Gordon Mineo dead

[olredalert]

-----Former top fuel driver Gordon Mineo and his wife along with at least 3 others died on a lake in Oklahoma in a high speed boating accident. Apparently a very bad accident but not seen by anyone who has been able to talk about it yet. Mineos boat was a catamaran that was turbine powered, I believe and was capable of speeds in the high 100s. They were participating in a "poker-run" that Gordon had organized. Terrible tragedy........Bill S

[Motion Camaro]

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Forbes article (http://www.forbes.com/home/feeds/ap/2006/09/03/ap2990709.html)

<font color="blue"> ... he was driving a 2001 Eliminater, a 36-foot, offshore race boat nicknamed "Flash Gordon," the OHP reported.

It also details how Mineo managed to put two helicopter turbine engines into the boat, giving it a top speed of more than 165 mph.

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From the 1960s until the 1990s, Mineo raced dragsters, National Hot Rod Association spokesman Anthony Vestal said. Though he never won an NHRA national event, Vestal said Mineo he had several runner-up finishes in the 1990s.
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[musclecarjohn]

Sad...very sad.

[Belair62]

With that set-up he probably had a big ass grin on his face at least http://www.yenko.net/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/flag.gif