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Discussion => Boat Racing => Topic started by: Brad @ SCJB on August 02, 2014, 09:55:45 AM
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We are running the live feed from the 2014 Long Beach on the front page of SoCalJetBoats.com. I will be posting race results and pictures of the races here in this thread.
We are here today and tomorrow in a vendor booth selling Shirts, hats, and stickers. Come introduce yourself!
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Oooch
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Yeah...k boat flipped and snapped in half. I haven't heard how the driver is yet.
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The live feed is so fuckin' cool!!!
Almost feel like I'm there...kinda!
As much as I hate new technology, there are some things that are just worth it!?!
On the iPad at the hospital, and enjoying it.
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Compjet class is done for the weekend. 4 boats showed. One wouldn't start, Shirl killed his on the start and Harold (in the cj21) killed the motor on the last lap. Mark Yunker was the last man standing....only one heat. Pretty sad.
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The aftermath...
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Beer jet!!!!!!!!
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Brad. What are the name of those australian boats. what brand?
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Brad. What are the name of those australian boats. what brand?
Those things were bad ass!
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Compjet class is done for the weekend. 4 boats showed. One wouldn't start, Shirl killed his on the start and Harold (in the cj21) killed the motor on the last lap. Mark Yunker was the last man standing....only one heat. Pretty sad.
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That's a bummer, does that mean there won't be any jet boats to see tomorrow? The wife and I are planning on coming down tomorrow. I've nearly got her to go along with me building my Mini Cruiser to race NJ and I was hoping to at least see and talk to the CJ guys.
Will you still be there tomorrow?
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Here's the Aussie boat...
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Video of the K crash today. To say he got tossed is an understatement.
http://youtu.be/wziWyMwzXd8
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That's a bummer, does that mean there won't be any jet boats to see tomorrow? The wife and I are planning on coming down tomorrow. I've nearly got her to go along with me building my Mini Cruiser to race NJ and I was hoping to at least see and talk to the CJ guys.
Will you still be there tomorrow?
Socaljetboats will be there all weekend. There is shade and a vender tent.
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Man that crash is gnarly
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Beer jet!!!!!!!!
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I had an awesome time with you and your lady!
Brad. What are the name of those australian boats. what brand?
Evercraft...
I don't know if they are the same but they run a similar boat (if not the same boat) in an unlimited ci, blown, injected class in Australia.
I want to say a boat in that class is what that was the class the late, great, Dave Bryant wheeling when he passed.
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Video of the K crash today. To say he got tossed is an understatement.
http://youtu.be/wziWyMwzXd8
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Very lucky guy.
I was shaking hands and BS'ing with him later on and what a wild ride for sure.
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It was great hanging with you clowns today!
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What boat number was it that flipped liked like he made it out ok as bad as it seemed
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I KNEW the dude with the beard was beerjet!! Haha... Wish I would've introduced myself
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Nevermind it was Robbie who flipped got a text
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beerjet,
Nice to see you bud, thanks for giving me major whisker envy.
Say Happy Birthday to the runt for me.
GT
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beerjet,
Nice to see you bud, thanks for giving me major whisker envy.
Say Happy Birthday to the runt for me.
GT
It's always a pleasure hanging out with you Glenn!
And good seeing you.
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I KNEW the dude with the beard was beerjet!! Haha... Wish I would've introduced myself
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Should have!
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I had an awesome time with you and your lady!
X2 gsmitty
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X2 gsmitty
Had a awesome day at the races yesterday and was glad finally got to meet some of the group good people flusher and beerjet had a blasts hanging with ya too.
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First time I have been conscious enough to post...
Had an awesome weekend. The drive home was brutal, big rig burned to the ground in Grapevine and that made it a 9 hour trek... Made it down there in 5 1/2 hours... :screwy:
It was great to see the new and old faces. Some great racing action...
Huge thank you to slideartist for the opportunity to help out with the GN3. We have to do that again...... If any of you out there get the opportunity to get involved in a race boat, don't hesitate. It is a blast.
