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Ken Stuart

One of the IJSBA hall of fame's two Lifetime Achievers of 2007 and, on the archive's reading of the name, the President of Skat-Trak listed in business directories of 2015 and 2016.

At a glance

Role
Parts maker
On the record
3 years, from 1998 to 2016
Titles on the record
none read off a held results document yet
Companies
Skat-Trak (ran)
In the archive
2 history chapters
  1. The early years, in print, 1981 to 1993
  2. The makers and their machines, 1985 to 2005 (this page's records)
  3. Noise, safety and federal rules, 1996 to 2002
  4. The rule book years, 2002 to 2018 (this page's records)
  5. Three rule books, 2021 to 2026

The eras this page's records fall in are drawn solid; the others are hollow.

How we know: Each bar runs the years printed on that era's panel, and which eras a page falls in is the archive's grouping of its records, not the length of anyone's career.

Business

2015 and 2016 · Likely

The Harris Southern California Business Directory lists Ken Stuart as President of Skat-Trak Inc. in its 2015 and 2016 editions. Neither edition ties him to the hall's entry beyond the name, so reading the two as one person is the archive's inference. The directory text read prints the officers' line apart from the company's name, so tying it to Skat-Trak Inc. rests on the search and on the same two names that close Skat-Trak's 1998 page.

Sources: Harris directory 2015; Harris directory 2016

1998 · Likely

Skat-Trak's own About page, captured in February 1998, presents the company as a maker of impellers and racing equipment for watercraft and off-road use, and closes with his name and one other. The directories list the same two people as the company's President and its secretary. As with the directory entry above, the officers' line is printed apart from the company's name, so that join rests on the search and the two names.

Sources: Skat-Trak About page 1998; Harris directory 2016

Recognition

Confirmed

The IJSBA hall of fame roster lists Ken Stuart as one of its two Lifetime Achievers of 2007. The association's announcement of that year's ceremony, as reposted by jetskiworld.gr, names him and Bill Chapin as the two it is inducting as contributors to PWC racing rather than as competitors, and announces a ceremony on 13 October at Lake Havasu City.

Sources: IJSBA hall of fame page; IJSBA 2007 hall announcement (repost)

Elsewhere in the archive

What the archive has not read (2)

  • No document read names a founder of Skat-Trak; a 2014 trade article gives its age and impeller start in rough terms and is not used (searched the mirror and research cache, 2026-10-05).
  • The hall of fame page publishes no citation for its Lifetime Achievers, and the association's own 2007 announcement was not found; only a repost is held (searched the archive's mirror and research cache, 2026-10-05).

Documents cited on this page

  • IJSBA hall of fame page (ijsba.com): The Jacobsen-Stjernstrom IJSBA Hall of Fame (IJSBA page), International Jet Sports Boating Association; sanctioning body, high. The association's own roster, read on 22 September 2026, giving the hall's name, its creation and dedication in 2006, and inductees by year to 2014, names only. It publishes no selection criteria and no citation for anyone.
  • Harris directory 2015 (archive.org): Harris Southern California Business Directory and Buyer's Guide 2015 (Mergent; archive.org full-text search highlights), Mergent Business Press, item held by the Internet Archive, 2015; editorial, medium. A lending-library item, so only search highlights could be read. Entries for Skat-Trak Inc (Ken Stuart, President) and R & D Racing Products USA Inc (Glenn Dickinson, President; the Vice President's name garbled by the OCR), and Pacific Creations Inc, also called Hydro-Turf, in Anaheim (Arno Olbricht, President). The held copy shares a file with the 2016 edition's highlights and has its phone numbers removed.
  • Harris directory 2016 (archive.org): 2016 Harris Southern California Business Directory and Buyers Guide (Mergent; archive.org full-text search highlights), Mergent Business Press, item held by the Internet Archive, 2016; editorial, medium. The 2016 edition (ISBN 978-1-63053-834-7), read the same way. Entries for Skat-Trak Inc (Ken Stuart, President) and R & D Racing Products USA Inc (Glenn Dickinson, President; Bill Chapin, Vice President). Same publisher as the 2015 edition, so the two are not independent.
  • Skat-Trak About page 1998 (web.archive.org): About Skat-Trak, skat-trak.com (Wayback capture of 6 February 1998), Skat-Trak Performance Products; manufacturer primary, medium. The company's own page, closing with the names of Ken and Diane Stuart. Medium for who signed for the company in 1998; its claims about its championships are the company's own and are not relied on by any page (2026-10-05).
  • IJSBA 2007 hall announcement (repost) (jetskiworld.gr): IJSBA announces 2nd Annual Hall of Fame Ceremony (jetskiworld.gr repost of the association's 2007 announcement), jetskiworld.gr, reposting the International Jet Sports Boating Association; enthusiast media, medium. The association's announcement of the 2007 hall of fame ceremony as reposted, naming fifteen competitor inductees and the two Lifetime Achievement inductees, Ken Stuart and Bill Chapin. Medium as a repost; the original was not found. One email address is removed from the held copy.

Changes to this page

  • 2026-10-07: Reworded "pair of names" to "two names" in claims 2 and 3.
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