Constantine, MI

[BP125V]

Great weather, elims in JH, AXSH, ASH, and 20SSH with full fields in DMH, AXSR, and a few others made for a fun weekend. What a great site to bring your kids to, mine had a blast. Thanks Mark and Gary for coaching them on how to flag.

One of my favorite racing moments was AXSH on Sunday. Tate, Rachel Warnock, and one other driver battling for 1st going into a lumpy turn 2, with no one backing off or giving an inch. AXSH is really turning into an exciting class.

Thanks to MHRA for all of their hard work, especially Mark Miskerik, Tim, Vicky, and Jared Sidor, Gary Romberg, Shannon Hoover, Mark Wheeler, Tracy Johnston, Ed and Steve Harrington. I apologize if I missed anyone, but those were the obvious ones.

Bill III

[AT26M]

Great Race

Constantine is an amazing race...you wake up to a great breakfast, great racing, and the best part great people. Good water all weekend, the schedule kept moving good for the most part besides a few delays in J. Great competition in almost every class. Yeah its definetly a real enjoyable race
Andrew

[hydroracer25]

Thanks to all for a great weekend

As Bill said, a very good weekend of racing. Somewhere between 140-150 entries. A few classes were down 2-3 boats, but a few regulars didn't make it for whatever reason.

There are just too many people to mention all that helped put on this race, but a few that Bill left off that deserve mentioning are:

The Duffield's (Karen and Joe): Karen who was risk manager and did a great job and Joe who was our communication between inspection and the judges stand.

Ken Duffield who not only manned the pick-up boat, but brought his own to the race for use, as ours is still acting up. We would have been sunk without him.

Ken Wojtalik for heading up inspection.

.....and all the MHRA members and other voluteers who helped with set-up, race weekend and tear down activities.

Most importantly, Joe Whetstone and the crew at American Legion Post 223 did the usual top notch job with breakfast, lunch, and dinner as well as the use of their wonderful facility.

Overall, the weekend had great competition and safe racing. Thanks to all the driver who travelled long distances to attend the event. I hope to have results out later.

Mark
25-M

[hydroracer25]

Saturday's Results

Saturday Results - Constantine, MI - Great Lakes Challenge
Top 3 (or Top 5 if class had full field or elims)

JR
1. Adam Low
2. Adam Kozuszek
3. Charlie Smith

JH (13)
1. Brent Tate
2. Charlie Smith
3. Stephen McCourtie
4. Jonathan Brewster
5. Kathleen Allen

AXSR
1. Erik Kozuszek
2. Mike Shensky
3. Amanda Hagerl

AXSH(13)
1. Jared Rykse
2. Rachel Warnock
3. Tyler Rice
4. Lauren Bearden
5. Ashley Gresly

ASR
1. Jeff Scheffler
2. Nick Jenkins
3. Carl Holt

ASH(13)
1. Kevin Ladd
2. Andrew Tate
3. Amy Sweeney
4. Ed Harrington
5. Carl Holt

BSR
1. Ed Hearn
2. Jeff Scheffler
3. Dana Holt

BSH
1. Ed Hearn
2. Mark Miskerik
3. Chris Dudek

CSR
1. Joe Pater
2. Bob Hartman
3. Joe Silvestri

CSH
1. Kevin Ladd
2. Tom Johnston
3. Ken Wojtalik

DSR
1. Fred Hauenstein
2. Todd Veum
3. Jim Gutierrez

DSH
1. Brian Palmquist
2. Fred Hauenstein
3. Jim Sweeney

25SSR
1. Joe Pater
2. Tim Ross
3. Mike Affholter

20SSH (13)
1. Dana Holt
2. Kevin Ladd
3. Mark Miskerik
4. Nate Forshey
5. Donny Allen

OYS400
1. Deane Forshey
2. Joe Pater
3. Andrew Marquis

DMH (12)
1. Lyle Mason
2. Mark Wheeler
3. Fred Hauenstein
4. Shawn Brill
5. Jim Sweeney

FEH
1. Brian Palmquist
2. Lyle Mason
3. John Sharp

Few notes:
Adam Low beat a field of 7 tough JRs in his first race in a runabout. Way to go Adam!

