1967 Bahamas 500 Sports Illustrated Article

[ScottM]

Originally Posted by flyingfrizzle

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Very cool photos. Regarding #40, I see the driver's right hand on the throttles but what's up with the controls on the starboard side (red and black knobs)?

[flyingfrizzle]

can Se two levers on the throttles two but only one is active. E=ScottM; 27]Very cool #ootos. Regarding #40, I see the driver's right hand on the throttles but what's up with the controls on the starboard side (red and black knobs)?

The one set of two handles in his hand are his throttles like said, and the other set is the shifters. The boats usually was ran with twins but the boat driven by Chet Strickland #40 was ran with a single some races. They must of left the twin rigging in the boat. You can see one shifter in gear forward and the other looks to be in the neutral position. The #43 boat pictured under it and any other pic of twin boats shows both handles forward In forward gear while running. The race boats shifters it were separate from the throttles. Some boats had additional levers for a ballast tank system but I thought that was on the longer hulls. The shorter hulls may of had them too. (They are one or the other)

[gofastsandman]

Where`s Bowrider?
I remember hearing the controls did double duty. Pulled out then moved forward or back to fill or empty the ballast tank.