Red Rocket S-177
owner/driver	Jim 'Pop' Warren
drivers	Don Due
location	Myrtle Beach, South Carolina
hull info / class	original 145 class hydro built in 1979 by Dick Sooy.  (sponsons updated by Sooy in 1982)
LOA / beam	16' 6"   /  7' 7"
launch	crane
motor	1969 Ford Pinto 4 cylinder 2000 cc
power transfer	direct drive
years raced / history	1980-1981 Region 5 High Point Champion 1980 & 1981 Boat was apparently stored in 1982 until Bob Dunlap purchased in 2008 or 2009. Bob Wagner of Florida purchased new from Dick Sooy in 1979. Bob Dunlap of Savannah, Georgia purchased and ran in the vintage class at Florida in Sept. 2009. I purchased the boat in June 2010 for my 64th birthday.