My friend works for the team .Geico weighs about 13,500 lbs fully loaded and CMS weighs 10,500 lbs. CMS raced for 8 more laps and couldnt catch GEICO.
Geico was at last 40yds past the bouy when they turned. They had to turn, they couldn't wait any longer. Scotty saw CMS in his rear camera so he knew where they were. I don't see where Geico did anything wrong and SBI didn't penalize them so no harm no foul.
Back to the race, CMS did a great job catching Geico, 3100hp against 3700 but CMS's tunnel is much wider than Geico's so it packs more air for speed even though it's a bigger heavier boat. Truth be known I bet Geico slowed down for a race!
cokeomo Geico had two boatlengths on CMS going into the turn. That's enough to have the right-of-way. Geico was lucky they weren't right beside CMS or there would have been a nasty incident because CMS did not make the turn to port.
Geico pilots must be more corageous than competitors, so probably they take more risks, they risk there lives , no doubt about that. Sometimes i´m expecting to see the boat turn back around by the air..Great show, great colors!
I'm guessing that they were going around 150 mph on the long back stretch... it looked pretty smooth from shore, but there were some big holes in the water waiting to catch the unwary... I saw some real tank slappers from most boats.
They straight lined the turn and came around about 10 seconds behind Geico... they caught up to about 4 seconds by lap 6ish, but the motors let go and they retired.
that's nothing compared to the black pearl
TheDustyRavage 4 months ago
anyone know the name of the first song? thx in advance
r1x00n 7 months ago
Umm, can we hear the sound of the boats?
fleckenstein777 1 year ago
My friend works for the team .Geico weighs about 13,500 lbs fully loaded and CMS weighs 10,500 lbs. CMS raced for 8 more laps and couldnt catch GEICO.
fasterdad 2 years ago
Looks like it hooked just a little by the big shot of water comingup .IMO?
StripPoker388 2 years ago
Geico was at last 40yds past the bouy when they turned. They had to turn, they couldn't wait any longer. Scotty saw CMS in his rear camera so he knew where they were. I don't see where Geico did anything wrong and SBI didn't penalize them so no harm no foul.
Back to the race, CMS did a great job catching Geico, 3100hp against 3700 but CMS's tunnel is much wider than Geico's so it packs more air for speed even though it's a bigger heavier boat. Truth be known I bet Geico slowed down for a race!
solarcat1 2 years ago
CMS had to straight line the turn because Gieco cut in their line. So lets think about this. Gas engine vs turbine!!
cokeomo 2 years ago
cokeomo Geico had two boatlengths on CMS going into the turn. That's enough to have the right-of-way. Geico was lucky they weren't right beside CMS or there would have been a nasty incident because CMS did not make the turn to port.
solarcat1 2 years ago
@solarcat1 They didn't have 2 boatlengths when they cut over into Bob's line. I have seen other camera angles.
cokeomo 3 weeks ago
Geico pilots must be more corageous than competitors, so probably they take more risks, they risk there lives , no doubt about that. Sometimes i´m expecting to see the boat turn back around by the air..Great show, great colors!
1971ratrace 2 years ago
The turbines are always fun to watch (outside the stock class)...great vid!
Arksway 2 years ago
a good number of boats didnt finish that day. good race
Homeskillet1991 2 years ago
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Homeskillet1991 2 years ago
Great racing!! How fast were they going on the backstretch the first 30sec?
solarcat1 2 years ago
I'm guessing that they were going around 150 mph on the long back stretch... it looked pretty smooth from shore, but there were some big holes in the water waiting to catch the unwary... I saw some real tank slappers from most boats.
alvinski100 2 years ago
I take it CMS did not make that last turn? Did they go over?
solarcat1 2 years ago
They straight lined the turn and came around about 10 seconds behind Geico... they caught up to about 4 seconds by lap 6ish, but the motors let go and they retired.
alvinski100 2 years ago
Great news guys! I just saved a bunch on money on my car insurance by switching to GEICO!!
Very good race!
lilpartyboy 2 years ago
VERY NICE!!
BigBlockChevyBaby 2 years ago
Even the big boats were getting caught out by the holes... more than a few tank slappers.
alvinski100 2 years ago