King237 Posted October 20, 2016 Report Share Posted October 20, 2016 I have went to about 25 of these over the years. The technology advances each year and so does the build budget. Some of the Pro Mods top $100K to build now. This is held twice yearly in Naples Fla (west coast 100 miles west of Miami) and is usually a sell out. I believe they have been holding them since the 1950's. You can watch them on You Tube and see the various classes (including Jeeps) up to Pro Mods. This is 9 years old and still ranks as one of the best wrecks ever filmed. BTW, the overall winner gets $10,000. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOpGa3LyxPk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arob Posted October 20, 2016 Report Share Posted October 20, 2016 Ah yes the sippy hole. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nathan Posted October 20, 2016 Report Share Posted October 20, 2016 those are always fun to watch!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Josh42 Posted October 20, 2016 Report Share Posted October 20, 2016 TNN-- American Sports Cavalcade was the greatest show. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
outlaw Posted October 20, 2016 Report Share Posted October 20, 2016 I remember watching them. Awesome stuff and some first class redneck/cracker engineering. (cracker = central Florida redneck) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
King237 Posted October 21, 2016 Author Report Share Posted October 21, 2016 Actually Outlaw its Central AND North Florida that are crackers. (Haven't heard that term in years, at least that way!!). AROB, you are dropping some good terms too...if you know the sippy hole you also know in the old days they went through it once and then circled back around and had to get completely out of the buggy and touch the bottom and then climb back in before going across it. The sippy hole was usually a few feet deeper than the rest of the track and Jeeps had the most difficult time crossing it. One guy I knew worked for the phone company and had some silicone play doh type stuff he covered the spark plugs up with on his Jeep with since these were completely under the water when crossing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PAPosse Posted October 24, 2016 Report Share Posted October 24, 2016 So, not enough stagger? Or too much? Had a lot of side bite though. :-) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bobby Posted October 24, 2016 Report Share Posted October 24, 2016 So, not enough stagger? Or too much? Had a lot of side bite though. :-) First time I've ever seen a vehicle hydroplane ..... ....while on it's side.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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direct-flo Posted November 8, 2016 Report Share Posted November 8, 2016 Diamond P Sports w/Steve Evans watched the buggys on Sunday nights Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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