Horsepower is such seductive stuff. Be it cars, bikes, boats, etc.
Turning a powerful engine loose and then hanging on while it's singing is unlike anything else in life.
So true. Each type vehicle has it's own characteristics that have to be learned to do that. I'm still learning about these hi-per boats, but I've got a good teacher. My friend M. Dixon, who set the record I mentioned, was with me this afternoon explaining how, at high enough speed, tunnel hull boats will completely leave the water. Not a square inch of the hull will be wet. The boat will be riding on a cushion of air with only the gearcase and the lower part of the prop in the water. It's a thing of beauty to watch ......... a driver controlling that "balancing act". There are only a handful of people that can (or will try to) do that in a 20' STV.
This was Michael in '05 on the Suwanee running 143. Early in the video you can see another driver in a "blowover". About the middle of one run a gust of wind nearly causes Michael to lose it, but he keeps it under control. Warning, there is some profanity that I do not care for. You may want to mute the sound. Some of the guys get a little too vocal about that last run.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nHSQj-F-fpw SRH
