Bad boat racing Australia.

Fuggin epic editing and a perfect track bruh.
Stay within sanity out there and keep postin' them yeah?

Hi again Mick. Yes I've been going to the races since I was a kid. A relative of mine use to race a wooden hull with a glass deck, which had a pretty quick holden 6 in it. The interest grew from there I guess. I can remember going to the races at Glenmaggie and Paynesville and there would be two or three rows deep of people along the bank watching the boats. If you crewed on the Mexican at Glenmaggie for AB, you were probably there the day we lost Bill Davis. It showed the difference between an Aries and a BBC. That was a very sad day. I became involved with the drag boats as well. I crewed on She's the Piece for Frank Bodzioni from Sydney with Tony Jowett driving. We set the record at Patterson Lakes with a run of 186mph. Good days. Thanks for getting in touch, it's good to go back over the years of racing. Al C.

And yes, it is Melton reservoir. Great spot for tuning the engine, heaps of air as the area is actually below sea level. We raced there (Paul McNally driving Psycho) and ran against Bob Thurgar when he was driving 'Chevy Chase'. We'd won the main race for the day, which was the 'Melton Cup'. After the presentations, the club asked if we'd be interested in running in a match (grudge) race against Bob, because 'Psycho Marine' & 'Chevy Chase' were the main 'quick' boats on the day. It was decided that the race was on, so into the water with the two boats. Bob knows a few tricks, from racing so many years and would make sure that he had the inside run into each turn. After reviewing video footage of the race, we saw that 'Psycho' was copping a 'hose down' at every turn. This put quite a bit of water into the hull, which ended up acting like a counter weight. When Paul steered into the turn at the top end of the course, the water in the boat (counter weight) shifted to one side and flipped the boat. Blew most of the front deck off, broke the stern off and the boat went to the bottom. Melton reservoir is about 200 feet deep. Seeing as the race was an 'extra' to the card for the day (mainly put on for the fairly large crowd) the Melton Club graciously paid for the salvage of the boat. We retrieved the engine, but the boat was history. We pulled the engine down, threw in some new pieces and put it into a brand new hull. It was a day I'll never forget.

Hi Mick. A.B. is out of the business now and I believe he's living in Qld. I haven't heard any different, so I imagine he and Mandy are still together.
Take it easy Al C.

A good bit of footage here. With Brian McCosker (no longer with us) his boat Liberty, was certainly a force in Australian boat racing. Good to see Chris Palmer (he's a crayfisherman) in Outlaw from Tasmania. Whenever Chris would come over to any of our races, he'd bring some crays with him.

To Mick Carson. The Mexican was a Cole hull. Alan Beale (Stephens Boats/Psycho Marine) raced it for awhile. We pulled the motor out of it, it was a 511cui BBC. Used some of the parts in The Howling. We (Paul McNally & myself) went on to run Alan Beale's Psycho (Stephens 21' V-Bottom) with a 486cui BBC for him. The good ol' days. Nothing like the sound of a blown big block, idling over on the blower. Al Carley.

Looks like "Showtime" driven by Bradley Pratt, it was gold metallic with an orange stripe. I may be mistaken though, happened a long time ago.

Bit of a shock to see my step brothers fatal crash at 1.08 Min from fathers day 1991 at Windsor. I was the last person to speak to him as I pushed the boat off the trailer.

WOW, hats off mate. Credit to all who pointed it straight n flat.[top footage to mate]

How I miss boat racing and all the guys from the Drag boat Club of Victoria. Bloody old age. Does anyone still remember 'The Mexican' from Psycho Marine in the late 80?

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I have seen these guys racing and it is absolutely spectacular, unfortunately I have also seen a couple of guys killed, it is a really dangerous sport, and power to the Aussies who do it

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id give anything to race these boats!

how good is that noise at the beginning..... !

great promo video. Well done.

nothing can beat the sound of a v8 at full revs i jiz my pants every time

2:36 that would have to hurt

That was well done...I know a few of those boats and drivers...Alas..one will not be at the next BAD race...

omg....badass crash at 2:38 ..great video it ownz !