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    Tunnel Boat Racing to debut at Lucas Oil Speedway!

    Tunnel Boat Racing to debut at Lucas Oil Speedway!

    December 11th, 2012 After much anticipation and excitement, tunnel boat racing will be making its debut at the purpose built boat racing facility at Lake Lucas in Wheatland, Missouri. The US Formula 1 Powerboat Tour will kick off the 2013 season by hosting the first Tunnel Boat racing event at Lake Lucas since the facility's inception. The activities will kick off with testing and tuning on Friday May 10th which will see full fields of boats in both the Formula 1 and Formula Light classes. Qualifying heats begin Saturday morning May 11th followed by the first ever final on Lake Lucas showcasing a new F1 racing format.

    Read more http://www.usf1powerboat.com/f1prop/f1news/12122012.php
    Last edited by HRTV; 12-12-2012, 07:44 AM.
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    The Lucas facility is first class in every respect. I officiated at the NBRA race there last summer. The only downside is that the course is extremely narrow. We used two bouy turns and the bouys were really close together. It can be done but the turns are tight. Have fun! Enjoy! You won't find a more helpful staff than those Lucas folks. Jack

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      Originally posted by Jack Stotts View Post
      The Lucas facility is first class in every respect. I officiated at the NBRA race there last summer. The only downside is that the course is extremely narrow. We used two bouy turns and the bouys were really close together. It can be done but the turns are tight. Have fun! Enjoy! You won't find a more helpful staff than those Lucas folks. Jack
      Jack,

      I'm not being negative but I'm not sure how they plan to pull this off with a full field of 16' tunnel boats.
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        We limited the number of boats to 6 on Sat in D Hydro but then ran 7 on Sunday. It's 400 ft wide. The guys were scraping the large gravel banks coming out of the turns. One way to help is to slant the course slightly (slightly off alignment with the shoreline) to allow a little more room on exiting the turns. The site has been looked at by the Formula 1 folks and I'm sure they are not going into this without knowing the situation and having a plan. Jack
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