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Offline Curval

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« Reply #15 on: July 29, 2003, 07:36:46 AM »
Hblair...when you say "Boat Drags" do you mean that these guys litterally drag race..on a straight course?

In my limited experience with powerboat races...most of the accidents happen on corners..hitting a wave wrong etc...A straight course would probably safer.

Just curious.
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« Reply #16 on: July 29, 2003, 07:49:26 AM »
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Rip, that's green concrete. :)


Nope, see the border on the top edge? Its on asphalt (white line on asphalt) and note the wrinkles on the upper left portion. One of the stool legs for stepping up in the trailer has the carpet bunched up a bit.

CARPET! I'VE BEEN VINDICATED!
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« Reply #17 on: July 29, 2003, 08:10:16 AM »
When I was in the Coast Guard in Seattle, we got to be on the water as Security during the Hydroplane races. I've been to the drag strip before, but it was NOTHING like watching Miss Budweiser skipping across the water at over 200mph. Also saw the Atlas Van Lines turbine powered boat get airborne and auger. :eek:
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« Reply #18 on: July 29, 2003, 08:28:33 AM »
Curval, yep, 1/4 mile straight line acceleration. Just like the land drags. That engine in the pic above is a nitro engine. They don't work on a circle course. :) Five thousand horsepower :) The engine has to be completely taken apart and rebuilt after EVERY pass. Hugely expensive to operate. Until you've seen/felt a nitro engine run whether on land or water you just haven't lived. Standing 30 ft. away as they fire it up then switch over to nitro, the sound, your chest and clothes vibrating, the tickling in your ears. Then they goose it, instant throttle response. The newbies crowd around trying to prove their manhood. Then they get an eyeful of nitro fumes and cry like babies. :)

Drag racing is a true spectator sport. Walking around the pits is the best part of it. Drivers and crew are always friendly. Several offered for my kids to sit in their boats with the lid down. Try that at a winston cup or CART meet. Can you tell i'm an enthusiast?
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« Reply #19 on: July 29, 2003, 11:24:17 AM »
I admit it hblair... drag boats scare the crap outta me.   Course I haven't been in one in 15 years but I rode in one that did 110 in the quarter and it was friggin freightening!  He was trying to impress me and admitted that he allmost lost it.
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« Reply #20 on: July 29, 2003, 12:24:17 PM »
Oh ok, now I understand. When you're not driving they ARE scary. Even the boat we had was scary if I wasn't driving, especially if I was skiing behind it. :) Did he let you drive it?
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