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. My dad and I was at one of the last Nats that Pinckert and Bridge raced each other in Hammond La. I was a very young child. Pinckert held the record with his twin 40 Gator at the time (83.33 mph) Pinckerts twin was far faster than John's 'lead sled' . I never heard of anybody running over 100 back then. I doubt a 16-18 lb gear grinding twin was pushed 109 mph with a single pitched 1667. You say it was one way? What timing equipment? Did he ever do it again? Jeff LutzHi Tim,Hi John- yeah, Marty will know... I'm fairly sure the boat was a Pinckert concoction...Nope, don't think it was Possum's boat he ran twin 40's. John's twin wasn't that big, it was heavy but still only took one to carry and launch, hummm. I'll call Lenny Skwiera to see if he remembers, Marty started racing in 1975 so he may recall as well so I'll touch base with both.
Thanks, John
He built another monster rigger in the mid 80's, or so, with twin Picco P-90's. It was
featured in RC Boat magazine...think Finch gave it the shake down.
I haven't talked with Don since 1990, and we had some marathon phone calls.
He's getting up there and we're not sure how he'd respond to a call.
I always got along with him, though.
You used to run with Bridge in the Wolverine Club back in the day, right?... what was
the deal on that 'gearhead' deal he ran for a bit?...
Do you plan on being at the pond on Aug 26-27?...
Thanks-
Tim
John's twin was the first that I know of and it was a geared to one shaft (3/16"). He lost a lot of gears in the beginning but Jerry Betke hooked him up with shaved crown gears and he started getting good life and performance out of the combination, ran 80 mph with one, could have been the first twin over 80. The second geared twin was built by Dave Turner and Ron Walker built the third both of our Wolverine club (Detroit). Ron Walker ran 109 mph one way with a 3/16" shaft using the original Octura 1667 that was a 3/16" bore (It wasn't stock blade but one that was pitched)
Don Pickert and his wife were at the Nitro Championships 2 years ago and he seemed to be in good spirits and good health. But haven't seen them since.
Thanks, John