OSY Worlds-Nora, Sweden

[j hydro racer]

Congrats

Way to go billy and The US-A team
see you guys soon
-Johnny

[L. Allen]

He's on the podium right now with the American flag draped around his shoulders! So exciting!

[Mike Schmidt]

Way to go !!!!!!!!!!!

Billy and Racer: You guys did great !!!!!!!!!!!

Thanks to the two boat builders, Bob and Billy, the motor guy, Mike Cook and of course the worlds best prop builder Craig.

Big thanks to everyone from around the country that helped support these guys. We should all be proud of them.

SSOA has run Jetty starts for the last two seasons for the PRO classes at Bill's request. It sure paid off today. If you want to run well at the Worlds, you need to push to run Jetty starts in your Region.

Twisty and Dianne, Thanks for the updates, you made my weekend.

Michael D-1

[John Schubert]

USA Team

Billy took 4th in Heat 4. 3rd overall! Going thru inspection.

Way to go Billy & Racer. Podium finish is certainly worthy of all your work.

Dianne, are you there? If not how did you get the info so quick?

[kampkurz]

Yay A Team!

Awesome news, the A team is moving in the right direction for sure!! Good job Billy and all who helped make it happen.
Please keep the info coming. "Fast Boats Rock" KampKurz

[1-D 1-US]

I can see old Racer beaming now...Way to go Billy..nice work
goni

[Howie Nichols]

Congrats Billy and the rest of the team!!!!

The Nichols

[Tim Sidor]

Congratulations Billy

A great finish from the US-A Team and showing our colors proudly is all worth the hard work and effort towards a World Championship.

Way to Go Billy!!!!!

[racer4s]

FANTASTIC JOB, TEAM USA!!!! You did us all proud!!!

Enjoy the rewards. You've all earned them!!

[Kev43V]

Hope somebody gets a photo of that podium!

me too!

[bill giles]

Congratulatons to you all~! You make me very proud of you. Rachel & Twisted...we all appreciate the timely updates. I have been on pins & needles here. Talk with you when you return with a worn out flag. What a feeling eh!!!
The Ancient Mariner of NE

[stu_racing]

Congrats to Billy and the US-A team. The work you all put into this shows.
Spencer

[spunky64w]

Thanks for all the well wishes!!!!!! Oliver Lucas took 1st and an Estonian named Rasmus in second, but the American driver stole the show!!!!! Driving in a "crazy boat" aka, kneel down, Billy drove hard enough to win 5 nationals. The crowd loved it and the world stood in awe as no one expected us to do so well. I don't think anyone understood the force of the storm Billy was riding on. We drive back to Gothenburg today to ship the boats and fly out Tuesday morning. We'll be bringing home a bronze medal!!! The starts were the hardest part as Billy was slow to plane off and the first two turns were spent making up lost ground. If we get a decent start off the jetty, we could have a good shot at the gold.

[Bob Wartinger]

Race report from Nora

Here's the message from Per Benson to me regarding the Sunday portion race at Nora...

Hello Sir,

A 12 hour long race day. Delayed due to strong winds.
Starting with 1st briefing on Sunday at 9 am.
At 3 pm, we cancelled the race for the monohulls (who normally are handeling the waves best of all boats)
At 4 pm, the OOD gave up the possibility to do any racing.
At 4.30 pm, we started a short practice session
At 5 pm we got permission from the police to continue until 8 pm in the evening.
At 5 pm we started the 1st OSY heat of the day
At 6 pm we started the 2ng OSY heat of the day
At 7 pm we started the 3rd OSY heat of the day and final heat of the event
At 7.30 we did have a jury meeting, due to a protest
At 8 pm the post race scrutineering was done and all OK
At 8.30 pm we started the prize giving.

Billy Allan was doing extremly well and got the bronze medal.

Ancie Larsson was not racing today as she was not feeling well at all.
All racing on smooth and good racing water.
22 OSY boats together, that's real racing!
Overall for the whole weekend in OSY only one boat did roll over - and we got a wet driver nothing more.

Tell you more later!

Thanks for all your help.

Best racing regards
Per Benson

Billy and any interested racers, I have the complete spreadsheet with all times, points, for all heats, but unable to upload to hydroracer website.

Send me an e-mail request and I'll send it to you...it's interesting.

bobwartinger@comcast.net

Congratulations Billy,

Bob

[dlmurray]

Links for results and photos for the OSY Worlds-

http://picasaweb.google.com/Classicboatracing