Cat Can Do North Carlina flip
 

Where is the NC flip video, from a few years ago?

Just saw it on a recent thread about Big thunder, What saved old Barry was that his boat landed on it's side instead of the top after the blow over.

this one?

[YOUTUBE]9W_MslE5ntE[/YOUTUBE]



http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9W_MslE5ntE

Thats the one.

yea, that one, thanks dave!

How long ago was that? Hard to believe 130 was on the edge when you can purchase a new poker run boat that will easily eclipse that.

That was back in the APBA LLC days when we severely restricted the carbs on the Super Cat engines to keep speeds down. We did not want the boats exceeding 130 mph in race conditions, so we also strictly regulated hull and deck modifications and changes from one model year to the next. The formula worked.

I always thought SuperCat (750) was one of the greatest classes. That was some awesome racing, good to see theres guys like JD, Talkin Trash etc that still believe in that formula. Would be great to see fleets like when the LLC was around. I forgot Cat Can Do was a 750 when i commented on the speed.

they were lucky in their landing...

This was a modified class boat not a 750 Sc.

very very Lucky :eek:





ROCK ON !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!:coolcowboy:
ITS A SKATER NATION !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!::drink:

Wow!

Yep. That is right. 1999 at Reggie's place. We were still running under the old disastrous rules with open boats running 160 plus and modifieds that always broke down. I think Cat Can Do actually won the next day's race with a taped together nose running around at like 60 mph. Pathetic.

2 Open Boats in 1999 and then Alcone went to Europe. Super Cat was where it was at. Somebody find Daytona 2000. John Tomlison said it was the roughest race of his career. I'll never forget watching Curtis Morris leading big time until he hurt his back.

I remember looking at and listening to that footage and finding no indication that he ever chopped the throttles. It is common for many race boat drivers who haven't back flipped to miss what is happening until they are near vertical, hence the need for absolute cockpit protection.

On the other hand, I did think the announcing was flawless..... :D

T2x

well if 130 is the (optimum) speed, 525's would be the fix for this as Super Cat Light! back in 2006 when there were 10 boats it was some good racing between the MC, Hooters, and Popeyes all skaters !!!

They were allowed to TAPE up their boat and start?! Do they not have safety inspections after an accident or is this an old set of rules?

If I recall, 1 week after that happened Cat Can Do was still taped up at the "Shake the Lake" Winnebago GLSC races in Oshkosh WI. :lolhit:

The won the next day because the only other two boats in there class broke down and they were able to keep running

Yeah, but it was duct tape! :party-smiley-004:

Pickwick 2006 was sweet in SCL class.:evilb:

This looked very similar to the Big Thunder blow over and we know the results of that one. Any ideas why in this case the guys had minor bumps and bruises and the Big Thunder blow over resulted in to fatalities? Is it just due to the main impact between the boat and water?