Sutter's Gold Jr. mention his dad's boat running "ROUGH"...Seems I recall this now...Lee's prop was WAy too small. He could "PUNCH" off the corners like Jack the Bear....but had to throttle it back as the engine would way over rev....
I do wish Lee would post a little more here. I'm betting, his first heat at Dayton was the first time this boat was wet with a Mod 50 set up...just a WILD GUESS...
Talking to Jimbo, not long ago. He said he ran OMC's BIG BOATS but ran his own MOD 50 at the local races. Tom Ireland's boat with Jeff Brown driving, would beat the fire out of Jimbo...(Jim Nerstrom might have been helping Tom and Jeff). Jimbo said he learned so much by racing "LOCALLY". He took the knowledge to the big boats and that is when he really started winning. He told me he took ever bolt and nut on his MOD 50 that wasn't really important and replaced it with aluminum nuts and bolts...10 pounds per foot off the corner was Jimbo's rule...Ever ten pounds you could save was one foot off the corner per lap...He also started fooling with his own props....
A and H Hydro...Anderson and Herring?????
I don't recall Jimbo even being at Dayton, 1976.
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