Marble Falls Boat Races 2015 Death

The boat collision that led to the death of laura putnam occurred near the lighthouse.

Marble falls boat races 2015 death.

We re unable to determine the specifics of the accident at this time. Marble falls police identified the driver as mike fry. Scott 35 had easily won his final heat of the lakefest racing weekend at marble falls texas when flames shot out of the rear engine. He was the owner and driver of meanstreak ii the boat he was driving when it crashed about 10 30 a m.

Lucas oil and the marble falls lake lbj chamber of commerce couldn t agree to a new contract in early 2018 forcing the entities to go their separate ways and leaving a void over the summer as the drag boat races went silent. Bfh stage fright comment mac bale. Staff writer jared fields. Police say a man was killed in an accident sunday when his racing boat crashed while competing in the lucas oil drag boat races at lake marble falls.

Race place boat spec. To fill that void the southern drag boat association discussed. After a two year hiatus lakefest will return to lake marble falls in 2020. Marble falls texas mike frys dies in boating accident in marlbe falls texas on sunday august 9th 2015.

From news sources we can see the crash occurred around 10 30 am. Marble falls a 52 year old racer died aug. 9 after his boat crashed during lakefest on lake marble falls. Mike frys was racing during an annual drag boat racing event on marble falls lake when the accident happened.

As many as 140 boats are expected to compete at breakneck speeds up to 260 mph when the lakefest drag races return to marble falls in j. The high powered craft then rolled over and hit the water in.