1/8th Scales at the HOTMBC

[jayt]

Today we had two 1/8th Scale Unlimiteds racing each other. One was the 2006 NAMBA National Champion the SloMo IV. The other was the Taggart-designed TomyAnn. Both were Unlimiteds from the 1950s. It was great fun to watch them!

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[MrUnlimited]

Nice pictures!

 

[Gilbert Pun]

Hi Jay,

Nice boats and very nice lake for running too.

I wished we could have such a nice lake for running FEs.

Gilbert

 

[jayt]

A little more history here. The builder/driver of the TomyAnn is Tom Taggart. His father, Joe Taggart, drove both these hulls full-scale in Unlimited competition in the 1950s. He won the APBA Gold Cup in 1953 driving the Slo Mo IV, and almost won again in 1955. It was just too cool to see both these hulls running together.

More photos can be seen here: http://www.hotmbc.net/gallery

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[Ub Hauled]

A little more history here. The builder/driver of the TomyAnn is Tom Taggart. His father, Joe Taggart, drove both these hulls full-scale in Unlimited competition in the 1950s. He won the APBA Gold Cup in 1953 driving the Slo Mo IV, and almost won again in 1955. It was just too cool to see both these hulls running together.

More photos can be seen here: http://www.hotmbc.net/gallery

That's good background info Jay,

I'd love to see him racing "his boat" again, probably lots of memories.