Any veterans of the Hennessy or Benihana Grand Prix in Pt. Pleasant
11-11-2009, 01:30 PM
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my dads good friends peter, matt and john begovich ( RIP peter and john )raced in the benihana , the boat was the sneaky pete and it raced in the sport class one year and the production another and it had straight 6cly in it .
11-16-2009, 09:54 PM
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Looking for anyone that was intimate with these races...spectators, competitors, mechanics, crew, etc. My father was president of the Pt. Pleasant Bch. chamber of commerce and the Kiwanis club during the sponsorship transition. I remember my dad having Rocky Aoki over for dinner to discuss being the new sponsor.
All of us kids of the "powers that be", would help out with the pre-race events and such. It always gave us a front row seat at the events...well, not the race dinners of course. Later in years I got to meet and socialize with alot of the crews and racers year after year (Bob (Doc) Magoon, Sandy Satullo, Bill Wisnick, Bety Cook, etc). In 1980-81 I worked part time at the Cristex headquarters (Performance Racing Engines).
Living in Pt. Pleasant Bch. was a wonderful ride with all the events that took place and I always looked forward to day you would hear those engines roar! Now if only our inner tube race was that exciting....
All of us kids of the "powers that be", would help out with the pre-race events and such. It always gave us a front row seat at the events...well, not the race dinners of course. Later in years I got to meet and socialize with alot of the crews and racers year after year (Bob (Doc) Magoon, Sandy Satullo, Bill Wisnick, Bety Cook, etc). In 1980-81 I worked part time at the Cristex headquarters (Performance Racing Engines).
Living in Pt. Pleasant Bch. was a wonderful ride with all the events that took place and I always looked forward to day you would hear those engines roar! Now if only our inner tube race was that exciting....
11-17-2009, 07:41 AM
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Looking for anyone that was intimate with these races...spectators, competitors, mechanics, crew, etc. My father was president of the Pt. Pleasant Bch. chamber of commerce and the Kiwanis club during the sponsorship transition. I remember my dad having Rocky Aoki over for dinner to discuss being the new sponsor.
All of us kids of the "powers that be", would help out with the pre-race events and such. It always gave us a front row seat at the events...well, not the race dinners of course. Later in years I got to meet and socialize with alot of the crews and racers year after year (Bob (Doc) Magoon, Sandy Satullo, Bill Wisnick, Bety Cook, etc). In 1980-81 I worked part time at the Cristex headquarters (Performance Racing Engines).
Living in Pt. Pleasant Bch. was a wonderful ride with all the events that took place and I always looked forward to day you would hear those engines roar! Now if only our inner tube race was that exciting....
All of us kids of the "powers that be", would help out with the pre-race events and such. It always gave us a front row seat at the events...well, not the race dinners of course. Later in years I got to meet and socialize with alot of the crews and racers year after year (Bob (Doc) Magoon, Sandy Satullo, Bill Wisnick, Bety Cook, etc). In 1980-81 I worked part time at the Cristex headquarters (Performance Racing Engines).
Living in Pt. Pleasant Bch. was a wonderful ride with all the events that took place and I always looked forward to day you would hear those engines roar! Now if only our inner tube race was that exciting....
What boat finished first overall in 1977?
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11-17-2009, 06:39 PM
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Benihana
Originally Posted by waterboy1;2991550I
As a kid,I spent summers in Bay Head...live in Toms River now.There is no doubt that the race back in those days was the event of the summer.My favorite Benihana Grand Prix was held in 1980.There were over 20 Open Class boats...77 boats total!Bill Elswick won the Open Class in "Long Shot"...Bill Gazelle in "Great Adventure" won the overall Performance Class and Production Class..Many of us would like to see the race get back to its former status.Many fans of that era are also involved in racing one way or another today.Lets start some trivia about those races.
What boat finished first overall in 1977?
What boat finished first overall in 1977?
11-17-2009, 06:41 PM
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the 44 la tortuga after jon varese died we sold for his famly , sm
11-17-2009, 07:08 PM
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