Date registered: May 20, 2012
Jul
11
GP-88 won the final on Friday at Valleyfield! In a very exciting race Rolling Thunder beat out GP-46 ADF Diesel in a special race. It was a new experiment to have a separate day of racing on Friday at Valleyfield. Have a look at the race video from Friday, the race got a lot of …
Jun
27
Saturday GP-88 finished 2nd in heat 1a, which turned out to be the only GP heat run. GP-12 Long Shot driven by Eric Langevin had a very bad blow over. At the end of the race he crossed the finish but his boat lifed 40ft into the air turning 540 degrees. Langevin landed upside down …
Jun
01
GP-88 was 2nd fastest in time trials and finished 2nd in heat 1a at Long Sault on Saturday. Sunday did not go as well… the team discovered serious damage to the flywheel. The boat was started on the trailer but when it went in for the first heat on Sunday it would not start. GP-88 …
May
16
Apr
18
We took the newest addition to our team down to Portsmouth, Virginia this past weekend. She is “The Rock” E-99 5 Liter last owned by Billy Sewell. Tom fixed her up and M&M Performance refreshed the engine. Unfortunately the weather did not cooperate with strong winds both days and no boats were able to race. …
Mar
11
Jersey Speed Skiff Heat 2 Saturday – Lakeland 2011 from Michael L Pakradooni on Vimeo. We took JS-7 down to Lakeland, Florida for the Orange Cup Regatta March 5-6. Nine skiffs made it out on Lake Hollingsworth with some excellent racing both days. Rolling Thunder finished first in the two heats on Saturday but jumped …
Jan
20
GP-88 will be on display at the Motorsports 2011 Race Car and Trade Show in Oaks, PA this weekend. The show is held at the Greater Philadelphia Expo Center. On display will be GP-88 along with NM-30 with drivers and crew members. APBA Region 3 will also have an outboard display at the show. So …
Sep
13
For the third year in a row GP-88 came to Beauharnois, Quebec with high hopes of finishing the season strong. And for the third year we experienced heartbreak in the first heat. This year saw the boat engine running great but on the last lap of the first heat she threw a prop blade. The …
Jul
26
Roger Harris was driving JS-7 at the Cambridge Classic. The final was won by JS-62 Smoke on the Water after JS-7 was DSQ for leaving and entering the course illegally.