SoCal Jet Boats
Discussion => Boat Racing => Topic started by: Brad @ SCJB on July 14, 2008, 10:41:45 AM
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CompJet will be racing at Long Beach Marine Stadium on August 2nd and 3rd, 2008. There is a 8 boat field. Who's goin?!
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Here is the competing field:
Ralph Brunt - CJ812
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Nick Valore - CJ222
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Brad Martin - CJ410
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Toby Clark - CJ53
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Jim Rich - CJ72
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Omar Archuleta - CJ22
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Lance Nichols - CJ32
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Harold Bruce Sr - CJ313
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1. Marcsrollin
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are they running 2 heats since its 8 boats
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1. Marcsrollin
2. COORSHEAVY
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are they running 2 heats since its 8 boats
unknown at this point. personally, im hoping for a 8 boat lineup for the green
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i think thats way too wide for long beach :-\
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i think thats way too wide for long beach :-\
4 boat qualifiers aren't as exciting.
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i think all 8 boats in a heat
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4 boat qualifiers aren't as exciting.
not as dangerous either
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IM GOIN WITH WHAT HE SAID ::) thats a lot of boats...
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Long beach marine stadium is pretty narrow.
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If it gets to harry out there on the outside lanes and I am in one of them I wont be afraid to fall back a little to be safe ;)
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If it gets to harry out there on the outside lanes and I am in one of them I wont be afraid to fall back a little to be safe ;)
im with you on that
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Sounds like it is gonna be all about the hole shot!
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Sounds like it is gonna be all about the hole shot!
More like what lane you draw. You have to stay in your lane through the first turn.
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1. Marcsrollin
2. COORSHEAVY
3. Flytime
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1. Marcsrollin
2. COORSHEAVY
3. Flytime
4. Luckie Stiff
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1. Marcsrollin
2. COORSHEAVY
3. Flytime
4. Luckie Stiff
5.CHROMEY + wife
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1. Marcsrollin
2. COORSHEAVY
3. Flytime
4. Luckie Stiff
5.CHROMEY + wife
6> LBsuperjet + friends
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ok a math question ......there are 18 days left untill the first heat race....boat "a" travels 20min to marina how many practice laps will ralph make @ the stadium before the race? wow too much time on my hands i agree
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ok a math question ......there are 18 days left untill the first heat race....boat "a" travels 20min to marina how many practice laps will ralph make @ the stadium before the race? wow too much time on my hands i agree
cant run the boat there until race day, million dollar homes= noise restrictions and speed limits
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cant run the boat there until race day, million dollar homes= noise restrictions and speed limits
Shouldnt of bought a house there then if they dont like boat noise! :banghead:
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I live near a lake (like 1/4 mile from the water) and you would be amazed at the total morons that live around the lake. "Gee boats are noisey, I think we need to complain", "yeah and I need to reload my 9mil. too" ;D
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I love the sound of a loud boat in the morning >:D
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Like mornin' wood! ;D ::)
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A while back I lived around where Tom (JBP) lives. I went to a bunch of concerts at the Santa Barbara Bowl and it is what it sounds like a Bowl, Stage surronded by mountains. On the cliffs the are million plus dollar houses. After every show there is a article in the paper about a few home owners complaining about the noise and how something should be done about it....Hello, you bought a house next to a concert stadium...Hello, Norman!
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im soooo ready for this....
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testing at elsinore tomarow
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testing at elsinore tomarow
cool...good luck...let us know how it goes.
Ross was still working on getting testing open on the friday before the race in LB. I haven't heard if its for sure or not yet.
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and the camping situation is????? ???
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and the camping situation is????? ???
i emailed him yesterday...waiting for a reply.
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sooooo whos going?
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15 mins up pch. ill be there for sure ;D
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i wish i was going the sad part is that i am going to be in california for a week...however all the wrong parts :banghead:
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sooooo whos going?
oo-oo me,me and my slow ass boat >:(
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for those of you who have scjb gear...wear it! lets roll deep in this mofo!
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for those of you who have scjb gear...wear it! lets roll deep in this mofo!
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1. Marcsrollin
2. COORSHEAVY
3. Flytime
4. Luckie Stiff
5.CHROMEY + wife
6> LBsuperjet + friends
7. BIG " N "
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1. Marcsrollin
2. COORSHEAVY
3. Flytime
4. Luckie Stiff
5.CHROMEY + wife
6> LBsuperjet + friends
7. BIG " N "
8. GT (Sat. :mad:)
Hey Brad I need a T-shirt (XL) would I get it in time if I ordered tonite?
