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Yep, I'll second everybody. What a great place to race. And as Terry said since when did you ever have to have crowd controll measures in place for 200 spectaters? Would love to come back. Elks were great, very freindly and helpfull. You really found a wonderfull place to have boat racing events.Ever racer had moments of brilliance, some just did it for more then one heat. Lot's of good racing.
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That open hydro vid almost looks drivable. In real life it's terrifying just watching it.
Thought of some more......
Kens Ricco mono stuffing and being able to feel the impact in my chest.
Howard watching his monster AC cat run so hard he nearly forgot he was driving it.
Fred threading the needle between the buoy and my flipped Cheetah only to hit it dead on the next lap. We have to stop running over each others boats.
Ken Brode's cheering section from the deck like he's a rock star.
Llllllllllaaaaaaate night race meeting with Brian, Kenny and Chuck from the Elks. Yyyyyyyikes.
Special thanks to John and Chris for pointing out the obvious safety issue that had eluded me. Helped me get back on track. After that point, although still having fun, I started looking for other cracks in the tasty crust of this event. Found a bunch that can be fixed with a little more attention to detail. We'll need help but I know this will be even better next year.
If any of you have/had an issue that you think might have made things better do not hesitate to PM me with your thoughts. Obviously we can't accommodate every whim but we definitely want to know about our short comings.Noisy personComment
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Howard said something like that the other day. He's either brilliant or an idiot. Never twice in a row though.
The crowd management thing really threw me for a loop. I think we only need it for Saturday. If we schedule it right we can be done racing and just be celebrating Saturday night. Not sure exactly how we'll work all that.Noisy personComment
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That sounds like something Howard would say.
Great job to the MMEU gang and to the Elks! Thank you to all of the wonderful sponsors mentioned above. This was THE race destination for 2013. I’m confident that 2014 will be ridiculous.
It was a super group of people to hang out with!Comment
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About 170 pics here:
Vids to come in a few days.Grand River Marine Modellers
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i have 700 pictures in my computer thanks to my daughter who was shooting pictures on sat.will load some soon,son,grandsons and great granddaughter all got home safely. we all had a great time,their first time racing anything(boys). they had a big smile on their faces when i give them the medals and the trophys--something they will never forget! next year will be even better,mmeu and the elks will make sure of it! what a good time for all.Comment
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Some deep thoughts over at the hobby master/mojo prop labs.....Comment
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Looks like you lads had some great racing!Comment
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Oh wilmer wish you woullda been there!!!We call ourselves the "Q"Comment
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Yes I had a very good P-ltd sport hydro that my Buddy Todd built. Oh and My Q-Sport Hydro is INSANE too (Fred built that for me). Q offshore I did well in, but I had problems with the Open offshore and the LSO. Open I went out in the first heat and took the lead but about 5 laps in it just stopped, (wet controller) then in the second heat I was reall pushing it and flipped. The third heat the controller wouldn't even fire up?? Oh well. Fred drove very well in all the Offshore classes and deservedly won the Mr. Offshore title(My wife was crushed, Not really) but her words were "how can I ever lay down with you if you're not Mr. Offshore"!!!!!! LMFAO!!!! I will give "My" full report on the racing in a day or so!!!!We call ourselves the "Q"Comment
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What a Great Event
I finally made it home driving solo back to Florida about 11pm. (Monday Night)
That sure is a long drive....had to make about 300 phone calls to keep me awake....lol
What a great event that the MMEU Club and the Elks put on this weekend.
I had great memories of the 2009 FE Nats......but nothing to compared to this past weekend.
A picturesque pond site, an active Elk's club great friendly group of racers.
The MMEU Club paired with the Elks catered to our every need. About mid-day Saturday,
I noticed the deck filled with a cheering crowd and the rock music playing in the back-ground
what a rush. The weather although not perfect actually cooperated, topped off with a perfect Sunday......
we even sat down for a great lunch break reading Terry's creative text messages......
I will just never look at a pat of butter the same way......lmao
This whole thing was a group effort from the MMEU club, the Elks, the sponsors, and all of us racers.
We all need to promote this site and event toward making the 2014 FE Nationals the best and biggest in quite sometime.
All of us have our spheres of influence......let's work on all of them to promote our sport. It certainly can get much bigger
and better known. Our opportunity could not be better than the next nationals. I hear Al Water's may be the CD too
I could easily see 50+ racers and 300+ boats. That may even be a low target.
Give any constructive feedback to Fred and Terry....Dave Newland too.
Many of us have helped grow the Nationals over the past years, 2014 should be a
culmination of many of those efforts and this perfect race-site.
Let me not forget to Thank Mike Pags, Howard Tucker, Mike Ball, Alan Nayman, Terry Davis,
Jimmy Francisco, Doug Peterson, & Jeff Cerves, for some great pit work.
Hopefully the Wave Blasters will be there in mass next year.
Met some new racers, families & old friends so happy I made the trek....I am so amped for next year !!!!
Ken
OK....time to take another nap....
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