Bakersfield Report

[propnuts]

I have been wondering this..

How did this Kenyan muslim end up with an Irish name?

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

[Racerkyle20]

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

No this was a full stock nationals. all classes were on the schedule. West coast (mainly region 10 in wa) run every stock class except 25ssh, dsr, and the b classes. Dsh has about 8 drivers in Washington. There were only 3 classes because that's all who showed up. Region 10,11, and 12 were represented but no others.

Region 10 has the second largest outboard participation in the country. Can't speak for anyone else but my guess for lack of participation from other regions is money....Cali gas was 4.29 a gallon....

Either way I had a great time. Race went well for all aspects.

[Racerkyle20]

Full stock winter national*

[seanp3]

Just curious. Could you find legal gas in Cali.... or did you bring your own fuel. There is no legal (non ethanol) pumps in Yakima where I live now. Just curious what is available for fuel this year

[daveracerdsh]

Bakersfield

We tried to get a D stock class for winternationals., but I am not ready, Darren had to work, etc etc. There are d stocks in the area....but they hibernate in garages. From what I hear there are people interested in running the class again....just need to get things going. Also, there is some pretty strong interest in region 12 for the new 302 SSH class. If memory serves me correct, didn't somebody at APBA do a study on the amount of money each racer and has/her pit crew and friends and spectators bring into a town? Or was that another racing group. Dave

[Rocky Peterson]

legal gas

Sean,I have been buying gas in Auburn. It's called the fuel farm just off highway 18 on C street. Cash only. It's nice to pull up and pump gas rather than haul all the cans to a marina. They are still on the "pure gas" list. Hope we get to see more of you and your racing team this year. Rocky

[Racerkyle20]

Just curious. Could you find legal gas in Cali.... or did you bring your own fuel. There is no legal (non ethanol) pumps in Yakima where I live now. Just curious what is available for fuel this year

Brought my own. Even brought some legal fuel (or what i thought was legal) for a few cali friends.

Funny/almost a problem with the fuel i brought for a few other racers. My gas station closest to my house has always had non-ethenol fuel. I've always bought there. 2 weeks ago I bought 5 gallons to test with and used the remains for my CSH heats at the winternationals. Tested legal. I bought 15 gallons from that same station last week for a few cali racers that requested it. It tested illigal. Glad we tested it all before they raced. Just never know these days when stations are and are not selling non-ethenol. I guess next time i'll have to ask instead of keep assuming.

[daveracerdsh]

Legal Gas

The Issaquah grange also has all three grades of fuel that will past the stock test

[PRO-MOTIONRACING]

With the spring season upon us and most of the region 10 races being south of Seattle here is a station very close to I-5 with non ethanol premium at competitive prices. While I have not tested this fuel this year I have in the past with no problem. Pay by credit card only, I think 24 hours. Check your map it is about 1/4 mile off I-5.



Fast Fuel

505 lilly road se
olympia, wa 98501

[Matt Dagostino]

Fuel

Check out the website...........

pure-gas.org

Click on the state in question and enjoy!!

Make sure you enter the site exactly as printed

pure-gas.org

[rossdbos]

Hi Everyone:

Thanks for the kind words and good to see our friends from Washington and Fred H.

Here's the complete results:

The 2013 Jeff Wilson Memorial Winter Regatta & APBA Stock Outboard Winternationals
Presented by
REX MARINE & VOLVO RENTS

A great weekend of racing at one of the best facilities for boat racing! Congratulations to all the winners and all the participants! Many thanks to the SCSC Staff, Team Rescue and all the volunteers who helped the event run as "smooth" as possible!

APBA Stock Outboard Winternationals Results:
ASH
Boat # Driver Name Hometown
84 C Tony Lombardo/Jean McKay Swartz Concord, CA
18 C Jared Wallach Redondo Beach, CA
1 C Marlee Hill Huntington Beach, CA
42 C David Hale Sunland, CA
126 C Brittney Schwarzenbach Apple Valley, CA
71 C Mike Wright Huntington Beach, CA
55 U Alex Bloomfield Hot Sulphur Springs, CO
9 C Tim Herman Temple City, CA
70 C Gordy Jennings III Foothill Ranch, CA
60 C Kevin Curtis Huntington Beach, CA
29 C Nicole Knudson Chino, CA
196 C Kyle Bahl Seattle, CA

CSH
Boat # Driver Name Hometown
20 R Kyle Bahl Seattle, WA
32 R Zach Mahliot Bremerton, WA
69 R John Peters Arlington, WA
32 C Fred Hauenstein Oskhosh, WI
137 C Casey Wright Huntington Beach, CA
230 C Jeffery Conant Glendale, AZ
42 C David Hale Sunland, CA
7 C Roger Hewson Huntington Beach, CA
98 C Tim Herman Tempe, AZ

