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[lowblue320]

this sounds great..................I bet you will have alot of spectators.....

[mvento]

Originally Posted by Top Banana

Yes, I need you to get that Magnum ready to go and get your dad to drive it.

Thanks, I'll let you know as we get more of the details ironed out.

The Magnum will be ready, but at 55 mph, I don't know how competitive it will be! No worries. Win or lost I know everyone will have a blast. I will tell Vince to dust off the helmet!

[JO - PANTERABOATS]

We are in. Sent you a private Email.
Later,
Pepe @ Pantera.

[jeff1000man]

Originally Posted by mvento

The Magnum will be ready, but at 55 mph, I don't know how competitive it will be! No worries. Win or lost I know everyone will have a blast. I will tell Vince to dust off the helmet!

We need a class just for Magnums, since there are so amny of them.

[nocigarette]

I am seriously considering this.........This would be a dream come true to just run in a pack of classic boats, and classy guys....I think i meet the criteria 33year old boat....

[jeff1000man]

Originally Posted by nocigarette

I am seriously considering this.........This would be a dream come true to just run in a pack of classic boats, and classy guys....I think i meet the criteria 33year old boat....

"classy guys" I dont know about that.


Just kidding

[1965 thunderbird]

Originally Posted by Top Banana

This is still being tossed around, but it MAY, emphasis MAY look something like this.

Five classes. In two groups
Historic ...2 classes Open and Production
Modern...3 classes. S / T / U
Minimum boat length 20 feet
Maximum boat length 55 feet.

Historic would be:
Open class under the old rules, max 1,000 cu in.
Production Production, Modified, Sport all together in one class, max 910 cu in.

Modern would be:
Single engine max 550 cu in.
Twin engine max 1200 cu in
Unlimited twin engine max 1500 cu in

Historic would be boats 25 years old or older.
Modern is everything newer.

If you own an old race boat but aren't the original team, no problem. If you have an old race boat with modern engines and blowers, superchargers etc, you run with the modern class of U.

This is an opportunity for everyone to get out in the big waves again...(not really in the usual calm of June waters) and have some fun at safe speeds and have a good time.

This is an opportunity for the poker run guys to try racing and maybe decide to move up.

The ocean is a great leveling factor, cats and vees will run together in these classes. We are not about to create 35 classes so everyone can win their class.

The best thing to happen, is a 28 foot Magnum will win overall, with a crew of guys who never raced but always wanted to.

I was wondering what class my boat would be in? It was built in 1966.
It was repowered in the early 80's with turbocharged 454's and arneson surface drives.
thanks

[ScottB]

Looks great, unlimited should be just that, unlimited.
What class would we run our turbine boat?

[Ben@SRP]

This really sounds cool! I hope that this is a great success...!!!

[nocigarette]

I can not stop reading this over and over again, this could be the greatest thing since sliced bread...........Forget i said that........ way better than sliced bread, i dont like sandwiches anyway............I feel real fortunate to even think of being involved in something so great......I GET GOOSE BUMPS THINKING OF THE DAY......