Top notch battles in 20SSH and ASH finals.

2 of the 4 "J-classes" had elimination heats.

Mason, Wheeler, Brill and Hauenstein really mixed things up at the top the DMH standings each heat and had some great racing going on throughout the field.

For those that haven't been to Grass Lake, MI (one week after Labor Day) mark your calendars now and plan to attend. You can expect the same and most likely more competition there.

[hydroracer25]

Sunday's Results

Sunday Results - Constantine, MI - Great Lakes Challenge

JR
1. Brent Tate
2. Stephen McCourtie
3. Charlie Smith

JH (14)
1. Stephen McCourtie
2. Amy Nydahl
3. Charlie Smith
4. Jonathan Brewster
5. Tyler Shensky

AXSR
1. Andrew Tate
2. Brett Pruett
3. Dustin Fierek

AXSH (13)
1. Jared Rykse
2. Jennifer Pryzybla
3. Brent Tate
4. Tyler Rice
5. Dylan Justice

ASR
1. Nick Jenkins
2. Bill Pavlick
3. Carl Holt

ASH (12)
1. Ed Harrington
2. Tracy Johnston
3. Andrew Tate

BSR
1. Ed Hearn
2. Dana Holt
3. Jesse Swain

BSH
1. Ed Hearn
2. Chris Dudek
3. Bob Schmidt

CSR
1. Joe Pater
2. James Bellmer
3. Bob Hartman

CSH
1. Kevin Ladd
2. Tom Johnston
3. Ken Wojtalik

DSR
1. Fred Hauenstein
2. Scott Lauer
3. Jason Hill

DSH
1. Brian Palmquist
2. Mark Wheeler
3. Fred Hauenstein

25SSR
1. Joe Pater
2. Mike Marshall
3. Jim Bellmer

25SSH
1. Steve Warnock
2. Gene Noonan
3. Dean Sutherland

20SSH(14)
1. Dana Holt
2. Deane Forshey
3. Ed Harrington
4. Kevin Ladd
5. Brian Trolian

OSY400
1. Nate Forshey
2. Deane Forshey
3. Brent Simmons

DMH
1. Fred Hauenstein
2. Mark Pugh
3. Rich Welch

FEH
1. Rich Welch
2. Lyle Mason
3. Brian Palmquist

9 JRs on Sunday!

Dana Holt sweeping both days of 20SSH (look out at the Nationals since he's already pre-qualified) over a tough field.

Deane Forshey back on the podium.

Ed Hearn dominating the Hot Rod classes and Ladd/Pater team dominating the "C" classes.

Rich Welch piloting Jimmy Robb's FEH to the victory in some great racing over the likes of Mason (Lyle) and Palmquist (Brian)

Thanks to Tracy Johnston for getting the results to me for posting so quickly!

[hydroracer25]

Couple more things

Sorry, but I thought of a couple more things.

Leo Schlotter was on site and took a ton of pictures. For those that have seen Leo's work before you know he does a great job. Please help pay for his gas and time the races, by buying some pictures.

It should also be noted that rookie JH driver Patrick Oleary collided with Kathleen Allen while milling. Kathleen was OK, but her boat suffered some damage.

Patrick had a pretty banged up foot/ankle, but should be back on the water in no time. Get well soon Patrick!

Mark

[jsilvestri]

Mark,

Thanks to MHRA for a great weekend of racing. Constantine is a great site.

[hydroracer25]

Leo's email address

I just wanted to get Leo Schlotter's email address out as he took some excellent pictures at this race and many others throughout the midwest.

Please support Leo as he is one of the nicest guys around and takes his time to travel to many of the races in Region 6 and 7 during the summers.

Leo should be sending proofs in the mail soon, but if you didn't get them you may want to drop him an email. If you want his phone # send me a private email and I can forward to you.

Leo's email: lschlott@dmrtc.net

Thanks,
Mark

[chicagopaul]

Thanks Mark. I've been looking for a way to contact Leo.