Boat Racing Filled With Flips
By: Import User
Updated: July 2, 2007
SAFETY A MAJOR ISSUE THIS 29TH THUNDER ON THE OHIO. THREE BOATS IN TROUBLE DURING SUNDAYS HEAT RACES, INCLUDING ONE THAT RAN INTO ROUGH WATER LAST YEAR. THIS IS HEAT 2-A... THE FIRST HEAT OF THE MORNING. WATCH JEFF BERNARD IN THE U-5 FORMULA-BOATS.COM. BERNARD GOES AIRBORNE EXITING TURN THREE. IF THATS NOT SCARY ENOUGH, THE 22-YEAR-OLD DRIVER, IN HIS FIRST FULL-TIME SEASON ON THE CIRCUIT, LANDS UPSIDE DOWN, AND UNDER WATER. BERNARD COULDNT GET THE ESCAPE HATCH OPEN AT FIRST, BUT HE WAS FINALLY ABLE TO EXIT THE COCK-PIT. BERNARD ESCAPES WITH A MOUTH-FULL OF WATER AND A BANGED RIGHT KNEE.
MORE DANGER ON THE VERY NEXT HEAT, 2-B. JEAN THEORET LEADING THE RACE IN THE U-37 MISS BEACON PLUMBING, BUT THEORET ENCOUNTERS ROUGH WATER IN THE SAME PLACE. HE DOES A COMPLETE BACK-FLIP AND SOMEHOW LANDS RIGHT-SIDE UP. THEORET WAS UNHARMED, AS WELL.
THERE WAS ONE MORE WRECK IN THE HEAT. AFTER THEORETS FLIP, MIKE ALLEN SUFFERED HEAVY DAMAGE TO HIS U-1 FORMULABOATS.COM.ALLEN INJURED HIS THUMB, BUT IS ALSO OKAY. OTHERWISE, HIS HYDRO WAS UNABLE TO RACE ANYMORE.
