MHRA Smoke on the Water June 4th & 5th

[mike ross]

Ok here is some live updates from the race. 84 entries for Saturday. It's 3:30 and we are starting the 4th flight. Great water with a little gusty wind. No wrecks or flips yet. Will try to post some results. Reply if you need to know who won what. Some impressive rigs. Peter Lauer won axr and won 3 out of 4 heats in A with his Merc. Pater sweep the 20 hydro in the 1V pavlick ride. C hydro was a toss between Pater and Miskerik. C runabout was all Pater. Grant Hearn won J hydro one day and jumped 2 heats for another day. We had 4 classes get a 2nd day of racing today. The marathon is yet to come. It is technichly the 5th set. Only 10 marathoners with 4 A's and 6 C's. Where are all the marathoners? Need to support the races. That's all for now. See ya Mikey

[Tomtall]

Update

Mike - You forgot the most important marathoner of that race.

Mr. Jack Deck (sp?) ran his classic Switzter Craft runabout with a KG7 in the marathon. All 20 minutes worth! Oh big deal you say? Jack is 75 years young and the last time he raced this boat in a race was in 1958! His biggest complaint after the race was all this new fangled saftey gear gets really warm when your racing. We never got that hot in the old days racing in our t-shirts and shorts. He had a smile from ear to ear that proved your never to old for boat racing !!!

Also a congratulation to Jerry Oberlin who traveled with his family from Jesup Ga. to race this race site. Jerry drove smart and finished first in "A" runabout. Great job Jerry!

[DtwSailor]

Mr. Jack Ducks (sp?)

name is Jack Deck, and behalf of him, thanks to the MHRA for making a dream come true. He is trying to get the boat, motor, and driver in shape to run the Top O! To say the ear to ear smile was there would be an understatement! He was still complaining about the gear this morning, but thankfully the race was the first! Also, upon approval of his doc, I think we throw him in at Constatine as I believe he took first in the stock classics this weekend!

[Tomtall]

Mike

Thanks for the proper spelling. Your dad is a true gentalmen and was a pleasure to meet. 75 going on 35.

[Hutch06]

For now...

Thanks so much to everyone who attended and helped at the Wendy's/MHRA Top Gun Series Opener. We certainly wouldn't have been able to do it without you. We sure wish we'd see more of you (especially Michigan racers) at an absolutely gorgeous race site. A lake that can easily withstand a 15-20 mph breeze, a sandy beach, top notch catered dinner by Lickety Split, beautiful campground, and one hell of a bar in the Barking Frog in Augusta... I can't see why you wouldn't want to race here!!

Highlights of the weekend must be to see 3 new racers get there first heats in (ages ranging from 14-75). Congrats to Jack and Mike Deck, and the Fox protege'.

Even after leaving the site at 6pm with everything packed and ready for Constantine, I'll try to post results tomorrow.

Thanks again to everyone who came to such a nice site.

[BP125V]

thanks

thanks Elek and to MHRA for another fun weekend, the boys and I had a great time.

[DtwSailor]

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Yes, thanks to all those that helped to make a dream come true!

[Hutch06]

Augusta Results 2011

Saturday

JH
Colin Smith
Karsten Pavlick
Nik Miskerik
Grant Hearn

JR
Nick Foster
Colin Smith

JR (3rd Day)
Grant Hearn
Nick Foster
Colin Smith

AXH
Grant Hearn
Laura Wheeler
Nick Foster
Josh Toccalino
Grace Lisius

AXR
Peter Lauer
Nick Foster
Thomas Oberlin
Grant Hearn

ASH
Elek Hutchinson
Tracy Trolian
Stephen Lisius
Raymond Bonenfant, Jr.

ASH (3rd Day)
Tracy Trolian
Raymond Bonenfant, Jr.

ASR
Jerry Oberlin
Peter Lauer
Bill Pavlick
Terry Kerr
Jacob Alkema
William Affholter

BSH
Andrew Tate
Tom Sutherland
Tim Sidor

BSR
Ed Hearn
Terry Kerr

20SSH
Joe Pater
Elek Hutchinson
Raymond Bonenfant, Jr.
Brian Trolian
Mike Deck

20SSH (3rd Day)
Joe Pater
Brian Trolian
Elek Hutchinson
Mike Deck

25SSR
Joe Pater
Peter Lauer
Sam Pilato
Michael Affholter
Jacob Alkema

CSH
Mark Miskerik
Joe Pater
Andrew Tate
Tim Sidor
T.J. Johnston
Bob Ford
Robert Lisius

CSH (3rd day)
Joe Pater
Mark Miskerik
Tim Sidor
Andrew Tate
T.J. Johnston
Bob Ford
Robert Lisius

CSR
Joe Pater
Sam Pilato
Mike Affholter
Dean Sutherland
Kim Park

DSH
Tom Smith
Joe Schweickert
Larry Gottschalk

A Marathon
Jacob Alkema
William Affholter
Terry Kerr

B Marathon (Antique)
John Deck

C Marathon (Top 5)
Mark Kurz
Dustin Pearson
Kim Park
Mark Affholter
Sam Pilato

[Hutch06]

Augusta - Sunday

Sunday

JH
Colin Smith
Nik Miskerik
Karsten Pavlick
Grant Hearn

JH (3rd day)
Colin Smith
Nik Miskerik
Grant Hearn
Karsten Pavlick

AXH
Grant Hearn
Laura Wheeler
Nick Foster
Josh Toccalino
Grace Lisius

AXR
Grant Hearn
T.J. Oberlin
Nick Foster

ASH
Elek Hutchinson
Tracy Trolian
Stephen Lisius
Adam Low

ASR
Terry Kerr
Peter Lauer
Jerry Oberlin
Bill Pavlick
Jacob Alkema

BSH
Tim Sidor
Tom Sutherland
Andrew Tate

BSR
Ed Hearn
Terry Kerr
Richard Hearn
Brian Trolian

20SSH
Elek Hutchinson
Mike Deck
Robert Lisus
Brian Trolian

25SSR
Peter Lauer
Jacob Alkema
Roger Affholter

CSH
Mark Miskerik
T.J. Johnston
Tim Sidor
Andrew Tate
Bob Ford

CSR
Dean Sutherland
Sam Pilato
Roger Affholter
Tom Smith


A Marathon
Tery Kerr
Jacob Alkema
William Affholter

B Marathon Classic
Jack Deck

C Marathon (Top 5)
Dustin Pearson
Mark Kurz
Mike Affholter
Kim Park
Roger Affholter

[Raymond]

What a fun weekend that was; Thanks MHRA!

[Islandmon]

Ditto to all the above. For those who missed this event you missed a some of the best water ever. A special thanks to all the ladies who took care of registration, dinner tickets, T shirt sales and all your work.......it does not go unnoticed or unappreciated.

Thanks,

Sam
87-M

[Hutch06]

Photos?

If anyone has some nice high-def. photos, would you mind sending me a link or emailing me some. I am looking for the Propeller magazine in July.
Thanks in advance,

[Affholter66]

I took some photos, not sure if they are good enough but a few I took while on the turn boat so pretty nice,you can look at them in my or Roger facebook page, Roger or Shirley Affholter.....