Looking for 40 Cigarette 40
04-13-2009 | 06:03 AM
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I have just been reading through this thread.
Peter Dean had four Slingshots. He started with a 40 ft version in 1974, built a 35 ft boat in 1975, then built a light weight 39 ft version (based on the 40 ft hull ) which he took to the Worlds in 1977 and finally built a Dean Special ( a 44 ft hull based on a stretched 35').
The 40 ft was converted to pleasure cruiser in the late 1970s and was owned by Barry McMillan for a while. The 35 ft hull was also converted and, according to a recent thread, unfortunately was lost in a fire last year.
The 39 ft hull was bought by Brian Stevens and it was this hull that was mentioned by 7xChamp earlier in this thread, as breaking in half in a rough race on Port Phillip Bay in 1978 while driven by Barry McMillan.
Peter Dean ran the 44 ft hull in 1980 and 1981 before moving to the USA. He took the boat with him ( it ran at least a few races as Tosti Asti (?)) and the boat is still at his prop shop in Georgia.
04-13-2009 | 09:24 PM
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Roger raced with Mark and did not win any races...however in the summer of '76 he teamed up with Doc Magoon and ran in the Benihana out of NJ.
They won, but Magoon said afterward, that he had to keep slapping Penske's hands off the throttles as he wanted to run wide open all the time.
Magoon knew from experience that you only need to run as fast as will keep everyone else behind you. Be easy on the engines and they will be there when you need them....it worked.
Roger was on a, million things to do per day. schedule even back then...he didn't stay for the awards dinner, but took his Lear Jet and flew off for another engagement somewhere.
Mark built Don A an IROC Camaro for the street.....it was really cool...so naturally he wanted all his friends to have one too. Magoon had a red one, I had a silver one just like Don's ...but instead of the # 1 and the Cigarette logo, I had my racing number 6 and the banana logo on the spoiler. Photo below.
Richie remembers that back then, the offshore racers and the auto racers were very friendly and we moved back and forth in each other's venue all the time.
Emerson Fittipaldi was good friends with Don too. Jochen Mass and I became friends after Marlboro took me to Europe to help them come up with an offshore racing plan. He loves boats more than cars I think.
Here is Jochen and me at Sebring the year he won the 12 hours co-driving with Bobby Rahal and another photo at Daytona.
They won, but Magoon said afterward, that he had to keep slapping Penske's hands off the throttles as he wanted to run wide open all the time.
Magoon knew from experience that you only need to run as fast as will keep everyone else behind you. Be easy on the engines and they will be there when you need them....it worked.
Roger was on a, million things to do per day. schedule even back then...he didn't stay for the awards dinner, but took his Lear Jet and flew off for another engagement somewhere.
Mark built Don A an IROC Camaro for the street.....it was really cool...so naturally he wanted all his friends to have one too. Magoon had a red one, I had a silver one just like Don's ...but instead of the # 1 and the Cigarette logo, I had my racing number 6 and the banana logo on the spoiler. Photo below.
Richie remembers that back then, the offshore racers and the auto racers were very friendly and we moved back and forth in each other's venue all the time.
Emerson Fittipaldi was good friends with Don too. Jochen Mass and I became friends after Marlboro took me to Europe to help them come up with an offshore racing plan. He loves boats more than cars I think.
Here is Jochen and me at Sebring the year he won the 12 hours co-driving with Bobby Rahal and another photo at Daytona.
04-14-2009 | 08:44 AM
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09-16-2009 | 05:59 PM
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I currently have the boat in my front yard ,and have had it for 26 years...it has quad 2.4 EFI mercs on it and is still in excellent condition ...It is all yellow with a black bottom currently..I only have a few pics that John Crouse sent me of it..If anyone has some pics I would be really interested in them...561 793 3520 Thanks, Buz
Any chance you've recieved or have current pics you can post?
Lots of great history in your boat that many would truly enjoy seeing.
Thank you in advance,
Gary
01-11-2017 | 11:51 PM
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Here are a couple more of Don's Camaro.....the only thing he didn't like were the brakes....they put racing brakes on and you really had to heat them up before they were any good...he just wanted to get in and go. Everything else was IROC though, headers, mini-lite wheels, cold airduct for the carb, posi rear ends...they were a joy at high speed when the spoilers all worked.
I think we could have done well with cars too.
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I think we could have done well with cars too.
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01-12-2017 | 07:05 AM
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I know this is an old thread, but......
Here's another more recent thread that says 'Slingshot' may very well be for sale. I loved that boat (and many others!) as a kid. Grew up watching them race on Port Phillip Bay.
http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/c...%2A%2A%2A.html
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Here's another more recent thread that says 'Slingshot' may very well be for sale. I loved that boat (and many others!) as a kid. Grew up watching them race on Port Phillip Bay.
http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/c...%2A%2A%2A.html
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01-12-2017 | 10:12 AM
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Not sure if this helps or not but it`s a little history from my memory regarding the boat pictured. I was with Tom Gentry when we raced in the Mercury Trophy race in Melbourne Australia ( Port Saint Philip Bay ). I believe 1978, we won the race in some Horrific conditions, wind was blowing 30 to 40 mph seas in the bay were 12 to 15` and it was freezing cold. We had been ribbed by the Aussie`s that we as Yanks had no clue about what real Offshore racing was, after the race it was a different story, took us almost 4 hours to do the 80 mile short course, I still have night mares and anecdotes to this race. Barry McMillan was running the boat pictured, however it was a pop of the Cig. 40 and stretched to 44` and built in Australia. I believe from what I heard the original 40` was damaged and used for the plug for new 44`. In the race we led the first lap, on the second lap the 44` passed us in the roughest part of the course, Tom and I watched in amazement as it jumped probably 50` out of the water, when it landed it broke in half, we circled to make sure everyone was OK and when the rescue boat arrived we continued on for the win. it was so rough we were afraid to come off plane, as we would have been swamped by the sea. The pieces washed up on the beach and were salvaged. I still have the magazine article, it made the front page of the newspaper next day. If I figure out how to do scanner and re photo I will try and post Pix.
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