Parker 300 Enduro Oct 20. Anybody remember the " 9 Hour Enduro"?

[skyskier]

I think the course back then ran from Bluewater to Bransons? I haven't heard as of yet if they got enough entries to run this year. I'd hate to see this race lost as it's probably one of the last venues of racing a "little guy" can get into without having a bunch of big baller sponsors. I'm gonna REALLY check out what it takes to enter this race. If it's doable I may just build me an old flattie for next year:D
http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd289/skyskier/Pkr9hr.jpg

[Mrs. Bordsmnj]

We will be there! :)

[Racey]

I'll be down for the race, there will be some old mandella's running. Too bad they now Mandate two mandatory pit stops which have to be 10minutes a peice minimum. Otherwise the 185 gallon mandella's would really have the upper hand! Never the less it's still a fun race to watch.

[hotlavey]

I think the course back then ran from Bluewater to Bransons? I haven't heard as of yet if they got enough entries to run this year. I'd hate to see this race lost as it's probably one of the last venues of racing a "little guy" can get into without having a bunch of big baller sponsors. I'm gonna REALLY check out what it takes to enter this race. If it's doable I may just build me an old flattie for next year:D
http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd289/skyskier/Pkr9hr.jpg
I believe that photo was taken right where the Casino is now located(on the spot where that long structure is shown). My best pal John Drake(recently passed away) entered a number of boats in the 70's that were driven by Bob Leach(Eliminator) and Lonnie Fluent(Sleekcraft I think) and some others I can't remember.

[2Driver]

Yep,
Remember the guy in the small boston whaler that would run it?
BTW: Should anyone have too many rooms booked at the Blue Water dont turn it back in I will take it.

[DeltaSigBoater]

Yep,
Remember the guy in the small boston whaler that would run it?
:eek:
was that a 13' or 17'.
Gives new meaning to "run what ya brung"

[2Driver]

:eek:
was that a 13' or 17'.
Gives new meaning to "run what ya brung"
I think it may have been a 13'. I sort of remember him in the back of the boat steering the outboard so that would make it a 13? That was 1985.

[skyskier]

oh ya, my dad raced in the first 10-races and then retired !!! after a bad crash in front of our a-frame house where a flat-bottom driver/racer was decapitated when he hit the neighbors dock and went under it ..... this witnessed by all of us (about 50 people), with my sisters and cousins were on the dock and they had to jump outta the way :sqeyes: we actually have "old" film of this .... it's something i'll "NEVER" forget, i was like 8 yrs old or so !!! but all of the other races have been fun to watch ---- keyes
That was Bob Ellis. I think he was driving Marion Beaver's hydro " Uncle Gummys Ghost" He was ALWAYS the first boat to the first turn. Once the water got rough the small hydro's were pretty much done. This was before the outboards "took over", most of the boats were 18 ft flatties.

[Boatcop]

The 9 hour Enduro (shortened to 7 hours, due to the gas crisis in the late 70's) originally ran from the Blue water to Ah Villa (now La Paz) County Park. Later the start was changed to the Park.
For years my family scored the turn. We would mark off every time a boat rounded the south turn for the run back to the Park. There was more than once that the class "winner" was disqualified, due to cutting the course.
The race ceased in the '80s, due to insurance concerns. They got so anal, that at the end they told us that if we wanted to run the race, we'd have to keep everyone off of the docks along the whole course, and put barrier tape to keep spectators 20' from the river. Needless to say, that would have been impossible, so the race died.
It was resurected for a few years in the late '80s. First as the "Mini-Enduro", running 40 hp and under outboard hydros, and later as the "Enduro Classic", running from Blue Water to Badenoch's and Arizona Shores, respectively.
Then Ross brought it back in its present form, in the late '90s after the Casino was finished. It runs from Blue Water to Badenochs.
And the Whaler (#411) was a 14' Whaler w/40 HP and won his class every year. Because he was the ONLY one in his class. While everyone else was making pit stops for fuel or driver changes, he only stopped to change the 8-track in the tape player.