Will they be for sale there? (should be :sly:)
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Hey Brad I need a T-shirt (XL) would I get it in time if I ordered tonite?
Will they be for sale there? (should be :sly:)
i have 4 XL's and 9 larges left....i will bring them.
i can not display them for sale because i did not purchase a vendor booth, but if you come see me, ill sell ya one. $10 each.
i might have some stickers to give out if i get time to make them.
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i have 4 XL's and 9 larges left....i will bring them.
i can not display them for sale because i did not purchase a vendor booth, but if you come see me, ill sell ya one. $10 each.
i might have some stickers to give out if i get time to make them.
You are the man!
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1. Marcsrollin
2. COORSHEAVY
3. Flytime
4. Luckie Stiff
5.CHROMEY + wife
6> LBsuperjet + friends
7. BIG " N "
8. GT (Sat. :mad:)
9. Propless (Sunday)
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4 xl's left? damn i gotta jump on that.. what about girl shirts? nicole wants one!! hahaha
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4 xl's left? damn i gotta jump on that.. what about girl shirts? nicole wants one!! hahaha
dont have any chick shirts .....YET! they are in the works.
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CAN YOU PUT ASIDE TWO 4XL FOR ME PLEASE. THANKS
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i have 4 XL's and 9 larges left....i will bring them.
i can not display them for sale because i did not purchase a vendor booth, but if you come see me, ill sell ya one. $10 each.
i might have some stickers to give out if i get time to make them.
What color shirts do you have left Brad?
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i gotta get one xl... hope im not to late on sat!! ;D
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Where will everybody be on Sat. morning? Would hate missing out on meeting some of you Whack jobs ;D
I will be in Anahiem Friday morning and spending the day with Goofy and the gang, oh yeah, my family too ::)
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Where will everybody be on Sat. morning? Would hate missing out on meeting some of you Whack jobs ;D
I will be in Anahiem Friday morning and spending the day with Goofy and the gang, oh yeah, my family too ::)
there will be SCJB canopys set up on the end of the beach near the pits. you cant miss them.
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good luck to everyone this weekend, be safe, have fun and haul ass, and please take some pics for those of us that can't make it :)
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Hey, never been to this event. What's it like? Are there Bleachers or should we bring chairs? Also, what about bringing in food and drinks? My fiance and I will be there tomorrow just tryin to get a feel for it.
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Bring chairs and some shade! You can bring food and drinks but sometimes they check for alcohol and sometimes they don't. There are no bleachers.
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there are 4 canopys there so shade is not a problem
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Nice where is everyone going to be at?
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Nice where is everyone going to be at?
theres a big long beach....you cant miss the SCJB canopys....they are toward the pit end of the beach.
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heres some pics from us setting up friday...spent most of the day layin up stickers for lances and ralphs boats
ricks son is a born racer.....hes already got the race face down!
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What time are the jet boats going to run? I dont want to get there too late
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What time are the jet boats going to run? I dont want to get there too late
no body knows until after the drivers meeting at 830
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If yousee any blue APBA stickers crab me some
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come on people, how did day one go, inquiring minds want to know :banghead: ;D
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first heat,
harold bruce 1st
toby cj 53 2nd
ralph cj812 3rd
second heat
harold bruce 1st
ralph 2nd
3rd dont know
we are the fastest boat out there right now but the water is so shity its hard for every body to run all out.
omar got thrown out of his seat in testing and hit the gunnel and broke the the side of the boat. i mean broke the fiberglass. you gotta see pics to beleive it. i dont have any but im sure they will be posted.
uploading some video to you tube now
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shitty is an understatement for the water condition
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vid
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M36u6OZPin0 (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M36u6OZPin0)
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All my buddys are safe so it was a good day! Good job boys. Lets do it again tomorrow.
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Really good times Today for us ,just got in (5hrs to A town) Thanks for letting us hang with the socal boys ,Lots of good pics to come ! Tom and Rhonda
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Thanks for posting the vid Ralph (nice water conditions :o :o), I wont be able to make it down there this time :mad:, maybe next time. Good luck to all the racers (and crews) today and be safe. ;D
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word on the street is b rad and jr got into some sort of altercation cant wait to hear this story :o
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word on the street is b rad and jr got into some sort of altercation cant wait to hear this story :o
What are you talking about? I was there all weekend and didn't see a thing.
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what a weekend ;D
i need to thank a few people before i get on with the pics. so here goes, thanx to my wife and pops for their never ending work and support. car pros kia, sweet performance, jetboatperformance.com high flow dynamics, jim brock @cyclone speed and marine, brad@juststickme.com i thank you all for your support and help.
now for some pix ;D
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How about some final results ;D
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How about some final results ;D
shout box
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Nice work Ralph
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shout box
Thanks. Way to go Ralph. Congrats.
