Sam: It was merc that did the turbine and it was Karl that test drove it and blew the compressor and cut the boat in half, not OMC.
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Sam: It was merc that did the turbine and it was Karl that test drove it and blew the compressor and cut the boat in half, not OMC.
I'm poor, he's Rich.
I humbly apologise--------------i got hold of the wrong end of the stick and totally missed your point. There were so many sceptics and critics and finger pointers about what i was doing with the 4 cycle motors---especially the dyed in the wool Jonrude and Mercury brigade. I was fighting all fronts and the battle never ended.
GG and i had fallen out big time and i said i would come back without any help from either of the factories ------when i say something i mean it -------so it had to be a solo worthwhile effort and not just a penny ante fizzbang project.
I knew i was doing it right when both factories tried to put the block on me everywhere i showed up-----------even in Canada i wasn,t allowed to run under international UIM rules --it had to be local rules.
In the USA ------I could race the class they put me in------which again they altered AFTER the race-----------and my co-drivers dad was OOD----- still the factories put the boot in again It wasn't easy being green as the saying goes.
You put on a face -------you look 'em straight in the eye and you take 'em on----you argue ----you plead-------you threaten------ but you never give up-------you put up with snide remarks and the criticisms and the threats and accusations of ruining the sport and just smile at them when all you want to do is punch 'em in the mouth.
It was like that the whole time i raced The Cosworth-----so if my shackles were up again and it was for all the wrong reasons I"M SORRY" 'nuff said.
SO-- the new inboard /outboard folk trying ----to do what i did think they will be welcomed with open arms---------they will be -------------------only 'till it looks like it has potential----then the sh-t will hit the fan all over again.
Do you have any shots of Dick O'Dea's Jones tunnel running at Valleyfield with his 7 liter/Mercruiser II?....possibly 1977? I believe Johnny Yale was running it and blew over running down the front stretch. He had never driven a tunnel before and the boat had a lope like nothing else I have ever seen...yet he kept his foot in it....... The hull must have been 25 feet in the air, spinning backwards as it passed the start-finish line in lap 2.
Rich....not Sam.....
Sorry, but I don't. My only trip to Valleyfield was for the John Ward race in 1976.
Hi again Jackie...look at this picture..maybe Bristol??
How is Fiona Brothers doing today?? Did she ever win a ON race??
Here's an article published in an Ozzie boat mag a few years ago about Jackies boat