The Thanksgiving race is actually the 1st race of the 2010 season. You can bet that there will also be several races out of region 10 in Washington. We had 2 this year up that way. Yes, a very busy season to keep your junk running.

New race dates added, Hey Brad how 'bout a sticky?

What the hell is the bull ring in brawley?

Some place called Wiest Lake

i say we as compjet should throw out havasu landing and the brawley race.

as suspected previously, i heard havasu landing is stupidly rough. random rollers rolling through the course from the lake all day.

and this brawley deal sounds dangerous. thats too small.

if any of you feel differently about this, let me know. i dont mind discussing it. I am just posting my initial reaction to this.

You guys crack me up. You piss and moan to become a national class, then  once you become that class, you decide to not go to races unless they fit your schedule or your idea of a good venue. WTF is up with that? If I'm a promoter, and I put C/J in my sanction the first time I had no shows in that, or any other class, would be the last time I put them on the schedule. I don't agree with this way of thinking, seems like you guys have gotten a bit of a Prima Donna complex.

So Havasu is rough, fuck letting Jim run that goddamned tuna barge of his makes as big, or bigger rollers than you'll get just about anywhere. Man up.
This place in Brawley is small, BFD. Ming is only 5/8 mile long, and you guys use less than half the lake's length to run.  If you guys want the respect that the other classes get, and not to be the butt of the pit jokes, then you need to change your attitudes or get used to being the red headed step child of APBA racing.

You guys talk about "growing the class", If I was "Joe Jet Boater" and was interested in racing my boat, one trip to the races would more than likely kill that idea. If there are jets running, they usually don't make all 4 heats, or they put in fucking cabin cruisers to make the field "legal" horse shit!

This is racing, get used to it. You keep blowing motors up? Open the wallet and pay a reputable builder to handle your engines. Race fuel & travel expenses getting costly? BFD, this is sportsman racing, a form of motorsport where you do it strictly because you have the heart
to do it, not because it's going to pay your bills, or even cover your costs, but because you LOVE it.

There was a guy that used to race the C/J class, he had heart, in spades, he quit racing because his priorities in life changed. Maybe you guys should reconsider where your priorities lie. If you can't commit to the sport, maybe you should bow out until you can.


Off my soap box, flame away.

Skip

The "entire" entire year? Or everything but Brawley and Havasu?

everything but havi and brawley. i already stated how i felt about these two venues.

my boat took a severe beating in parker due to jims 'tuna boat'....none of us were happy about him being out there. we were all told that he was going to take the green and pull off immediately. for unknown reasons, he went out there and just destroyed the water and made it unsafe with the wake he was creating. These rollers were the same as described to be experienced at havasu landing. no thank you. i will pass, just like others have told me as well.

and as far as brawley...its 'west lake'....according to google maps little legend scale dealio...its 1,000 feet wide. that is 0.18 miles. its a round lake. more like a pond. i just dont see how that is safe at the speeds we run. sure, its a great lake for the outboard hydros, but not for us.




I understand where you are coming from about us not sacking up and going to every race that they put us on the schedule. The other side of the arguement is it looks even worse then we have 4 boats show, we run one heat, and 1 person breaks, and we dont have a legal class for the rest of the weekend. i think it is better to not show up at all. i say we pick and choose the events we go to and show up with more solid boats/boat count and make a presence that way. quality, not quantity.

So you're saying that you'll only run the races you want to run, I'm good with that, I have no dog in this fight, just my $.02.
Y'all have fun.


BTW: Wiest Lake in Brawley is 1887' Long by 1404' wide, in comparison Lake Ming is 4011' long by 1459' wide. Out of that 4011' feet you guys only run in approximately 1666' of it's length. The argument that it's too small is weak at best.

you seem pretty upset about this. im not. i even posted over there on BRF asking how it works out. as it looks to me, it doesnt look safe, thus why i am asking. quit gettin your panties ruffled up. not sure what todays hostility is all about, you seemed fine with my opinions about all this yesterday when we talked.

My panties aren't ruffled up, there is no hostility, call if frustration. I didn't agree with you yesterday when we talked about those races, if I recall I actually told you that if you want to run for points, you need to make every race scheduled. I'm just disappointed in the class as a whole. From your drama with JR, to the filler boats, to the whispers that HB isn't running a legal C/J engine. I guess I'm just passionate about this and when I see something I am passionate about falling into the shit, I get upset. Don't worry sugar britches, I still love you.

its racing...go look at any other class...they have the same god damn drama, if not worse. shit, they arent showing up to every single race either...no k's or pro stocks (or was it supers ) were at parker....

we are all passionate about it. as you well know, even if havasu landing was somewhere more practical, i couldnt make it. i have a serious mess on my hands right now that needs to be addressed before i go boat racing.

WOW   

Skip   Seem to of lost your phone # . Give me a call . Talk to me about Commitment to the class.

Terry, I'll call you this evening, you are, without a doubt, the exception to the commitment comment I made.

It seems I stirred up quite the pot with my comments, GOOD!
That shows me that you guys still have passion, that's f**king great,
now harness that passion and let's go racing.

Just so we're all clear here.

I know what it costs to race competitvely, that's why I'm not racing, I can't commit to it financially.

I NEVER SAID THAT HAROLD'S MOTOR WAS OR IS ILLEGAL

that's just whispers in the pits, none of my business if it is or isn't, no dog in the fight.

b-rad,and what if you go and all those focker break........great way to make up some points too