Bob
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Wanted to say thanks to all the SoCal peeps for their hospitality and allowing me to steal some shade at Saturdays races, had an absolute blast and enjoyed meeting everyone, I have over 150 pics. I still need to go through but had to get this one up, I will be getting the shots edited and posted as soon as I get a couple of minutes to myself, literally just walked in the door.
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“Hats Off” to all the racers and everyone I met I a had a great time. Jerry and Lisa
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And as far as the water conditions, that was some of the smoothest water I have ever seen ;)
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This is all I got since I once again forgot my camera at home . Mama did manage to get the footage of my solo wreck on my buddies camera but it's just a huge splash .
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I'm pretty sure the damage was caused when I slammed into the gunnel , I dont know for sure , Nick says he got a pretty good view . Already lookin for a new hull. I know I wasnt the only one who incurred damage . I'm just glad everyone is OK this weekend .
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glad to see that your ok and the boat was the only thing damaged!
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WOW, glad yer ok O. Better find a new hull before huntin season. Could be fixed tho
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It's getting fixed and goin up for sale . Anyone need a bitchin ski boat ? I dont know how much hardware I'd leave in it though .
-beerjet-
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If I see anything around here i'll let you know. Damn, saw a Liberty not too long ago.
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So what happened with Brad gettin her up on the rocks?
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Wow! What part of your body did you hit that with?
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So what happened with Brad gettin her up on the rocks?
heres the video....it was either hit nick (cj222) or put it on the rocks. as you can see where nick landed, it would have been fatal.
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Wow that was a close one. How bad is the boat? Good to see everyone is ok. My ears are still ringing from those gnarly Grand National boats.
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Wow it looks like Nick did two or three 360's in front of you and ended up hanging off the deck holding on to the gunnel.
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Wow.......We were on the "in" ramp and didn't see the "on the rocks" incident. But now, thanks to modern gagets, like the video, we get to see it from a different perspective...( we don't get instant replays of the ones we see as they happen).....That could have been very ugly. Boats can be fixed or replaced. You can not replace a person. I'm hoping the trip to the ambulance for Nick was for scrapes and bruises and nothing serious. I didn't get to check out the 410 boat. I heard the rocks were not kind to it. Again, glad no one was seriously hurt, and all involved will return to race again another day............Ray
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I'll have a glass of BRAD on THe rocks!!
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That was insane, both you and Nick are very lucky. Nick should be thankful that you didn't run him over and you should be thankful that you didn't get pitched out onto those rocks.
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That was insane, both you and Nick are very lucky. Nick should be thankful that you didn't run him over and you should be thankful that you didn't get pitched out onto those rocks.
you have no idea how thankful i am for the way it turned out. yeah, the boat is really beat up, but it could have been worse.
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Wow it looks like Nick did two or three 360's in front of you and ended up hanging off the deck holding on to the gunnel.
he only did a 180 putting him on the bow facing me as i turned into the corner.
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Brad
I know I told you in the pits but I want all to know you did a great job keeping the carnage to a minimum. It's a shame that some one can't keep in his lane in the first turn and forces everyone behind him to just try to survive. Ralph & Harold had no where to go but through his roostertail at short range and everyone else was jambed to the out side. With Nick not seeing anything due to the white out it's easy to see how the spin started. Some one should look into the affects of a jet boat using only a rudder to turn the boat. It seems to me that with the fixed nozzle in the turn it makes for a very wide no-mans-land behind him and he takes up much more than one lane. It works well and I'll give that to him but I think it's possibly unintended results is lane blocking! His path through turn one was definitely not by the rules I know of. As a result (in my opinion) the one guy that caused the problems was the one who got to take a victory lap, very unfair and it should have been protested.
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Well I am a little sore and stiff today but I have to say Thanks to Brad for being a smart and skilled boat racer to think and react that fast and not hit me. I am sorry that this all happened but I am glad that neither Brad or myself were seriously hurt.
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Toby (cj53) wasnt aware he was the cause of the incident until he was back on the trailer after the heat, and knowing toby, if he knew, i dont think he would have taken that vicotry lap....
he came up to me and apologized.....i am not or was never mad or upset with him....its boat racing and we all make mistakes and learn from them.
Nick, im glad youre doing ok....im a bit sore in my upper back.
thanks for the kind words.... there is nothing you can do to prepare yourself for something like that.
