Thousands of drag boat racers and fans will flock to Hot Spring County this week to take part or witness the Twenty-Third Annual Smokin’ In The Cove on Lake Catherine at Remmel Dam Landing.
The race began without much fanfare, as race founder Glen Brashears freely admits the race began as sort of an “outlaw event” that included fishing boats and party barges that were mainly just fooling around with their boats in a cove off the main body of Lake Catherine.
It progressed to a race that was limited to boats powered by outboard engines and in the late 1990s was opened up to include boats powered by automobile engines.
Korbie Brashears basically grew up helping to get the boats from the launching ramp to the starting line, standing in waist-deep water to assist in that project.
Brashears, the son of founder Glen Brashears, will see his first action as a drag boat pilot this weekend.
Brashears will pilot the “Bionic Bananna” this week, a bright yellow Evinrude-powered outboard.
By Mark Bivens
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