1974 Red Man U-81

 

  Boat Statistics

Boat Name:

 

Year:

Designation#:

 

Red Man

1974

 

U-81

Owner/Driver:

 

Year Model Built:

 

Gene Melang/Mitch Dillard

 

?

Builder:

 

Construction:

 

 

Steve Dumanis

 

Plywood and foam

Motor:

 

Speed Controller:

 

Himax 3630-1500

 

Castle 80

Prop:

 

Paint Colors:

 

 

Octura

 

Red and white

Type of Graphics:

 Radio:

 

 

vinyl

 

Futaba

The model:  This is the third boat of the Red Man team that Gene was running in Division two.  Gene turned the boat over to Mitch Dillard to run for him in 2013. Mitch replaced the heavy cowling with vacuum formed ones, reinforced the bottom, repositioned the motor and replaced the stuffing box, strut and skid fin, remounted the dummy motor, sanded down and repainted the hull and it's turned out to be a pretty good race boat.  Mitch is proud to be part of the Red Man Racing team.

The real boat:  Driver Skip Walther was fatally injured while driving this boat.