Photos from the Cambridge, MD Triple Crown Championship

[Mark 72@E]

Saturday Racing Pics

An excellent day of racing. Heat after heat of drivers pushing it to the max with no accidents, flips, or injuries.

[Mark 72@E]

Sunday Championship Qualifiers

Less than 12 qualifiers allowed in every class. (EDITED) Racing to begin today between 11:50 AM and 12:00 Noon.

[Mark 72@E]

Sunday Schedule - 12 Heats

Officially the first heat will begin "between 11:50 AM and 12:00 Noon" today.

12 heats total.

Here's a Triple Crown quirk because of the joint sanction between APBA and CBF that was explained at the drivers meeting. In order to win a Triple Crown Championship (Worlds, APBA Summer Nationals, Canadian) you must be a registered member of both organizations. So if the first boat across the finish line is only a member of one organization, say CBF, they win the World Championship and the Canadian Championship. The next boat across the finish line that has membership in APBA is the APBA Summer Nationals Champion.

This will get a little confusing because if this happens, two boats winning the three championships will both be first place finishers and both must report immediately to inspection. And how would the second boat know to which organizations the first boat belonged? Everyone must not be registered with both organizations otherwise they wouldn't have even brought this point up.

[blueskyracer]

Sounds like a lot of extra work for the inspectors.

[Mark 72@E]

The Grand Prix Grand Finale

From Saturday's racing.

[Matt Dagostino]

5 Litre????

Mark
I see no mention of Kelly Shane or Jimmy Shane or 5 Litre in your post???? I left last night before the times were posted. Where are they on the schedule and did they qualify??

Matt

[Mark 72@E]

Brandon Kennedy, Triple Crown Winner, T Class

Boat T1, far left in photo.

[Mark 72@E]

Two Tangled

The white boat in the middle rode his sponson right up on the deck of the boat to his outside and right back down again as the A class boats approached the start line. Both boats kept going and started the race.

[Mark 72@E]

Kelly is in the finals

Mark
I see no mention of Kelly Shane or Jimmy Shane or 5 Litre in your post???? I left last night before the times were posted. Where are they on the schedule and did they qualify??

Matt

According to the 5 Litre qualifying chart I posted above, Kelly made the 8 boat final. Jimmy did not make it based on time if I understand the chart.

[Mark 72@E]

Tom Thompson Takes the A Class

Tom Thompson, A-52, on the left in the photo.

[Mark 72@E]

Paul Fitzgerald Sizzles in SS

(CORRECTED) Paul Fitzgerald, SS-24, takes the win in SS.

I was confused about this one. I thought the radio announcer kept saying Dale Hernandez was the winner and I thought SS-24 won the race so I thought Dale Hernandez was SS-24.

[Mark 72@E]

Dan Kanfoush Crowned 1 Litre Modified Champion

Dan Kanfoush, Y1 in the lead.

[Mark 72@E]

Bobby Kennedy Flies to Win 2.5 Litre Stock

Bobby Kennedy, S1, flying down the straightaway. After the race, Bobby told the radio announcer that he had just registered with CBF last night. That's cutting a Triple Crown Championship close!

[Matt Dagostino]

Rain coming.....

Mark
Keep posting! Looks like rain here in Bowie. Looks like you guys got about a hour before the skys open up!!

[Mark 72@E]

All Heats Finished

All heats were run today and all champions have been declared pending inspection. But I have NEVER seen a storm come up so quickly. After the Grand Prix hydros finished the race course went from calm to whitecaps in seven minutes. I'll post some more racing pictures before packing up and heading home.