Hopefully this will be the year where there's lots of sun, no wind, and even less clothing.

Yep. Here's a closeup.

I was visiting my Dad and came across this old video that Howard had sent him. It was a test of one of the very first production Valero YTs (the tape calls the boat a Valero XT - possibly done before the official naming although the 1985 brochure calls it a YT...who knows). Anyway, there is more on ...

Here are some pics I took. My Dad had two boats in the race. The HST (which I'm going to be refurbishing and drag racing) is being driven by Larry Guimond from Kankakee, IL and the Yellow Alli-Shot is being driven by my Dad. Larry came in 1st and looked great the entire race. http://farm2.static.fli...

I was fortunate enough to grow up in the New Brighton plant. My Dad (Ron Baker) worked with Howard Pipkorn in the hayday of their design - the late 70s. I hung out at the plant on weekends when my Dad and Mr. Pipkorn would do all their mad scientist work. It was the greatest place to be at the great...