The lost tapes: Key West
03-03-2020, 08:39 PM
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I forgot which year, 1999 or 2000 was when cigarette/playboy sponsored the SBI key west races. That was one awesome year to attend! I remember Wild child ran that year. That was probably when that pic was taken.
03-03-2020, 09:32 PM
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03-04-2020, 07:44 AM
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F-! and F-2 Were off the hook !!!
15 to 20 in each class .
reasonable rules
attrition was light.
Personalities Awesome !!!..
.four or five regular guys could afford to campaign a team all season.
Most of all the teams had old and young participating .
It will never come back .But Hey just like OSO under steve,schubles direction ,we can say we were there .
15 to 20 in each class .
reasonable rules
attrition was light.
Personalities Awesome !!!..
.four or five regular guys could afford to campaign a team all season.
Most of all the teams had old and young participating .
It will never come back .But Hey just like OSO under steve,schubles direction ,we can say we were there .
03-05-2020, 06:40 PM
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LOL
I mean the 80's were spectacular too and the era of Apache and all that....Aronow's time was obviously the critical time in the sport. Watching the big boys run even now is awesome but there was just something about the racing in the late 90's early 2000's with the F classes. The fleets were HUGE and there was something thrilling about "race on Saturday, go play on Sunday" mythology that followed the fleet. Factories getting involved and the whole class was very inviting to all. Could also be it was just the time in my life when I actually owned a boat too, the 70's, 80's and early 90's I didn't obviously as I was too young. There was just something special about the Factory classes. Wish they were still around.
I mean the 80's were spectacular too and the era of Apache and all that....Aronow's time was obviously the critical time in the sport. Watching the big boys run even now is awesome but there was just something about the racing in the late 90's early 2000's with the F classes. The fleets were HUGE and there was something thrilling about "race on Saturday, go play on Sunday" mythology that followed the fleet. Factories getting involved and the whole class was very inviting to all. Could also be it was just the time in my life when I actually owned a boat too, the 70's, 80's and early 90's I didn't obviously as I was too young. There was just something special about the Factory classes. Wish they were still around.
