Take a look at www.sportcam.com.au a new photograher Roger Adams who has his web site up and running, and there is some cool pics up to see. Make sure you bookmark the site and check it out regularly.

Nice pics!!!  How's the season going thus far??

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2005 IHBA Top Eliminator DIV 1 World Champ

Hi Styx818, check out the next issue of Drag Boat Review for an update of the VDBC season so far, had some great weather and condidtions for a change, but a lack of top line hydros which is disapointing. Stay in touch at www.vdbc.com for the latest news.

Gary

Will do thanks!!!!

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2005 IHBA Top Eliminator DIV 1 World Champ

Hi Gary,

Hi John, yeah we have a rule installed that states you must either run water injection, mufflers or muffler inserts inside the pipes to try to quieten down the noise. Zoomies are to have some sort of insert inside but it's not really enforced. Mufflers are hollow with water and it does knock the ring off the engine. Some actually go better with them!! Will send you a nice pic of our old boat, 'Dad's
Toy' (now Dave's Toy) and will send you one of our new ride.
Gary.

Hi Gary,

Daves Toy was your boat? What an awsome ride. I trust the new one is better, if that is possible.

Gary,

I guess I am blind in one eye and can't see out the other. I just put 2 and 2 together after you brought the DBR home page to my attention!

Thank you very much for the pictures,now I see why you sold Dads Toy.

By the way, the owner of Piedmont Truss, Bill Myer (my employer), took his boat Myer Fire to Australia in the 70's / early 80's for the ski races there. Did you possibly ever meet him?

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John Thompson

Hey John, no I didn't meet Bill Myer here, but this is gunna give away my age I guess, but I'm 100%  sure that the 'Bionic Kangaroo", as he was knicknamed, Robbie Woods skied behind Bill's boat over in the States for a while. I'm sure there was a relantionship with those guys in ski racing. I've got an article somewhere here about Bill's boat and Robbie Woods, if I can dig it out we can scan it and post it for him. When Duane aka Admin was here at my place he couldn't beleive some of the stuff we have here, he reckons Ive got more history on USA drag boat racing than he's ever seen! Pity, my wife just wants it thrown out!!! DOH, no way baby.Think Bill had a moustache back then ask him for me and that will test my memory. Think the boat was a Shiada or Hallet something like that, Gale Banks twin turbo???? something like that anyway.....gettin' old mate!

Thanks there JT!!!  It's planned and I guess it's right around the corner.  Still have some work to do but she's ready!!!!!!  You making the trip??