Boat Year: 1970

Owner: Jeff Campbell (Kent, Wash.)

Driver: Jeff Campbell

Model Builder: Jeff Campbell

Year the model was built: 2004

Construction Technique: Carbon fiber

Motor: HIMAX 3630-1500 Brushless

Radio: Spectrum

Electronic Speed Control: hextronix/castle

Propeller: Octura 447/Graupner 45 mm

Paint Colors: Gold, Orange, Black

Graphics: Pacific Graphics

Notes about the Model: Jeff had an outstanding 2004 with the Hemi Pay 'n Pak. He won the seasons championship by narrowly out pointing his brother Mike. Along the way he won three races including the Gold Cup.

Notes about the real boat: The third Pride of Pay 'n Pak was built over the '69/'70 winter and was another innovative and radical design. Powered by two Keith Black Chrysler 426 cu-in supercharged Hemi engines with the cockpit ahead of the engines in the cabover configuration, Heerensperger was again expanding the limits of conventional Hydroplane wisdom. The boat was designed and constructed by Ron Jones, marking the second unlimited design for Jones. However, the boat gained considerable advantage from the advances Jones had been making with a number of very successful 7-liter limited designs. Crew Chief Dwight Thorne is regarded as one of the best engine men in the business, but even he and his talented crew were unable get enough power and reliability out of the Hemi's to compete with the Aero engines of almost twice the displacement. The engines had to be pushed too hard to move the big boat around, resulting in disappointing results. After two races Fults switched to the "backup" U-00 Pay 'n Pak 'lil Buzzard, and Ron Larson was brought aboard to campaign the struggling Hemi Pride. Most of the crew focused their attention on their primary driver and the 'lil Buzzard, so perhaps some of the potential performance improvement left in the Hemi boat went unrealized despite Larson's attempts. (From: Unlimited Excitement)

Notes about 2007: The Pride of Pay 'n Pak had another great season in 2007, finishing second in the Red Dot Championship Series, modern class with 10,215 points.