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Does anyone know if the Arcadian ulimited is a legal 1/8th scale? 1987 Marcelle Belville design and built owner / driver - Jim Hauenstein power plants - 8 - 6 cylinder Mercury power heads coupled by a pully system had to be towed onto the course in order to start so it didn't hose down the...

One item of interest that I noticed while looking at the slides of the T4 was the shaft angle change (strut change) from Detroit to Madison. I'm assuming it was a shaft angle change as the strut was well under the transom in Detroit and was moved aft for Madison. The strut had a decidedly aft...

I believe the race before Madison that year was Detroit where the Bud barrel rolled over the Winston in the first turn of the final. The T4 did not run with rear winglets at Madison or a front wing. By the way, the T4 ran more than fast enough in Detroit to qualify. It even ran towards the...

Good greif, that was '95? Mark ran the daylights out of that boat at Madison. It took a beating in turn 1 and coming out of turn 1. The infamous rollers / holes exiting turn 1 did a job on it. The boat did not cary the transom through the turn very well.

Yup, they tested the front wings at Detroit. I never saw it with the full front wing. I just located my slide files from '93 and '94 (they were missing for a while - go figure - how? - my mind is sometimes like a rat's nest - it's a terrible thing to waste). I've got quite a few shots of this...

What year ? Race? The Bud boats have always been a little confusing. They'd bring 2 boats to a race and run both in testing generally. I haven't followed the boats for a while so I need a refresher on what boat ran when. Jim V

Dave said that this was a very poor handling boat. The team thought that he wasn't doing a good job driving. This boat really did handle like c***. It was all over the place in turn one. The rear wing collapsed after it's second heat.

A solution of nitric acid will do it. I don't remember the details. Should be somewhere on the web. A solution of Alum will do it too - takes a long time. Won't hurt the aluminum but will oxidize the steel. Jim V

Zanesville OH - one of the winingest OB racers (mostly MOD) - this was the last year he actively raced - boat had pneumaticaly actuated rear skid fin - retract on the straight, actuate entering the turn

Mark Tate (left) vs. Steve David (right) - this rivalry provided some wonderful races for a few years - by the way, this photo was possible because of the rock cliff wall directly behind the course and the time of day (angle of the sun - as well as exposing for the spray detail and not the boats)

finish line charge by jimmy King in the Orange Crush GP hydro at Detroit. Race winner Daniel Broisatt (sp? I need to go look it up) in Executiff - GP hydros often provided more exciting racing than the unlimiteds