2012 Az Winter Warmups VIII Feb 24th-26th

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[D. Newland]

Jay-Great shots!

Some quick highlights...

P-Offshore. Very fast racing on a tight course. Ted McKay was very consistent with his Cyberstorm, but it seemed that Peterson's Titan had the speed. A DNF late in 1 round cost him the win. I got 3 solid rounds in to take the class.

P-Sport Hydro. Hats of to Jim Osborne, who put together an Insane (set up for P-Ltd) and got 3 solid finishes to win the class! I guess he's watched race long enough to know how important consistency is...ending that one in a preposition.

P-Ltd Mono. What a complete blast! 2 full heats, sometimes running 7 boats. Zero carnage. Many different types of boats running, from Delta 25's to Cyberstorms to No-Steps to Jet Joppers. I forgot to look at the final points, but I think Peterson got this one with a very fast boat...I just can't remember what he ran..?? It's bigger than my Delta 26 and we had one of the best heats in my recent memory, with me ending up on my lid at lap 5.5. It was tight and full of getting a visual of your boat through anothers roostertail in the back stretch.

P-Ltd Hydro. For the 3rd race in a row, Howard's rigger is going home as a bag of parts...He and Proulx got tangled up, and that was the only carnage all day. Proulx's Raptor rigger was fast, but I think the flightyness got him in round 2. Pete's JAE is very fast, but he had issues getting started, but finished on my ass in 2 heats. I was able to get 3 strong finishes for the win.

Sat/Sun: P-Ltd OPC, P mono, LSH, P-Ltd Offshore, 1/10th scale and Jersey Skiff! Tony's so excited he leaked a little in his shorts that Skiff's are running.

[srislash]

Awesome pics and commentary.I can't wait to see some vid Stone.
Oh Yeah,Happy Racing boys.

[Darin Jordan]

Looks like a ton of fun.

I really appreciate the photos of the PEOPLE involved in the event. Seems we focus a lot on the boats. Turning the camera on the PEOPLE and personalities involved in this hobby might help break down they mystery a little bit and perhaps let others realize that we are all just normal people... (well... we're actually all CRAZY, but normal in the sense of being humans... ).

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[leo_home]

Hello stonerracing,

Pictures look really great. I saw the JetChopper30 mono hull in the background of some picture. I made it. It was the first made item and the first present in a race. Hope to see how it is in the action.

Happy rc boat racing,


Leo

[D. Newland]

Quick notes about Saturday.

P-Ltd Offshore. Some very good driving today. Nobody is running away with it, so we'll see what tomorrow brings (3 more rounds for all classes that ran today). Howard Tucker continues being very consistent, as does Kim McKay!

OPC. Proulx is undefeated with his 295. Man, it's a sweet running tunnel. Pete W has one as well, and they both can run! Pete just needs to watch for dead boats...it's the second year he's hit Peterson's dead boat...

LSH. Peterson is undefeated with his Whip. It's smooooooth. Howard and I are trying to challenge, but I just end my heats saying, "I've got nothin'". We're seeing much better racing and consistent racing over P-Sport from yesterday. Sean Cordova is still tweaking his Whip, and he later did some open water with his Q sport hydro. Davis, you guys need to square off one of these days.

P Mono. Holy crap. There are some great running boats. 3 Titans, including Kelly Brooks "Budweiser" Titan that is now owned by Dave Zelinka, is barely on top right now. Peterson and I are on his tail point-wise, also with Titans, and Ted McKay is right there with his Cyberstorm. The speed and handling these guys are getting w/these hulls is impressive. The best heat I watched was between teammates Dave Z and Pete W, Titan vs Cyberstorm, with Dave's Budweiser hull flying around the course. Pete spent 5 laps chasing him, then Dave spun out. Pete dang near gets the lead, but Dave holds off for the win by a boat length.

Jersey Skiff. My mistake, I should have advised that it was 1/6" Scale JS, as Dick Roberts pulled the tarp off his his gas Jersey Skiff that he converted to electric! He went up against Tony and Pat and it was a site to see. Tony was actually holding him off for a number of laps. Dick ended up with catastrophic ESC failure, so Tony and Pat had the rest of the day to themselves without the big bully turning the course.

1/10th Scale. Running good! Dick's Circus Circus is beautiful and we're working right now to get Leonard back on track for tomorrow. He forgot his Tx charge chord.

We ended today just after 3:00, so we had a relaxing afternoon with a little open water and a lot of jabbering, then a nice steak dinner!

We'll do it all again tomorrow.

[longballlumber]

Thanks for the updates and the pictures... Looks like fun!!! Maybe next year for me!

Later,
Ball

[line6]

Looks great guys . Good luck to all the racers.

Jason Sims