Nordie, Jen and I left vegas around 10 and got there between 3 and 4. Got everything unpacked and settled in our pit and skip showed up...with the SCJB hats....they turned out great! We later headed over to ralphs for the weekend and cooked up Skips famous tri-tip. Couldnt have been better.

Saturday morning we made some changes to the boat. Put on a more aggressive loader and changed from the mini droop to the standard berk nozzle. testing went pretty crappy....boat started to sputter on the 2nd lap and the boat was riding way too wet and hunting down the course. We ended up putting the mini droop back on and ralphs dad went through the valves and then soon found a rocker arm stud loose on #4...tightened it up and we went out for heat 1....boat ran like CRAP. I cam in after the 2nd lap. Ralphs dad went through the valves again and found 2 rocker arm polly lock seats smashed. Got those replaced and went out for heat 2....boat ran better, but still crapped out after the 1st lap. we figured it was 1 of 2 things....either ignition or carberation.

Sunday morning we decided to swap out the MSD setup for a magneto. We also put 3 degrees of wedge in the pump. Went out for testing and it hit 90mph.....ran solid and strong. The boat had a slight hop in it, but it handled great and turned strong.

The frist heat on sunday into the 1st turn of the boat just fell on its face...popping and rattling...ended up pulling a rocker arm stud clean out of the head. If it wasnt for pat (lbhsbz), our day would have been done. He raced home and got the hardware needed to fix it.

The second heat out on sunday is where everything came together. The boat ran solid and tough through the whole race. I was standing in a firm 3rd place with Louis and Alan behind me. I had started to be able to learn the pattern of the water for each lap and was reading it better and getting more confident with each lap. Then going into the 1st turn of i believe the 3rd lap, i went in hot, slowed down too much and tried to gas it back hard through the corner and spun out....I made a full quick recovery, but lost a position to louis, but i was on the road to recovery. Then shortly after, Lance got wet. I dont know exactly what happened yet. I am not sure if he flipped or spun or what, but I guess the R&D guys got it all on film and will be sharing it with the general public soon. Lances boat did sink, but he is ok and in good spirits.

There is several people I need to thank. If it wasnt for them, I wouldnt have even made the first heat. Things were not in my favor all weekend long and the boat just was being stubborn as all hell. My crew was there between every heat thrashing. We made every heat with all the problems we encountered. I hope I can continue to race and have these guys there supporting me at every race.

Dave @ A &D Engines - You truly built me a strong running beast. I never went easy or gave mercy on the throttle all weekend and the bottom end held together through it all.

Ralph and his pops (Brunt Racing) - If it wasnt for you two, there would be no way I could do this at all. The long late night hours, the between heat thrashing....the parts lent unconditionally to help get the boat out there to make the next heat. PRICELESS. thank you very much for EVERYTHING.

Sammy Page @ UBS - Thank you for all the financial support and making all of this possible.

Josh (Nordie) - thanks for loading and unloading....getting us from point A to point B, thrashing on the boat, and being the general boat gas bitch 

Skip - thanks for bringing the standard nozzle and swapping back and forth between the two....and not to mention the great tri-tip and potato love.

Terry - thanks for lending us the loader, rudder, and nozzle plugs

Pat (lbhsbz) - you came through and saved the day on sunday. I seriously thought we were throwing in the towel when we stripped that rocker stud out. Also, thanks for the bowl studs and wedges. I owe you a cold one or twelve next time we meet up on the river.

Louis (cj402) - thanks for the throttle return spring and use of your space helmet scoop! 

Harold Brice - thanks for the carb bowl bolt gasket and spark plugs.

My wife Jen - thanks for being there and keeping me trucking along....and making sure I was stapped in and ready to go.

And last, but not least...thank you everyone from the site who showed up and gave your support....it was crazy and met a ton of people so if i leave you out, sorry!........cj222, marcsrollin, Bull20, Jim Brock, Nick, flytime, beav, redsnapperslapper, 76nordic (aka driving ms daisy), desrtrat256, 76bonneville, and anyone else i forgot!

As for results....this is what I can remember...

Heat 1

Harold
Louis
Alan
Lance (DNF)
Brad (DNF)

Heat 2

Harold
Louis
Brad
Alan
Lance (DNF)

Heat  3

Harold
Lance
Louis
Alan
Brad (DNF)

Heat 4

Harold
Louis
Brad
Alan
Lance (DNF)

Overall

1st Harold
2nd Louis
3rd Alan
4th Brad
5th Lance

Brad
You did a good job keeping your head together while the problems cropped up.  Eventually you will get all that behind you and the racing becomes even more fun.  It's the price we all have to pay.

and anyone else i forgot!

i was there in spirit, hoping all was well.....stuck at home thrashing on my own motor.....
i went and picked up some gaskets from brads house last night , and brad looked thrashed as well....i know that drive sucks....hope you got some sleep brad!!

I would put em right here beav...

In addition to brad it was nice seeing all the support that showed up never seen so many red shirts before in my life....and the hats are really nice as well...there was no giving up in that pit and finishing is what showed in the end...we'll get it all together for ming...nice meeting everyone especially "nancy boy" won't say his forum name but he knows who he is!

  "nancy boy" thats good stuff


The Beav

I got to meet alot of u out there..All as friendly & helpful as anyone can be 
just too bad Sat. was lost do to ignition, Otherwise Brad would have done better !
Sorry I could not be there Sun..at least I stayed in contact.
Good Job Guys 

i wish i would have taken some pictures of that badass river truck thing but i was to busy drinking beer with Nordie, Flytime and RedSnapperSlaper.


the beav

It was a pleasure meeting you dave...oh yeah and NANCY BOY!....also I know more people were taking pics so let's see em...I think jen was taking some as well...thanks again ralph for letting me sleep on your carpet bed...not so much thanks to potsi and skip for the timing on their snoring...it was a tramatizing experience! I can't wait for ming...pics guys pics!

Pleasure meeting u 2 Nordie

But who is "Nancy Boy" 
Anyhay my hair look ok 2 u guys 

Had a great time!!

Where the heck are the pic's  & video's of the races   

Its stuck like glue now mark...I mean nancy boy!

   OK Josh I will figure a way outa this

your welcome it felt good to be in the mix again.

It was kinda fun...wasn't it.  I haven't crewed for over a year now...I kinda miss McGyver'n shit back together. 

Brad, awesome performance considering you're running a Ford.     I'm glad I could help...I'll be at the next race and I'll have my bag of tricks with me next time.  I'll keep it running and Ralph and Pops can keep it running good.