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If all you want is the numbers, their in the "Results" forum. Details, babble, and a little bragging to follow so read on or tune out.
First thing I have to do is recognize and give credit to people who contributed.
First. Ron Drake (Team Ugly- prospect) who let Jay run his Nova/Lynx in the 2 tunnel classes B-C. Ron can fill in any details as I was working on the D and FE boats. He did run Technology fuels. Ron also supplied his expertise and Nelson powerheads for the D effort.
Next; Shawn Junker for a pair of Vision .45 hulls that ran flawless even when conditions were not perfect.
Henry Nelson who makes Nelson outboards (in the USA) and help at the test pond from pylon racer John Albritton.
Mike (Grimracer) Zaborowski, a long time friend from the Midwest who has been a mentor and makes the fuel that powered our D motors.
That leaves props by Mark Sholund and Andy Brown who met me at exit 460 on I 75 to make sure we had last minute props.
Finally my son Jay made his dad proud and grandson (prospect and gopher) Max fresh from rehab after spending time in the Team Shaw trailer being brainwashed at Charleston.
You don't own records you just set them and see how long they stand, till someone else has the stars align on their day at the pond. That said in the words of Rick Flair,"if you want to be the man you have to beat the man". 4 of the five records Jay drove were held by John Finch(Q mono) and outboard records held by Bill Bigelow, Kently Porter, and Tommy Lee. One has stood for 24 years.
We will continue the 1/3 mile effort in time. May be a while before the stars align like this weekend again.
Mic
First thing I have to do is recognize and give credit to people who contributed.
First. Ron Drake (Team Ugly- prospect) who let Jay run his Nova/Lynx in the 2 tunnel classes B-C. Ron can fill in any details as I was working on the D and FE boats. He did run Technology fuels. Ron also supplied his expertise and Nelson powerheads for the D effort.
Next; Shawn Junker for a pair of Vision .45 hulls that ran flawless even when conditions were not perfect.
Henry Nelson who makes Nelson outboards (in the USA) and help at the test pond from pylon racer John Albritton.
Mike (Grimracer) Zaborowski, a long time friend from the Midwest who has been a mentor and makes the fuel that powered our D motors.
That leaves props by Mark Sholund and Andy Brown who met me at exit 460 on I 75 to make sure we had last minute props.
Finally my son Jay made his dad proud and grandson (prospect and gopher) Max fresh from rehab after spending time in the Team Shaw trailer being brainwashed at Charleston.
You don't own records you just set them and see how long they stand, till someone else has the stars align on their day at the pond. That said in the words of Rick Flair,"if you want to be the man you have to beat the man". 4 of the five records Jay drove were held by John Finch(Q mono) and outboard records held by Bill Bigelow, Kently Porter, and Tommy Lee. One has stood for 24 years.
We will continue the 1/3 mile effort in time. May be a while before the stars align like this weekend again.
Mic
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