IMPBA D1 - Northern Lights MBC - 2023 "THE CAN-AM" Aug 26 & 27.

[Terry Keeley]

Fifty Point Conservation Area, Stoney Creek, Ontario - Aug 26 & 27th.

Includes a beach on Lake Ontario, stocked fishing and restaurant all within 1/2 hr. of downtown Toronto and Niagara Falls.

https://conservationhamilton.ca/conservation-areas/fifty-point-conservation-area/

Classes for Nitro, Gas and Electric.

Shoot Out Format. First round randomly generated, top scoring boats run together after that.

Open water Friday noon 'til 5pm. Driver's meeting Saturday 8:30 am.

Trophies top 3 per class, huge raffle, 50-50 draws.

"Oneida Cup" awarded to high point any two boats.

1/8th Scale & Thunderboat Concours d'Elegance trophies.

Can-Am Cup awarded to high score Team Canada or Team USA.

Noise sensitive site - IMPBA 92dB enforced.

RV and tent camping, call 905-525-2187 or book on line at: https://hcareservations.ca/

No park fee if camping.

Flyer: https://impba.net/wp-content/uploads...an-AmFLYER.pdf

Register: http://www.rcracingevents.com/cgi-bin/browseraces.pl

[T.S.Davis]

Just DO IT! It's a good time fellas. You don't need to be Martin Truex to race toy boats either.

[Reesor@work]

The race site location is at 50 Point Conservation Area off the QEW (expressway) easily reached from Buffalo for all the western NY FE racers and from Ohio as well. The classes are filling out nicely with some very notable FE racers from Michigan making the trip this year. For the serious amp hogs there is the 'King of the Pond' class - totally open to any power type (Nitro, Gas, FE) so come on out, bring your big Cat, Mono, Rigger, Sport Hydro - throw it in there and lets see who 'rules'. I know there will be 'twins' - so far a Gas twin rigger, and I know of at least one 8S twin Cat.

Classes that will be running for sure (based on current entry):

P Limited Mono
P Limited Cat
P Limited Sport Hydro
P Mono

Classes we need at least one more entry to run:

1/10th Scale - there just has to be one more boat out there to make this class! If you haven't seen these beauties run before - they are fantastic to watch as they run CCW just like the full sized boats! I know there are a few kicking around here in Ontario - now is the time to bring it out and join the fun. Some of the Michigan gang from MMEU will be coming to this race and they have some strong boats and some great drivers. They race 1/10th scale every club race and will help anyone who shows up. They are consummate ambassadors of FE! MMEU #2-22.jpg

[T.S.Davis]

I'm working on some more tenth scale racers from our club Steve. Mike and Joe are pretty serious about coming and if Harold's work situation allows, I'm positive he'll load up that sweet sweet trailer. Tyler beats Frank up every time he's at the pond too.

If I had more time I would totally purpose build a beast for the Lord of the Ring class. I have some silly 8s pig motors for it too. Wait..........what if I put 8s in a Thomas Stealth?........dang it.

Guys, this is a good time and a chance to just hang out with model boaters. They truly are the salt of the earth. Politics get put on hold. The home fires burn without us for a few days. We get to play with toy boats, meet people we only knew as avatars, and laugh our silly a$$es off. It's a nice respite from the daily grind. There really is NO down side. Please consider it.

[Terry Keeley]

We have some very generous sponsors donating to make our raffle & sponsorship program a huge success. If you get a chance please keep these fine folks in mind:


SS Custom Fuel Tanks (John Steltzer) [email protected]


Mercury Marine Canada http://www.mercurymarine.com/


Virginia Craftsman (Dick Tyndall) [email protected]

1/8 Scale


Hobby Hobby http://hobbyhobby.com/


Randy Rap Titanium Turn Fins (Randy Rapedius) [email protected]


ABC Props (Jim Schaffer) http://www.abcprops.com/


Double Ace Racing Products (Al Hobbs) http://double-aceracingproducts.com/catalog/


Blazer Marine (Brian Blazer) http://www.blazermarine.com/


Model Gas Boats/Warpath Rigger (Marc Levac) http://www.modelgasboats.com/


Skycraft Hobbies (Andrew Gross) http://www.skycrafthobbies.com/

LSG 27 Catamaran


Assault Racing Designs http://assaultracingdesigns.com/


Sly Cat Racing (Bob Sylvester) http://www.slycatracing.com/

Thunderboat


Jersey Modeler http://www.jerseymodeler.com/index.html


Futaba USA https://futabausa.com/


Voodoo Model Boat Club https://www.facebook.com/groups/196353934160813/


Lawless Drives (Fred Howe) http://www.lawlessdrives.com/


Hitec http://www.hitecrcd.com/

[Terry Keeley]

We have some new internally laser etched trophies for 2023, anyone would be proud to take one home, I would!

[T.S.Davis]

In case anyone needs it. The park looks sorta like this.

CanAm Site 50P.pdf

[Terry Keeley]

With 150 boats entered we are looking to host another first class event for our guests, we can take your paid entry up until 5pm on Friday if you want to join the fun. Weekend weather's looking great!

For our contestants, mention you're coming in to race and there is a flat fee of C$16 (US$12) per vehicle/day.

See ya'll soon!

[Terry Keeley]

By all accounts our Can-Am for 2023 was a huge success, it was great to see old friends again and meet some new ones too.


Mark your calendar for August 24 & 25, 2024 and we hope to see you then.











This year's Oneida Cup was won by young Tyler Davis with perfect scores in several classes.





Tyler was also crowned "King of the Pond" winning our Open Class.





Team USA won the "Can-Am Challenge" this year making the series five to four.





Scoring: https://drive.google.com/drive/my-drive


More Photos: https://www.intlwaters.com/media/alb...for-2023.2828/


Photos courtesy of Paul Charles: https://drive.google.com/drive/folde...83mgSBgh2Fjerv