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Great shots. Do you shoot any ALMS events? Those prototypes are REALLY sharp.

That one was/is in Bayville on a lagoon. Been there forever.

No photos but it didn't look too bad. All white now with Lightning Jacks on the side. Something about Turbine Class I believe.

Is that a different boat from the "Maelstrom" or the same hull?

I do not have the driver/owner information for Orion but I'm sure someone here will be able to fill us in.

Before it was "Rio" it was the "Orion". Not sure what it was called before that.

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Load that on both machines and off you go.

Could you give us more details on those engines? 1200hp engines in that time period, that would hold together, had to be very rare. I'm curious about the technology used to achieve those numbers.

What year was that done?

Actually the HANS device was developed by a sports car racer named Jim Downing who also built the Kudzu chassis. The open wheel drivers in CART and F1 began to use it in the late 90's.
NASCAR was...

The speed of the open wheel car vs the nascar is more a result of aerodynamics and built in downforce than it is power. I remember when one of the motoring mags had a top speed shootout between a...

The Whittingtons had a very colorful history for sure. They raced boats, cars, planes and owned Road Atlanta for a while before taking a government sponsored vacation from their side business. They...

Yes, I believe everyone agrees they were twitchy. My point was backing off caused a great deal of the crashes.

Not to put too fine a point on the Porsche issue or hijack the thread. The early 930's were as you say rear heavy and twitchy. Many spun simply because the drivers backed off the gas when they...

That's 1350 Rik. I think that is a pair of the 1350 BP's

I like what that guy has done with the Datsun but I agree I'd rather see it being showcased in an American car.
Maybe the US automakers will start getting it back. GM is betting the farm on the...

[QUOTE=C_Spray;83559]I might know some of your friends; I was on the CART team for Penske from 1980-1998 (ran it from 1989-1998) and still work for RP.

Our engine program shut down in 2001...

Yeah, I started thinking about it after I posted and remembered that Ilmor did a lot of design work for the series. I think Penske do their own rebuilds? Not sure anymore. Used to be a rabid fan and...

Ilmor in IRL? I thought they used Honda spec engines. Is Ilmor doing rebuilds? I've lost a lot of interest after the CART/IRL battle reduced the series to a shadow of it's former self. I used to love...

Found it here for $39.95 Might want to give them a try.

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[QUOTE=jayboat;19775]That sure is a nice dream. Kinda feels like too much reality in the way of it actually happening, tho. We can dream...

Sure was cool to see Bounty Hunter, tho... it looked...

I agree. There was more of a man and his machine against the elements in the old races. With todays technology it should be possible to bring good coverage of a true offshore event.

I'd love to...