Originally Posted by
Bushmen77
Wow that?s cool . Then you know about the top of the B yearly race in Michigan.indian River, Bert lake mullet lake they have a 2 day race marathon every year for those knee down hydro. This race been going on like 60 + years now. They let us race it with our inflatable tunnels. You must navigate threw lakes, rivers, and streams. Some places we ran threw were only like 30 ft wide. They got stumps fields plus you are racing pass all the docks and all the homes along the rivers. After 2 days they add up points for the winner. The waves on the lake were easy 3 ft. I remember my butt flying up pass the tiller and slam back down. I had a heavy boat and I could take a pounding too. This race you have father ,son, grandparents some have had there family racing for years. There were a lot of snowmobiled guys in out group. They know how to cheat like crazy. The had way more speed than a stock guy like me. I had hope stupidly was on my side. I figures if I could just run clean that those hot shots would have motor issues. The first day I caught up with one of those guys sitting in the reeds waiting cause he was so far ahead he tried to make it look good. Well he took first and I took second. The next day he blew up. So I had one other hot shot to deal with. At the start of day two going across the lake i saw him slowing down and passed him. He forgot to put oil in the lower. I ran as good as I could. This thing had 90 degrees turns using dock poles to carve around. Plus you had to navigate threw all this stuff and hit the check points. I made it in second again with my heavy stock rig. After they totaled up the scores I took first place. Man the cheaters were so piss they would not talk to me. But the coolest thing was this was the 50 year of the race. For that they were giving out gold rings for first place. . You could never have a race like this nowadays cause no one would insure it cause your racing where the docks are . That was the end of my rookie year. I also had a 10 ft hydro with a mercury 10 hurricane on it. Crazy ride in that little thing. What a race and so lucky to get a ring.
Where are u located ? I probably know your neighbor as I was on the board to help setup races and run it.
I live in Michigan and go to the hydro races every year. My best ride was racing in the gold cup race in Detroit. After being in the stands all those years now I am in it how cool. On my first pass the bleachers where I use to sit I pop a wheelie and rode it all the way pass them. I got in trouble for that. It was funny cause it got ruff out and they asked us to go out and show off to the crowd. What a great day.