[RiverRatMike]

I think the course back then ran from Bluewater to Bransons? I haven't heard as of yet if they got enough entries to run this year. I'd hate to see this race lost as it's probably one of the last venues of racing a "little guy" can get into without having a bunch of big baller sponsors. I'm gonna REALLY check out what it takes to enter this race. If it's doable I may just build me an old flattie for next year:D
http://i224.photobucket.com/albums/dd289/skyskier/Pkr9hr.jpg
oh yeah I was there every year for the 9hr enduro back in the 70's and 80's. Have video of it on tape somewhere. I'll be there for the races at my place. Looking forward to it. :)

[Faceaz]

oh ya, my dad raced in the first 10-races and then retired !!! after a bad crash in front of our a-frame house where a flat-bottom driver/racer was decapitated when he hit the neighbors dock and went under it ..... this witnessed by all of us (about 50 people), with my sisters and cousins were on the dock and they had to jump outta the way :sqeyes: we actually have "old" film of this .... it's something i'll "NEVER" forget, i was like 8 yrs old or so !!! but all of the other races have been fun to watch ---- keyes
Can't wait, we're going & didn't even realize it was that weekend. I got an old Samuria we'll probably park on one of the bluffs to watch.
Growing up we had an old Tahiti with a 150 Merc, my dad's mechanic was a guy named Frank that had a shop near where Bluewater is now. It was his son that was decapitated going under the dock. I think it was a stearing cable that came loose. Years later when the race was shortened & turned in front of Badenochs, I remember one of the drivers rolling out of his boat half way through the turn. There was a huge red pool where he was pulled out. I think there was speculation he had a heart attack while entering the turn.

[SummerBreeze]

When is this race?

[SummerBreeze]

When is this race?
OH.... I see it Oct 20th

[Boatcop]

Can't wait, we're going & didn't even realize it was that weekend. I got an old Samuria we'll probably park on one of the bluffs to watch.
Growing up we had an old Tahiti with a 150 Merc, my dad's mechanic was a guy named Frank that had a shop near where Bluewater is now. It was his son that was decapitated going under the dock. I think it was a stearing cable that came loose. Years later when the race was shortened & turned in front of Badenochs, I remember one of the drivers rolling out of his boat half way through the turn. There was a huge red pool where he was pulled out. I think there was speculation he had a heart attack while entering the turn.
I investigated that incident. I also have it on tape.
We did speculate that he had a heart attack, after going through the video frame by frame. After his head slumped (at 140 MPH), drag on the boat and his momentum ejected him through the cowling.
We ordinarily wouldn't do an investigation for a race related incident like this, but the driver was a Deputy Sheriff from Nevada, and their Sheriff asked me to find out what happened.
The family didn't want an autopsy, and since there was no indication of foul play, we respected their wishes. But based on the video, the fact that the driver was a heavy smoker, about 40 pounds over weight, his age (mid-50s), high stress occupation, and adreneline from the race, the only conclusion we could come to was heart failure.

[TCHB]

I thought the old Parker 9 hour was in March. The outboard Formula Boats dominated the race for years.

[Riverkid]

oh yeah I was there every year for the 9hr enduro back in the 70's and 80's. Have video of it on tape somewhere. I'll be there for the races at my place. Looking forward to it. :)
Is that a Nordskog out front?

[Faceaz]

The 9 hour Enduro (shortened to 7 hours, due to the gas crisis in the late 70's) originally ran from the Blue water to Ah Villa (now La Paz) County Park. Later the start was changed to the Park.
For years my family scored the turn. We would mark off every time a boat rounded the south turn for the run back to the Park. There was more than once that the class "winner" was disqualified, due to cutting the course.
The race ceased in the '80s, due to insurance concerns. They got so anal, that at the end they told us that if we wanted to run the race, we'd have to keep everyone off of the docks along the whole course, and put barrier tape to keep spectators 20' from the river. Needless to say, that would have been impossible, so the race died.
It was resurected for a few years in the late '80s. First as the "Mini-Enduro", running 40 hp and under outboard hydros, and later as the "Enduro Classic", running from Blue Water to Badenoch's and Arizona Shores, respectively.
Then Ross brought it back in its present form, in the late '90s after the Casino was finished. It runs from Blue Water to Badenochs.
And the Whaler (#411) was a 14' Whaler w/40 HP and won his class every year. Because he was the ONLY one in his class. While everyone else was making pit stops for fuel or driver changes, he only stopped to change the 8-track in the tape player.
I understand the insurance thing, our place was 2 houses S. of Badnochs. The boats making a wide turn would come up the strip pointed directly @ our dock. More than a few times we went running from the dock, thinking they had lost control.
One thing I really miss about the enduro was the boat with a Jaguar V12. The sound of that boat was awesome when it hung together. I think it pissed a lot other racers off because of it's speed & they tried to protest it because it wasn't american made.
Thanks for the info on the other racer.

