2015 Michigan Cup June 26,27,28

[Doby]

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[R.J.S]

Thanks for all the great photos Doby!

[Doby]

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[Doug Smock]

I can't say enough about the time we (never mind, I'll let Don speak for himself) I had at the Michigan Cup.

Stellar event, GREAT people. It was good to meet in person some of the guys I only knew from the forums and record applications. Yes even Doby!

MMEU gang. Fred, Terry, Tom and all the rest. Thanks for all of your hard work and dedication! I know first hand what it takes to put on a successful race and you guys made it happen.
Chris Harris, 1st class job in the tower my friend. Thank you sir!!

My goals are always the same at these things. Meet some new people, enjoy some good racing, and bring everything home in the same condition it left in. I did all that and more. For that I want to thank everyone.

Terry and Dan. Thanks for the loaner parts so we could assemble a Q offshore boat for Don. You guys ROCK!

Mike Ball. It was really nice hanging out with you and your dad and telling all those partial truths. LOL Thanks for settling and accepting our offer to join team "ORCA". "The Cup" looks good on the mantle in my dining room. I'll hand it off to Don at the Atlanta Grand Prix and he'll send it to you when he gets good and ready.LOL Seriously, it was a pleasure being your team mate.

Tyler, Landon, Fede, and the Paganelli girls are the future of model boating. Rest easy fellas, the hobby is in good hands. Class acts, ALL OF THEM! Apparently their mothers are doing a good job.

"Mad Mike" Now I understand.LOL Your Scale is sick and I enjoyed running laps with you and Ken. Hopefully next year I'll have it where I can hold lane .5 cause that's what it's going to take to keep you in the Squires rooster. Good stuff man!

Doby and Tracey. Thanks for all the pictures. I took a few but it looks like you two have it covered very well.

I'm sure I'll probably have more to say later (like it or not) but I'm going to slip back into a coma for a bit. The post race syndrome is tough on this old man.
Already looking forward to entering the 2016 Michigan Cup!!!

Doug

PS: I don't know if everyone realizes it or not, but you had the IMPBA President, National Gas Director, Vice President, National Fast Electric Director, and of course D13 & National Records Director at this race. I thought that was pretty cool.

Oh yeah Don Huff, thanks again "Pop"!!! I Love you man!

[Shooter]

A mix of videos from Sat and Sun.....some tight races!!

My favorite part is when John (my pitman) arrives up at the stand during lap 3! 'I'm here brother!!!'. That was beautiful.

http://youtu.be/A9iJG6sEvlE

[bozo586]

A mix of videos from Sat and Sun.....some tight races!!

My favorite part is when John (my pitman) arrives up at the stand during lap 3! 'I'm here brother!!!'. That was beautiful.

http://youtu.be/A9iJG6sEvlE

i waited at the dock to make sure the boat you were behind moved out of the way-i did not think he was alive-but at the last second he moved-at my age-running is not allowed(73) you are so fast,i missed 2 laps getting on the stand!

[T.S.Davis]

Already looking forward to entering the 2016 Michigan Cup!!!

Wait.....next year? Who said we were doing this again? haha Like we could resist.

Tyler was already working the angles yesterday to get himself a Q offshore. Not by earning it of course! Turd.

There wasn't any "IMPBA sucks" or "NAMBA sucks" talk at all. Just a bunch of boating morons.

Doug, we need to keep explaining to people how much fun these events really are. You can actually forget about your day job for 10 minutes and just breath. We already own toy boats. A chance to play with them? With other idiots that own toys boats too? Priceless.

I was sifting through Tracey's pics on FB and I noticed something..............so many smiling faces. Made me grin again. It's why we host.

[madmikepags]

Better not get that kid a Q offshore!!!! Hey Terry we ran the Titan 40 on 5s with a 1521/1.5D on a 445 and it was awesome, you pronbably have some 5s packs around and Titans are pretty easy to come by.

[longballlumber]

Mike Ball. It was really nice hanging out with you and your dad and telling all those partial truths. LOL Thanks for settling and accepting our offer to join team "ORCA". "The Cup" looks good on the mantle in my dining room. I'll hand it off to Don at the Atlanta Grand Prix and he'll send it to you when he gets good and ready.LOL Seriously, it was a pleasure being your team mate.

Doug

Oh yeah Don Huff, thanks again "Pop"!!! I Love you man!

Hi Doug,

Glad you guys got home safely. Really, the pleasure was all mine!!!! It was great to finally meet you and Don both. Thank for participating in the MI Cup.

Take Care,
Mike

[Ken Haines]

Great Race

Another awesome event,
Always tricky trying to bring your family and race at a high level.
Thanks to everyone especially my wife and step-son Fede it worked and
both had a great time without being bored to death. Sounds like
Landon and Fede have become friends too. Landon is such a gentleman
even coming to the trailer after Fede's first heat win and shaking his hand.
Later sent a text message asking for Fede's email so that they could converse.

Again, Terry, Fred, Chris, Tom, Ken and the whole MMeu & Elks clubs put on another
terrific race. Just the right pace and intensity to make it just pure fun.
Congrats to Ava and Mike for Ava's Mr. Offshore win
Congrats to Doug, Don, & Mike for winning the Michigan Cup.
Seems like we can never quite get enough points or pick the right classes to win it.

Our next stop in Canada did not workout....seems like the paperwork carefully sent from
our US congressman and immigration were not acceptable at the border even after 2 attempts
and many long phone calls, so my wife's family did not get their reunion that had been planned
for so many months. Hopefully we can try to repeat the same trip next year.
I was told to blame Doby for everything....lol

See everyone at next year's Michigan Cup

[Doby]

Sorry about that Ken.

I guess I wasn't clear in my instructions to the border folks......I thought I told them to let the beautiful one in, and keep you out....sorry

[T.S.Davis]

Better not get that kid a Q offshore!!!! Hey Terry we ran the Titan 40 on 5s with a 1521/1.5D on a 445 and it was awesome, you probably have some 5s packs around and Titans are pretty easy to come by.

5s packs everywhere at my house. T40 makes a darned respectable P mono too.

[madmikepags]

hell yea, same exact motor for the p and q setup 1521/1.5d we ran a x450 for p-mono and a x445 for the q offshore class, did you see how fast her boat was in q offshore??? holy crap she walked away from me and fred when she hit the throttle!!!

[T.S.Davis]

I did see. Fred didn't believe me. She was toying with you guys.

[R.J.S]

Sorry if I've missed it,but have the results been posted anywhere?