It seems to me that...Races Are Too Long

**mercguy** · 08-30-2005

Originally Posted by Fast Fred

hay David,
thare are no points for the class i run, am runin one of them Merc killers thow

the OMC kind

sheez, what is this world coming too????

**Fast Fred** · 08-31-2005

what can i tell ya, Merc never made a triple that came close to this this one

**mercguy** · 08-31-2005

Originally Posted by Fast Fred

what can i tell ya, Merc never made a triple that came close to this this one

well Fred, make them do something!!!!!!!! Ya mean the 650/700 Merc triple WAS NOT a good motor...........LOL!!!!!!!

**RichardKCMo** · 08-31-2005

Originally Posted by Fast Fred

hay David,
thare are no points for the class i run, am runin one of them Merc killers thow

the OMC kind

Fred, what class do you run with that good looking motor?
Richard

**Fast Fred** · 08-31-2005

I'm runin Superlight Tunnel "X" class, 60ci (1000cc's) or less, 15" shaft

that about covers it on the rules.

those Mercs are cool,the hulls we run take alot of grunt to keep them cookin
not sayin those Mercs wouldn't do a good job, but ya get guys with gooned up SST60's and Stingers the Yamaha 52ci, someones even runin a snowsledpowerhead

so thares a vary good chance you would find your self out guned

with a 700Merc

**RichardKCMo** · 08-31-2005

So is this a 56cu in omc? Where are the races?
RichardF

**Fast Fred** · 08-31-2005

started as a 49ci, with the trick pistons and long rods +.030 over makes it a 50.7ci, thay run in Regions 5,6,1,

**Ron Hill** · 09-07-2005

We were talking about DePue 2005....And SAFETY came into the phone conversation...He says capsule are too much trouble...then he mentions Rex Hall's neck inhury...and then Sean McKeen's injuries.....then he lists about four more guys who broke their neck racing Pro...not to mention my Cousin, John Heggenburger, getting 200 stitches in his neck.......at DePue...

Now, NOT all this happened this year.....But I did point out to Dave that Kevin Curtis has been upside down 8 times in his 45 in 10 years, and never been hurt...Kevin raced A Stock Hydro once and almost broke his back...His mom won't let him runa kneeldown boat.

BK, right here, one of the most prolifick boat racing writers in my lifetime, won't let her kids run kneeldowns because she doesn't feel it is safe...Now, if the ones in the know think it isn't safe, what do you think the other 200,000,000 people in this country think???

Daren, you basically been there, done that...with your brother and yourself... What one safety rule would you pass, if you could pass ONE rule???

The readers, other there: What one safety rule would you pass....?

BET: Three years from now, that KID AJ who was hurt at Dayton, will not be racing boats!!!! Any takers???

**Tom Mitchell** · 09-07-2005

The question concerning safety and capsules reminds me of the dispute many years ago about adding roll cages to the midgets and sprint cars. Since that time most of the drivers lived to collect their social security checks.

Tom