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

[Fast Shafts]

tms,
You're partially right. The last Hennessy race went up to Fire Island. When Benihana took over they wanted the boats closer to the shore, the race went from Asbury Park to Barnegat Inlet. The farthest "Offshore leg" was one 5 mile leg off Barnegat Inlet. In 1977, the Open class boats ran 177.8 miles , and the Production class ran 84 miles. I guess we can blame Rocky for bringing offshore boats close to shore.

[Fast Shafts]

Just for the fun of it, (found this buried in closet) here is the list of finishers in the 1976 Benihana.

Open
1) CAM II, 40 Cigarette
2)Whittaker Moppie, 38 Bertram
3)Limit Up, 35 Cigarette
4)Beep Beep 38 Cobra
5)Benihana 35 Cigarette
6)Copper Kettle 38 Bertram

Production
1) Tight Rope, 30 Corsa
2) Showdown 27 Magnum
3) Great Adventure 28 Cigarette
4) Capital Punishment
5) Wolverine 29 Mirage
6) Boogie Bear 30 Corsa
7) Pacifier 27 Magnum
8) Sea Wrath 27 Magnum
9) Six Gun
10) Liberty 30 Scarab
11) Inferno 30 Sutphan
12) Big Red Machine 30 Corsa
13) Piglet
14) Top Banana 24 Banana
15) Gowana
16) Huck Fin 28 Cigarette
17) Beeper's Babe
18) Mary K 32 Tempset (now Wazzup)
19) Golden Girl
20) Sneaky Pete 24' Maxum
21) Liquidator 27 Signature
22) Otis

I don't have make and models of all the boats, if anyone knows, please feel free to let me know. I think Sneaky Pete is Scott B's (Geico) uncle??

[tms1155]

Originally Posted by Fast Shafts

tms,
You're partially right. The last Hennessy race went up to Fire Island. When Benihana took over they wanted the boats closer to the shore, the race went from Asbury Park to Barnegat Inlet. The farthest "Offshore leg" was one 5 mile leg off Barnegat Inlet. In 1977, the Open class boats ran 177.8 miles , and the Production class ran 84 miles. I guess we can blame Rocky for bringing offshore boats close to shore.

I think he did that so his cat would be more competitive. LOL I"m guessing you were around back then so you remember the original cats were not very good in rough water.
Even going 5 miles off barnegat the water gets real nasty and things break. Some days the inlet will kill you if your not carefull! LOL

[CAL500]

Originally Posted by Black Tornado

Hi Sonny,
Did you speak of this?

by the way i still have the mold for this boat and also a wider version i designed this 44 msv hull after being throttle man and mech.in 12 offshore races with thunder bird/formula raceteam.then throttle man mech nav in 6 offshore races with magnum/donzi,then throttle man mech nav in 13 offshore races with cigarette racing team.my fastest 44 ft msv was not a race boat,i built it for senior enrico carimati milano twin v 12 bpm w/h bpm overdrives and ssm3 drives boats name daffy duck it operated in sardina.112 mph .the popeye 44 ft msv was the fastest, largest, best rough water hull ever made . with tubo engines.103 mph in almost any sea 1974. without the help of mr dominic visconsi sr there would have been no 44 molds,and therefore no 38 cobras or any other 38 s built from there msv /coyote/ banana /sonic /funmarine/ celebrity. we think mr visconsi did catch and pass cigarette and sandy in this way,after all joel halpern won the championship twice with our hull in 38 ft ,from the 44 ft msv mold. adesso una mala de testa ciao sonny

[Black Tornado]

Originally Posted by CAL500

by the way i still have the mold for this boat and also a wider version i designed this 44 msv hull after being throttle man and mech.in 12 offshore races with thunder bird/formula raceteam.then throttle man mech nav in 6 offshore races with magnum/donzi,then throttle man mech nav in 13 offshore races with cigarette racing team.my fastest 44 ft msv was not a race boat,i built it for senior enrico carimati milano twin v 12 bpm w/h bpm overdrives and ssm3 drives boats name daffy duck it operated in sardina.112 mph .the popeye 44 ft msv was the fastest, largest, best rough water hull ever made . with tubo engines.103 mph in almost any sea 1974. without the help of mr dominic visconsi sr there would have been no 44 molds,and therefore no 38 cobras or any other 38 s built from there msv /coyote/ banana /sonic /funmarine/ celebrity. we think mr visconsi did catch and pass cigarette and sandy in this way,after all joel halpern won the championship twice with our hull in 38 ft ,from the 44 ft msv mold. adesso una mala de testa ciao sonny

Ciao Sonny,
I believe that you have to tell a lot of things but not in this thread where we are off-topic.
I would want to create a new thread about your MSVs and if I have time I will do it in this weekend.
Marco

[cig28]

sneaky pete was a 24 maxum with straight sixs . its not the maxum of the 90s, it was a pop off of a formula. the boat was a 73 or a 74

[hallj]

Originally Posted by Fast Shafts

Just for the fun of it, (found this buried in closet) here is the list of finishers in the 1976 Benihana.

Open
1) CAM II, 40 Cigarette
2)Whittaker Moppie, 38 Bertram
3)Limit Up, 35 Cigarette
4)Beep Beep 38 Cobra
5)Benihana 35 Cigarette
6)Copper Kettle 38 Bertram

Production
1) Tight Rope, 30 Corsa
2) Showdown 27 Magnum
3) Great Adventure 28 Cigarette
4) Capital Punishment
5) Wolverine 29 Mirage
6) Boogie Bear 30 Corsa
7) Pacifier 27 Magnum
8) Sea Wrath
9) Six Gun
10) Liberty 30 Scarab
11) Inferno 30 Sutphan
12) Big Red Machine 30 Corsa
13) Piglet
14) Top Banana 24 Banana
15) Gowana
16) Huck Fin 28 Cigarette
17) Beeper's Babe
18) Mary K 32 Tempset (now Wazzup)
19) Golden Girl
20) Sneaky Pete 24' Maxum
21) Liquidator 27 Signature
22) Otis

I don't have make and models of all the boats, if anyone knows, please feel free to let me know. I think Sneaky Pete is Scott B's (Geico) uncle??

Number 8 "Sea Wrath" was a 27 Magnum

Jeff

[Fast Shafts]

Thanks Cig 28 and Hallj!

[dammmagnum]

Originally Posted by hallj

Number 8 "Sea Wrath" was a 27 Magnum

Jeff

Sea Wraith was my 27 Magnum purple Sport ,and
that was me when we raced in 1976. Was a stock Volvo boat at the time, no tabs and no adjustable trim.
The production course was longer and was shorten two days before the race, because some of the racers didn't want to race that long and didn't have enough fuel.

I can check in some of the old programs, but some of the later races in the early 80s went offshore towards the NY.
they used the Long Branch Fishing pier as a check point location, and then ran down along the coast line.

Thank you
Jim

[lucky strike]

Originally Posted by dammmagnum

I can check in some of the old programs, but some of the later races in the early 80s went offshore towards the NY.


Thank you
Jim

To the BA buoy.