The Michigan Cup 2013 (June 28,29,30)

[ray schrauwen]

So my GF Wendy and I are doing our best to get down there to join in on the fun. Have you guys (Terry, Fred, etc..) figured out any plan for me as to where it is best for me to pit? Down by the water so I don't have to hill climb after every heat? Maybe a winch on the GF's truck would do to pull me up after each heat or does anyone coming have a winch on the front end of a truck?? A 12V truck winch would save a lot of pushing etc...

Thanks.

[fas]

Ray

Me and Terry have been talking about that and you are all set you will be on a flat for your pit and it is also at the same level as the drivers stand ramp so you will only have to go up and down the hill one time to go from you car to your pit and then back and we have a guy that will be driving a side by side to give you and your stuff a ride down and up that goes for everybody Ken is a great guy he helped us out the same way last year and did a great job

so sign up and get tuning

Fred

[fas]

guys just looked at the sign up only 16 guys and but 99 boats all calsses will run they have been filled with atleast 4 boats so no 3 boat heats and all the q classes will have 2 flights wow 2 flights of open cat nice job guys

[ray schrauwen]

Prices look good and great amenities too! I'm stoked but, I need to nail down the classes I want to run. I like the layout of the classes so you don't have to be a millionaire with batteries etc...

What is the water like in race conditions? Pretty calm or standing wave madness? I only remember the Steel wall pond and I know you're in a new location now.

[Doby]

Ray, check out the vids here from last years race;

http://www.grandrivermarinemodellers.com/P-Shootout_Aug_2012.php

The waters pretty calm.

[fas]

race water good it the hole pond has trees around it so the wind doesnt effect it to bad if you are setting up boat I would say half and half depends what class your running the big class there will be more waves the little ones not so bad it does have a shore line so no wall if you are coming ray sign up as i just looked and there are only 5 spots left in P-Limited mono and P-=Limited offshore

[fas]

thanks John I just looked at them and the pictures what a great time we had cant wait, I knows it only like 6 weeks away, it cant come fast enough man am I getting wound up

[T.S.Davis]

Ray, we'll make it work for you no matter what it takes. I already mentioned to the Elks guys that you may be coming and they said the same thing. We're rebuilding the ramp to the drivers stand this year so that it will be more chair friendly too. That thing sucked even if you were in good shape. Too steep. Too narrow. We'll make sure you pit close to the stand too so you don't have to wheel a country mile. Plus then I can keep an eye on ya so you don't miss any heats.

Race trailers can be set up down in the pits but we can't park down there. We have a Kabota lined up to cart gear from the lot for any that need help. Works really well. Some of you will remember Kabota Ken from last year. Believe it or not he's now got a race boat. Ken will not only be working his behind off for us. He's a racer. He drives pretty well for a newb. Too cool.

We should have some spare canopy space too for those that can't cart one with them.

Another sweet thing that I'm not sure anyone picked up is that you can buy breakfast lunch and dinner right there on site without having to run back out and find a McDonalds or something. I hate that about racing. PIA! You end up planning at least a lunch and need a cooler full of fluids to keep hydrated. All that rot. The Elks have all that right there for us. No pre-planning required. I would strongly suggest and even encourage (I'm willing to beg) everyone to take advantage of this convenience. The Elks have been so gracious in their efforts to support our racing nonsense. I think that us supporting them in this way is the very least we can do.

There is also a rummer that Larry's Performance RC will be coming out with his race trailer. The plan being to have parts, boats and probably some cars for sale on site. Fine used to do that back in the early days of the Michigan Cup. I hope that happens. Larry's a good guy too and has always helped support our racing program.

Do I sound geeked? I'm pretty geeked.

[T.S.Davis]

Oh, and all those weeds in the little bay right in front of the pits are pretty much gone. They treated for weeds just this past weekend so there should be no surprises there.

[Doby]

Hey Terry:

There was some talk last year about moving the race course "closer" to the drivers stand. If the weeds have been treated than is this still possible? It would make visibility a bit better if possible...or am I remembering things wrong???

[T.S.Davis]

That is the plan. We'll see how the neighbors weeds are in June. If you remember down on the left end (turn 1) there was a lot of weed growth too. But we're a month and a half earlier and we've treated for weeds earlier so hopefully we can bring the course in. Planning a more forgiving buoy setup too.

[T.S.Davis]

We're missing a bunch of our club members too. They better get it together or I'll start calling each guy personally. Nobody wants that. haha

[madmikepags]

Yes and maybe a real offshore course!!!!

[fas]

Im with Mike we need a real offshore course LOL

Mike I have been buggin Terry for 2 years to do that

[madmikepags]

are ANY of us working today?????????