Testing With The Black Nutz, Day 1
 

Good Friday. Bay Pines Park. Testing day for the Black Nutz, the revamped Extreme that will be the home of Team Typhoon.

The Campbells, Louuuuuuuuu Ann and Allen, have dragged their Warlock all the way up from Sarasota to act as the pace boat for today's session.

They brought their new driver, Steven "Goulash" Kepecz. Goulash is the hottest realtor of greater Sarasota, and he's always on the phone.

Goulash is in for the duration. The Eagles even committed his name to print. Good luck, Eagles! (They'll be tearing up the SBI circuit this year.)

Turning a 31pitch Hydromotive, courtesy of Throttle-Up, the boat reaches 90 mph in a heartbeat.

The boat needs a little attitude adjustment, but the Nutz from Northern Jersey are used to that.

This will be a familiar sight on the racecourse....

Out in the gulf, skipping across 3-4 footers, the boat shows amazing flight capabilities. Re-entry is pretty harmless on the spine.

Matt on the phone with Randy: "You'll be having a blast!"

(No photo.)

Further testing is prevented by Mr. Guardian. He stops the boat. Matt of Throttle-Up throttled the boat today.

BS, who has been demoted to acting Crew Chief for the day, renders his diagnosis: "Shot alternator. Guardian at 11 Volts. He's right this time."

This instrument comes as standard equipment on all Nutz boats: The Denutter.

A little reminder for Randy to help him transition from F1 to OSSVL.

Waiting for Glenn & Randy (come on down, dammit!!!)

The tissue roll is a nice touch by Grant. He puts that in all SVL boats that are driven by previous F1 crews.

I thank Randy will be just fine.

Boat looks beautiful and big even for a black boat.

Sez the owner of a white one :)

Nutz update:

The Black Nutz have finished their prop tests in St. Pete. They are hunting for an alternator to replace their shot one. Boat stays in St. Pete and will then go to Biloxi.

The Blue Nutz (Wild Card) have busted their drive during low level flight maneuvers. Drive will be replaced by Monday.

The Orange Nutz (Hocus Pocus) are finishing their setup work and will be testing again this Wednesday.

Blue and Orange will do the road trip from the Northeast to the Deep South together.

Julie & Matt of Throttle-Up have been made honorable Nutz, due to their exemplary prop work, and due to certain features of their neighborhood.