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I think we're all just glad everyone made it home ok
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he only did a 180 putting him on the bow facing me as i turned into the corner.
With all that splashing of white water and the way Nick ended up facing the rocks when it all ended, it sure seemed like it was more than a 180*. I am glad to hear that everyone is ok.
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Just remember guys this is a professional sport. I'm really happy that all of you seem to be good friends off the track. But being pros you have to drive like pros and you have to follow the rules of racing like pros and you have to man up like pros. If done so the class will do well. Many aspects of CJ class @ Long Beach were very well done. But gaining the respect of the other racers through your actions and the way you drive on the course will pay off in spades. I did hear a story yesterday that someone was berating the jet class on the ramp and an SS driver shut the guy up and said that CJ drivers are more courageous than anyone else in the pits. Point well taken, take that respect and groom it so that everyone on the beach knows it.
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I'm glad everyones ok!
I think Brad stayed in the boat because of the grip his butt had on the seat!! LOL ;)
It scared me just watching the video.
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i cant wait untill i go home today and see the video..(work blocks videos) got a shit load of pics to go through myself, ill get them to brad asap.....saturday i got to go for a ride in the scissor lift with the turn judges and got good pics from there...i missed the crash by a few seconds i was taking pics of the front boats, waiting for them to come by and i heard ohhhh and awwwwws and looked up...
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Scary ride Brad . glad everyone is "just alittle sore" and not a whole lot worse .
All very good point too by the way Tom .
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Buy the way... How was that race scored. Combined points over both days? Two separate races one on Sat one on Sun? Run around like crazy people for three heats and only the last one counts? What was the final results?
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There in the shout box on the home page.
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Buy the way... How was that race scored. Combined points over both days? Two separate races one on Sat one on Sun? Run around like crazy people for three heats and only the last one counts? What was the final results?
Not sure how it was scored, but here's the overall for the weekend (unofficially)
C/J 313 HAROLD BRUCE 1ST
C/J 812 RALPH BRUNT 2ND
C/J/ 53 TOBY CLARK 3RD
BEST PARKING JOB-
C/J 410 BRAD MARTIN ;D
All kidding aside, Brad did what a lot of seasoned drivers may not have had the mindset to do, he thought and acted like someone with alot more seat time than he has. Great job of thinking on the go Brad, that Rogers can be replaced, Nick can't be.
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Hey I think I get the award for Sticky hands being able to hang on to the side of the boat! ;D
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I like the "best use of SPF 50 by a Mommy" Award
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and here it is...
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and here it is...
classic :D
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Overall winners.........Points are scored for each of the four heats. However the SCSC "overall" scores are for the finals only. One final on Saturday, and one final on Sunday.......The early races are "qualifiers" and are not part of the overall weekend results.............Ray
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I was in lane 4 at the start of the race. Soon after the flagged droppped I hit some side rollers that unsettled the boat and back off a bit. Going into turn 1 Toby, Harold & Bruce were just ahead of me and I tucked inside to take lane 1 coming out of the turn. I couldnt see anything to the right side of me but jet wash. I didnt know anything happen until the flares went up part way down the back straight. On the restart I was again lane 4 and did get pushed way outside coming out of turn 2 having to back out to coming up close to the rocks. Its all about racing, but I would think you need to hold your lane when there are boats next to you. I didnt see any one person push to the outside we were all just getting after it. Lance
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beerjet's hull test (failed :()
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It's good to see no one is seriously injured. There were several mishaps and MANY close calls on this tight course. IMO, should have broke the boats down to 2 heats and a main like the original plan was. It was scary enough watching from the shore with all the sideways boats and roosters going on. I think it will be alot more comfortable in Ming
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i got seven hundred and something pictures from chromey....ill sift through them tonight.
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brad you ROCKED this weekend ;D had a blast thanks again
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brad you ROCKED this weekend ;D had a blast thanks again
jeremy, thanks for all your help this weekend....glad you had a blast.
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let me know if you talk to terry
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Hey Brad, found you a new race boat!, looks pretty safe, might have to run a "small block" though. :sly:
All kidding aside, the safety crews were on it, they had a very busy weekend, normally we (river nerds) hear people saying things like "where the hell are the safety crews", I think out of the many times they were needed, they were on scene before the spray hit the water...Cudos fellas!
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Nice pic!
Yeah, now thats a screen saver ;)
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You guys "Team SCJB" did a pro job....
glad no one got too hurt... and my family and I
Enjoyed meeting with you all.
Wishing you the best of luck.
Material stuff can be replaced.... "You guy's Can't" :)