Friday, October 24, 2008

And the race is on

Rick Lentz and Nelson Holmberg -- two former members of Dr. Ken Muscatel's Superior Racing Team, during the early 2000s -- are working on two different versions of the SRT U-25 hull, which are expected to be christened next spring.

But there's a twist.

Rick and Nelson are making a competition out of who can finish his hull first. Nelson is building the 2004 Silver Dollar Casinos present Miss Rock (that's the first one that was black with white flames on the deck), and Rick is building the 2002 Silver Dollar Casinos (that's the one that had a "W" on the nose ... we at the ERCU web staff are guessing that little detail is left off).

Rick has a head start, as Nelson built the hull for Rick's boat last winter -- and Rick provided cowlings, drivers and tailfeathers for both boats. We'll see how the competition goes!

No word yet what the stakes are, but monthly construction updates will be provided, by photo evidence, by both participants, on the first of each month -- starting on November 1.

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