Once In A Lifetime
08-03-2017, 10:08 AM
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Once In A Lifetime
Thanks to her entire offshore racing family, Kellie Hibdon-Broaddus’ racing dream came true last weekend,
From the OSO home page, Once In A Lifetime.
From the OSO home page, Once In A Lifetime.
08-03-2017, 09:56 PM
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at first when reading this it seemed like the type of feel good sentimental story i love but by the end i was like WTF 
I thought Offshore racing wanted to be taken seriously but have they gotten so desperate for teams that they allow a driver that has NEVER raced or driven that type of boat to enter the day before a major race. How can a sport that allows that EVER be taken seriously. Matt I am surprised you would write this making it sound like you applauded it, sorry but sentimentaly does not enter into a race where boats are on a river traveling in excess 100 MPH and obvisoulsy it is dangerous since an accident between two very seasoned teams resulted in a fatality during the same race. I am not a racer but if i was i would have to question my race organization that would allow this to take place
I thought Offshore racing wanted to be taken seriously but have they gotten so desperate for teams that they allow a driver that has NEVER raced or driven that type of boat to enter the day before a major race. How can a sport that allows that EVER be taken seriously. Matt I am surprised you would write this making it sound like you applauded it, sorry but sentimentaly does not enter into a race where boats are on a river traveling in excess 100 MPH and obvisoulsy it is dangerous since an accident between two very seasoned teams resulted in a fatality during the same race. I am not a racer but if i was i would have to question my race organization that would allow this to take place
Last edited by Ms PatriYacht; 08-03-2017 at 10:08 PM.
08-04-2017, 07:49 AM
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It looks like there will be heated debate on this story. It is cool that the couple got to race the boat together before it is sold, but I can also understand the "OSO safety police" side of it too. I've never been there, but it sounds like a pretty tight course. I wonder if the officials made her take the dunk test before the race?
