Let's get Ready to RRRUUMMBBLLE !

[T.C.]

May 19 AND 20 in sunny Fort Pierce Florida !
It has been called the Wave Blasters Invitational in the past few years.
We have decided that the invitational sounds a little "golfy" so we are looking for a more boat race type name ?
For those who don't know this is our annual race.
We wanted to get the dates out so everyone could plan for it and not be on
short notice.
Classes TBA
Name of race, open for suggestions ?
Sponsors? Always needed !
Good time, had by all !
I can tell you that our club BBQ will be on Saturday along with practice and maybe some class racing?
Hope to see ya there !
T.C.

[line6]

Im in :thumbup1: how about the, Wave Blasters Open

Jason Sims

[hebner]

I'm in see you guys in May. :tiphat:

[T.C.]

Sounds good guy's
Not bad Jason, I had thought Treasure coast cup, another idea was Indian river cup, as the pond is in Indian river estates ?
We could call it the Fla. Cup ?
T.C.

[Ken Haines]

"Wave Blasters Spring Classic"

Hey Terry,
Just a thought....lol
Not sure what other ideas for the name we will get !
Thanks also for starting this race thread. :smile:

Anyway here is a class list from the 2010 wave Blasters Invitational Race.
Certainly we will be adding some classes and as discussed.
We will probably have to run a few on Saturday (late) afternoon.
I think we do all agree that the classes raced Saturday
will start and finish the same day no carry overs.
This way racers can show up as a one day race if they choose to.

Here is the previous list:
-Sv 27- Stock
-N2-Mono
-P-Spec Hydro
-P-Mono
-SV27-Modified
-P-Limited OPC
-LSH (Limited Sport Hydro)
-P / Q-Offshore (combined)

As you mention Crackerbox, 1/10th Scale, N2-Hydro, & LSO have been discussed as possible additions.
Let's see what the feedback tells us on the classes.
The LSO or spec Mono class had been proposed as a Saturday class in hopes that our regular SV 27 guys could run an additional class that aftrernoon. This could be an offshore or just an oval race. We could even run a 3 minute offshore to include the cats.....just some thoughts.
Thanks,
Ken :bounce:

[RayR]

Guys,

Sounds like a great event again! Count me in. LSO would be a good addition, lots of guys here on the west coast running LSO as offshore for cats and mono's.

[ron1950]

ill be down if gas stays below 6 dollars a gallon lol.....lsh, cracker and spec tunnel for me

[TRUCKPULL]

Sorry guy's
I will be heading home about the 10th. of April.

Maybe next year's race could be in March????

Larry

[bill34207]

Will the P-Q offshore be running full 4 minute heats or by laps?

[ron1950]

any updates on this race yet? didnt see anything on the waveblasters web site....

[bill34207]

It's still not listed on the rcracingevents.com site either. Hope it starts getting a little more organized as the time gets closer. I'd still like to find out if the P-Q offshore is going to be 4 minute timed or a preset number of laps.

[T.C.]

Sorry guy's hopefully things will get under way this weekend.
I think the P/Q offshore was a timed event last year, I see no reason to change it, but we are always open for suggestions.
T.C.

[bill34207]

I was mostly asking because my Q cat won't make a 4 minute heat. We run 6 laps on the offset offshore course at Ackerman and it will barely make an extra penalty lap before hittiing lvc. Not really a big deal though. I have a P cat that will make 4 minutes.

[T.C.]

Here is the info on our race;

The 3rd Annual

"Wave Blasters Spring Shoot-out"

It will be held May 19th & 20th (2012)

At Palm Lake Park, Ft Peirce Florida

(see WaveBlasters.org for website / directions)

-Meet and greet club picnic from 10am till 3pm.

(Free food to all race participants and club members)

Open water from 8 till 3 on Saturday (May 19th)

3-4 separate classes on Saturday

-LSO (P-Limited offshore) 3 minute heats on the offshore course

-1/6 Scale Crackerbox

- N2 Hydro

-Jersey Skiff

*Open water till dusk following the estimated 2 hours of heat racing



Sunday May 20th (8:30am Driver Meeting)

Classes:

-Super Vee 27 Stock

-N2 Mono

-P Mono

-P-Spec Hydro (P-Limited Hydro)

-1/10th Scale (Vintage)

-OPC (P-Limited outboard Tunnel)

-Super Vee 27 Modified

-LSH (P-Limited Sport Hydro)

-P & Q Offshore (3 minute heats run on the offshore course)

*Trophy presentation to follow

The entry fee will be $10 and $5 for each additional class. Non-NAMBA members will pay a 1 day member fee of $10 additional which goes to NAMBA. Plaques will be awarded for 3 places each class. A minimum of 3 boats required to have a class
(If there are only 3 boats entered in a class, there will only be two awards presented for that class.1st&2nd)
73806

[bill34207]

Will this be getting listed on rcracingevents.com to make for easy sign up and to see how many boats are in the classes?
I guess you aren't going to have a P mono class?

[T.C.]

Hey Bill good catch.
We are working on the sign up thing and I am sure the P Mono was just an oversight .
T.C.

[T.C.]

OK Guy's the race is posted on RCracing Events so lets get signed up !
T.C.

http://rcracingevents.com/

[bill34207]

Hey TC, would it be possible to get a schedule of planned classes and order they will be ran in posted up. I'm trying to calculate battery charge times between heats before deciding on what classes I can run.

