Old Flattbottom and Jet boat pictures

[HotWireFlyer]

cant remember what year this pit shot is from. but it was the laughlin river days. maybe hotwire can tell the year.i also need to get a pic from richards garage. has 99-p in front of the pioneer casino heading down the back shute.

richard was riding in 99-p with jeff walsh racing along side the p-74. brother was getting pellted with schratnel. did not know from what untill they got back to the pits

That was from the 1986 Laughlin race. Tripped it going upriver and went in HARD on the nose. It was scarey for a few seconds, thought I was goin' swimmin'.

[AZOutlaw]

More photo's from Laughlin, May 1985

Photo's include the K-Boat of Val Wheeler floating bow up after Jay Ellington took a swim. Got a pretty cool shot of the rescue team giving the OK signal and Jay looking at the beach probably embarrassed in front of 5,000 or so people. I included a deck picture of the E.T. boat cause it was a beautiful boat that got destroyed at Burley a year later and ended Jay's driving career. I have pictures from that event which I will post sometime.

[HotWireFlyer]

Hey AZOUTLAW, what K boat is that leading in your 1st pic? Cant read the #
Thanks

[AZOutlaw]

Hey AZOUTLAW, what K boat is that leading in your 1st pic? Cant read the #
Thanks

I was wondering the same thing? I think it was Randy Parish if I'm still not "too old" not to remember ...I also have a photo of this same boat destroyed at Burley sometime soon after this race in Laughlin. It was metal-flake silver and black trim. Can't quite read the name on the boat but I think it was the Warlord??????

[AZOutlaw]

I got motivated to find those photo's...I think it is the same boat one month later in Burley. Nice action shot eh? Not bad for a 12 year old. Think it was the last time anyone was going to see that boat?

[AZOutlaw]

Hate to jump a year in advance even though I have Burley 1985 ready to scan, I'm going to jump ahead to the 1986 Inboard Nationals at Dexter Reservoir in Oregon. Trying to locate photo's of PC 600 for a friend. I just so happened to wrap some old plaques my father won in old race shirts for storing the last 14 years....this was one of them.
I'll try to post something before Parker this weekend.
Jeff Conant

[mcprodesign]

Dude you nailed it!!! Sweet!

[p28 renegade]

the 1986 inboard nationals at dexter dam, was the 1st time ever that all inboard classes were presant. that year featured 7 jersey speed skiffs.
richard and i drove skiffs on saturday, then rode in crackers on sunday.

[AZOutlaw]

the 1986 inboard nationals at dexter dam, was the 1st time ever that all inboard classes were present. that year featured 7 jersey speed skiffs.
richard and i drove skiffs on saturday, then rode in crackers on sunday.

Doubt this is the only shot I took of the Jersey's, but it's a teaser. You are right Scott, cause I have pictures of flaties, hydro's, and skiffs. It was also the first year of "Monster Motors" in the PC class, or should I say "Monster Windows" in blocks.

[p28 renegade]

nice shot.
that would be dad driving the js-58.

it wasnt a good weekend for the snowgoose.overheated new motor real bad in friday practice. becasue the guy who luanched us did not release the bow hook, boat shifted on trailer and water pick up dug into trailer bunk and filled hole with carpet. by the time we knew there was not water out of the exaust, it was to late.