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If you havent heard their was a 3 boat collision, involving JBS,
Lightning strikes, and Twisted metal. I do not know the full story or details but to my knowledge everyone is ok. the following pictures show severe damage, and the importance of canopies, this could have been very bad. glad all are OK.

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Holy Chit Batman!!! That's some serious damage. Hope everyone is OK.

And even a fire in the bildge??? So rubbin is racing in OSS....... :eek:

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WOW!!!!!!! Glad to hear all are OK. Was JBS the boat mainly damaged???

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Yes, JBS took the brunt of the beating.. Poor luck for the JBS boys.

Thank God they're alive, those pictures dont do justice.

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More photos please.

Details. . . how did it happen?

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The JBS boys have onboard video of the incident, talked to both and they were ok, Lisa Matthews was taken to the hosipital.believed to be ok........Bob Teague and the lightning strikes team barrel rolled over jbs and keep racing...nutty bunch.The water was just rough enough to make for some crazy racing. Typhoon was chasing us down and spun hard and ripped everything of the transom......Randy and Glen were in very good condition!

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OMG !!! Glad everyone is okay. That looks bad, and I know it doesn't look near as bad as it was......... :eek:

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I am VERY glad to see that everybody was ok in all of the incidents... Race on and Race on, IN A CANOPY... Do we need any more evidences?

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Glad to see that your all OK....Joey..I know you guys have been busting your butts to get the boat back after Miami...I wish you guys the best to keep your program running along with Lisa, Billy and Lightning Strikes....Hope to see ya soon....

Even you P.D. and Glenn, glad you guys came away OK....

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Greg----

I think we def need a canopy if we race next season!!!

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We feel truly lucky to have Jeff and Joe still with us. We have studied the on-board cameras and it was one of the most amazing accidents i have ever seen that both drivers could walk away...unscathed...we at JBS racing thank you for your support . Thanks to Steve and Tammy Page and all there crew for putting on the race.

Jeremy
JBS Racing

[email protected]

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Glad all are well, any chance of posting the video for all to see?
http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/f...play.php?f=157

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Glad JBS is ok, half a second later and our boat would have come right across there canopies and not ahead of them.

Most don't realize our boat(Lightning Strikes) barrel rolled over the top of JBS and was launched 20ft into the air, landed upside, skidding on the canopies and eventually barreling right side up. Thank god for CANOPIES! Angel 1 safety was over us when the accident occured, this is how we were able to better gather the facts of the incident.

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It seems that the boat did come across the canopies(stern of boat)when we spun, our plenum was sheered off and our mufflers got crushed...canopies were both destroyed...

Jeremy

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The stern of of our boat is what came across the engine room. Our trim tab is what took of the stbd engine plenum. Ther corner of the stern has all the markings from the exhaust.

I was refering to the bow hitting the canopies directly would have been disasterous!

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Glad to hear everyone is OK!

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You are correct...1 second later and ...I don't want to think about that...we are truly blessed to have our team fully intact...it is amazing that you rolled and were able to keep going...I am glad you are OK . Have you heard about Lisa? Is she OK?

Jeremy

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I have no idea how our boat was able to roll right side up???? That was lucky, we easily could have remained upside down.

I have no idea how our boat was still running? We took on a lot of water, lost the trim tab, but the engines and drives were still operable. We had water pouring in the air vents into the cockpit. The boat popped up like a submarine emerging from the water.

I have not heard about Lisa yet?

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F'n amazing. Glad everyone is well.

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For Lisa'a two cents.. All I remember is getting hit to the right of my canopy and seeing blue . I thought is was Lightning Strikes, but it turns out we got hit in several places by JBS. Right side Canopy, then the middle of the boat and then somehow on the back side and on top of the back hatch. They say it was JBS hitting us. All I knew was we had our arms, legs, and we still had motors running. Joey Gratton taught me a few things last week before the race about holding in the turns and what to do. Thank god I listened. Billy did a great job holding it together so we good continue on racing. I remember seeing the blue on my canaopy and feeling the hard impact thats about all. We called, our guys to see if everyone was all OK. and kept going to finish. Our boat was slowing down after each lap, but we wanting to finish for points. Some structure damage and we will be back to race. Doctors say I'll be fine , just a few brain cells lost ..haha... Really we are fine. Thank goodness for helmets, roll bars, canaopy, and know maybe a mouth piece...Boat is being repaired this week. The video Joe has from JBS is awesome. All three boats are lucky and we all are healthy and no one is hurt seriously. I'm home from the hospital and will be back to my normal self in a few more days.. I would like to see my inboard camera and Lightning Strikes and JBS all together. If the guys are listending lets exchange video's. I do remember going down the straight away before the accident and all 3 of us were running hard and it was racing..It was great to race and be competive in Ft, Myers. We had changed positions going down the straightaway and before the turn Lightning on the inside, Pier 57 /Twisted Metal in the middle/ and JBS on the outside. When I approached the turn no one was on my inside and Lightning strikes was behind us and JBS was way to the outside. So I approached the turn and held my lane. For Lightning Strikes and JBS, you guys are the best. It was racing and -hit happens. .
'Thank goodness all are safe...