[T.C.]

I will get them up ASAP, in thext day or two.
T.C.

[R.J.S]

The WaveBlasters Spring Shoot-Out is only 3 weeks away and many have not signed up yet on rcracingevents.com.So far we have 8 drivers and 34 boats registered,with many classes unfilled.If you know that you will be attending,please sign up as soon as possible.Let's get this ball rolling!

Jeff Shipley-WaveBlasters Board Member

[T.C.]

OK sorry I didnt get to this sooner, here is the offical running order for the Shootout
I'm sure not everyone will be happy ?

T.C.



Saturday

1-Jersy Skiff

2-N-2 Hydro

3-Cracker Box

4-LSO P- Limit



Sunday

1-Super V Stock

2-N- Mono

3-P ltd OPC

4-LSH

5-SuperV Mod.

6-P Mono

7-P ltd Hydro

8-1/10 Vintage Hydro

9-P-Q off shore

[bill34207]

That should work and give me time to charge between what I planned to run.
Thanks

[R.J.S]

Bill,FYI,looks like P-Q Offshore is going to be 3 min heats,so bring the Q hotrod and boil the pond!

Jeff

[bill34207]

I'll be signing up later this evening. Might bring the SC but will most likeley run my mean machine P twin for the P-Q offshore. It will make 4 minutes but don't think the SC would even last for 3.

[bill34207]

Got the registration done, now need to get a room reservation set up. Does anybody remember the name of the hotel/motel that we used for the FE Nats? I plan to ride over Sat morning and stay overnight.

[osprey21]

Got the registration done, now need to get a room reservation set up. Does anybody remember the name of the hotel/motel that we used for the FE Nats? I plan to ride over Sat morning and stay overnight.
Best Western
7900 S US Highway 1
Port Saint Lucie, FL.
(772) 878-7600

[ron1950]

looks as if the price went up per night from what we paid at the nats....i got a room at the super 8 that the reviews said noone spoke english at lol but cheep!

[bill34207]

Just finished making the reservation there at the Best Western. The girl was really nice and asked me if I had stayed there before. After looking it up she gave me the same rate as last year. :smile:

[ron1950]

darn it bill i allready paid at the non english speaking super 8 up the road.......great!!!!!

[Ken Haines]

Sorry for the delay, but Ron Desmond was able to finally get some response from the Best Western in Port St Lucie about hotel rates for our race.
The rate will be $59 per night just like we had gotten for the Nat's last year.
Even if you have already reserved a room, just tell them (the Manager) that you are here for the Wave Blasters race. You will get that rate.
Since this is the only decent hotel near the pond that is the only place we have secured a race rate. Here is the address and phone number.

BEST WESTERN Port St. Lucie
4.5 star rating 10 user ratings 10 user ratings
7900 S US Highway 1, Port Saint Lucie, FL 34952
(772) 878-7600

I have also attached their promo to describe the hotel and location.
We now have 26 Racers and 92 boats entered.
See everyone next weekend,
Ken :bounce:


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[bill34207]

Hey guys. Here's a link to the race vids I shot over there this weekend. http://www.wfmbc.com/Vids/Spring-Shootout2012.html

[T.C.]

The membership of WaveBlasters of Fl. would like to thank all the participants of the Third Annual Spring Shootout.
A big thanks to Don Wollard and Rum Runner for there support as the main sponsor of the event.
I will post a complete list of all the sponsors soon, so you guys don't forget to support them through the year so they can continue to help make these races possible.
We also wish to thank the guys that drove three to four hours to make the race and Ron Upton who came all the way from Mississippi. "thanks guy's"
As near as I can figure the final total entry's was 97 boats and 29 drivers for both days.
I am still working on the high point champ award and hope to have it soon.
Saturdays results are as follows:

Jersey Skiff / Cracker Box
John Bullis.....................1st.
Ron Upton......................2nd
Frank Patterson..............3rd

N-2 Hydro
Terry Cowger Jr. ...........1st
Jason Sims......................2nd
Ken Haines ................... 3rd

LSO 3 Min.
Jason Sims......................1st
Ken Haines.....................2nd
Steven Vopel..................3rd

Sundays results are as follows:

Super V Stock
Paul Manville.................1st
Geoff Bishop..................2nd
CollinCampbell..............3rd

N-2 Mono
Chris Harris.....................1st
Rick Workman................2nd

OPC P-ltd Tunnel
Mic Hallbrehdner............1st
Terry Cowger Jr...............2nd
Jay Hallbrehdner..............3rd

LSH P-Ltd Sport
Hugh Ebner......................1st
Jason Sims........................2nd
Bob Meinhardt.................3rd

Super V Modified
Ken Haines.......................1st
Geoff Bishop.....................2nd
Jeff Shipley........................3rd

P-Mono
Mic Hallbrehder................1st
Jason Sims.........................2nd
Ken Haines........................3rd

P- Spec. ltd Hydro
Jason Sims.........................1st
Hugh Ebner.......................2nd
Ken Haines .......................3rd

1-1/0th Vintage Hydro
Terry Cowger Sr..............1st
Don Wallard....................2nd
Jerry Morton...................3rd

P-Q Offshore 3 Min.
Terry Cowger Jr...............1st
Hugh Ebner .....................2nd
Rick Workman.................3rd


T.C.