The Pickwick Chronicles
 

41 boats had registered by Friday night for the OSS season opener in Pickwick, TN. 13 new boats or boats that had raced only once last year.

A reason to party, here at Stan Ware's compound where Popeye's famous Chicken and wicked filet steaks were served.

Considering that the Mikkosukee boat had burned down a few weeks ago, the team was still in dousing-the-flames mode

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Later, the party continued at Freddy T's. These two were clearly the most beautiful girls of the evening.

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OSS under new Management: Race Director Joe Brunner and Executive Director Misty Velasquez.

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Following ancient native American traditions, Team Mikkosukee continued to mourn the fiery loss of their boat.

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Pickwick put out the welcome mat for the OSS Racers.

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Mike Tomlinson welcomes 41 teams at the Saturday drivers meeting. 4 OSSC, 10 OSSCL, 8 OSSV, 10 OSSVL, 5 OSSCO, 1 OSSTX, 3 OSSCX

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Full house at the drivers meeting.

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COO Misty Velasquez is very pleased with the turnout.

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Mark Kowalski is back in the saddle, he throttles Speed Racer

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The Crash Test Dummy with the painted boat

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Wild Ride sports a brand new RV.

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Spiritual guidance as required is given to racers by Mike Tomlinson or Jim Black.

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Motley Crew, blatantly violating the Geneva Convention.

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Our most favorite race groupies ...

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Dave Branch of Love Muscle, making nice with COO Misty and Chief Inspector Jim Arvis.

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.... which turned out to be a wise move. His boat, adorned with ladies-in-the-buff, attracted the attention of Tennessee's finest.

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The nudity was promptly covered, and the pits were opened to minors again.

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TheBS,

Can you get a pick of Stickerboys new Skater for us to see and a few shots of the Loan Shark would be great too.

Thanks,
DPT

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DPT,
Check out my site.

I have the Professional Marine Racing with its awesome new graphics on it!

Can also be seen here: Professional Marine Racing

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See post #2..

Sharkey...

One of the two ladies, especially the one on the left definitly needs breast augmentation and hair extentions.. :drink:

OHHH.. Thank you for sharing all photos to all..

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Anytime! :drink: :drink: :drink:

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I one has the old "Deer in the headlight" look
:D :D

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Willie and Larry the Crazy Cubans rolled over while testing the Bad Boy 38 Super Vee. All are fine and are hopeful to get it running for tomorrow.

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a few pics

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a few more

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I have many more but had a camera glitch so those will have to wait.

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Thank's for the pics guy's. :evilb:

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The Ducks are back

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Stan, contemplating the next move ....

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Bob Bull

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Mini Me, saving gas

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thanks for the picks...hope all goes well for the crazy cubans and the BAD BOY

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Bernie,
When you are busy doing nothing at work tomorrow :D check out this page: Photos & Videos

I have been trying to keep the albums up to date as much as possible...

Enjoy! :drink:

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The night before the races was spent with the customary partying ...

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... with Dave Branch being the biggest party animal.

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Tough luck for the Cubans. During Saturday testing, they made a hard turn and flipped Tony Pachecco's Bad Boy OSSV boat. With the Cubans inside, the boat was sinking. As they got ready to dive through their new bottom hatch (the boat was upside down,) there was a knock on the window. Willy: "I said to Larry: 'My God, it's Bob Teague!" Bob was on a close-by turnboat, saw the accident, jumped in the water and swam to the sinking Bad Boys. The wet Cubans made a safe egress, and seconds later, all you could see was the bow of the boat.

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Undeterred, Tony Pachecco, Will and Larry worked all night to get the Bad Boy up and running. They got it fixed, but the heavily damaged boat was declared unfit to race. Even tougher luck for the Cubans: Their OSSVL boat, which they also entered into the Pickwick race, broke down after having been in the number two position behind the incredibly strong Screaming Eagles. Hometown Racing looks very good. IMCO is becoming a contender. Disappointing: Laveycraft.

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tough luck for the bad boy team

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dont count Tony out

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Even the parties are at least twice as good as last year. After the awards ceremony, and unencumbered by any further sobriety tests, OSS racers partied long into the Monday morning at Freddy T’s, right across from the sprawling Pier 57 compound.