Bakersfield Report

[seanp3]

Any news how things are going at Bakersfield?

[daveracerdsh]

good!

Things are good!

[marktrail]

dave:
first time ,the cat got your tongue??

[daveracerdsh]

bako

well....nobody got hurt, it was 80 degrees, kb won csh, gweedo won 20, lombaro won ash. race was very well run. good job scsc

[daveracerdsh]

tony

we had a huge dinner at a steak place...and afterwords tony goes to mcdonalds for desert and a drink. I managed to mess that up for him. sorry dude. I mean...who the hell goes to mcdonalds after going to a steak place. Sorry about messing up your mcflurry or whatever the hell that gross thing was tony.

[Nilsen Racing]

Thanks Dave for the detailed report...yeah right. Maybe when Marlee has time she can fill people in a little more thoroughly.

Jim

[krazy karl]

I just read the McDonalds post to my family. My wife admitted that after she and my step daughter ate at Red Robin yesterday they stopped at McDonalds on the way home for a Shamrock shake. Sorry Tony. Good job on ASH.
kk

[Racerkyle20]

Basically it

Thanks Dave for the detailed report...yeah right. Maybe when Marlee has time she can fill people in a little more thoroughly.

Jim

Only three stock classes were in Bakersfield for winter nationals. All other classes run were opc or inboard. I updated the APBA stock outboard Facebook page with results yesterday. Here's your top three for the winter nationals classes:

Csh (9 boats):
1. Bahl
2. Malhiot
3. Peeters

20ssh (10 boats):
1. Peeters
2. Malhiot
3. Lombardo

Ash (11 boats):
1. Lombardo
2. Wallich
2. Hill

[daveracerdsh]

Winternationals

I want to give a thank you to SCSC for a great race this weekend. They were very well organized, race started on time both days end ended early on Saturday, they let the water calm down between heats, had their act together risk management wise, all in all a very fun weekend. Thank you!

[daveracerdsh]

Bakersfield/lake Ming

The Southern California group used to run at lake Ming 4 times a year...or more. This is coming from Doug Rae. Kern county makes it harder and harder every year for them to run there due to increased fees and regulations....What many people do not know is that Lake Ming was built for boat racing in the 50's...I do not have the history of it, maybe Ernie or somebody else can chime in and give better info, but Kern County officials need to know how much money we as racers bring into the Bakersfield area...hotel rooms, food, gas, the list goes on and on. I am going to send them a nice letter (Kern County) thanking them for letting us use the site, and i am going to include the money aspect in my letter. And, we need to let them know the history of the lake and the fact that we were there first.....something along those lines. If enough people raise their voices on the fee issue maybe something can be done, maybe they will make it feasible for SCSC and SCOA to run a few times a year there. Just some random thoughts. Dave

[bill boyes]

We can thank Manual Carnakas who was mayor, city councilmen etc. He needed a swing vote and he asked Dr Ming for his vote in favor as Dr Ming was very against the lake. Manual told him if he had his vote it would named Lake Ming.

[halestorm]

In a post on HR last week, propnuts mentioned handing out slips of paper to local merchants when he paid his bills at Cullaby. The papers read, "This money is being spent due to the boat races at Cullaby Lake, please support the racers that support your business." Maybe something like that should have been done at Ming. Can't change the past; maybe something like that should be done for all of the future races. Even if the paper never makes it to the hands of someone that cares about money, at least someone might see it that might not otherwise know that a race is being held nearby.

[Matt Dagostino]

Mayor Carnakas

We can thank Manual Carnakas who was mayor, city councilmen etc. He needed a swing vote and he asked Dr Ming for his vote in favor as Dr Ming was very against the lake. Manual told him if he had his vote it would named Lake Ming.

I like this Mayor...........That's how you get things done in Government!! O'Bama should take a few lessons from this guy!!

[propnuts]

Great weekend, gratz to all involved

It was great to see all my Cali friends again. Pitting with the Hills was quite an experience. It did my heart a lot of good talking to the Region 12 outboarders at this race. Not only did they figure out how to bring outboard racing back from the brink (full field of A's and AXS's) but they are focused and committed to continue building Outboard racing in SoCal. I know no one, myself included, likes paying the higher entry fees, but as I was told a few times, if it wasn't for Ross Wallach putting on that race there wouldn't be any outboard racing. The show was really well run, and even with the wind coming up we managed to finish all the outboard heats.

Any way thanks to Ross, Jeff, Ernie, the Hills, Dan, Jean, Roger and whoever I missed for making this race happen.

[DiGia54D]

Only three stock classes were in Bakersfield for winter nationals. All other classes run were opc or inboard. I updated the APBA stock outboard Facebook page with results yesterday. Here's your top three for the winter nationals classes:

Csh (9 boats):
1. Bahl
2. Malhiot
3. Peeters

20ssh (10 boats):
1. Peeters
2. Malhiot
3. Lombardo

Ash (11 boats):
1. Lombardo
2. Wallich
2. Hill

From not knowing what classes are big on the west coast...Were those the only 3 classes put on the schedule? No DSH ?