Gaylord (Moonbeam) Wethered!! I seen him strolling around the pits at Firebird a couple years back. He drove a few different boats back then. I used to work on a fueler called Mr. Ken that he drove a few times in the mid 80's.

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Ok now lets get a little more tricky . What was the last BFH Gaylord got to do his famous mooning in .

Boat name ?

Boat color ?

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SAVED, i know what the last fuel boat he drove was, but I dont know if he did any mooning in it.

That is correct on the last BFH he drove but it's not the boat we are looking for here . I will try to post a cool picture of the BFH you are refering to .

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SAVED, the boat in the near lane is "Plumb Crazy" formerly known as the "Nitro Bandit"

i would have to say that he mooned the last time in MR. KEN i know he drove it in pheonix in 85 or 86. if i remeber correctly the boat never wanted to take a set right.   but then again when bob burns and brad tuttle drove our boats they never made bad moves and gaylord had hadling problems in ours so it could be the driver

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Actually, he got the nickname before the Mr. Ken days. I'm trying to remember the owners name, but the boat was the Red Barron. The boat rarely made it past half track, so Gaylord would work the crowd with a little moonin'.

Ken Shmudlach bought the Nitro Bandit from Bud Cornelious who bought it from Tuttle. Burroughs drove it for Kenny at Puddingstone.

That picture is of him and Tom Black racing each other.(I think) Burroughs had it won and lifted before the finish. He thought he was there already. It would have been Ken's first win in BFH

Eddie, If my memory serves me correct Burroughs did win. When Gaylord got it up on 2 wheels he never let out of it. We ended up kicking the rods and Plump Crazy coasted thru befor we did. Also, it was Gaylord driving, Tom didnt start driving for the Old Man until 88' and the boat had a capsule then.

SAVED

Do you have any more old pics? especially of "Final Effort"

gap3 I do have some cool old photo's however I think that is the only one of FE , if you want it I would gladly send it to you the size of the photo is 11"x14" .

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These are Pictures of pictures so not that clear but fun to look at none the less .

NAME EM

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Huh, I didn't know there was a fourth 'cage' boat. I know Final Effort, Hillbilly and Madness all ran with the roll cage just prior to the enclosed capsules, with Ron's being the only one designed to exit the boat in a crash. His cage had it's own parachute and floatation while I think the other two were built into the hull. The one in the picture (Plum Crazy) looks like Rons but I don't see any floatation, so I guess it was bolted in to stay? Does anybody know the story on that one and were there any other cages out there? Not asking like a quiz-type question, cuz I don't know, just wondering.

The other caged boat was the one in the picture. Mr. Ken (previous Nitro Bandit) with Burroghs driving. I was off a year

 Eddie you are so right Rod Alexander and I used to call them cheese graters . And as far as that Tall Paul call Take a good look  that dude is shorter and way more stocky than Paul . That was like the shake down driver before the sale . So what I am getting at is I do not know who the driver is on that pass . However I would love to find out who was shoeing that deal .

Rob Steele , Good triva knowledge !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Does anyone have any photos that they can post of the PGH Top Secret boat.

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Saved;

Slappy , I don't tune boats nor do I set them up but I would have to say that red deal is as close to perfect as it gets!

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Saved! good pic of Rod driving one of Tim's C&H's. Funny thing is, I bought my first hydro from Rod, a C&H. We never raced in BGH, but we did mix it up a couple times in BAH.

Those were some good old days PC . More trivia what does the H stand for in C&H hydro .

C&H Capaldi & Hendy- Art Hendy

The ancient Greek Philosopher, Vin Diesel, once stated " I live my life a 1/4 mile at a time...it doesn't matter if you win by an inch or a mile, Winning is Winning!

This is the first test run of the Western Mag Special at Camp Far West last June.

Dave

I'm going to try and post some pic's from Irvine Lake BFH. Don't know about the clarity.

I was gonna say something about the rollers in the first picture, but that wouldn't be accurate. Rollers that big would roll over themselves and actually break near the shoreline, and I believe that would make them waves, not rollers.

Holy smokes, that's some big water!

that was chowchilla 1985

nitro express vs farnden and foss chowchilla 1985

P.C. sorry i am almost a year late but the second picture is Gene Deavers Blood Sweat and Nitro be for Rick Hendrick bought it and put Jimmy Wright in the seat, 43 was gene's number and rick changed the boat number to 1 when he was running it

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Those pictures were taken at Irvine lake around 82 or so.

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eddie are you sure 82 i know for a fact rick had the #1 on the side of the boat by then, they might have ran the 43 in 81 there first year in fuel

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What ever happened to Al bush.  I was only eight years old when I first saw him at bakersfield. Those guys were crazy driving tff in those days.

i just read through all these postings, its crazy how far dragboat racing has come, shovel nose, so hydro's, no capsules, roll cages of death, to a full capsule with breathing and everything.  I have been going to races since before i couuld remember, then we moved and didnt go for a few years.  I have heard from several people that eddie hill tried to drive an aluminum hull tfh in the mid 80's, is that true?  that seems pretty crazy

never tried it

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That's what I'm talking about dhicks. Anyone have any photos of those bad boys!!! I sure wish I could find some videos of those things!!

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Redding Video Productions has still pictures and videos from 1981 on to date.  Call Terry or Joanne 530 222 5281 or check out their website www.reddingvideoproductions.com. 

Here is a picture of the Crazy Horse BFF

 

Nice picture Bass!!!!

liquidator559wife, I've contacted them and they said they do not have any TFF footage. I guess from what they told me, they only have the films available from the first year they quite running them.

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I was with my father at a race on the Feather river near Oroville CA. and saw BFH Citation run 168mph.  No one could believe it. I think it was 1965 ,66 , or 67.  They later crashed hurting the driver, but he survived.  They found the motor.  Put it Panic Mouse BFF and crashed in the lites at around 130mph at Lake Natomas right in front of us.  They pulled the driver out on the shore by us.  He laid there for awhile with a bloody nose and then went back to the pits. Talk about tough.  I don't know if it was Ray C. or not.

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anyone have a picture of Al Bush in the blacks express? I know he spanked Eddie Hill in Waco long ago but had the red light thrown in his lane. I think I have the paper article where he said he would never come back to Waco due to having the red light thrown in his lane.

mac christensen driven shockwave

does any one have photos of mac christensen driving the shockwave or other boats

does any one have photos of mac christensen driving the shockwave or other boats