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What was the most successful phantom in A class.

Wil

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Toss up between Eriesistable and In-Motion

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Bronx Phantom started it all.

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Jerry Sorrentino and Norm Teague set the Kilo record for A-class at 101.865 mph in October 1999.

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Wil - Your hull was very competitive in A-Class as Lil Deuce Coupe, although Fred and Alva didn't race it very often. When Rob Stopanio got involved after A-Calss changed to SVL in, the boat kicked azz.

The Scorpion boat set the APBA SVL Kilo record at 98.829 mph in June 2001.

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A-Class was incredible ten years ago. How do you like this list of registered A-Class boats in 1996?

Ale House Racing
Archer Marine Scarab
Ballistic
Breathless
Christie's Photographic
Cool Running
Damn Donzi the New Generation
Duces-R-Wild
Excalibur
Final Notice
Final Persuasion
Flash Point
Fortune and Glory
Frank's Marine
Hart Throb
La Baby Argentina
Mediamaster
Mr. Zip
No Limits
Not Guilty II
Off Limits
Optical Illusion
Pantera Racing
Performance Marine
Phantaseas
Pitman Photo Express
Powerplay Racing
Pure Energy
Quarter King
Rain-X Express
Scatterbrain
Shogun
SMG Express
Standing Room Only
Stressed Out
Subluxator
Tabu
Team Chicago
Team Exciter
Team Hardcore
Team Hogs Breath
Team Intercoastal
Team Progression
Team Saber
Team Thoroughbred
Tina-Team Mean Green
VIS Auto Finance
What's Instore
Wizard of Oz

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wish we had those kind of numbers.What was the demise of A-class?

Wil

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It depends on who you ask. Some would say when Bronx Phantom, Rain X Express (Batboat) and La Baby Argentina were allowed to race, the non-canopied boats were at a disadvantage and many decided not to compete..........leading to the birth of F-1.

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By the way - racers in A-Class in 1996 included Nigel Hook, Bob Bull and Todd Werner.

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Todd used to drive the 3 seater phantom.What boats did Bob Bull and Nigel run?

Wil

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At that time Todd was running an open cockpit 29' Phantom named Phantaseas. Nigel throttled Archer Marine and Bob throttled Team Thoroughbred.

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We can only dream of having as good a career as any of those racers.Rick Turmell also ran with Todd.Hopefully SVL can grow in the next years.

Wil

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It was Kurt Berger, He change the rules and all the baot stayed on the trailers

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Those were great years. I was lucky enough to race the Flashpoint Boat (a 26' Corsa) in A Class from '92 to '97 with some sucess. We started as 3 firefighters with about 20 thousand dollars total investment and had a great time, made a lot of friends and got to go to wonderful places for the races.
The mid '90s had some of the largest fleets ever in offshore, wish that could return.....
The canopy boats did run us out.

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I also heard the same thing,that the canopied boats also contributed to the end of A class.The racer that got us started ran A class in a 26 corsa which I still own called Super Technologies.

Wil

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As far as I'm concerned, you guys and Shogun should have received the "Brass Balls Award" in those days! Big water in the smallest boats in the class.

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Thanks for the complement. A lot of teams raced hard in smaller boats back then, remember the 22’ A Class Velocity’s? I guess our back ground in Motocross helped some.
I know this is a Phantom forum and not looking to tarnish the canopy boats in any way with my statement they “ran us out”; as they are much safer at the speeds the class grew to. In ’94 to ’96 we did have a few members of A Class leave their boats unexpectedly. Our team included (Palm Beach ’96) It would have been nice to somehow save the idea of the old “A Class”, but time marches on. I guess the “P” classes are close now.
Best of Luck to all the SVL Teams.