Sux about Brown Sugar and her issues with the starter, but she has had her 15 minutes. :sly:
Already making plans for next year.
GT
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First time I have been conscious enough to post...
Had an awesome weekend. The drive home was brutal, big rig burned to the ground in Grapevine and that made it a 9 hour trek... Made it down there in 5 1/2 hours... :screwy:
It was great to see the new and old faces. Some great racing action...
Huge thank you to slideartist for the opportunity to help out with the GN3. We have to do that again...... If any of you out there get the opportunity to get involved in a race boat, don't hesitate. It is a blast.
Sux about Brown Sugar and her issues with the starter, but she has had her 15 minutes. :sly:
Already making plans for next year.
GT
I wish I wasn't so shy, I was there on Sunday and had a great time but I wish I would have introduced myself to more people. I enjoy reading yours and many others posts here on the forum, it'd be great to put a face to more names.
Anyways, it was my first time ever attending a circle boat race and I'm hooked. My wife loved it as well. We spent a lot of time in the beer garden watching the races. My favorite race was the GN final where my wife and I walked down and stood right up against the fence for the beach start where I believe 7 or 8 of the 9 boats got a great start giving off what felt like the concussion wave from a bomb going off, it was a great experience and a great race as well.
I'd love to get involved with a race team but I've completely changed my plans for my Mini Cruiser. It's going to end up a little more bare bones and have all the necessary safety precautions so I'll have the option to race it in the nostalgia jet class hopefully. I'm sure it does it to everyone but one day at the races gave me the bug to race. I'm excited to spectate for the time being but hopefully I'll be able to get involved and hopefully race eventually.
When's the next race?
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I wish I wasn't so shy, I was there on Sunday and had a great time but I wish I would have introduced myself to more people. I enjoy reading yours and many others posts here on the forum, it'd be great to put a face to more names.
Anyways, it was my first time ever attending a circle boat race and I'm hooked. My wife loved it as well. We spent a lot of time in the beer garden watching the races. My favorite race was the GN final where my wife and I walked down and stood right up against the fence for the beach start where I believe 7 or 8 of the 9 boats got a great start giving off what felt like the concussion wave from a bomb going off, it was a great experience and a great race as well.
I'd love to get involved with a race team but I've completely changed my plans for my Mini Cruiser. It's going to end up a little more bare bones and have all the necessary safety precautions so I'll have the option to race it in the nostalgia jet class hopefully. I'm sure it does it to everyone but one day at the races gave me the bug to race. I'm excited to spectate for the time being but hopefully I'll be able to get involved and hopefully race eventually.
When's the next race?
Well shoot... If you were that close to the main GN start, I was the holder for the GN 3 in the last lane, slideartist was the driver... How good is your memory LMAO...
Wish we had a chance to shake hands... Next year?
GT
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We really need to set up a central California meet n greet. Maybe Naci or San Antonio if we have a good winter. :thumbup:
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Well shoot... If you were that close to the main GN start, I was the holder for the GN 3 in the last lane, slideartist was the driver... How good is your memory LMAO...
Wish we had a chance to shake hands... Next year?
GT
Dang man, that is awesome. I'm super jealous, that would be so fun to be right in the mix for the start!
Honestly, I was a bit overwhelmed with all the new stuff I was trying to pick up on. I remember the 227 boat and he gave it a great effort right up to the end. I remember the all red boat named the judge I believe but I don't remember the exact number (90 or 99?) and he ran a lot that day in the GN races and with the Aussies. I'm spacing on which boat was GN3, do you have any pics of it?
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We really need to set up a central California meet n greet. Maybe Naci or San Antonio if we have a good winter. :thumbup:
Was talking to some people from NOAA today... Hold on to your umbrella.... :thumbup: :thumbup:
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Dang man, that is awesome. I'm super jealous, that would be so fun to be right in the mix for the start!
Honestly, I was a bit overwhelmed with all the new stuff I was trying to pick up on. I remember the 227 boat and he gave it a great effort right up to the end. I remember the all red boat named the judge I believe but I don't remember the exact number (90 or 99?) and he ran a lot that day in the GN races and with the Aussies. I'm spacing on which boat was GN3, do you have any pics of it?
