Not Much Scream'n...But Definately Fly'n...

**JPEROG** · 10-21-2017, 09:16 PM

I watched a lot of Browards come out of Dennisons back then. I was one of the kids eating free chicken and coke from Copeland in the pits up on the hill. Those were the haydays of offshore from what I have seen so far. It was the next year that Ericson's ran the first 24 if remember correctly.

The value of that land has gone up just a little since then: http://www.detroitnews.com/story/new...tery/84430014/

Joe

**Robby321** · 10-22-2017, 02:45 PM

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Originally Posted by JPEROG

...Those were great races. Was also at the August 1982 race. Craig Collebella & I started & ran three of the first 2.4 EFI Offshore motors, that were on a boat that went down in 100 feet of water, and was towed into Frank Denison's home & yacht building slip, via a 17 Boston Whaler. Frank & Ken Denison, family/business friends, "slowly" lifted the boat out with his megayacht TraveLift, while it drained, put in on the trailer, and took it to the Merc Race Truck in the pits. Craig & I started & ran each EFI for about an hour each to dry out & oil all the internals. Without ever touching those engines again, they went on to run all the remaining races of that season, without a glitch. Al Copeland backed up two tractor trailers in the pits, opened the back doors, and had full scale Popeye's kitchens in each of them. One trailer handed out as many bisquits as you wanted, the other all the chicken that you wanted...all free. Fun times.

Great story! And thats what lifes all about!

**PARKER RABE** · 10-23-2017, 07:59 PM

fujimo, u evey here the story about al copelands house at christmas time , people would fly in from all over to see it. apparently the neighbors complained about all the traffic and he finally had to quit doing it, i here it took 3 months to decorate it.! spectacular

**PARKER RABE** · 10-23-2017, 08:01 PM

i found some great pictures of smiley johns , running around here in a donzi. killer shots, he dated a girl name stuart , that basicly raised me.

**AZMIDLYF** · 10-23-2017, 08:51 PM

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**Kevin_From_NJ** · 10-24-2017, 11:26 AM

That one of Erik is a good one, I like this one.

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**AZMIDLYF** · 10-24-2017, 12:20 PM

Kevin, was the shot of Mr. Kiser's one of yours as well? I found it on another site but it did not have your name at the bottom.

**greg scott** · 10-24-2017, 12:37 PM

**greg scott** · 10-24-2017, 12:40 PM

I'm kinda partial to the last two

that Kevin shot

**Kevin_From_NJ** · 10-24-2017, 04:33 PM

Originally Posted by AZMIDLYF

Kevin, was the shot of Mr. Kiser's one of yours as well? I found it on another site but it did not have your name at the bottom.

It is, I sent it to Erik unedited so he could do what he wanted with it.

**Kevin_From_NJ** · 10-24-2017, 04:36 PM

Originally Posted by greg scott

I'm kinda partial to the last two that Kevin shot

There is less drag when the boat is not in the water.

**FUJIMO** · 10-25-2017, 10:07 AM

Originally Posted by PARKER RABE

fujimo, u evey here the story about al copelands house at christmas time , people would fly in from all over to see it. apparently the neighbors complained about all the traffic and he finally had to quit doing it, i here it took 3 months to decorate it.! spectacular

...Yup. It was a big affair. The neighbors sued him because of the enormous amount of traffic, noise, etc., to shut it down. The house(mansion) was torn down in 2010, after he died, by the family(Al Jr.)...