Blowover Today at Gadsden race

[stoker2001]

Heard driver is ok,does anybody know who it was?Looked like an old mirage river racer with jonyrude power blue/yellow

[scottybuck11]

i have a friend named rick concklin with a yellow and blue mirage but he is running a merc. hes in gadsden this weekend. if you find out for sure who it is please keep me posted.rick is a good friend of mine.

[stoker2001]

just heard The driver in the crash is SE #004 Bad Habit II Johnny Shealy.wonder if it was weather/wind related?again,glad to hear he is doing fine

[stoker2001]

looks like a good showing of outboards in ten second class,Ric Conklin qualified first pass at 10.05,good job http://racereports.dragboatracing.com/RaceReports/tabid/156/forumid/27/postid/697/view/topic/Default.aspx

[scottybuck11]

great news im glad to hear hes doing alright. sounds like rick is running good.thanks for the update stoker.

[THE FAST ONE]

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[M.CHAPMAN]

Here's a link to photos of Johnny's blowover
http://www.sportsshooter.com/members.html?id=832

[The Big Al]

Looks to me engine quit running!

[The Big Al]

Is that boat a STV????

[RBT]

nope a mirage. Glad to see the driver is ok.

[M.CHAPMAN]

It's a Mirage. River Racer
Rob Harris used to run that boat and Johnny ran a different one but said that this boat ran more consistent. He put his motor on it for this year. I'd like to know what happened, that boat usually runs fairly flat. Must have been a sudden loss of power or the wind. If I hear anything I'll post it. Just glad he's ok, Johnny is a good guy and a strong competitor.
-Michael

[Baja18]

That boat was a '92 Mirage Wildcat, we were staged on the rope next to each other. I ran right before him so I didnt see him go over but there was some wind coming straight down the track so it was a little rough out there. I felt comfortable with my run in my Mod VP Jaguar but my tunnels are alot deeper than the Wildcats. I was glad to hear he was okay!!!!........Brad.

[Ray Neudecker]

Johnie had five stitches in his right hand. He had just raised the motor height to a level he hadn't tested with and the wind got him. The winds were not consistent and would come in gusts. There were several times where drivers had to get out of the throttle to save the boat during test and tune and off and on the weekend.

[stoker2001]

That boat was a '92 Mirage Wildcat, we were staged on the rope next to each other. I ran right before him so I didnt see him go over but there was some wind coming straight down the track so it was a little rough out there. I felt comfortable with my run in my Mod VP Jaguar but my tunnels are alot deeper than the Wildcats. I was glad to hear he was okay!!!!........Brad.Glad to hear that he only got five stitches,i have been to loose a couple of times at the drags with the 1997 mirage jaguar river racer,but it lets you know and you just pucker a little and get down on the trim:eek: After hearing galens and Rls horror stories with early wildcat and polecats,i dont know if i would run one:confused:

[props4u2]

I remember that RL dude flying through the air in New Athens, Il., somewhere between 1996 & 1999. Thank goodness he wasn't hurt either.

Lee

[Rocket]

Thank GOD his is OK!!!

And,,a BIG Thanks to the IHBA resuce http://www.team-rescue.com/ihbarescue/index.cfm?CFID=2325785&CFTOKEN=51555496 for ALWAYS being there for our racers!!!