Superboat Accident
04-25-2002 | 08:17 PM
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I've been reading this thread and agree with most of it.
But the question is , Where do you start ? F1 ? If Jason was racing an F1 boat and this happened the whole "inexperienced rookie " thing would still come up. I agree there is a world of difference between a Supercat and an F1 boat. But if someone offered me a chance to race in a Supercat , I wouldn't turn it down ! I also wouldn't be fighting for a spot in the first corner either , I'd be happy with just finishing the race.
A few years ago a friend and I wanted to go "A" class racing. We could afford the boat and a top notch engine , do you think we would be in over our heads ? Damn right , the thing is we would have raced smart , we would have tried to learn from each race before going out there and going for broke. The fault lies with both of these individuals.
I was in a conversation with David Woods a while back , and he was talking about driving for a certain throttle man and he pretty much stated to the Tman " if you go in to hot , I'm not turning the boat !" I took it that he knew he was inexperienced and did not want to end up in the sitiuation that JP ended up in.
Someone said in a earlier post about NHRA requiring licenses to drive, well that is true with anything 9.90 and quicker. But they do let 17 year olds race in Top Fuel. license or not how much experience can a 17 year old have in a Top Fuel car.
This type of thing happens in all sports and as long as money is a factory in these sports people are going to race what they can afford.
Just think , If I would have one that $300 million lottery I could
be racing a Supercat too !!!
But the question is , Where do you start ? F1 ? If Jason was racing an F1 boat and this happened the whole "inexperienced rookie " thing would still come up. I agree there is a world of difference between a Supercat and an F1 boat. But if someone offered me a chance to race in a Supercat , I wouldn't turn it down ! I also wouldn't be fighting for a spot in the first corner either , I'd be happy with just finishing the race.
A few years ago a friend and I wanted to go "A" class racing. We could afford the boat and a top notch engine , do you think we would be in over our heads ? Damn right , the thing is we would have raced smart , we would have tried to learn from each race before going out there and going for broke. The fault lies with both of these individuals.
I was in a conversation with David Woods a while back , and he was talking about driving for a certain throttle man and he pretty much stated to the Tman " if you go in to hot , I'm not turning the boat !" I took it that he knew he was inexperienced and did not want to end up in the sitiuation that JP ended up in.
Someone said in a earlier post about NHRA requiring licenses to drive, well that is true with anything 9.90 and quicker. But they do let 17 year olds race in Top Fuel. license or not how much experience can a 17 year old have in a Top Fuel car.
This type of thing happens in all sports and as long as money is a factory in these sports people are going to race what they can afford.
Just think , If I would have one that $300 million lottery I could
be racing a Supercat too !!!
04-25-2002 | 08:49 PM
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From: ALTO, MI
I to have been around boats for 23 years and would not begin to try to be first in a new boat. When I was 20 years old I had already been racing motocross for many years and out of 30 guys starting a race I was always in the top 5 but never took home a trophy. 1 year I bought the new hot bike ( hot motor and very hot suspension) I got a very good start and going into the first corner I made the mistake of looking over my shoulder ( what a mistake - because at that moment I knew that I was in over my head) There were 29 guys right behind me trying to run me down. I was not the first one out of that corner... Beter safe and able to finish the race then going for a ride to the hospital...
04-26-2002 | 04:44 PM
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Just heard that Fountain is out and Campbell is in for the rest of the year with Priestly. Sad thing is Campbell is sticking to his guns and is telling everyone (who will listen) that he was cut off. I wonder if he convinced Jason of the same thing? What a poor example to make from a supposed veteran. If this is his style of "teaching" we're all in trouble.
04-26-2002 | 04:45 PM
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From: Granite Quarry, NC
My take on the TV reporting was they didn't think it merited a second look........ not enough interest......now if Robert Blake had been behind the wheel.....................
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04-26-2002 | 09:37 PM
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Mr. Offshore
Although I agree with what you say I can understand from a business point of view any racing sanctions wants and needs for exposure and publicity. I think they could achieve the same publicity regardless of what class their "star" ran in. Be that as it may, you really can't blame Jason for "wanting" to start at the top and history has shown that people with enough dough can start racing in any class that they want. The problem here is who is responsible for teaching, guiding and assuring that while racing, he as well as the other racers out there will be kept out of harms way? In my previous post I named several people who started as rookies in super limited and super unlimited that went on to become World Champions. This was because of the caliber T-man in the boat who controlled the power and attitude while guiding and teaching their students safely and yet somehow still managed to win races. This is not the case for Jason. What if he was seriously injured? What if he seriously injured or even killed Art Lilly? Do you think he would still want to race? I look at it this way, in the Karate kid we had two instructors Mr. Myagi and the idiot. Well lets just say that Jasons T-man, D.C. is no Mr. Myagi.
Although I agree with what you say I can understand from a business point of view any racing sanctions wants and needs for exposure and publicity. I think they could achieve the same publicity regardless of what class their "star" ran in. Be that as it may, you really can't blame Jason for "wanting" to start at the top and history has shown that people with enough dough can start racing in any class that they want. The problem here is who is responsible for teaching, guiding and assuring that while racing, he as well as the other racers out there will be kept out of harms way? In my previous post I named several people who started as rookies in super limited and super unlimited that went on to become World Champions. This was because of the caliber T-man in the boat who controlled the power and attitude while guiding and teaching their students safely and yet somehow still managed to win races. This is not the case for Jason. What if he was seriously injured? What if he seriously injured or even killed Art Lilly? Do you think he would still want to race? I look at it this way, in the Karate kid we had two instructors Mr. Myagi and the idiot. Well lets just say that Jasons T-man, D.C. is no Mr. Myagi.
