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BigRedBryan said:
Haha, I know the last one was, I meant the upcoming... the shows at Jack Smith were good times back in the day...
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Just a little History....
Billy and I were members of a v-drive club back on the 90's. The Club held events, but also advertised "individual outings". After attending v-drive club member Brad Coopers Red Rock Event (Parker Sept 0f '97 and where I first met RiverBottom 😎 ), Billy decided to invite everyone to Needles Marina where he kept his trailer since the early 80's. That first v-drive "vacation" was the following year and became an annual deal just like Red Rock was.

A couple years later, Billy mentioned he'd like to get with the city about having a parade through town followed by a mini street party with food and boat show. After a couple of years this would grow into the Rt. 66 Needles show with the city eventually taking it over. As you know these shows were not v-drive specific.

The deal at Pirate Cove wasn't v-drive specific either and that was all Billy setting that up.

I think the Horsepower beach partys will likely remain v-drive events but that's up to the Chief.

I've attended and shot video of both v-drive and jet events alike. There are reasons why some events are best left segregated imo.

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Sharp Shooter said:
Just a little History....
Billy and I were members of a v-drive club back on the 90's. The Club held events, but also advertised "individual outings". After attending v-drive club member Brad Coopers Red Rock Event (Parker Sept 0f '97 and where I first met RiverBottom 😎 ), Billy decided to invite everyone to Needles Marina where he kept his trailer since the early 80's. That first v-drive "vacation" was the following year and became an annual deal just like Red Rock was.

A couple years later, Billy mentioned he'd like to get with the city about having a parade through town followed by a mini street party with food and boat show. After a couple of years this would grow into the Rt. 66 Needles show with the city eventually taking it over. As you know these shows were not v-drive specific.

The deal at Pirate Cove wasn't v-drive specific either and that was all Billy setting that up.

I think the Horsepower beach partys will likely remain v-drive events but that's up to the Chief.

I've attended and shot video of both v-drive and jet events alike. There are reasons why some events are best left segregated imo.

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Well said and completely agree... would hate for a couple of jets to hurt some feelings... hahaha... just having fun
 
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Backlash said:
Jerry do you have any more details on the eighth boat back in this picture? It looks like a red and white Rayson with a Hilborn-style injection. Inquiring minds wanna know. 😁👍
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Bill Duke's boat that I believe he bought from Clank. I don't know much about it really.
 
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Sharp Shooter said:
Bill Duke's boat that I believe he bought from Clank. I don't know much about it really.
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Yes it’s Bill Duke’s Boat.
I bought it from Dennis Rankin.
Had it all set up to go GN racing with a Grichar engine in it.
Over the course of the build circle boat racing in general slid aways down hill in terms of safety on the racecourse, especially in the GN class, so I decided to go another direction and sold it less motor to Bill.
He set it up for the river and, just like all his stuff, it runs hard.
Just a bit over 100 on gps.
 
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Backlash said:
@Clank, is this black flat out of Escondido? It looks familiar.....
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Yes.
It was Clyde Dedrick’s Sanger built by Ronny Bolton. It had never been in the water.
After Clyde passed, I went and got the boat, went through the carbs and got it running. It hadn’t been started in 13 years.
Boat was sold to a buyer out of Pennsylvania.
 
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Clank123 said:
Yes it’s Bill Duke’s Boat.
I bought it from Dennis Rankin.
Had it all set up to go GN racing with a Grichar engine in it.
Over the course of the build circle boat racing in general slid aways down hill in terms of safety on the racecourse, especially in the GN class, so I decided to go another direction and sold it less motor to Bill.
He set it up for the river and, just like all his stuff, it runs hard.
Just a bit over 100 on gps.
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When I had it.
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Clank123 said:
Yes.
It was Clyde Dedrick’s Sanger built by Ronny Bolton. It had never been in the water.
After Clyde passed, I went and got the boat, went through the carbs and got it running. It hadn’t been started in 13 years.
Boat was sold to a buyer out of Pennsylvania.
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I knew it looked familiar! I hadn't seen Clyde in a few years, but remembered it sitting in his warehouse. That boat and the rigging was something else!!

I bought my OG Ellis trailer from Clyde a few years back. 👍
 
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