I did not carry my camera too much while dealing with the boat (killed a camera last year).. I did have it in the pits though...[attachimg=1]
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Stolen from RDP
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BTW, the 227 was a rookie too...
This was Munk's (slideartist) first outing in a GN, did a bang up job IMHO...
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That's really cool man. The only bummer was not getting to see any jet boats but I'm sure all the owners/drivers were a lot more bummed than the rest of us. So much time and money just for their weekends to be cut short.
I really enjoyed the atmosphere and I see why you make the trip down every year.
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That's really cool man. The only bummer was not getting to see any jet boats but I'm sure all the owners/drivers were a lot more bummed than the rest of us. So much time and money just for their weekends to be cut short.
I really enjoyed the atmosphere and I see why you make the trip down every year.
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The jets are exactly why we need more boats involved....
Think of it this way. If someone drug their river cruiser to the races this weekend and ran it in Comp Jet, you would have had a podium finish by the end of the weekend, If two guys brought their boats, they would have both had podium finishes....
Most guys think you need to have a 100 MPH boat to compete... Did anyone even notice that Ballin' Jack was a no show? The boat is still in pieces and needing many more hours of work. Build an honest 80-85 mile per hour boat, built it tough, take advice, be humble and have more fun than if you had a box of puppies...
OK, maybe not as much fun as a box of puppies, but close... ;D
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That's really cool man. The only bummer was not getting to see any jet boats but I'm sure all the owners/drivers were a lot more bummed than the rest of us. So much time and money just for their weekends to be cut short.
I really enjoyed the atmosphere and I see why you make the trip down every year.
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The 99 and 227 boats were my favorites. Loved seeing them and watching them run.
Really good to finally meet GT and others in person. Good luck the rest of the season.
Joe
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I've completely changed my plans for my Mini Cruiser. It's going to end up a little more bare bones and have all the necessary safety precautions so I'll have the option to race it in the nostalgia jet class hopefully. I'm sure it does it to everyone but one day at the races gave me the bug to race. I'm excited to spectate for the time being but hopefully I'll be able to get involved and hopefully race eventually.
I would love to do the same with mine. Wish there was a class that was a little more friendly to my application.
Cheers,
Joe
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We really need to set up a central California meet n greet. Maybe Naci or San Antonio if we have a good winter. :thumbup:
I'm in...
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I would love to do the same with mine. Wish there was a class that was a little more friendly to my application.
Cheers,
Joe
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River Racer (formerly Nostalgia Jet)
GOD DAMNIT RATCLIFF!
PUT THE COFFEE DOWN!
GET TO WORK!
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River Racer (formerly Nostalgia Jet)
GOD DAMNIT RATCLIFF!
PUT THE COFFEE DOWN!
GET TO WORK!
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DOOOOOHHHHH!!!
Busted :(
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I did make some good progress drinking coffee today
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I did make some good progress drinking coffee today
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Good to hear Mr flusher!
We should pow wow sometime soon again.
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Good to hear Mr flusher!
We should pow wow sometime soon again.
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Indeed!
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River Racer (formerly Nostalgia Jet)
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Do they discriminate against blowers and/or injection?
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Do they discriminate against blowers and/or injection?
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If my memory serves me right, it's 21' max. Any ci, any induction, any fuel, kill switch, 80.9 mph MAX, verified at the out ramp by officials via hand held/ or other type gps.
Bolting the seat down may be the only issue for boats like ours.
That's assuming the seat mounting rule carried over to RR/NJ.
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If my memory serves me right, it's 21' max. Any ci, any induction, any fuel, kill switch, 80.9 mph MAX, verified at the out ramp by officials via hand held/ or other type gps.
Bolting the seat down may be the only issue for boats like ours.
That's assuming the seat mounting rule carried over to RR/NJ.
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So I believe I saw in earlier threads that you've raced in that class. I'm assuming that you enjoyed it but what are some other details you can share with us who haven't raced before? What boat were you running and how'd you do?
