SHOWTIME USA Top Alcohol Hydro

[Unforgiven]

Attachment 23510My daughter has been bugging me/us about going back to boat racing..I got to tell you it's been on the back of my mind..When we started racing in TAD in NHRA , it was alot of fun and alot of work..but I have to say..We had alot more fun boat racing...I've been talking to Mike Boyce about good ole days and how much fun we had building and wrenching the boat..Some of our friends and family were amazed how you can get a guy from Tulsa, Oklahoma and a Guy from Bakersfield, California could get together and build this boat: It couldn't happen without the likes of Tommy Thompson, Mike Brown and Mike Boyce & Broken Arrow Powder Coating. Thanks for the fun guys...Hopefully someday we'll put one back together!Attachment 23509

[Wendi]

My daughter has been bugging me/us about going back to boat racing..I got to tell you it's been on the back of my mind..When we started racing in TAD in NHRA , it was alot of fun and alot of work..but I have to say..We had alot more fun boat racing...I've been talking to Mike Boyce about good ole days and how much fun we had building and wrenching the boat..Some of our friends and family were amazed how you can get a guy from Tulsa, Oklahoma and a Guy from Bakersfield, California could get together and build this boat: It couldn't happen without the likes of Tommy Thompson, Mike Brown and Mike Boyce & Broken Arrow Powder Coating. Thanks for the fun guys...Hopefully someday we'll put one back together!Attachment 23509

Very nice looking boat. Hope you can get back into it. I know how passionate you are about boat racing.

[Stainless]

Had no idea you were in TAH, tell us more!

[Unforgiven]

Had no idea you were in TAH, tell us more!

How far back you want me to go?? when I first started out helping wipe down the top fuelers when I was in high school hoping someone would give a chance to learn motors? When I got my hands on one of the First BAE's installed in TAH? (Mission Possible) Dropped my first crank out of an ARIAS (about 3/4 track) in a boat called Madlayer? man we use to blow up alot of shit in the day ..then we started to learn how to really tune (Thanks Ralph Gorr and Brad Anderson) But one guy out of Tulsa was the best teacher I ever had..Mike Boyce..When I get home I'll get my album out from one of our events at Firebird..22 Alcohol Hydros in the staging lanes..16-18 fuelers...shit. Blown Gas Hydro use to have a full field.....try to get some pics up...

[Eli]

Wow that's a pretty boat! You need to get back into it so we can live vicariously through you


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[GotHalos]

Very cool

[rioracr]

those were the days when they had full fields and BFF's...

[Napanutt]

I didn't know that about you either unforgivin. Your name's Eddie, right?
I've seen post from you but never gathered that you were a boat racer. Fast shit is so cool but I'm sure really expensive and time consuming. Beautiful pics you posted up there.

[Unforgiven]

I didn't know that about you either unforgivin. Your name's Eddie, right?
I've seen post from you but never gathered that you were a boat racer. Fast shit is so cool but I'm sure really expensive and time consuming. Beautiful pics you posted up there.

yes I'm Eddie..and with time I'll post more pic..thanks..

Hannes Wernherdt drove this boat, (he wrecked the other SHOWTIME in Chowchilla) So then we built this one..In the end, Hannes went on to run his own boat(State Of Shock) I helped him with that one...then I ended up going to NHRA helping on Kurt Schendels A-fuel Dragster..Mind you I'm a Blown Alcohol guy but when I first saw the potential of 100% nitro in A-fuel..I was sold..when they changed the rules on us (dropped percentage of nitro) the blown cars seem to have an edge...But now I sit back and relax..I'll be in Pomona hangng with Rizzoli or Meirsch, but these days I rather BBQ and drink beer at the races..I remember years ago when some of the ole timers showed me how to wrench these things..man we got things turned around in 90 minutes...and we got quicker in between rounds..thats when the weekend was over and I needed days off to relax..I spent my last season with Rizzoli before he took the car out for a full tour with Aarron Oliverez driving.. I have a full time job..so I opted out..It was fun..In boat racing, there's alot more spectator involvement..(the woman love the boats and they seem to want to take more pics on the boats)..

[Stainless]

Unforgiven, I have a couple of questions about Top Fuel engines in cars if you can answer. First question, when the crew starts the engine after rebuild sometimes they do it on alchohol and others they start on alchohol and switch to Nitro, why is this?
Second question, when the car is staged you can hear a noticeable pull-down in the engine right before they launch, can you explain?