St Louis - past champions
BoatKitten
1980 Bill Seebold
1981 Lee Sutter
1982 Mike Seebold
1983 Bill Seebold
1984 Bill Seebold
1985 Mickey Garrett
1986 Mike Seebold
1987 Bill Seebold
1988 Mike Seebold
1989 Chuck McKay
1990 Scott Gillman
1991 Craig Wendt
1992 Mike Seebold
1993 not run
1994 Felix Serralles
1995 Scott Gillman
1996 Scott Gillman
1997 Bill Seebold
1998 Jason Campbell
helmet guru
- Mike Seebold mod-u local
Rvluhrs
1980. How about the previous winners?
BoatKitten
U Class was:
1972 Dennis Berghauer
1973 Kenny Kitson
1974 Earl Bentz
1975 Lee Sutter
OZ class was:
1974 Bob Hering
1975 Bill Seebold
1976 Reggie Fountain
1977 Earl Bentz
Mod U was:
1978 Reggie Fountain (World
Championship)
1979 Bill Seebold (World Championship
Then Champ class started in 1980
BoatKitten
Mod VP Class Champions:
1981 Alan Stoker
1982 Kim Howard
1983 Chris Bush
1984 Chris Bush
1985 Chris Bush
1986 Fred Bowden
1987 Rusty Campbell
1988 Rusty Campbell
1989 Alan Stoker
1990 Alan Stoker
1991 James Cheatham
1992 Jerry Ditzig
helmet guru
Formula-100 and SST-120 over the years with many many different winners, some
of the best racing ever came from the smaller classes.
They give out an award every year called the Joe Burgess award which is for the
outstanding driver of the year. It's named after a Mod-VP driver who was a
real standout in the late 70's and early 80's. He tried his first ride in a
tunnel boat, a david Lee designed sst-120 boat and blew over on the front
straight during testing on friday. My father was lucky enough to be the first
driver awarded with this trophy and he considers it the high point of his
racing career.
Viv La St Louis...
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racing. ie: FJ
helmet guru
>racing. ie: FJ
you would be incorrect my prune picking amigo...Joe ran Roark Summerford's
Laser V bottom all year in the NPA ( National Powerboat Assn ) all year and won
most of the races from what I remember. He for certain ran Mod-VP....
I remember the Mod-VP race that weekend after he had lost his life and Roark
decided to drive the boat himself, he drove his ASS off trying to catch Kim
Howard ( I think ) only to barrell roll in what is now turn one...was really
heart wrenching watching him trying to win it for Joe...whoever wins the Joe
Burgess award should know all that went into naming that award after him, that
was one tough weekend for everybody..
BB
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of Joe Burgess and MY MOD VP class!!! Was Kim driving the black Sleek Craft????
(With a 14 X 28 Ron Hill Cleaver)??
helmet guru
>the are
>of Joe Burgess and MY MOD VP class!!! Was Kim driving the black Sleek
>Craft????
>(With a 14 X 28 Ron Hill Cleaver)??
>
Mod-VP was only three years old at the time and V bottoms ran with modified
V-bottoms, hence the name...
Kim Howard was in a black sleek craft with red/orange/yellow california lookin
stripes on it...Roark gave it a valian effort and almost pulled off the outside
pass but got juked up in somebody's wake and rolled it, I remember the crowd
making a big WHOA noise almost as big as when:
1. Tim blew over into the trees
2. Billy barrell rolled after hitting Chris Bush.
Was Kim using a Hill prop?? kewl
BB
BoatKitten
>decided to drive the boat himself, he drove his ASS off trying to catch Kim
>Howard ( I think ) only to barrell roll in what is now turn one...was really
>heart wrenching watching him trying to win it for Joe...whoever wins the Joe
>Burgess award should know all that went into naming that award after him,
>that
>was one tough weekend for everybody..
>
>BB
>
>
dock....I wasn't there but he's told me about it - they were good friends.