Ps. Forgot my password for my log in name- so I used Billy's.
Lisa Matthews
Pier 57/Twisted metal motorsports

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Glad to hear from you too, Lisa.
Incredible how sh1t happens so fast. Get some rest.
Happy all are OK.

Glenn & Charlene :drink:

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Glad to here you are OK Lisa...We were worried

Jeremy(The Mayor)Ruckhaber

JBS Racing

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Pier 57 - Bob and I actually were not sure what happened until after the race and we spoke to the angel 1 helicopter. They were above us 3 during the accident. We were not sure who was to our port side going in to the turn? We knew that Pier 57 and JBS were battling on the outside and in previous laps were on our port side in the turns?
Bob and I lost radio communication on the first lap and were not able to communicate at all! The collission was a complete surprise to me, never saw it coming? We just thought that JBS was being aggressive and trying to shut the door on us in the corner? Angel 1 claims we shot in the air 30ft in a barrel roll, landing upside down first, skidding on the canopies and then continuing right side up? Bob and I looked out the canopies, we had to have been 50 yards plus from JBS, not even in a position to help if we had to.

We never knew that Pier 57 was even involved in the accident until we reached the wet pits? With no communications, we were in the dark before and after the collission. Fortunately our boat was still running after the barrel roll/flight, and we too finished the remaing 6 laps, taking on water, port trim tad ripped out of transom hanging, throttles ripped out of dash, no radios and saltwater blowing threw our air vents into our laps!
Glad everyone is ok, boat goes to Dr. Donzi today for repairs, we will be back racing by next race, no major set backs! Lisa, we did not have a on-board camera, which sucks, I would have love to see that footage!

Oh and Lisa.....we NEVER even came close to you....sorry you thought we hit you....we would never do such a thing. Wrong blue boat.

ALWAYS HOLD YOUR LANE!!! We did. It was some good deck to deck racing up to that point.

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Glad to hear everyone is ok. Hope all are ready for Michigan. :fish:

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When did JBS catch on fire? After the accident or before?

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Makes you think twice about ever running a open cockpit boat again, especially after you witness a close call in F-1 in Orange Beach with Typhoon in '03..... :eek:

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JBS caught on fire after the transom and trim tab of Lightning Strikes thrashed thru the JBS engine compartment, ripping the plenum off the stbd motor and causing a fuel fire. The fire was caused during the collission.

I can not vouch for what happen between Pier 57 and JBS? Lightning Strikes was just a victim of the circumstances, wrong place at the wrong time. JBS was sliding out of control into our path, thus us colliding into them. We never saw them coming until it was too late. We were still in the turn getting ready to round turn buoy 2.

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[QUOTE=Lightning JBS was sliding out of control into our path, thus us colliding into them. We never saw them coming until it was too late. We were still in the turn getting ready to round turn buoy 2.[/QUOTE]


Sounds like someone is still running out of control. :( :(

Why do you guys let someone like that race with you?

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Lightning Strikes can easily be ready for Sarasota. We are not sure if we are entering are not? But we will be in St. Clair July 27th. Damage was minimal considering what happened.

The boat did barrel roll, but eventually stopped upright. We did strap back in and complete the remaing 6 laps.

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I put the JBS cockpit cam crash video up on the site...

If you want to check it out, goto www.jbsracing.com , click on the movie tab, and select Ft. Meyers from the drop down list...

Warning... I didn't edit out the 'strong language'...

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Holy Chit! :eek: :eek: Just played the video, Glad to hear everyone is ok!! Lisa, it was nice talking with you. Hope to see everyone back at Sarasota.
K

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can't find the movie tab

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Sorry, I guess it's not really a 'tab' - Just pick the 'movies' option from the menu...

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same here - is it down?

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Just click on movies and them pull down the movie menu on the right side.

That was incredible footage. But now I'm confused.

The yellow boat (Pier 57 - Lisa? I guess) cut across the bow of JBS and washed them down. Then it looked like the yellow boat realized thier error and turned hard right, into the side of JBS. This caused JBS to slow and cross the path of the oncoming Lightning Strikes.

Is that what happened?

Thank God for Canopies.

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Let's see if this works...

http://jbsracing.com/movie/default2.aspx

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Don't forget to check out the slow motion clips...