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I didn't know he raced a Cigarette..anyone know where this boat is now?
Thread: Al Copeland-1980
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11-30-2009 07:42 AMI think that boat had SternPowr drives.
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11-30-2009 09:38 AMIsn't that the Michelob Light Boat with #3's ????
Now Crazy Creek !!??
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12-01-2009 10:44 PMSomewhere, there is a village missing its idiot.
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12-01-2009 11:23 PMHe also had a 39' Cig BUBBLE DECK, it's on ebay now, at LSU...."HIGH LIFE"
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12-01-2009 11:35 PMYa...forgot about that one. I saw it run in NOLA and it run incredible..
(it didn't have stern drives )
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Throttles- Cleveland Construction/Traffic Light Racing 377 Talon cat
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12-02-2009 12:27 AMWasn't Frank a legend in his own mind??
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12-02-2009 12:32 AM
heck i dont know . . . i dont really know much about football. I was just try'in to think of that guy i always heard on those NFL news reels
wasnt that Frank? . . . . or Chris Schenkel? . . . . one of those guys ? . . . . anyway, Rich is like whoever that guy was . . . the voice of offshore racingLast edited by glassdave; 12-02-2009 at 12:37 AM.
Throttles- Cleveland Construction/Traffic Light Racing 377 Talon cat
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12-02-2009 10:10 AMDid you guys happen to read the thread topic by chance?
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12-02-2009 10:14 AMsure it was rich? i thought it was the man right before rich. kinda doesnt sound like rich.
crist my ears stink anyway. too much small blocks and open headers on the sutphen
happy holidays
Christian
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12-02-2009 12:03 PM
Definitely not Rich on that one.
Now back to the thread. There is a pic out there of Popeye's in huge seas. Looks like something out of Deadliest Catch. I believe it was in one of the races in Europe. If anyone has a copy they should post it. Very cool pic.
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12-02-2009 02:18 PM
I believe that is the Popeye's boat that landed on top of Joel Halpern's Cat, Beep Beep, injuring Joel fatally, the following year at New Orleans...... The accident occured in the pre race milling area when Popeye's was planing off and the Beep Beep, Aluminum Cougar sort of drove under the bow of the monohull. I saw Al shortly after and he was devastated. There was a lawsuit and some settlement was reached. I may be wrong, but think that was Al's first race boat. He came back into the sport, thankfully, with the old Satisfaction, Cougar Cat which he raced for a short time. He also raced Mike Drewry's Open class, outboard, 36' Maelstrom in one event, prior to unveiling the first of his four engined Cougar Superboats.
That accident is the reason why you have the pre-race off plane clockwise circles that are still in use today. This assures that all boats are going in the same direction and at a slow speed. In the old days the boats randomly ran around waiting for the start boat to pick them up.....
T2xAllergic to Nonsense
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12-02-2009 04:18 PM
Here are a few pic's I shot of Popeyes racing on the Detroit river in the early 80's.
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12-02-2009 09:54 PM
Didn't Al have an old school Cig with the bubble deck and a scarab?