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So I believe I saw in earlier threads that you've raced in that class. I'm assuming that you enjoyed it but what are some other details you can share with us who haven't raced before? What boat were you running and how'd you do?
I raced an 18' Saguaro with a 454 that made around 425 hp.
A impeller to 5k-52k rpm with a best 75 mph.
I was pretty consistent in coming in last place...unless someone would break (which did happen) or have a shitty tune.
On the bright side, having a motor that never quit and always started and ended every race, I came in third place at the end of the season.
My boat and a few others were exactly what the class was all about about.
Taking your river boat, yanking the interior, dropping in a turn fin and kill switch and go racing.
My boat was by no stretch of the imagination a circle boat, though it's origins were, it did better in places in like Parker where the water was really rough.
It handled great and would not hesitate to race another.
Nostalgia Jet was the best time and most fun I think I've ever had in that boat and my memories and experience will be forever hard to top.
Unless you have deep pockets, RR/NJ is just as much fun as you can possibly have without pushing your hardware to it's limits.
Ask anyone who has raced it they'll tell you that out driving the rest of the field and staying under 81mph is not as easy as it sounds.
I for one would love to come back to RR/NJ or CJ if need be...
Check book permitting of course.
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Fock I miss that boat... :'(
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Fock I miss that boat... :'(
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Hell yeah man! That is so badass!
2 questions, First do you have any pics of how your interior was set up and second, did they let you race in your daisy dukes?
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Bolting the seat down may be the only issue for boats like ours.
That's assuming the seat mounting rule carried over to RR/NJ.
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I think it would be easy to make brackets that would allow reconfiguring between the original seats and a single center steer. Reworking the gauges is common in NJBA to swap the tachometer and steering. Where can we find rules?
Thanks,
Joe
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I've completely changed my plans for my Mini Cruiser. It's going to end up a little more bare bones and have all the necessary safety precautions so I'll have the option to race it in the nostalgia jet class hopefully. I'm sure it does it to everyone but one day at the races gave me the bug to race. I'm excited to spectate for the time being but hopefully I'll be able to get involved and hopefully race eventually.
When's the next race?
Are you thinking that for your Hallett?
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Are you thinking that for your Hallett?
Yeah man, I think I can make it work. Probably run two front seats with a removable bench. No floor, all open stringers.
Here's a thread from Brad under the boat racing section, now sure what's been changed since then...
http://www.socaljetboats.com/boat-racing/nostalgia-jet-rules-revised/ (http://www.socaljetboats.com/boat-racing/nostalgia-jet-rules-revised/)
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I think it would be easy to make brackets that would allow reconfiguring between the original seats and a single center steer. Reworking the gauges is common in NJBA to swap the tachometer and steering. Where can we find rules?
Thanks,
Joe
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http://www.apba.org/resources/inboard-endurance-racing-rules-2014-2102
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Hell yeah man! That is so badass!
2 questions, First do you have any pics of how your interior was set up and second, did they let you race in your daisy dukes?
Ha ha ha!
I do not have any pics but I'm sure some do exist.
I'm pretty sure full length pants are in the rules.
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Tell me the pants thing wasn't the reason you quit. LOL
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Tell me the pants thing wasn't the reason you quit. LOL
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Ok....I won't tell you.
Ha ha ha!
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Tell me the pants thing wasn't the reason you quit. LOL
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Ok....I won't tell you.
Ha ha ha!
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I'm thinking about rocking a pair of them myself. Just not sure I will be able to pull it off as well as you do. It may be a different look with a beer belly. You know they always pick on the fat kid.
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I'm thinking about rocking a pair of them myself. Just not sure I will be able to pull it off as well as you do. It may be a different look with a beer belly. You know they always pick on the fat kid.
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Hardest part for me was containing "Big Jim and the twins"
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Yeah I would have run mine a little longer then yours. I don't want to make a bad first impression.
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Yeah I would have run mine a little longer then yours. I don't want to make a bad first impression.
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Ha ha ha!
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