Even to this day he gets serious jitters when anyone hops right from a slower
boat into a fast one (or vise-versa) ie: Schubert, EJ etc
BoatKitten
>>
>My better half was pitting for him that weekend, and pushed him off the
>dock...
it's late ---- and that didn't sound right.....
I meant 'He was who gave Joe's boat the shove from the dock when he made that
last run --"
He was just a youngster then -- devastated him, from what I understand.
helmet guru
>
I remember it being the last run of the day and then referee Tom Stickle gave
Joe the go ahead to make a few laps in the new boat...then he crashed...i was
on the launch ramp and heard the engine whine out as he left the water, next
thing i know they are doing CPR on him as they go by from then on it got
worse...Joe was a great driver and a real loss to the sport, whoever gets the
Joe Burgess award has received a significant honor and I hope they realise
that...
BB
Phil Mitchell
You want to talk about unhappy. The whole Bud-Light ensemble was ready to
lynch Chris.
helmet guru wrote in message
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helmet guru
>
>You want to talk about unhappy. The whole Bud-Light ensemble was ready to
>lynch Chris.
>
pretty crazy day huh Phil, I remember Mike going to Chris while he was still
strapped in his boat and hitting him...
I was on the island taking video of the whole thing...
Fman
vell..kewl !
Fman'
>1980 Bill Seebold
>1981 Lee Sutter
>1982 Mike Seebold
>1983 Bill Seebold
>1984 Bill Seebold
>1985 Mickey Garrett
>1986 Mike Seebold
>1987 Bill Seebold
>1988 Mike Seebold
>1989 Chuck McKay
>1990 Scott Gillman
>1991 Craig Wendt
>1992 Mike Seebold
>1993 not run
>1994 Felix Serralles
>1995 Scott Gillman
>1996 Scott Gillman
>1997 Bill Seebold
>1998 Jason Campbell
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>1999 Mike Seebold
helmet guru
>vell..kewl !
>
>Fman'
I have the ENTIRE list somewhere I just dont know where guess it doesnt matter
until next august now..
BB
BoatKitten
helmet guru
>
I think Felix counts that one as a win, if mike had not 1. taken a dump before
the race or 2. taken two checkered flag laps..he would have been legal, ironic
huh
Phil Mitchell
I was busy trying to fix Chris's boat and then trying to get it up the ramp
and back to the trailer.
The fun part was when the sheriff's department and state patrol had to
escort us to the airport and the hauler to the north side of St. Louis.
I saw for the first time how truly ugly beer can make people. I was hit by
no less than a half a dozen beer cans as we took the awning down off the
trailer. I was threatened repeatedly by the Bud Light people that were
there will Bill, Mike and Billy.
As to Mike (Snow Nose we called him). How F-ing stupid can one be to try
and punch someone in the face that is wearing a full face helmet?
Especially, when YOU have worn one before. I figured out that day that
while Bill is a pretty nice guy, Mike has a brain so small that you'd need
watch tools to work on it.
Think I'm a little bitter? Well, I really don't take to being threatened
with knives and guns. Oh, that is the reason for the escort. While the
sheriff's department saw the threats, they decided the best thing was to
just get us out of town as quickly as possible rather than embarrass A-B
with any problems.
Phil
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>and punch someone in the face that is wearing a full face helmet?
I was sitting around the ramp when that happened, and we had the same question.
JJ
helmet guru
>and back to the trailer.
>
>The fun part was when the sheriff's department and state patrol had to
>escort us to the airport and the hauler to the north side of St. Louis.
>
>I saw for the first time how truly ugly beer can make people. I was hit by
>no less than a half a dozen beer cans as we took the awning down off the
>trailer. I was threatened repeatedly by the Bud Light people that were
>there will Bill, Mike and Billy.
>
>and punch someone in the face that is wearing a full face helmet?
>while Bill is a pretty nice guy, Mike has a brain so small that you'd need
>watch tools to work on it.
>
>Think I'm a little bitter? Well, I really don't take to being threatened
>with knives and guns. Oh, that is the reason for the escort. While the
>sheriff's department saw the threats, they decided the best thing was to
>just get us out of town as quickly as possible rather than embarrass A-B
>with any problems.
