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    Default Mod VP Pictures..

    This is Tim Soares behind the wheel in a Witch Craft, 1980.

    Tim and I co-Drove together and finished, 4th or 5th or 6th....We had a great time...

    Was glad to get the Eliminator Tunnel, though, so much easier to drive...
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    Default Same boat....with me in it...

    We had a 24" setback, which at that time was UN HEARD OF. Tim made it out of a bunch of aluminum and welded it with a ton of weld, but she was HELL FOR STOUT... Truth is, we could have run a lot higher...

    Brad Miller had helped with sponsorship... Crazy Horse Campgrounds was owned by Brad at that time, the Steakhouse wasn't open....well, maybe it was..largest country western stage in California...
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    Default Seems like...

    Seems like we ran a fifty gallon tank. Two hours nonstop. Stock OMC 235 Gercase...whatever came on the motor that Jim Jost LOANED us....

    Jimmy loaned me motors for the year, then billed me at theend of the year for 60% off...That meant they cost me $2,000.

    Of course, JIMMY was a GREAT supporter of MOD VP, and one year we have about 25 Evinrudes running in MOD VP at Havasu....Jost had a hand in just about everyone's MOD VP....

    Of course, he was going against company policy... Company policy was the Engineering Department ran the racing of OMC...Policy was not racing PRODUCTION MOTORS... But Jost loved MOD VP...He'd say, "WOW, they sure got their boats 'DOLLED UP' , whatever that meant!!!

    I once sent a gearcase back to OMC that was blown. I got a nice letter back explaining that my gearcase had a nose cone and exhaust reliefs, and there fore they could not cover the warrantee...and that they were returning my gearcase...WELL, THEY SENT ME THE LETTER, BUT IN THE BOX WAS A BRAND NEW 235 EVINRUDE GEARCASE...

    Oh those were the days, THANKS Edgar (Rose) and Jim (Nerstrom).
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    Default Tim Soares and Ron Hill Discuss Props...

    Tim and I are looking at my "CREATION". I made the "CLEAPER. I took a 14 1/2 X 32 cleaver and made a 14 X 36 Cleaper...A few MOD VP races were won with these wheels...

    Note: The stainless gloves I wore!!!!
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    Havasu Pre Start...Now this was racing!
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    Talking

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    Ron, trying to find the down button!
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    Ron, sitting on his "Down" button...
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    Alan Stoker - in search for that same damn button...
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    Kim Howard - never had a "Down" button!
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