National Champion ...legit?
08-12-2008 | 10:23 PM
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I am looking forward to Wahoo explaining to T2x, who the official is! and what makes him the expert. I am sure it will keep us in stitches for days.
Speaking of, nobody better get this thread poofed tomorrow, I have to drive all day, to a boat race! And Mikey they changed some spacers today, on Let's Play, and they got some interesting numbers!!!
Speaking of, nobody better get this thread poofed tomorrow, I have to drive all day, to a boat race! And Mikey they changed some spacers today, on Let's Play, and they got some interesting numbers!!!
MIKE
08-12-2008 | 11:41 PM
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08-13-2008 | 07:30 AM
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You guys do know you cant be serious racers and talk about partying and having fun at the races, right? Im surprised somebody hasnt jumped all over that.... I know they did when I talked about having fun. Musta just been me ... or OPA... go figure 
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08-13-2008 | 07:34 AM
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Damn Pete. Why the attitude? Thats disappointing ..... I thought we all got along
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08-13-2008 | 07:45 AM
#138
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From: Granite Quarry, NC
It is no wonder they call you TRex. You are so far out of touch with P Class racing that you are embarrassing yourself. First your Skater would only be eligible to run in class 2 or 3. You could not run class 1 because it is not a canopy boat. It would be placed in a class based on the prop calc and/or actually running the boat by an official. If you can not make your boat run to those speeds, go back and build a boat for the class..
Don't condescendingly quote rules and regs to me. We are talking about the whole lame concept, not the minutiae. If we bring the actual rules into this, the snoring will be over powering.
Look a lot of us, yourself included, have invested a great deal of time in this sport and want to see it flourish. Believe me I respect your effort...it is your results I take issue with.
Many of us have competed, promoted, and watched this "thing of ours" (ours...not yours)..... rise and fall over years and years. Some things have worked and some have failed...and sadly many of the things that don't work....come back more frequently than the things that do...(self promoting "money guys" who want to mold the sport strictly around there own egos for instance). But, the bottom line is that no significant fan base has been created since the mid to late 90's. Fan base, by the way, is measured in TV/media viewers and live paid (or at least documented) attendance by significant sponsors. All of that has tracked downward as a direct result of too many sanctioning bodies coupled with too many classes ( and in the case of bracket racing... too many illusions of racing), and too much pandering to every variation of boat and engine owner imagineable.
There has always been a "class" war between the haves and the have nots, as well as the winners and the wannabes in this sport. I have listened for years to the guys with the smaller boats whining about not getting as much TV time as the top boats. There has also been whining about "conforming" to simple rules that will assure consistent competition by levelizing HP, weight and dependability. .....because of the "cost"....or effort in changing to suit these rules. Finally, there has also always been a lot of whining about the cost of safety...a priceless commodity.
This sport is under attack from many sides. The economy is dreadful. The tree huggers are more powerful than ever. The Poker Run circuit has drained countless potential racers from the mix. A myriad of new "extreme" speed sports are taking up the TV airtime. Fewer kids are growing up watching boat racing or even relating to it. The worst thing that we can do is add to the damage by following some lame competition formula that makes no sense and does not add to the marketability of powerboat racing.
With all due respect to the powers that be, some of whom are friends of mine for many years, this era represents the single greatest leadership void in the history of powerboat racing...... and without leadership...even the greatest empires fall.
T2x
08-13-2008 | 07:49 AM
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i will stay out. this crap in ridiculous. we all want to race together, no one will do anything. O SS has reached out. i think we have gone further than anyone else. we have six classes and over 25 boats. ya want some, build a boat for one the classes. t2x, you are the real deal. dont listen to some of these guys. you guys had more balls than all of us combined. 300 mile races with direct drives, maxed out engines, tool boxes to fix crap. i still run with tools so i can fix things, and not be out of the race. the old days have stuck with me. i still try not to throttle, now that is a hard habit to break. ran 2 years on the same bravos in f-3 and cl. 10 year old skater. i love this sport more than anything. i miss rich luhrs, dick crippen and factory racing. we will bring those days back. WATCH ME!
T2x
08-13-2008 | 07:52 AM
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From: Granite Quarry, NC
I am considering renting Giants Stadium and throwing a victory party for all of the Champions in Offshore racing. If we use the portable seats, we might be able to get them all into the facility.....but, unfortunately we will not be able to include the "shootout" winners.
T2x
