Ocoee Results - purged from Rainbow City thread

[RLR]

Had a windy day, but plenty of testing. 65 entries. Good turnout of open boats, very slim on the capsules, in fact right now, we will not have enough to run them.

Ray

[RLR]

Ocoee results

Sorry about hijacking for Title Series, not site literate to start own thread.

A beautiful day a great spectator crowd, and beautiful water greeted the USTS for our first race of the year. Being in Ocoee brought many a smile and an ahah to us northerners soaking up the sun and the hospitality of the Mayor and his group that helped with the logistics.

A good field of open boats kicked off our first day of racing on Saturday. However the gremlins were out in full force for the first day of racing for the Title Series in 2010, and for our day at Ocoee. This race is on a surveyed 3/4mile course for records and some were set.

Some were un-intended and unwanted by a number of drivers this weekend.
Between engine failures and jumping the gun it cost a number of drivers world records as well as loss of position in all of the classes. In a number of heats, we started with as many as 9 boats and saw only two running at the end. I told the crowd, by the looks of this, you can tell that this is the first race of the year for most of the drivers.

125H started with 9 boats and the first heat ended up with 2 boats running at the end of the first heat. Amy Nydahl and Kevin Ellison were the only two that finished. As the other two heats ran the gremlins were held at bay and had good numbers in the second and third heats. Kevin in the 3rd heat had is steering cable fail and snap rolled him on the backstretch and found him tangled in the boat, but was able to reach the surface of the water and was okay.

BJ Tetro had a terrible start to the day as he blew over in the first turn while testing, was pitched out of the boat in the first heat, but came back in the second heat to set a record of right at 64+mph for the second heat. Congrat to you BJ.

At the end in 125H
Amy Nydahl
BJ Tetro
Amy Eldredge

Tim Small started this weeked with great intentions, only to have a 500 motor blow up so bad and stop so quick that he almost went out of the boat, cracking the cowling in his F-5 and finding himself watching instead of running.

In 500R a spirited first heat with Jared Gryskiewicz and Mike Thirlby, racing side by side for 3 laps, resulted in a win and new record of over 71mph for Jared. Mike then took a heat and Jared and Mike were tied up on points. In the end Jared beat out Mike by less than 1/2 second for the win.

500R
Jared Gryskiewicz
Mike Thirlby
Dave Anderson

In 350H
The gremlins were really out as Michael Schmidt, the younger, and Ken Godwin, driving a brand new Pugh for Chick LaRose collided in the bottom turn and virtually destroyed Michael's boat, with a little sponson damage and small hole in bottom the Pugh, put both of them on the beach for the rest of the day. Michael suffered a cut that took a few stitches between the thumb and the forefinger, but will be racing tomorrow.

Chris Hellesten had a world record go by the wayside as he jumped the gun and handed a win to Ike Yoder. Ben Thompson in a brand new MJR he built over the winter finished third.

The finish for 350H
Ike Yoder
Chris Hellesten
Ben Thompson

In 250R

Paulie Bosnich III drove a great race, taking 1st in the first heat as Tim Small had a problem right at the finish line and took 4th after leading. He drifted across the finish line just ahead of Brandon Thirlby who has his own set of problems. Paulie set a record in the first heat to take the 400 points which proved pivotal to his winning overall.

Paulie taking his points where he could get them, a first and two seconds to combine the finishes with enough points to take home his first 250title race in a boat painted up to a point we ordered it covered all weekend to ensure no one was blinded.

Tim Small , who celebrated a b-day yesterday, was not done just yet as he put a heat win in the second heat in the record book, by beating Paulies record set in the first heat by 4MPH. He upped the record for 250R to 65.49mph.

Congrats to Paulie and Tim for their wins.

250R
Paulie Bosnich III
Tim Small
Brandon Thirlby

More tomorrow!

Ray

[YankeeRacing]

Gessh Bob, I can't help myself...I have to post. So much for all boat racers and categories getting along to make boat racing better.
RLR is Ray Rodda, a LEGEND. Supporter of all boat racing. Ok, maybe he doesn't know how to delete. But he does know how to support and promote the sport.
And your so called "crap" from Ocoee fits right in this thread. The thread is "Semi Live from the PIts", It does not say specifically that it is just from Rainbow City.
Those who wanted to be informed of the racing last week end were interested in all of the races. Not just the one that Bob Dunlap participated in.
Be nicer to others or we will use the DELETE button on you!
Connie, or whomever I am.
PS. here's the uncalled for post above from Bob Dunlap:

APBA Winter Nationals
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Here it is Shane, disregard all the crap about Ocoee that RLR posted, somebody need to show RLR (whoever that is) how to hit the delete button when you post on the wrong thread.
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[John Schubert]

Crap about Ocoee

Gessh Bob, I can't help myself...I have to post. So much for all boat racers and categories getting along to make boat racing better.
RLR is Ray Rodda, a LEGEND. Supporter of all boat racing. Ok, maybe he doesn't know how to delete. But he does know how to support and promote the sport.
And your so called "crap" from Ocoee fits right in this thread. The thread is "Semi Live from the PIts", It does not say specifically that it is just from Rainbow City.
Those who wanted to be informed of the racing last week end were interested in all of the races. Not just the one that Bob Dunlap participated in.
Be nicer to others or we will use the DELETE button on you!
Connie, or whomever I am.
PS. here's the uncalled for post above from Bob Dunlap:

APBA Winter Nationals
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Here it is Shane, disregard all the crap about Ocoee that RLR posted, somebody need to show RLR (whoever that is) how to hit the delete button when you post on the wrong thread.
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Connie, even though I know Bob Dunlap & consider him a friend, your post about Ray is "spot on". Bob should not have posted what he did & if he knew Ray he wouldn't have. Shame on you Bob, but I feel certain that you have been humbled.

[Shebert]

Okay, I'm confused. Did I go to Ocoee, Pineville, or Rainbow City last weekend? Could you please let me know? If you know where I went, could you please send pics and results? Thanks!

[Mrs blueskyracer]

Ocoee Results - purged from Rainbow City thread

A new thread posts relocated from 2010 Mod Winter Nationals, Rainbow City, AL forum results thread.

[Dave M]

Agreed

Ray is the legend, old school, much like Bob himself, he should understand some folks simply don't like computers, they just put up with them and try. Give credit where credit is due.

Ray, you are the legend in boat racing announcers. Thanks for volunteering your time to travel to all the USTS races and the Mod races to announce. You are the first line of promotion at the races ! And I for one will read your posts anywhere you post them. And not think a thing of it. After reading your posts, maybe you should take up writing stories for magazines too !!

[Bob Dunlap]

Thanks

thanks Mrs Blueskyracer for straightening the threads, not that it really matters.
I should not have used the word crap in my reply, as it was all very good well written info about boat racing, and I do care about all the other races going on. However I didn't want Shane to be confused. I know Ray Rodda but had no way of knowing that was his post. When people don't use their first and last name on their post there's no way to know who they are.

[Jack Stotts]

Ray, you were completely right in posting the info about the Title Series as the subject line was "almost live from the pits". Some that think that you could only discuss what they wanted discussed are totally in error. I'm sure glad that the "web police" are not on the payroll. Jack