Will your head fit on a 8 X 10?????

Going to pull motor Sat. & start taking cockpit, floor, gas tank out.

The actual hole is about 6" X 6" which explains why we didn't
take on enough water to go down. The rest of the damage
is alot of delamination and torn glass. It is certainly fixable. Will be taking it to fiberglass guy in a few weeks.

Look forward to going at it again with you guys next season.

The twin motors grandfathered in are Small Block Only boats and Twin Outboards. The rest is right, 30' and under. Over 30', welcome to Class 4!!!!:drink:

Very happy to hear this, Rich and Pete!!!! That mess sure looked ugly and you guys can really work that boat on the course!!!! Keep us updated on the repairs!!!

This was taken at S/F, a few seconds after getting speared.

if all goes well i will also be makin a deal on a class 5 boat this weekend !!

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my have to use a wide angle lense or blow it up but you will be able to see it good also have some helmet cam video ill see if we can get you that to its a long winter.:lolhit:

And The Stugots Cup is going (Staying) WHERE???????????????????????

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Augie did you wake up from your nap and decide chim in:lolhit:

Sorry had to do some editing:kiss:

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nice dean we had to start somwhere so breaking out is a good starting point but you have to admit we were good at it.:evilb:

Same old Michigan whining

Gary was peacefully sleeping in back while I was driving home from Orange Beach... Seems we have a problem with limits.
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Oh boy, all this chest pumping, and a 16 year old won the class. I dunno, must be a Jersey thing. All busting aside, great class this year. Great to see some Michigan boyz , bought an Easy Pass. Might be three races up there this year.

Class 6 looks promising for 2011 with a couple new (and old boats)

Neil (24 Pantera; the old No Limits boat)
swung6 (24 Carrr. : Old Interstate boat)
Crockett (26 Joker with a low 600hp motor, Michigan races only)
PFE (26 Velocity)
Akula (25 Outlaw with a rebuilt motor after 8 years!)

Any other?

Another 24 pantera here in town.
Bob Geoghegan is ready
Couple of bat boats
Cotner Boyz
Nopper
New LI team looking to buy a Carrera
Boomer

[QUOTE=2 Trick Rick;3240819]Class 6 looks promising for 2011 with a couple new (and old boats)

Neil (24 Pantera; the old No Limits boat)
swung6 (24 Carrr. : Old Interstate boat)
Crockett (26 Joker with a low 600hp motor, Michigan races only)
PFE (26 Velocity)
Akula (25 Outlaw with a rebuilt motor after 8 years!)

Looking forward to it. Might rival class 5 for boat count!

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as long as you stop running the other boats over and taking the boat count down.:grinser010:

The video clearly shows they ran into us....I'm not totally convinced you were not behind it!

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that rope we had hooked to them spun them out pretty good just like tubing gets both of you at once 2 for one.:lolhit:

I was trying to sleep for the winter but the bells go off everytime someone goes to The OPA/JERSEY BOYZ Thread. Guy's, GREAT JOB this year. Thanks for all the fun. But nobody answered my :greenchainsaw:question:violent-smiley-045:...The Stugots Cup is going where:waffen093:?????????????????????????????????? ??????????????????:violent040:

No, we were in front of it.. and in front of you to. :lolhit:


*don't you forget that. :evilb:

to the strip club ?

just go take a nap and dream we no you need you beauty sleep and get ready for your gift from the michigan mafia.:lolhit:

Oh chit!!!




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OK, I'm gonna chime in .............

As far as dropping a race ............Drop worst finish should not equal a race not entered. A race not entered is a race not entered. To me it is unfair that a team puts out the money to travel to every race and then will have to drop the points, as where another team can sit home save the travel $$$ and drop 0 points. To me this can effect the turn out of boats in a less popular site or a further distance race for a team. Fine to drop worst finish, but should not be allowed to drop a race not attended.

I am mixed on a boat that breaks and does not finish as to a boat that finishes and breaks. This season we have seen boats that have broke and still got 1st place. This to me might need to be looked into.

Also another thing that might need t be looked into, is if a race is cancelled due to an "Act of God". To the best of my knowledge, I believe there has now been 3 races cancelled over the past 4 yrs due to inclement weather/conditions (Point Pleasant, Algonac & Atlantic City). I don't know what the answer is, but might need to be further discussed.

Go ahead beat me up for saying what I'm saying as I'm not a racer, but I am only looking in from the outside. I listen to a lot of different people and can only ask & pose the same questions they ask me.

8 Race schedule I would say 'count a teams best 7"
6 Race schedule I would say count them all.

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And if it's a 7 race schedule? :party-smiley-004:

Rick, I just feel but using a throw away it will hurt a struggling site or a far site. Just think it's unfair to penalize a team for making all 8 races. Most sites need as many boats as we can get, and with a throw away pointed race being = to a DNS 0 point race, just seems it can hurt the site's attendance. This is the last I will comment on this.

BTW - Are you planning on racing a complete season next year? :eek: (Sorry, I couldn't resist.) Hope you can make it to the Winter Awards Dinner

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lone us money like the government and we will be there for sure buying drinks.:drink:

Allot of people were talking about 8 races just being to many. It was hard on equipment and the pocket book.

6 is a nice number; 3 east and 3 mid-west and 1 worlds. If it's a 6 race series count them all, if its 8 count your best best 7 if its 7 count your best 6.

Teams will always want to make "every race" unless they just cant because of money, mechanical or other commitments. If you have a "throw away event" that does not mean teams wont show or go. Most will want to give themselves an extra race cushion. Remember it's your best 7 (or 6) if you break out or break at one race your going to want to make it up.

Still unsure about what boat I'm running next year, Gary and I are looking into a "SVL" but thats in the air at this time. Now if I'll be racing every race ?? Not sure, work, family, kids... lots of things change and family is first and foremost above everything. Mary is already unhappy when I get home from work at 8:00 every night than drive to the shop till 12:00pm/12:30am .. as much fun as boat racing is I'll will never put it in front of my family, that's just a quick road to divorce court.

Guy's, Smitty, Louie and I are already talking about next year and how many races are going to happen. As always, we're trying to give everyone THE BEST bang for their money...just give us a little time to discuss this further. Oh an Gary, REMEMBER...as your present arrived outta nowhere one cold SATURDAY...I can have you found:greenchainsaw: ANYWHERE! :violent-smiley-045:Pleasant Nightmares!!!!!!:violent040: Now don't bust my horns, I'm going to take a nap!

I know you want more races up by you, but we have the 4 East races (Regular season was 2 in MD, 1 in NJ , 1 NY, 2 in MI, the 7th was the race in Sunny Isles and #8 being Orange Beach). Rick take a look at the points and you will see what I've mentioned about with a "0" being a throw away has already occurred. I do agree that there needs to be a space between races, back-to-back races are hard and then you have to take into consideration about the summer holidays. All in all it is just hard to work around everyone's schedule.

I got faith in Smitty, Louie & the rest of OPA to schedule these races with the racers best interests at heart. Some times it just cannot be done. Also keep in mind, the organization may want the race to be a specific weekend but the town may have other events scheduled and cannot schedule a race around us.

Remember what I mentioned above are questions/discussions amongst racers & non-racers. All I suggested was a few things to look into.

It's all good.. Have Smitty schedule the races and we will do our best to show up!! :kiss:

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need to change pp28 in the rule book then... *heavy sigh*

What are you going to do help him change his coupler ??? :D

With that line up we are going to keep all the prize money in Michigan !!!!!!!!!!!!!
And I am running a Smallblock at 7200 RPM just to keep things fare running against all the big blocks with all the torque...:D