Think we could run CSR in this !

[HRTV]

Anyone man enough to run a few heats of CSR in this ! Its a joke !

[racer121M]

We DO run CSR in that. Talk to a Top O Michigan Marathon driver. What you got there is just "a day at the beach".

[treadguy]

Rough water?

Got a better one........Run 1100R in a fish pond..........Reno about 30 years ago. You would be surprised how things got stirred up in that small of body of water.,

[R. C. Hawie]

1972 Norwalk, CT. at a beach on Long Island Sound. A time when men where men and true Racers wasn't whimps. Smart hydro guys KICKED out their engines so they could jump the waves and not stuff. Grab some throttle and race!
R. C. once ment Rough Chop, now Retired Champion.

[Jeff Brewster 59s]

Indian River, Top-in-a-bee, God's gift to boat racing...

That picture brought back memories. I have seen waves like that coming into the beach at the Burt Lake pits in Indian River...and that's no fish story. In the late 80's Tom Smith and I had heard that it might be the last year for the race and we had never been able to compete. With some arm twisting (not much) I talked him into going and racing with me.
When we awoke in the morning the wind coming into the beach was so strong you had to hold your hat. Tom said, "this sucks, we drove 10 hours to get blown out!" After scanning the beach I said, "Tom, these guys are all still setting up their boats! They are gonna race in this sh..!"
Well of course we had to also! After a long speach on safety at the drivers meeting by the referee my class (ASR) was the first up. I being a hydro driver was in for one heck of an experience.
It was very hard to try to get on plan into the surf. The boat finally started to break plane but the problem was I was at the top of a wave! It shot off that wave, the nose went into the air and hit the next wave with a thud. At that point this hydro driver went flying out the back of the boat! Talk about embarassing! My little "A" boat had only made it about 100 yards and I fell out in front of everybody! Being a stubborn cuss, I crawled back in and still finished both days. (and falling out two more times, but that is another story)
I ended up placing fourth that year and won a nice plaque. At the drivers party that Sunday night Fred Miller and OMC had donated an "A" engine to be raffled off to the "A" drivers. In total shock they pulled my name out of a hat! My son now races that motor in "J" and I was hooked on Indian River for life.

[mike ross]

that looks like a calm day at Top-O

[Joe J]

Got a better one........Run 1100R in a fish pond..........Reno about 30 years ago. You would be surprised how things got stirred up in that small of body of water.,

That would be Paradise Pond, in Sparks. you know you are in trouble when you are racing on a body of water that the city has named "Pond".

I drove by it last summer, and it is now only about half of what it was, the lagoon where the boats were launched has been paved over.

Joe

[Steve Johnson]

Oshkosh

Looks like the short track at oshkosh, waves from all directions
I almost prefer the conditions in the photo ,the rollers are consistant and will knock down the boat slop. day 2 moose lake this year. Ran DMR no trouble even with the side fins ( should have seen Davey in the cow) . A little too SPORTY for the hydros.
Steve

[Don]

1972 Norwalk, CT. at a beach on Long Island Sound. A time when men where men and true Racers wasn't whimps. Smart hydro guys KICKED out their engines so they could jump the waves and not stuff. Grab some throttle and race!
R. C. once ment Rough Chop, now Retired Champion.

Hey R.C.
How about the Norwalk to New Haven,in Long Island Sound,late 40's.

and,Norfolk Va. to Baltimore in the 50's.
Don Jones

[treadguy]

That would be Paradise Pond, in Sparks. you know you are in trouble when you are racing on a body of water that the city has named "Pond".

I drove by it last summer, and it is now only about half of what it was, the lagoon where the boats were launched has been paved over.

Joe

Good memory........I haven't been by there since then but had a great time while we were there. 50 ft. straightaways (or so it seemed) didn't last long in an 1100 runabout.

[modracer7b]

Another one. Newport, Rhode Island looked like that. Also for short course, we once had a race in either Maine or New Hampshire where we ran on a pond in a golf course. Ken and I both tore off our inside airtraps on our Marchetti's at that one. - Bill Rosado

[Roy Conklin]

In 1962 the Eastern outboard Racing Assn ( this was backyard racing,not APBA)decided to hold a 50 mile marathon at Aquaboge, L.I. At the time I was new to racing and had a DSR, Speedliner boat and a Mark 40 H. I had no idea of how much fuel I would consume in 50 miles. My friend Howie Minami also ran DSR but was unsure of how much fuel we would consume. So!!! to be on the safe side, we went to an auto junk yard and bought 2, 20 gallon fuel tanks and strapped them in the boats. ( Some of you new guys probably wonder how did you fit it in the cockpit, well in those days you had an open cockpit in the front of the boat) The boats really looked weird with filler pipe sticking straight up. We thought we would take a chance and only put 15 gallons in.
Aquaboge was known as the roughfest place that we raced at. The day of the racing held true to form. The start of the race found Howie and I out in front. The course was 5-10 mile laps. It was just horribly rough ,but on the back stretch it was somewhat presentable. I think on the third lap I was so tired I decided to sit on my butt. I continued to do this on each lap. I finished in first place, there was blood all over the side and cockpit of the boat. The funniest thing was, that while sitting down on the back stretch, I had worn 2 holes completeley through my pants and had 2 giant blisters on my butt. I was also informed that I had run an extra lap, ten more miles. Also I could have run another 50 mile marathon with the fuel left in the tank.

[Arcticracer]

Rougggggghhhhhh

Hello all-

I've been "In the closet" lurking forever, thought I should post one. We run a little race up here in Interior Alaska around summer solstice, from Fairbanks to Galena (400 miles) one day, then back the next day. The water on the Yukon River can be hellish, on day one the boats leave Fairbanks around 11, and by the time they reach the Yukon in the afternoon the wind is usually whipping good. 3 to 4 footers are not unusual.

They restart at 6AM on Sunday and it is always smooth as glass, when they reach the smaller Tanana River halfway through the waves are not a big problem.

Anybody interested in trailering North and running an exhibition event? You would pass through miles and miles of the amazing Alaskan wilderness. We would need to stage fuel drops, the Yukon 800 boats carry enough for the full run (over 40 gallons).

Awhile back some of the McKenzie River boys with their Jets were talking about coming up, but that never materialized.

WWW.YUKON800.COM

[forshey99]

Wow!

ArcticRacer

Great post. I've never heard of it before. I checked out the link, alot of great pictures in the gallery.
How many guys/girls are in these boats? Some of the pics show at least one person laying down next to the driver.

[CSR4C]

Rifle

Looking over the rules: Required items include a rifle with 10 rounds of ammo and an axe.