Southeast Divsion Championship - Evan, GA

[burl11]

A great race, a great venue, and a great time! Hats off to the CVRA, Mel Thomas, the Davids and all those who worked tirelessly to put the race on.

A special thank you to Howie Nichols who seemed to be in the middle of just about everything that needed to be done!!

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/...nship-thurmond

[Hydroglobe17J]

Nice Tommy, Thank You for sharing with us!

[David Weaver]

Evans, GA Race

Thanks CVRA crew for hosting this event. It was good to have a race a couple of hours from Atlanta.

Shame on the local Georgia drivers/crews who did not help pack-up the club trailer and safety boat following the race. You were probably home before Howie and Abby were able to leave the race site.

Hopefully, we get another chance to race at this venue, perhaps when it is a little cooler!!

Thanks to the park and county for putting in so many hours!

DW

[treadguy]

I echo David's sentiment. Beautiful park, but really wouldn't have minded lighting the grill instead of cooking hamburgers on the pavement. Talked to Howie before we left and offered help but he said I looked half dead and I wouldn't be much help. Howie, Abby, and all the judge's stand people did a great job and we also learned we need to tie down the clock better...........although that was really the only breeze we had the whole weekend. Got to see some good friends, and make new ones. Thanks to all who made this possible.

[tcf284]

great weekend great racing and an extremely awesome job done by joyce golley,jerry davids,howie nichols,abby pond and aimee pond,and mel thomas for the work he did on the location and the saturday evening dinner.it was a beautiful location i hope we can get this as a regular venue .thank you to the guys that were on the race comittee for this great job and thank you for your work without you guys boats would just sit and collect dust you guys are the best ,cant make sharptown but marking wilson on my calender and definately lookin forward to it again thank you guys

[Graham]

Who Won

Who were the class winners?

Thanks
Don Graham

[STEVE FRENCH]

A great race, a great venue, and a great time! Hats off to the CVRA, Mel Thomas, the Davids and all those who worked tirelessly to put the race on.

A special thank you to Howie Nichols who seemed to be in the middle of just about everything that needed to be done!!

http://chronicle.augusta.com/sports/...nship-thurmond

Tom, ......Good to see you!........Only stay'd for a few sets but a very nice site!!!!!!!!!!.........Great view of entire course, camping with-in walk'n dis........amazing pits!.......spectator area shade'd...........This should make up for any Ocoee races/Nationals!...............congrats and will be back with equipment(AMH!!!)

PS.....Wilson date?.......Jerry Davids, Will pick-up my motors/parts there?..............

[crfabbro2F]

I would like to thank all the racers that went out of their way to welcome my son to the racing family. This was his first official race in JH and it couldn't have gone any better.
A special thanks to Howie and Jerry for their guidance and advice!

[Howie Nichols]

Glad everyone had a good time and hopefully you are all rehydrated by now! Thanks to all for pulling together to make this event come off. Jeb, the local event organizer was very happy with the whole outcome and wants us back.

From Memory (hopefully correct)

Sat..

JH Austin Price
JR Austin Price
AXH Wayne Adams
AXR Becky Nichols
ASH Dave Bennett
ASR Dave Bennett
CSH Austin Vanover **8 boats but Austin resides in Central division
CSR Tim Weber
20SSH Austin Vanover?
125H Kristi Ellison
350MH Tom Burwinkle
500MH Mark Obrien
500MR Jerry Davids
750MH Jimmy Warren
750MR Bob Dunlap
850MR Bob Dunlap

Sun.

JR, JH, AXR, ASR, CSR, 750MH, 850MR same winners

AXH Sam Hafer
ASH Abby Pond
CSH Chris Johnson
20SSH Herb Lanphear
125H Abby Pond
350MH Jerry Davids Jr
500MH Jimmy Warren
500MR Jimmy Warren
750MR Bob Dunlap

[abbypond]

All paperwork from the race in Evans, GA has been completed, and will be submitted to APBA tomorrow. The official results should be available on the APBA website within a few days. There were 63 entries on Saturday & 64 entries on Sunday.

The race site and facilities were outstanding. Wildwood Park staff and the town of Evans worked very hard to accommodate us. All of the time and effort is very much appreciated. Thanks for the financial support, helping with the setup and break down, providing turn boats, and hosting an excellent pasta dinner on Saturday night (it really hit the spot). Thanks to the rescue team and local law enforcement for donating your time and energy.

Thank you to all the racers, crews, and families that came to support the new race site. And thanks so much to everyone that helped out before, during, and after the race. Mel, Howie, Janet, Tom & Nicki, Jerry & Joyce, Aimie, David, Buddy & Jean (and Sam, thanks for showing me the button to push on the rescue boat that pumps the water out), the Rombergs, Steve, Chris, Bill, and Dexter, you guys made it happen.

Hope to be back next year