[bob briley]

great times,my dad was a safety boat in the 70s at the jolly knight,i would sit there all day and watch, practice would be the day befor and they would close parts of the river,one guy did not listen and crashed into a raceboat ,he died his passenger and the racer survived

[ColeTR2]

Is that a Nordskog out front?
Yep! Ted who is like a father to me worked at Nordskog and help build that boat !
I believe that photo was taken right where the Casino is now located
The Casino is located under where it says 1967 the boats are going up river in the photo

[BADBLOWN572]

It is going to be fun. We will be running it for sure. :) Trying to get the one boat done by the race. Hopefully we can make it. :idea: If not, we will be running a back up boat. :)

[hotlavey]

Yep! Ted who is like a father to me worked at Nordskog and help build that boat !
The Casino is located under where it says 1967 the boats are going up river in the photo
I knew it was pretty close to the structure shown in the photo.

[Squirtin Thunder]

Updated as of 10 11 07 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
DIVISION BOAT # TYPE OWNER DRIVER CO DRIVER
Div. I 8 Fibertic Lee Buchanan Lee Buchanan
Div. I 500 Avenger Brad Menet Brad Menet
Div. I 36 Sleekcraft Steve McElroy Brad Cooper
Div. I E12 Unlimited Marine Ken Bewick Stephen Bewick
Div. I 819 Eliminator Al James Bill James Al James
Div. I CJ 72 Sanger Jim Rich Jim Rich
Div. I CJ 288 Finney Roger Finney David Carrasco Toby Clark
Div. II 145 Rayson Craft James Best John Best
Div. II 24 Rayson Craft Ted Kolby Joey Cucci Tony Scarlata
Div. II 7 Rayson Craft Bill Wheeler Bill Wheeler
Div. II 69 Hallet Dave Daer Tyler Stevenson
Div. II 67 Mandella Eddie McPheeters Casey Porter
Div. II 98 Rayson Craft John Bonnici John Bonnici Dave Sammons
Div. II 44 Rayson Craft Chuck Sousamian Chuck Sousamian Aaron Siroonian
Div. III 93 Liberator Quemene Perea Daniel Smith Steve Dennison
Div. IV 151 Jones/Schiada Ben Marrone Ben Marrone Paul Grichar
Div. IV 7 Laser Pat Bowman Pat Bowman
Div. IV 51 Hallet Tom Melton Tom Melton Robert Alexander
Div. V 140 Eliminator Gary Ewing Gary Ewing Bob Williams
Div. V 918 Stoker SST Stephen Rains Stephen Rains
Div. V 312 Stoker Randy Lewis Randy Lewis Bob R. Kitchens
Div. V 373 Nordic Ross Wilson Randy Davis Raymond Brennan
Div. V 191 Nordic Ross Wilson Randy Davis Raymond Brennan
Div. V 45 Stoker Roger Martin Jim La Ricca Barry Black
Div. VI 17 Schiada Gary Hairbedian John Franklin
Let's get the rest of those that have called and emailed and said they were racing in!!!

[skyskier]

