yes, he was ok. He was wearing a lifeline, helmet, kill switch and we also had an EMT in the radar boat who was in the water seconds after the blow over. Even with all of that, he was truly blessed that day to walk away with only bruises. Thanks for the comments.
Dang that’s crazy 143.4 I can’t believe that he must’ve been running a big pitch prop, I’ve always wanted a pro max 225 that’ll do 80 - 90 mph but i would be scared out if my skin running a 280 or 300 going 140
@heggernes32 the boat is a chip boat specially built by Mr. Lampkin when he owned STV for Mike Dixon. I believe high 400's to low 500's weight w/o rigging. I dont know his exact rpms, but he was concerned it would not turn over 9k on the 135mph pass and said it was set up to turn around 9700 rpms. Hope this helps.
Best video I have seen with these bad ass rockers . 120 average on a 18' cat insane.. one lunatic hit 141.. wanted more.. this is American spirit in action.. my dialed in action hit 86 and I was scared shitless.. rock on Bros 😀😎
well it was on discovery channel. It was a show about crashes. The intro talked about the top end shoot out that scream and fly hosted in the suwannee river and then showed the blow over and interviewed the driver. Id say thats pretty legit.
The guy that flipped is damn lucky to have survived! They do make a brake-away capsule thats proven in drag boat racing(220 plus mph). It does add weight but improves aerodynamics that can add 5 to 10mph on topspeed.
This very event was on The Discovery Channel one night. They Interviewed the guy that blew over. There's not a whole lot of debating that. And yes that boat really can go 140+. Just saw that comment below that pretty much says the same exact thing.
I remember back in the late 90s early 2000s my grandmas lake was full of hydrostreams and river racers. I won't ever forget the sound of a Mercury 2.5. It's a damn shame cause I don't see them anymore. It's like they went extinct. How much would a river racer like that cost?
I live in Augusta GA. And I have heard folks say he ran that same boat in the savannah river in the low 150s I did not see it but a few folks that did and they not known to lie said he did it twice on one Sunday afternoon
hank is lucky he survived and Michael went 150 this day they recorded this vid it said the back end started to come around and he never drove the boat again and I dont blame him
he did go 150 in this video just they didnt record it I know the guy who bought Michael's boat and he told me at 150 the back end started to come around and Michael never drove the boat again and I dont blame him
No. Its not. We run a Bernico 21 with a 1350 Mercruiser racing package. In race trim and a long prop we can do 152 with two skiers out the back. One early morining we were seeing 7500rpm which would have been faster. But our boat cost $270,000. You'd expect that.
