Commentary: The Lasting Importance Of Bracket-Class Racing

A veteran offshore racer, Johnny Saris breaks down the essence of Bracket-class competition, https://www.speedonthewater.com/comm...-class-racing/

Hmmmmm, interesting take.

correct,


offshore racing is back in their hands.

waiting on a new leader .

larry is not it.

Actually, I think Larry is doing pretty good. His events have improved every time, and the new events he is working on seem to be well accepted by fans and racers.

Marathon will be a good review of progress.

i hope you are right '

i would like for a new generation to get what i got from 1970,s to 2004

Most of those 70's and 80's Racers should be getting out of Jail soon.....That'll bring back the Drug $$$ Helicopters abound !!:cool:

hmmm are you exposing youre self ?

There are some thigs they started allowing in the bracket classes that, in my opinion, completely defeats the purpose of what bracket classes were originally created for.

Such as now we have boats with blower motors, capable of running over 100mph, competing in classes where the top bracket speed is only 75 or 85. It used to be that you ran in the class where the boat was incapable of breaking out by more than 5 mph in perfect conditions with a properly sized prop. That was so nobody who was an engine builder and could afford to stick huge motors in a slow class, could dominate by out accelerating those who could not afford those expensive engines.

Now, with the shorter courses with lots of acceleration occurrences, those big engine boats dominate the classes.

I remember Tyler Crockett going from class 6, to class 5, to class 4, to class 3 with his big engine boats. Now they don't do that. That is why there is a huge decline in class 6, and big growth in class 7. Class 6 used to be the biggest with a dozen boats at every race. Now class 6 averages 4 boats but class 7 averages double that.

They need to stop the outspending in the bracket classes. Otherwise the classes will keep diminishing and they will have to add a class 8 with stock 200's.

The APBA National Points race by OPA in Michigan City had 58 boats, 37 of those were NOT gps class boats.

I heard tyler was putting the crocket rocket motor on a longboard lol

I think his motors are getting a bit too big for that....:cool: