NEW - 05.06.26
After the loss of Mac Christensen
at Oakland in June of 1974, Peggy Brendel named the new Hondo
factory boat BFH, Shockwave driven here by Gary Owens at Long
Beach in 1975.
Texan Eddie Hill prop-walking
in his record holding BFH at Chowchilla in 1978.. Hill would
reeturn to land drag racing (Top Fuel) after an almost life ending
blow-over in his hydro.
Gene Dever in his DiMarco
"Blood, Sweat & Nitro" BFH at Ming in 1974 and
1975.
Badlands UFH riding high
in 1976.
Larry Crowell on a pass in Bad
Moon Risin BFFat Ming in 1978. Biggest wing I've ever seen on
a flatbottom.
The 1964 Long Beach Marine Stadium
fuel ban was the result of 160+ speeds by Barry McCown's "Banzai"on
nitro methane. The city fathers feared that the boats were going
to fast and made them run pump gas which resulted in a 15-20
mph drop in speeds.
035 BFF at Lake Ming
in 1976.
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