Any veterans of the Hennessy or Benihana Grand Prix in Pt. Pleasant

[waterboy1]

Originally Posted by butch ryan

I RACED IN THE 1980 EVENT, PROBABLY ONE OF THE ROUGHEST RACES I WAS EVER IN. HUGE ROLLERS , THE BOATS WOULD JUST FLY OF ONE AND LAND 2 OR 3 ROLLERS DOWN. GREAT SPECTATORS ON THE BEACH AND ALWAYS HAD A GREAT TIME AT THE RACE

Butch,
Your black and gold "Express" Carrera was a great looking and running boat!I remember seeing great pictures of your boat flying from swell to swell.Where is that boat now?

[waterboy1]

Originally Posted by skrap

Joel Halpern, Beep-Beep.

Correct...who won the overall Performance Class in 1977?

[skrap]

The answer is Evil Ways, driven by the late Bill Elswick (who passed away two weeks ago) and throttled by the "World Famous" Bob Latham.

[butch ryan]

Originally Posted by waterboy1

Butch,
Your black and gold "Express" Carrera was a great looking and running boat!I remember seeing great pictures of your boat flying from swell to swell.Where is that boat now?

SOLD IT TO SOME GUY THAT 2 CLAMP ONS ON IT

[lucky strike]

Originally Posted by butch ryan

I RACED IN THE 1980 EVENT, PROBABLY ONE OF THE ROUGHEST RACES I WAS EVER IN. HUGE ROLLERS , THE BOATS WOULD JUST FLY OF ONE AND LAND 2 OR 3 ROLLERS DOWN. GREAT SPECTATORS ON THE BEACH AND ALWAYS HAD A GREAT TIME AT THE RACE

Definitely one of the roughest! We came in first in P-Class and first overall. Bill G, Steve and The Spin.

[lucky strike]

Benihana 1977 we came in third in another rough race!
Bill G, Steve Berk, and Dave Greaves.

[Top Banana]

Originally Posted by lucky strike

Benihana 1977 we came in third in another rough race!
Bill G, Steve Berk, and Dave Greaves.

Saw Gazell in Key West last week and he told me that he bought his old Cigarette back...the one you have here in the photos.

[tms1155]

Originally Posted by waterboy1

Correct...who won the overall Performance Class in 1977?

July 13 1977 BENNIHANA GRAND PRIX (Production Class Results) ( Time is when they returned)

M-144 EVIL WAYS Bill Elswick, 28 Magnum Class IV time 12:31 09

P-14 ANACONDA Ed Sobaleski,28 Magnum Class II time
12:32 04

M-2 CHARTREUSE Gil Lieber, 27 magnum Class IV time
12:35 51

S-7 MAVERICK Jack Matherws, Jr, 32 Maverick Class V time
12:41 13

P-4 GREAT ADVENTURE Bill Gazell, 28 cigarette Class II time
12:43 46

P110 MIGHTY MICK Tim Sheehan, 28 magnum Class II time
12:45 02

P-83 COME AGAIN Sam Altese, 27 Magnum Class II time
12:45 18

P-6 CRAZY GREEK TOO John Bochis, 28 Signature Class II time
1:25 07

M-357 LIVE BULLET Nick Renzi, 27 Magnum Class IV time
1:55 08

M-3 MONEY UNLIMITED Warren Gazell 27 Magnum Class III time 1:57 53

S-81 HUSTLER Dick Russo, 28 Bertram Baron Class V time
2:11 28

M-96 HARI KARI Cal Burnett 29 Lancer Class III time
not taken

There were 44 boats registered in the Production class. Only 12 finished! Three were scratched,one did not start, Three SUNK!, and the rest Did not finish.
Thats what happens when you go "OFFSHORE" to have an Offshore race.

[Fast Shafts]

OPA still races in the same water as the Hennessy-the Atlantic Ocean off Point Pleasant NJ.

[tms1155]

Originally Posted by Fast Shafts

OPA still races in the same water as the Hennessy-the Atlantic Ocean off Point Pleasant NJ.

It may be the same water and same shoreline but they dont run the same course. They used to run to Fire Island and back, in the ocean. No land in sight for a few hours. Thats why it was called OFFSHORE. The course was over 200 miles if I remember correctly.