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[john acosta]

Thanx for letter.

Racing clock wise huh?

Ok So now the boats are going all out till they hit the zero duvall turn.
Be a lot of crashes in that turn .

And the main viewing on the mole will see them at their slowest trying to spool back up.

Might work.

 

[Ratickle]

I'm assuming the reason is to increase the number of crashes in the area most viewable by spectators?

 

[john acosta]

Ya know Rad ,We talked this move over several seasons.

Safety was my reason for voting against it.

gComing into the mole from what I call turn #2 is fast ,BUT we all knew the hump at the mole entrance and immediate right dodleg right after then zero duvall
We slowed at the end of the beach at the park,right at the tree line .I liked to stay on the outside I felt it was cleaner and compressed .Then cruise into the hairpin .simple.

Now They will be slowing after tank island ? right ?

The reason the navy always asked for clockwise was the possibility of a multi blowover of cats right before the mole
taking out hundreds of spectators .
Which is possible.

 

[Ratickle]

 

[Ratickle]

I disagree. When a cat goes airborne, it is most likely to go in a straight line from the point where it leaves the water. So, as you can see from the above photo, in a counterclockwise rotation, as it is now, any cat blowing over coming down by the mole would end up in the middle of the course, as they have to date.

If you change direction, all of the boats being forced wide have to contend with the Mallory Square protrusion into the wide side of the course, and any boat which happened to blow over, unlikely because of the speed at that point, would end up in Mallory Square.

The boats would certainly have an interesting corner at what is now turn 1 in reverse.

At least that's my opinion.

 

[Bobcat]

They Ran Clockwise when Mike Horne was racing Cayo Hueso Express...Late 80's ?

 

[john acosta]

I hope were both wrong

 

[john acosta]

Sarasota predictions .



svl brian forehead ol 29 last place for cheating

 

[Bobcat]

:rofl:

 

[Ratickle]

I was getting ready to bet you on Ryan. Unless he breaks, he will not be last.

Although I haven't checked to see who is driving for him.

 

[john acosta]

I was just playin ,
however the s111 skater was always called the "caboose " around the sbi trailer for a reason.
I think its awesome that they continue year after year anyway.
that's a good thing .

 

[Ratickle]

I know the nickname, but it's not really deserved in my opinion. It seems to me, even though he has the oldest boat in the class, (but the safest because of the balsa core canopy however), and may have the smallest budget, he always seems to be a podium contender if he has an experienced driver next to him, (unless he breaks).

For the number of different drivers, many with no experience whatsoever, I am pretty impressed. I believe he has had 4 or 5 boats behind him so far this year.

And two years ago I think he finished the season second overall behind Gary, and was on the podium at the Worlds in Key West that prior November.

 

[Ratickle]

And typically, OPA does not inspect the boats. There were no inspections to check for illegal engines, etc. in LOTO or Point Pleasant Beach. I will be surprised to see inspections in Sarasota. I hope I'm wrong, but history says otherwise.

So, with no inspections, Forehand will not be DQ'd. It only happens when they have inspections, (unless something goes wrong with the alledged illegal extra ballast tank system and it fails weight).

 

[john acosta]

Rat I get it .
Its good to stand up for friend.


So in reality who will do what this weekend .

I still think the ol sv whatever will get caught .
ss will be gary b. or performance boat center.
super cat .this is billys.
unlimited I don't even care anymore.

 

[Ratickle]

I think the OL will be illegal again, it has been every time. But, I think the inspections will be lax enough they get away with it.

For some reason, the Victory boats don't have the top speed of the DW's. Unless the water is rough, I'm going with PBC, Allen, or Shadow P. or this event, Allen most likely.

Super Cat, I will not pick. They are all pretty good friends. The thing that bothers me, letting Broadco run with a very inexperienced driver which has caused major problems in the past. Too competitive of a class for that in my opinion.

Unlimited, I'm hoping for a resurgence of the class if they all get 1100's working. Until then, I'm thinking Victory again, although I'll be rooting for Steve most likely.

Britt Lilly in Pro Stock Vee. Kildahl's in Vee X.

 

[john acosta]

I know I showed concern on facebook about ??? in supercat and got dumped on .

I just hope nobody gets hurt

 

[fund razor]

I know I showed concern on facebook about ??? in supercat and got dumped on .

I just hope nobody gets hurt

Phuck facebook. It's where idiots tell experts they are idiots.

 

[Ratickle]

I know I showed concern on facebook about ??? in supercat and got dumped on .

I just hope nobody gets hurt

I stay off Facebook. What was it?

 

[john acosta]

I myself was just getting started on facebook recently.
I agree not a plce for me.

 

[Ratickle]

I think the OL will be illegal again, it has been every time. But, I think the inspections will be lax enough they get away with it.

For some reason, the Victory boats don't have the top speed of the DW's. Unless the water is rough, I'm going with PBC, Allen, or Shadow P. or this event, Allen most likely.

Super Cat, I will not pick. They are all pretty good friends. The thing that bothers me, letting Broadco run with a very inexperienced driver which has caused major problems in the past. Too competitive of a class for that in my opinion.

Unlimited, I'm hoping for a resurgence of the class if they all get 1100's working. Until then, I'm thinking Victory again, although I'll be rooting for Steve most likely.

Britt Lilly in Pro Stock Vee. Kildahl's in Vee X.

I did pretty good!!!

Got Lilly, Kildahl, and Allen :sifone: .

Victory and Geico flip at the same time, really weird.

And the OL broke, so who knows if it would have been caught illegal or not.