Updated as of 10 11 07 --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
DIVISION BOAT # TYPE OWNER DRIVER CO DRIVER
Div. I 8 Fibertic Lee Buchanan Lee Buchanan
Div. I 500 Avenger Brad Menet Brad Menet
Div. I 36 Sleekcraft Steve McElroy Brad Cooper
Div. I E12 Unlimited Marine Ken Bewick Stephen Bewick
Div. I 819 Eliminator Al James Bill James Al James
Div. I CJ 72 Sanger Jim Rich Jim Rich
Div. I CJ 288 Finney Roger Finney David Carrasco Toby Clark
Div. II 145 Rayson Craft James Best John Best
Div. II 24 Rayson Craft Ted Kolby Joey Cucci Tony Scarlata
Div. II 7 Rayson Craft Bill Wheeler Bill Wheeler
Div. II 69 Hallet Dave Daer Tyler Stevenson
Div. II 67 Mandella Eddie McPheeters Casey Porter
Div. II 98 Rayson Craft John Bonnici John Bonnici Dave Sammons
Div. II 44 Rayson Craft Chuck Sousamian Chuck Sousamian Aaron Siroonian
Div. III 93 Liberator Quemene Perea Daniel Smith Steve Dennison
Div. IV 151 Jones/Schiada Ben Marrone Ben Marrone Paul Grichar
Div. IV 7 Laser Pat Bowman Pat Bowman
Div. IV 51 Hallet Tom Melton Tom Melton Robert Alexander
Div. V 140 Eliminator Gary Ewing Gary Ewing Bob Williams
Div. V 918 Stoker SST Stephen Rains Stephen Rains
Div. V 312 Stoker Randy Lewis Randy Lewis Bob R. Kitchens
Div. V 373 Nordic Ross Wilson Randy Davis Raymond Brennan
Div. V 191 Nordic Ross Wilson Randy Davis Raymond Brennan
Div. V 45 Stoker Roger Martin Jim La Ricca Barry Black
Div. VI 17 Schiada Gary Hairbedian John Franklin
Let's get the rest of those that have called and emailed and said they were racing in!!!
Any info as to whether or not they have enough entries for this year? I think I read on another site, somebody named Ross, stated they HAD to have 35 entries to pull this off? What does it take to enter a boat for this event? Would they let a rookie run? By "rookie" I mean somebody that hasn't driven competitive for say 30 years or so.

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DIVISION BOAT # TYPE OWNER DRIVER CO DRIVER
Div. I 8 Fibertic Lee Buchanan Lee Buchanan
Div. I 500 Avenger Brad Menet Brad Menet
Div. I 36 Sleekcraft Steve McElroy Brad Cooper
Div. I E12 Unlimited Marine Ken Bewick Stephen Bewick
Div. I 819 Eliminator Al James Bill James Al James
Div. I CJ 72 Sanger Jim Rich Jim Rich
Div. I CJ 288 Finney Roger Finney David Carrasco Toby Clark
Div. I 402 Advantage Mark Moyle Don Moyle Richard Hammond
Div. II 145 Rayson Craft James Best John Best
Div. II 24 Rayson Craft Ted Kolby Joey Cucci Rod Zapf Tony Scarlata
Div. II 7 Rayson Craft Bill Wheeler Bill Wheeler
Div. II 69 Hallet Dave Daer Tyler Stevenson
Div. II 67 Mandella Eddie McPheeters Casey Porter
Div. II 98 Rayson Craft John Bonnici John Bonnici Dave Sammons
Div. II 44 Rayson Craft Chuck Sousamian Chuck Sousamian Aaron Siroonian
Div. II 00 Hallett John Raptis Steve Yoder
Div. III 93 Liberator Quemene Perea Daniel Smith Steve Dennison
Div. IV 151 Jones/Schiada Ben Marrone Ben Marrone Paul Grichar
Div. IV 7 Laser Pat Bowman Pat Bowman
Div. IV 51 Hallet Tom Melton Tom Melton Robert Alexander
Div. V 140 Eliminator Gary Ewing Gary Ewing Bob Williams
Div. V 918 Stoker SST Stephen Rains Stephen Rains
Div. V 312 Stoker Randy Lewis Randy Lewis Bob R. Kitchens
Div. V 373 Nordic Ross Wilson Randy Davis Raymond Brennan
Div. V 191 Nordic Ross Wilson Randy Davis Raymond Brennan
Div. V 45 Stoker Roger Martin Jim La Ricca Barry Black
Div. VI 17 Schiada Gary Hairbedian John Franklin
Here's a partial of those that have called in their pre-registration:
Div. IV 19 Mark Durham,
Div. VI 2 Doug Peters
Div. V 48 John Roth John Lane
Div. IV 9 Chad Hill
Div IV ? Jason Miller
Div. ? Alan Stoker/Fred Bowden
Div. ? Doug Normandon (sp?)
Div. ? Danny Halyak (sp?) and Bill Reiter Jr.? - are you guys in?
Div. ? Chris & Tyson Lloyd
Div. ? Steve Sr. ?(sorry don't have your last name)
Div. ? He's pre-registered but asked me to keep it off the boards as he doesn't want his wife to know, so for now anonymous.
For those that haven't called in their pre-registration, please email me your name, boat # and owners/drivers to rossdbos26@yahoo.com