20SSH
Boat # Driver Name Hometown
69 R John Peeters Arlington, WA
32 R Zach Malhiot Bermerton, WA
92 C Tony Lombardo Concord, CA
42 C David Hale Sunland, CA
20 R David Anderson Kirkland, WA
137 C Casey Wright Huntington Beach, CA
32 C Marlee Hill Fountain Valley, CA
98 C Tim Herman Glendale, AZ
7 C Roger Hewson Huntington Beach, CA


Weekend Overall Results:

AXH
Position Boat # Driver Name Hometown
1st 70 C Gordon Jennings Jr Foothill Ranch, CA
2nd 18 C Jared Wallach Redondo Beach, CA
3rd 126 C Brittney Schwarzenbach Apple Valley, CA
4th 1 C Marlee Hill, Huntington Beach, CA
5th 9 C Tim Herman Tempe, AZ

ASH
Position Boat # Driver Name Hometown
1st 84 C Tony Lombardo/Jean McKay Swartz Concord, CA
2nd 18 C Jared Wallach Redondo Beach, CA
3rd 1 C Marlee Hill, Huntington Beach, CA
4th 70 C Gordy Jennings III Foothill Ranch, CA
5th 42 C David Hale Sunland, CA
6th 71 C Mike Wright Huntington Beach, CA
7th 55 U Alex Bloomfield Hot Sulphur Springs, CO
8th 126 C Brittney Schwarzenbach Apple Valley, CA
9th 9 C Tim Herman Temple City, CA
10th 60 C Kevin Curtis Huntington Beach, CA
11th 29 C Nicole Knudson Chino, CA
12th 196 C Kyle Bahl/David Doidge Seattle, CA


CSH
Position Boat # Driver Name Hometown
1st 20 R Kyle Bahl Seattle, WA
2nd 32 R Zach Mahliot Bremerton, WA
3rd 69 R John Peters Arlington, WA
4th 230 C Jeffery Conant Glendale, AZ
5th 32 C Fred Hauenstein Oskhosh, WI
6th 7 C Roger Hewson Huntington Beach, CA
7th 137 C Casey Wright Huntington Beach, CA
8th 42 C David Hale Sun Valley, CA
9th 98 C Tim Herman Tempe, AZ


20SSH
Position Boat # Driver Name Hometown

1st 32 R Zach Malhiot Bermerton, WA
2nd 42 C David Hale Sunland, CA
3rd 69 R John Peeters Arlington, WA
4th 32 C Marlee Hill Fountain Valley, CA
5th 92 C Tony Lombardo Concord, CA
6th 20 R David Anderson Kirkland, WA
7th 7 C Roger Hewson Huntington Beach, CA
8th 137 C Casey Wright Huntington Beach, CA
9th 98 C Tim Herman Glendale, AZ


Now for some info and history:
The Kern County Parks & Rec Dept. are doing what they can to keep prices stable but in this era of fiscal responsibility they had to raise some of their fee's, that plus the spike in gas prices just weeks before the race hurt alot of people from attending. Yes, we lucky California racers get to pay the highest race fee's in the nation (sarcasm) but it is what it is and I appreciate all those that made the trek and attended and congratulate the winners and those that participated. For the most part it's just part of doing business and I want to make clear that the County has been on our side since they almost made the decision to treat us like the Drag boats, who race their 5 ~7 times a year a few years ago (which due to the outpouring of support by the racing community they changed their minds at the last minute and kept us separate.)

Next, Bill Boyes is right, Manual Carnakis was an APBA outboard boat racer (check the honor squadron for a complete history) as well as the Mayor of Bakersfield. As the story goes, he got funds (State and Fed. and even some from the local whorehouse) to get his beloved lake built for Boat racing, they used to run in the same park (Hart Park) around the island but Manual wanted a real lake for circle boat racing and yes, Dr. Ming was lone hold out vote and Manny being Manny knew what strings to pull to get his way thus why the Lake is called "Lake Ming". This is a purpose built lake that was built by a boat racer for boat racing. I am sad we don't race here more than once a year but even last weekend's attendance doesn't justify it as I don't think we had more than 75 racers attend and we really need to be closer to 85 to not lose money so we'll have to see how we ended up.
Hope to continue to see the stocks growing (ASH has consistently been over 10 since last year) and now CSH/20SSH seem to be on the rebound. Our AXH program is also going well.
Sincerely,
Ross Wallach, Race Director
SCSC

[halestorm]

Thanks, Ross.
You keep putting on races and I, for one, (Lord willing) will keep showing up!

[daveracerdsh]

Lake Ming

Thank you for the info Ross...I will do what I can on my end to get the DSH class going in California again. I seem to remember when I first started racing that is was a going concern....I have composed a very nice thank you letter to Kern County for letting us use Lake Ming....Where should I send it? Dave

[seanp3]

Sean,I have been buying gas in Auburn. It's called the fuel farm just off highway 18 on C street. Cash only. It's nice to pull up and pump gas rather than haul all the cans to a marina. They are still on the "pure gas" list. Hope we get to see more of you and your racing team this year. Rocky

Thanks Rocky. I'll make what races I can. I have two in college for 2013 which puts a big dampner on the racing funds