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TeamSaris 05-09-2025 07:57 AM


Originally Posted by HuskerPerformance (Post 4925824)
Would be great to get back to the offshore heydays of the 1980s and 1990s. Wishful thinking,,,

its possible. US Offshore NE races. SBI in the south. Everybody met in KW.

Doesnt sound that different than this year in some ways.

Dale, I remember Honker Cut! She was bad! Sister ship to Lightning Jacks?

Skater30 05-09-2025 09:12 AM


Originally Posted by TeamSaris (Post 4925831)
its possible. US Offshore NE races. SBI in the south. Everybody met in KW.

Doesnt sound that different than this year in some ways.

Dale, I remember Honker Cut! She was bad! Sister ship to Lightning Jacks?

I don't think this one was Johnny, this 36 was a '99 and originally raced as the Fountain Mercury in Super Cat and dominated the 2000 season with Hugh Fuller and Jerry Gilbreath. They were so dominant that APBA kept making them add weight to slow them down and it never did, they just kept winning. It was a really light layup race 36.
https://cimg2.ibsrv.net/gimg/www.off...0dc22eca50.jpg

TeamSaris 05-09-2025 09:34 AM

Jerry tells awesome stories about that boat on a podcast he did last summer. Jerry was my hero back then with Alcone. Now THATS what Skaters are built for. Alcone, Dambuie and Big Thunder going at it Key West 1999. EPIC.
Not shootouts with pro mod engines :)

Wildman_grafix 05-09-2025 10:42 AM

I'll ask again I think it got lost but does this mean that no X Insurance sponsored boats will be at Cocoa Beach?

Gary C 05-09-2025 12:11 PM


Originally Posted by Wildman_grafix (Post 4925841)
I'll ask again I think it got lost but does this mean that no X Insurance sponsored boats will be at Cocoa Beach?

after promising to honor the Contract cocoa beach already signed. And became a secondary sponsor. They took their ball and went home. No X Insurance teams are running. Pretty shifty if you ask me to do this so close to the race. I don't even care what the whole story is. I carecabout integrity. X INSURANCE is showing me zero integrity.


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