Whew what a great weekend!

The racing was good. Most of the racing was between Lance and Jim.... first heat  was VERY interesting to watch.... Lance and Jim we're going back and forth, it was some good racing. Lance got better at the boat, tried different things that all worked positively for him, so the next heats was just a decent lead on Jim by around a 1/4 lap. Lewis brough his cruiser out to collect points, since his race boat is down.

Saturday it was pretty much just as Brad listed, Lance, Jim, Lewis, and Gary. Gary was a first time circle boat driver. Last friday we had added a rudder (borrowed from Lewis, thank you) and a spin fin to it.... it helped out ALOT. Yes Gary did spin in the Hondo, he took some getting used to the boat, made a wide turn, very much out of the way of everyone, and he took a soft spin on him. He didn't give it very much throttle down the straights.... and was in general getting used to the boat. But Today he did VERY VERY WELL. He got the hang of the boat, was diggin into the turns at the beginning and holding his foot down through the backside of the turn. I can't wait to get a real turn fin in this thing! He was scared about the motor, I told him don't worry about it, place the diverter here, hold your foot to the floor (unless the water says otherwise) and every once in a while take a glance at the oil pressure.... if it goes below 20psi shut it off! But after seeing how well the boat did, for pretty much no set up, hadn't even run since I put it away in September.... I was more than pleased to see the additions we made to it made such a difference!

Also today, Lance got after his boat ALOT harder, he obviously looked more comfortable with the boat, and it showed.... even with the nasty Havasu waves bouncin about. Jim was running as hard as he can, and we're goin to try a few different things here in the future,.... see if it improves or doesn't, but still pleased with the way it performed.
Lewis definetly had the long travel goin on his 20' Miller!  He spun out once on Saturday... but he was PUSHIN the turns.... givin everything the little yellow express had. And after Gary was getting comfortable in the Hondo the last heat on Sunday was very interesting! It was back and forth action between the two until Gary's seat broke, DOH!

Had a great weekend. Kinda wish more comp-jets, or future Comp Jets (which the Hondo might become  ) came out and "tried" some of their equipment. Couldn't ask for better weather, and with the low boat count it would have given others chances to be experimental in race conditions. Sure hope this race is happening next year, couldn't have went better!

Tony, can you give me a break down of each heat in the order people placed?

also, Terry said jim missed a bouy....which heat was this? and was it recorded officially? No arguments about it, just trying to line out the points.

Jim missed a bouy first heat today, which ended him up getting 4th lane starting position 2nd heat today for disqualification.

Saturday. 1st heat
1.Lance
2.Jim
3.Lewis
4.Gary... possibly a DNF, not sure if he went around enough laps after getting lapped.

Saturday 2nd heat
1. Lance
2. Jim
3. Lewis
4. Gary

Sunday 1st heat
1. Lance
2. Lewis
3. Gary
4. Jim

Sunday 2nd heat
1. Lance
2. Jim
3. Gary
4. Lewis

Also, seems that Sunday 2nd heat they ran 7 laps.... don't exactly know the story behind it... just noticed they were out there for a while and were still going LOL

EDIT.... not disqualified, lost one lap for missed bouy

good job guys, NOW WHERE'S THE PICS slackers

what boat numbers were gary and lOUis running?

Gary was running HIS #, CJ 187, and Louis' # is CJ 402.....Pics to follow. No racing action because of photo equipment, but this race is duly photo recorded.....

What a Motley Crew       LOL

Looks like fun!

I would like to thank everyone who helped me out at the race.  It was a great event!  I look forward to competing with my 1976 Rogers currently being built by R&D Marine.

Gary

lets see the boat porn start a build thread

Gary, which model is it and is going to ready for Puddingstone?

in the long scheme of things....the Rogers that gary has is Rod's (Hotrod56cars) old rogers.

Terry Valore bought it from Rod....terry traded it to R&D marine for the gel work on the cj410 (now cj21) and they sold it to Gary.