Underdog, Or Mike, Dont worry you'll be fine. Bring it out and we'll hook you up. Smitty

"Underdog are you saying P class racers are not Pros?"
James

Yikes... sorry.
Drag racing terms... I've been in that world for the last 18yrs. There, the Pro classes race as the first guy to cross the finish wins. Sportsman run on indexes or brackets. Many of those guys are much more professional that the "Pro" teams. I've done both.

I'd better go back into the "lurk" mode. This thread is going to end up like so many others.

No offence ment.
Have a great day!
Mark

Dont worry James only barks. No Bites

Underdog no offense taken.I think anyone who gets on a race course be land or water and puts his but on the line should be a pro.But in real life a boat racer does not make squat so are there any pros out there?
James

Underdog.....

hang on a minute....dont get back to lurking too fast.

You asked a valid question and sometimes these threads get off track and become a pissing match.

As much as I hate to admit it P class is still a class for retired raceboats, raceboats that dont fit into today's spec classes and pleasure boaters who are just getting into this sport. you have to race against the clock or bracket in order to keep parity among so many different types of boats, while at the same time, minimizing the amount of classes. P class racers are still proffessional racers and as you said, sometimes more proffessional than the pro class teams.

I think the Spec classes,(SVL, SS, SV, SCL, SC) should still be considered Pro-classes. They earned it. They worked their way up to it. And they run all out on the edge. Because thats what it takes to win, when you are running the same power / weight combinations. If you dont run balls out in the pro-classes, you will not be up front.

In P class you can adjust your power to fit.

P class is still very similar to sportsman class whether we like it or not.
Its still a hell of alot of fun and we are treated like pro class racers and thats all that matters

99% of boat racers pay to race. We may look, act, and say we are professionals, but we are hobbyists. Until positive cash flow is obtained, thats what we'll be.
Now go race OPA and win a few races you may come out on top and be considered a paid professional professional.
If you race an entire season win all races and factor in the costs, you may, if you fortunate enough not to break anything major, make a little less than a migrant farm worker.
I'll take it though

James, you are a professional Redneck car wrecker

Edible underwear in you size(or Mine) could stop a famine

I prefer no GPS on board when it comes to P class racing period. I set up my boats to run the bracket and have no intrest in a stop watch or GPS. We dont have a speedo or a Gps in the Cig and I have never come close to breaking out. Put yourself in the proper class run balls to the wall finish first and you will be amazed in how many flags you will earn. This will take alot of the sand bagging away.

Scott you are correct,i is a pro junkman im gooder than most.
James

Mark, Au never mind. Not worth it.