JRider
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So what ever happened to this guy? By chance, I was researching STV outboard setback wondering what the Parker Enduro guys ran and came across this...
In the end, it was a good year for outboards (the first eight finishers were outboards) while the inboards were fast but couldn’t avoid mechanical problems keeping them out of contention late in the race. The overall winner was Tim McDonald with a little co-driving assistance from Mike Quindazzi. McDonald, the owner of Oregon Custom Marine (a prominent high performance boat dealership with locations in Hillsboro, OR and Lake Havasu City, AZ) was driving in his first Parker Enduro in an STV Mod VP style hull with Merc Offshore 2.5 liter power that he had purchased just a few days prior to the race. Although many seemed to think McDonald was a rookie, he is far from that, having many years of offshore racing experience driving with Mike DeFries in the CRC boat and competing in 2012 in the relatively new P-1 offshore series. McDonald wasn’t the fastest boat on the race course, but he was the most steady, consistent and trouble-free. At the checkered flag (after completing 28 laps of a new 12-mile course) McDonald was five and a half minutes ahead of second place (1st in Division IV) Steve Davis in his ski racing Formula II Nordic Cyclone 21-footer with Merc 300 XS power (co-drivers Todd Haig and Fred Brennan). McDonald’s official finish time was 4 hours, 37 minutes and 36.75 seconds for the 336 mile distance.
http://classiccustomboats.com/boat-racings-longest-day-bluewater-336-enduro/
In the end, it was a good year for outboards (the first eight finishers were outboards) while the inboards were fast but couldn’t avoid mechanical problems keeping them out of contention late in the race. The overall winner was Tim McDonald with a little co-driving assistance from Mike Quindazzi. McDonald, the owner of Oregon Custom Marine (a prominent high performance boat dealership with locations in Hillsboro, OR and Lake Havasu City, AZ) was driving in his first Parker Enduro in an STV Mod VP style hull with Merc Offshore 2.5 liter power that he had purchased just a few days prior to the race. Although many seemed to think McDonald was a rookie, he is far from that, having many years of offshore racing experience driving with Mike DeFries in the CRC boat and competing in 2012 in the relatively new P-1 offshore series. McDonald wasn’t the fastest boat on the race course, but he was the most steady, consistent and trouble-free. At the checkered flag (after completing 28 laps of a new 12-mile course) McDonald was five and a half minutes ahead of second place (1st in Division IV) Steve Davis in his ski racing Formula II Nordic Cyclone 21-footer with Merc 300 XS power (co-drivers Todd Haig and Fred Brennan). McDonald’s official finish time was 4 hours, 37 minutes and 36.75 seconds for the 336 mile distance.
http://classiccustomboats.com/boat-racings-longest-day-bluewater-336-enduro/