Watching the awards on-line this afternoon, Bill T. said he wasn't in the boat today. His throttle man and John Arruda hammered her.

Yesterday, Bill T. was in the boat.

Congrats on the awesome speed runs and not giving up. :drink:

You dont drive...you shouldnt take the trophy...

Please note: John ARRUDA was NOT in the My Way Boat. John Cosker was in the cockpit with Bill Tomlinson's throttleman on all runs today.

Only 2 guys named John have hit the 200+ mph mark at LOTO and Arruda is not one of them.

Huge congrats to Bill Tomlinson

congrats my way 200+ is hauling ass u got to have big balls to run that speed . lot of work lot of money but it has paid off well . u are top gun congrats

Then Cosker should of accepted the trophy....

50 Mystic
 

I never heard the commentater's, including Teague, mention Cosker's name 1 time in the My Way 50. They Kept saying Bill Tomlinson over and over, almost like he was in the boat alone.... Very Strange, but I feel they should have given some more recognition to John Cosker too... Seemed like everytime they made a run it was 208, it was so frustrating, becuz the radar guns
were letting them and their crew down..

Great Job To My Way !!!
Great looking boat too..!

Ok, my mistake. Good to hear that. :coolcowboy:

Bill T. still ran 201 yesterday which was faster than anyone so I vote he get's the trophy.

If he didn't run at all, then I'll agree with some.

How much do the promoters recieve from this event?

Who cares, lets just be happy for them and everyone that made it possible. The trophy is important for about 5 min then its forgot about. Congrats to all involved and I love to see these huge accomplishments made in this great sport that we all love. If I was going 200+ the last thing in my mind would be a $2 trophy.

It's all about the bragging rights! Everyone runs because it is fun! I ran in 09 and would do it again & intend to do it again.
The fun for me was doing what nobody said my boat would do. Eclipse the class record by 5mph and hold it now for 3 years.