Slap Shot to the Pearl

[DirtyPearl]

Here are some pic's of the Pearl's jouney.

[DirtyPearl]

Here is a real cool shot of the Pearl running in front of the twin towers on 9/11/99

[Conquistador_del_mar]

Awesome ride! Does it have the TRS speedmaster drives on it now or something newer? Bill

[Sweet Cheekz]

That is a beautiful boat

Parnell

[MDonziM]

Very cool! I didn't know the Pearl was the old Slapshot. So what year is the hull? Great pics. I assume you have seen these posted before.

- Marshall

[smidgen too]

The PEARL was also JUMPIN JACK for a short time after it was Slap Shot.. Back in the day I saw the SLAP SHOT testing on lake St Clair, I was in my 16' Donzi what a sight.

[DirtyPearl]

The VIN # on the Pearl ends with 70. She has a pair of 900 horse blower motors with a set of #4s on boxes.

[Conquistador_del_mar]

Were the staggered engine setups rare in the 70s like I am thinking? You must have some stout trannies or crash boxes- BAMs? Bill

[MDonziM]

I was thinking the same thing...I can't remember seeing another stagger setup from 1970. There is an old 36 or 38 cig raceboat out east at a shop I've seen that has staggered cutouts but looks more like 78' - 80' vintage.

[smidgen too]

Most APBA open class race boats were staggered back in the early 70's. I started racing in 1973 and they were all that way. By 1976 many S,M, & P class boats were starting to run staggered engine packages.

[smidgen too]

When Art [SNAPPER] Norris retired from racing he opened up a Magnum dealership in Cali.

[DirtyPearl]

We run a pair or Huber transmissions in The Pearl.

[Conquistador_del_mar]

Out of curiosity, do you know what HP the Hubers are rated? I believe the BW Velvet drives can be built to 1300HP or so. In fact I am thinking about getting a pair of them for my 36' Cigarette. Do you happen to know the size difference? Bill

[DirtyPearl]

Same trans with more foreward plates. I think ours are rated at 1000hp.

[smidgen too]

[Out of curiosity, do you know what HP the Hubers are rated? I believe the BW Velvet drives can be built to 1300HP or so. In fact I am thinking about getting a pair of them for my 36' Cigarette. Do you happen to know the size difference? Bill]

Bill back in 1993 APBA tried to slow us down with our Eastern Express Skater cat by having us remove our crash box's. They said we had to have a transmision, we bought BW Velvet drive Huber transmisions. The transmisions did not hurt us a bit. After that it was easy to dock it. We ran at least 15 races that way with no problems. I would think the Hubers today are even better now. Mark