Rinker Rockets for fun racing and good Sport C company.

[Dago Fast]

Great design by a great person.

[Dago Fast]

Great design by a great person.

Lake XXX Play Day Nov. 24th.
Contact Frank Banducci 510-223-4819

[Miss BK]

The design is a Mirage Tom Cat II by Brad Collins. John bought the original molds from Mike Mullins (current "Mirage Boats" President) and then did some tweaking on the original design (often with the help of Brad Collins, who had moved to Indiana to work for Rinker Boats).

So that means, TWO great designers played a part in those hulls!

Just some history for ya!

[RichardKCMo]

With sport C, i mean ,it's a sit down beginners class, some on here have been asking how it happens.

All i can say is Is there some thing wrong with going 60MPH with a 40hp.?
RichardKCMo

[Miss BK]

It was once the hottest class in all of mini-boat racing. Not sure why it went away like it did.

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[RichardKCMo]

Val, reason i asked is i know they have a bad rep.turn over spin a lot
etc.but as for cost these are ideal for a young old person.

2 reasons they have seats, j,ski prices are going out the roof.
Richard

[Dago Fast]

The design is a Mirage Tom Cat II by Brad Collins. John bought the original molds from Mike Mullins (current "Mirage Boats" President) and then did some tweaking on the original design (often with the help of Brad Collins, who had moved to Indiana to work for Rinker Boats).

So that means, TWO great designers played a part in those hulls!

Just some history for ya!

I can't see much similarity between the original Tom Cat and this boat.
I am anxious to try it.
Do you know of anyone who has one or has tried one and can report on
the performance?
Our class in Region 11 is growing. We have 12 Sport C members. I think a class can be killed if you have one person that can't be beat and then the
rest get dixcouraged and quit. But we have so much fun amongst ourselves
that we just keep growing. Our final race at Minden we had 9 boats on the
water and two on the beach. We have a couple of "Play Days" each year
and invite prospective drivers to take a ride and possibly start racing.

[catndahats]

Way to go Sport C!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Sure looks like a great way to get into racing. It's all about having fun! The fun days take the pressure off too...great way to get new people in!

When you are starting out, it is not about how fast you are going, but how close and fun the racing is. There's always faster classes to move up to.

Nate

Our class in Region 11 is growing. We have 12 Sport C members. I think a class can be killed if you have one person that can't be beat and then the
rest get dixcouraged and quit. But we have so much fun amongst ourselves
that we just keep growing. Our final race at Minden we had 9 boats on the
water and two on the beach. We have a couple of "Play Days" each year
and invite prospective drivers to take a ride and possibly start racing.

[Miss BK]

[QUOTE=Dago Fast;44123]I can't see much similarity between the original Tom Cat and this boat.
[QUOTE]

Tom Cat II was not the original Tom Cat. TCII was a completely different boatn - and those boats are from that mold. The Worthy's and Saffolds ran a couple before they moved up in class. I have a picture of them here somewhere..

[Erick]

We had one. I ran it as an sst45 then my brother ran it as a sport c. We sold it and it was changed back to a 45 then destroyed in an accident. A great boat imo. I'll see if i can find some pictures.