Goin' to the Races !

[properchopper]

Adios mi Amigos for a while. Tomorrow morning I head East to Arizona for my third Winter Warmup [WW] race. I have four hot boats entered in 5 classes & the butterflies are a'buzzing in my stomach. The WW racers are the best there are, so I'm not expecting much, only to rub elbows & party with the cream of the FE crop.
See 'ya next week, & be kind to Douggie & Jan while I'm gone !!!

[Ub Hauled]

HHAHAHHA
Dude, best of luck at the races (not that you need it)

drive safe, see on the next leg.

[Doby]

Enjoy Chopper!

[D. Newland]

Right on, Tony! Drive safe.

A couple of the midwest guys showed up this afternoon. I guess they couldn't take the weather anymore!

3 racers UPS'd their gear to my office. 397 lbs.

[Flying Scotsman]

Tony, have a great time and good luck in the races.

Dave 397 lbs !!! what are they racing...bricks

Douggie

[calcagno45]

Thats probably $1000's worth in Lipo's and chargers....

[Meniscus]

Thats probably $1000's worth in Lipo's and chargers....

LOL, if there was ever a package to lose... J/K

[Doozie870]

Good luck Props!

[Flying Scotsman]

This is strange, what were the results of the meet?

Douggie

[properchopper]

This is strange, what were the results of the meet?
Douggie

Douggie, the results are on the RC Boat Club Forum. It was one awesome bash, lots of stick time , great fellowship, dinner with the guys every night including a farewell dinner at Mr. Newlands's digs. I was the least experienced racer there [ except for two new guys from AZ who entered LSO. ]. The same cool crowd from the last two years I was there, plus I had the priviledge of meeting for the first time & racing with Steve Reesor who had some gorgeous boats, and Doug Petrerson who really rocked. My fleet experienced the expected carnage {don't ask}, but I dug the whole shebang to the max. Personally, out of 24 assorted class/heats, I ended up with something like 4 3rd place finishes, 6 2nd place finishes, and one first place finish { in P-Mono !! - with Randy Naylor pitting which he may have regretted since I got so excited at a first place finish in a P-Mono heat that I think I kissed the poor guy on the driver's stand] I also got a third place in Concours for my VS-1, and the "Prop Nut Award" for losing the most props, including a very special one when the f'ing stock coupler on the UL-1 cracked & crapped off the shaft & prop- {word up fella's}. I'm still feeling the glow of it all plus metabolizing a big adrenaline hangover. Go racing & you'll know what I mean

[Flying Scotsman]

Thank you Tony and it may be my last message

Douggie

[hookedup]

thats awesome tony!!! congrats on all the podium time!! my buddies and i keep trying to get it together and get over to the west coast to "check out" a legit race, seeing as there are none here. any pics or video buy the way?

[RandyatBBY]

Here's the results from this weekend in Az........

WW5 Results:

LSO
1. Dave Newland
2. Dave Zelinka
3. Howard Tucker

N2 Mono
1. Dave Newland
2. Lee Simonson
3. Doug Peterson

P Offshore
1. Dave Newland
2. Lee Simonson
3. Dan Proulx

P Spec OPC
1. Dan Proulx
2. Dave Newland
3. Howard Tucker

P Spec Hydro
1. Dave Newland
2. Steve Reesor
3. Randy Naylor

P Mono
1. Steve Reesor
2. Lee Simonson
3. Howard Tucker

LSH
1. Dave Newland
2. Dan Proulx
3. Lee Simonson

Concourse
1. Randy Naylor
2. Dave Newland
3. Tony Heller

High Points Award: Dave Newland

Mr. Amps Award: Dick Roberts
5 chargers in simultaneous use…..

Mr. EPA Award: Dave Arndt
His SV-27 motor explosion could be heard across the pond…..

Mr. Carnage Award: Randy Naylor
Ran his Concourse winning LSH into a tree onshore…..

Mr. Consistency Award: Pat McDonald
100% DNF’s…..

The Heater Award: Doug Peterson

[RandyatBBY]

[Flyguy55]

What I noticed this year was the high level of competition , much higher this year then the last 2 years.
The other years I often made the podem by driving conservitive and finishing.
not this year , with most classes having 10 boats , 2 - 5 boats heats in each round , and 6 rounds for most classes , the guys that won or placed had to race hard for every position.

I liked the format , and hope it continues at WW VI .

Dick Roberts