in a JS (!), I convinced him to sell it to me.  After using a clunker 283 for one season, I had a 350 crate engine thrown in for my use on the beautiful Navesink and Shrewsbury Rivers.  Every time out I take a speed run towards the Molly Pitcher Inn and roll it up – thinking back to the glory days of the Jersey Speed Skiffs running at Red Bank - the National Sweepstakes Regatta.

 
The name 'Lowe Blow' came from my first race boat, a stock outboard runabout, in 1980.  The painter asked me what named I wanted and I responded "surprise me".  I showed up and there was 'Lowe Blow'.  Having raced Stock Outboards and small OPC tunnel boats, I had experienced some interesting rides – but is there anything as cool as a JS ride?

 

My older brother Jack has been my rider when we participated at the APBA Gold Cup events in Detroit the past two years.