Lake Alfred 2010 Worlds Results

[oldracer]

Howie, thanks for keeping us updated. Greatly appreciated. You with the complete heat results and Ray with his commentaries. What a team.

[diamondprohydro]

I suppose when I wake up in the morning they will be lined up outside the house to buy mine.........NOT!

[TONY TRUJILLO r11]

Bill how did he end up driving that boat at the worlds?

[Al Peffley]

Yellow Revolution Hydro

Tony,

Rex Hall has owned that Revolution laydown racing hull for two seasons now, if the boat in the pictures is the same hull I saw at Depue last year. Kurt Hellsten drove a yellow Revolution hydro in 250ccH for Rex at Depue last year, and I think Dan Kirts drove that same hydro (at least once in testing) for Rex (before the Constantine race?) last year. I assume that the 350cc GRM powerhead used was one of Rossi's own special setups. The fact that the hull (looking at those after-action pictures) totally delaminated at the primary top and bottom hull join seam is quite disturbing to me. The seam appears to lack a contoured-shape "locking feature" and/or a type of backing frame to anchor to in the vulnerable surface joint shear areas (I am not a mechanical engineer, so I'm sure there are better ways to reinforce or explain the reinforcement of that seam.)

Al

[AmyF132]

I put 103 more pit shot on my facebook page. A few of them are racing but most of them are pit shots. My facebook page is Amy Waterson Racing.
I hope you like the pictures.

[TONY TRUJILLO r11]

Thanks Al for the info was Giuseppe O.K. after that spill ?

[aojesus]

Guiseppe was fine after the wreck, but he was not very happy. The two rescue boats in Amy's picture carried the remains from the turn all the way to the pits together. Half tied to each boat, and each half still somewhat connected.

[BURKHARDT]

Revolution

What's up with these boat's. The tunnel's keep coming apart and now the hydro's. I have been at a few race's when the right pad of a 120 has just blown out. Also, I have seen deck seperation. I think it's time something is done about this problem.

APBA. What are we going to do about this PROBLEM.


Brian Burkhardt

[raceright]

What's up with these boat's. The tunnel's keep coming apart and now the hydro's. I have been at a few race's when the right pad of a 120 has just blown out. Also, I have seen deck seperation. I think it's time something is done about this problem.

APBA. What are we going to do about this PROBLEM.


Brian Burkhardt

Spend more money on building boats--

[DiGia54D]

So what are the Results? whats the top 5 in each class?

[sesailer]

2010 World Championship Results

KPro:
1-Wendy Eldredge
2-Amy Nydahl
3-Peter Crowley
4-Will Augustine
5-Joe Waterson
6-Amy Waterson
7-Kayl Nicholson

125ccR:
1-Dave Jones
2-Paul Bosnich III
3-Travis Ellison
4-Jerry Davids
5-Brandon Thirby
6-Buddy Tennell
7-Dom Difebo

125ccH North American Championships:
1-Amy Eldredge
2-Amy Nydahl
3-Kristi Ellison
4-Jimmy Shane
5-Kurt Nydahl
6-Brent Simmons
7-Liu Wei (China)
8-Bill Giles
9-Brad Greenslaugh

175ccH:
1-Manual Zambelli (Italy)
2-Rene Behnche (Germany)
3-Viktor Vo (Hungary)
4-Guiseppe Rossi (Italy)
5-Attila Hencz (Hungary)
6-Kornel Vo (Hungary)
7-Buddy Tennell
8-Kari Vihrealehto (Estonia)
9-Diane Murray
10-Tony Lombardo
11-JB Tetro
12-Michael Schmidt
13-John Maddrell
14-Brent Simmons
15-Ralph Donald
16-Jimmy Aderholdt

250ccR:
1-Buddy Tennell
2-Tim Small
3-JP Jedwabny
4-Tim Chance


350ccH:
1-Alessandro Cremona (Italy)
2-Rene Behnche (Germany)
3-Tunde Bedi (Austria)
4-Chris Hellsten
5-Amy Nydahl
6-Melvyn Cooper
7-Mark Stahl
8-JW Myers
9-Zach Malhiot
10-Jon Eldredge

550ccR:
1-Mike Thirby
2-Tim Small
3-Pet Voss
4-RC Howie
5-Dwight Malhiot
6-Tim Chance

1100ccH:
1-Doug Hall
2-Brandon Thirby
3-James Aderholdt (Holland)
4-Jim Kirts
5-Yvonne Koenig (Germany)
6-Sean McKean
7-Kenneth Nicholson

[DiGia54D]

Thank you Susan,

Go Dave Jones!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Al Peffley]

Race Results, Congratulations, & After Thoughts

Thank you Susan for the complete race results report by class from Lake Alfred. I am looking forward to seeing some action photos of the races (especially the F-350 and 125ccH heats.)

Congratulations to all who won UIM/APBA World titles and an APBA 125ccH North American Championship title. Congrats also to those who placed and those who finished all three or four of the UIM regulation heats in each class. Speed and consistency in an endurance style of racing always win. It is really good to see Chris up there really close to the podium -- maybe next time the US will earn a podium spot.

I noticed fewer Italian, Swedish, and German team entries than in the F-250 World's Cup two years ago. The effects of the world-wide recession and the increasing costs of attending and participating in boat races held at distant locations from one's home country appear to have created a smaller turn out from "across the pond" for this event. It was good to see more US entries.

I like running a clock start heat, but I also like the idea of sequenced warm-up period and quiet time periods before starting a heat (like UIM does in a LeMans-style start) -- then you have more confirmation that a PRO motor will or will not start before the heat, and hence maybe no need for a longer, 4-minute gun during APBA PRO class races.

Cheers,
Al Peffley
R-25

[Kristi Ellison]

Correction

Travis Ellison placed 3rd in 125R not Kevin Ellison. Kevin's head is still swollen from winning 125H at the Nationals and he has never been in a runabout

[raceright]

Thank you Susan for the complete race results report by class from Lake Alfred. I am looking forward to seeing some action photos of the races (especially the F-350 and 125ccH heats.)

Congratulations to all who won UIM/APBA World titles and an APBA 125ccH North American Championship title. Congrats also to those who placed and those who finished all three or four of the UIM regulation heats in each class. Speed and consistency in an endurance style of racing always win. It is really good to see Chris up there really close to the podium -- maybe next time the US will earn a podium spot.

I noticed fewer Italian, Swedish, and German team entries than in the F-250 World's Cup two years ago. The effects of the world-wide recession and the increasing costs of attending and participating in boat races held at distant locations from one's home country appear to have created a smaller turn out from "across the pond" for this event. It was good to see more US entries.

I like running a clock start heat, but I also like the idea of sequenced warm-up period and quiet time periods before starting a heat (like UIM does in a LeMans-style start) -- then you have more confirmation that a PRO motor will or will not start before the heat, and hence maybe no need for a longer, 4-minute gun during APBA PRO class races.

Cheers,
Al Peffley
R-25

AL the starter has made it so that almost every pro engine that will start does,you see fellow racers running up and down the beach with starters when engines are having trouble starting,
As far as time goes as long as there are no accident or weather delays the USTS always finishes before 5 oclock. We in the titleseries limit the amount of classes but give threee heats. If ya want to run two days you will more than likely have another rig or at least change engines. See my post on the worlds lake alfred blog and find some of the pro's and con's of starts