Eddie Knox
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| 10/20/2006 5:15 PM |
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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'.
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Eddie Knox
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| 10/20/2006 5:19 PM |
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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
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Garrett Padgett
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| 10/20/2006 6:40 PM |
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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.
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Garrett Padgett
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| 10/20/2006 8:12 PM |
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SAVED
Do you have any more old pics? especially of "Final Effort"
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Tod
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| 10/20/2006 9:06 PM |
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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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rob steele
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| 10/21/2006 4:34 AM |
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#1 Tall Paul something?, TAF, Crashed this boat at Chowchilla
#2 Cecil Florence, TAH Coors Light Special, Cheyene
#3 Tim Capaldi, TAH Shot In The Dark, C&H
#4 Dave Nolte, TFH Liberty, Phoenix, Cheyene
#5 Ron Braaksma, TFH Madness, Puddingstone, Deaver
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Marshall Henry
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| 10/21/2006 5:35 AM |
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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.
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Eddie Knox
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| 10/21/2006 5:58 AM |
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The other caged boat was the one in the picture. Mr. Ken (previous Nitro Bandit) with Burroghs driving. I was off a year
on T.B. driving the Final effort I guess. I just remember being at puddingstone with the boat and losing. Could have been another race.
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Tod
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| 10/21/2006 6:36 AM |
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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 .
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Tod
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| 10/21/2006 6:38 AM |
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Rob Steele , Good triva knowledge !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Erick Sanders
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| 10/21/2006 5:13 PM |
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| Does anyone have any photos that they can post of the PGH Top Secret boat.
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Tod
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| 10/21/2006 5:57 PM |
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Slappy, is this what you are looking for or was it the black boat .
Boat # 288 is the BGH that used to trailer PC Eddie all the time !!!
JUST KIDDING PC!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Eddie Knox
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| 10/22/2006 5:11 AM |
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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.
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Tod
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| 10/22/2006 5:39 AM |
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Those were some good old days PC . More trivia what does the H stand for in C&H hydro .
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cole thurston
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| 10/22/2006 11:01 AM |
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| C&H Capaldi & Hendy- Art Hendy
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Dave Fullington
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| 11/20/2006 2:52 PM |
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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.
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Eddie Knox
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| 02/03/2007 2:55 AM |
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| I'm going to try and post some pic's from Irvine Lake BFH. Don't know about the clarity.
Dave Nolte driving the Liberty BFH out front of the Texan. That didn't happen to often in that era. I think the other pic is of Jimmy Wright in Nitro Fever. If anyone knows different, let me know.
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