Next years 60th Top O Michigan Marathon Nationals

[racer121M]

Lee...will you be posting the promo video on this site?

Bob

[pearson95m]

"My helmet as a must make pin"? Isn't that the same excuse Captain Bob used with my dad when he ran him over? I gotta talk to my dad about designing a new helmet scheme.

[wildstormfilms]

Lee...will you be posting the promo video on this site?

Bob

Yep as soon as its done, I will be posting it everywhere on the internet.

I started work on a small animation for the Top O Logo thats gonna be used in the promo video at the beginning before the actual video starts. I just finished modeling the logo and the boat in my 3D program. Nothing has been textured so the 3D objects are all one color for right now.

[topomichracer140m]

Hey Nick,

I'm glad to see that you abuse your friends equally.

Gootz....as our buddy Bocephus would say..."I like too get down with all my rowdy friends". . Im sorry again Gootz...your the best dude!

[wildstormfilms]

Hey Nick,

Thanks for having me out at your dads house yesterday. It was really cool watching those old racing videos.

[topomichracer140m]

Lee...its great having someone involved with so much enthusiasm as yourself. I think great things will come from your efforts! I will be glad too help with anything at all. Thanks again for your help in promoting Stock Outboard Racing. Your friend....Nick.

[wildstormfilms]

Lee...its great having someone involved with so much enthusiasm as yourself. I think great things will come from your efforts! I will be glad too help with anything at all. Thanks again for your help in promoting Stock Outboard Racing. Your friend....Nick.

No problem Nick. The pleasure is all mine buddy.

[Gootz 142M]

Gootz....as our buddy Bocephus would say..."I like too get down with all my rowdy friends". . Im sorry again Gootz...your the best dude!

No Nick you're the best! Once again congratulations on winning the 2007 Marathon Nationals!

We'll get to play again soon

[MARATHONMAN]

I'd like to run the Top'O at least one more time. I last ran in about 1965 ? I'd like for nostalgia reasons to run the same rig again ! I still have my BU Rinker and Mark 20H. APBA allows "antique" racing but I'm not sure how that plays in a Nationals event. Rule book states that "antiques" cannot compete for "national points" but doesn't say we can't race. Would the race committee consider adding a class for the Mark 20H? I'll gather up several others who I know would run again if we could run our old motors. All of us are current short course runabout racer's. This might be a great special event as part of the 60th anniversary..... we would be running 60 year old motors that first competed in the same race in 1958 ! Is their interest from other Mark 20H racers besides Steve Roskowski and me ? Mike Marshall, Raceboat61-S

MIKE, IF A SPECIAL EVENT STATUS COULD BE USED ,I THINK ALL THE OLD MOTORS WOULD BE A GREAT TRIBUTE TO THE RACE AND STOCK OUTBOARDING . IWILL CHECK INTO THIS THOUGHT FROM A RULE BOOK SITUATION . MIKE 51-M

[jeff55v]

New clip

... the other half would have consisted of footage the FCC would still be reviewing... especially when Nick buzzed by me with 100 feet of river on one side, and 3 inches between him and I on the other...

Gee I dunno Josh, Pete didn't have any problem keeping his thoughts to himself when it happened to him!

(Just giving you a hard time Nick. Congratulations on your Top O' win!)
I was too far behind to even SEE nick, much less get passed by him!


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[topomichracer140m]

Jeff...I love that video clip...and I know your just joking. On a serious note though Jeff...You should be very proud of coming to Top O as a rookie and finishing both days. That is an accomplishment that many racers work very hard at. I think you did a great job and I hope you come back and race with us guys anytime you want....Nick.

[CSR4C]

MIKE, IF A SPECIAL EVENT STATUS COULD BE USED ,I THINK ALL THE OLD MOTORS WOULD BE A GREAT TRIBUTE TO THE RACE AND STOCK OUTBOARDING . IWILL CHECK INTO THIS THOUGHT FROM A RULE BOOK SITUATION . MIKE 51-M

The older motors can be ran under the Stock Classic Division (Rule #24 in the rule book) http://www.apba-racing.com/Forms/2007/007SOMOPROJ.pdf

Darrell
C-4-C

[wildstormfilms]

Hey Nick,

Hows it goin dude? Pass along a thank you to your dad on copying the videos for me. I've already started transfering the footage to my computer.

I went and chit chatted with Wayne earlier today and showed him the trailer video and he's really impressed with it so thats all good.

The old video footage of the race is just awesome to watch.

[topomichracer140m]

Great news Lee....keep up the good work...I thought the small video clip you made was awesome...Nick.

[wildstormfilms]

Hey guys,

The video editing is coming along great. I've gone through and selected the clips that I like from the old boat race footage and have edited them into one cohesive montage video of racing from the past. I've got more content to add such as the aerial footage and Pete's helmet cam video as well as some footage from this year. I've also went through and textured the modeled race boat. I still got some tweaking to do in terms of the rounded edges on the backside of the boat. I'm gonna start modeling the an Evinrude engine. I'm still working on the animated Top O logo, which I think ya'll will like once its all completed.





I'm going to try and get in contact with some prospective companys on the possibility of sponsoring the race. I'll keep ya posted on that. Over the weekend, I've sent an email to the advertising sector of the Speed Channel website. I explained what it is we are trying to do and have sent them a link to the trailer video that I posted on youtube. If I don't hear from someone in the next couple of days I'm going to contact them again. So hang in there guys

Lee