Quote Originally Posted by Hammer View Post

I just see this thread as a bash Dave Johnson thread, should've left it locked Vic......
I'm real close to locking it up again. For the record, I sincerely hope this race is a success for many reasons. Primarily for the racers, they are the ones putting on the show (and risking more than just metal and fiberglass in the process) for all of us to enjoy. Without their passion for the sport, we'd be watching sailing boats or worse, jet ski races lol. Secondary to the racers is the boating industry as a whole. Right now the boating industry is super fragile. What little the economy hasn't run over is always being threatened by the regulators. So the sport really can't take much more load. The sport can't afford failure. Some of whats been said here has been said out of anger, but quite honestly, I believe its been said out of passion. These guys live, eat, and breathe racing. So when things don't fall in to place and they can't or won't race, they get pissed off. Who wouldn't?? Some of the other questions appear to be legitimate. And I honestly don't know enough about this race to answer one way or the other. I'm not going to lock down a thread where someone appears to be asking legitimate questions. I will send down a final warning however, please stop the personal attacks or I will not only lock this thread down, I will delete it. Carry on. Nicely please