Quote Originally Posted by Mark75H View Post
Page, how many boats and races were on the Yugoslav race scene back then? Were there a lot of races or did a racer have to travel around Europe to get in a season of racing? Did the Russian and Polish racers ever come to Yugoslavia for races other than major title races?
There were not a lot of boats but we had boats in almost all the classes from smallest SJ (sport junior) to the biggest ON (formula-1).
We used to have 12-15 races a year and mostly racers from Italy, Germany, Austria, Hungary, Poland, Czechoslovakia and Bulgaria would come to Yugoslavia to race.
The way boat racing was organized in the “Third World Country” is that all the expenses were paid,,,,, well in the other words, you would get your tow gas paid in full, you would get your race gas paid in full, Hotel room in the BEST hotel in town would be reserved and paid for you and your three crew members including food in the hotel restaurant (anything from the menu ), and when you are at the race site sandwiches would be given to the each team. On the end of the race weekend there was always a diner party and that’s where the trophies were given away. At the end of the season every driver would get paid accordingly to their points and before each season every team would get small budget from the government as a help.
You can imagine my surprise when I’ve seen the way boat racing was done here in USA.
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