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!