>
>Phil
Chris is lucky he had that full face Arai on tight that day...not sure what all
Mike was thinking there, part of it was frustration I'm sure...remember he was
sitting out a year for his personal problems...only added to it from what I
remember...I still say Chris should race F1 again..
BoatKitten
Coming out of the pavillion turn, Bill was on the outside and Chris on the
inside...Chris went SO wide that Bill was nearly forced into the trees.
Now...some say "Chris' boat just didn't take a set"....but all the crowd picked
up on what was really going on --- and THAT's why he got pelted with a thousand
beer cans, as well as having a police escort.
(there was a guy next to me with a broken beer BOTTLE -- thank GOD somebody
grabbed him and dragged him off, cuz he was headed straight for Bushie!)
While it IS very dumb to punch somebody who is wearing a helmet, it's equally
as dumb to try and wipe-out the home town hero.
I've had the personal experience of being pushed by Bush when he drove
Gilbreaths Mod-C at Parker --he tried to run me into a shallow area of rocks
that we were warned to stay away from at drivers' meeting. He was looking
straight at me the whole time - face-shield to face-shield.....(my boat was
built like a tank, so I didnt back off but he was faster, and slowly pulled
away from me)
There was no reason for that --as I was certainly no threat. But in the end, I
still finished ahead of him -cuz he was upside down in the corner only 2 laps
later.
Hrd1098
DH
Fman
cuz he was upside down in the corner only 2 laps
>later.
kinda deserved that too...
Fman
helmet guru
>
>Coming out of the pavillion turn, Bill was >on the outside and Chris on the
>inside...Chris went SO wide that Bill was >nearly forced into the trees.
Close but no cigar...they had been goin back and forth for lap after lap...Bill
swung way wide to make as straight a line as possible going thru turn 4 ( in
front of the crowd )...Chris was turning off of turn 3 hard and squaring the
corners off...Bill came into the corner about a lane and an inch off the bouy,
Chris, Having Overlap, stick his boat in there as well, as they passed the bouy
and started to set up for the turn, Chris popped the nose of his boat, set it
again to straighten it out, then popped it up again to go thru a roostertail...
Mr Bill, driving off of Chris' initial set turned with him ( being the great
driver he is ) not expecting Chris to come over one more lane, when Chris did
he and Mr. Bill touched and Mr. Bill rolled over to the right, in front of the
angry crowd. I have it all on tape...and clearly one of the craziest moments
in boat racing history...but it was a legal move...
You just had two of the greatest tunnel boat drivers ever, who dont really like
each other, going after the biggest race of the year like pit bulls, you
couldnt have asked for better circumstances...too bad Gillman hit Bush on a
restart and forced him out...Gillman ended up winning after four restarts and
DeSouza running out of Gas...I think Kevin Miller lead one time too...it was
crazy... and in the end it started to rain..
>Now...some say "Chris' boat just didn't take a set"....but all the crowd
>picked
>up on what was really going on --- and THAT's why he got pelted with a
>thousand
>beer cans, as well as having a police escort.
>
>(there was a guy next to me with a >broken beer BOTTLE -- thank GOD >somebody
>grabbed him and dragged him off, cuz he >was headed straight for Bushie!)
That man was Llamafeeder...
>While it IS very dumb to punch >somebody who is wearing a helmet, it's
>equally as dumb to try and wipe-out the >home town hero.
In Chris' defense he was racing for a win and Billy should have expected
something goofy..
I
>still finished ahead of him -cuz he was >upside down in the corner only 2 laps
>later.
but still faster and more of a threat on the race course than you...haha
JSlack
Thay have a list of all past winners, including SJ SE etc.
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>Thay have a list of all past winners, including SJ SE etc.
if anyone is in need of that list email me and I'll forward it to you..i have
it here..
BB
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JSlack wrote:
> For a list of winners of all classes try li...@stlouis.com.
> Thay have a list of all past winners, including SJ SE etc.
>