2020 Florida FE SunshineNationals Marrch 7-8, 2020 Brandon FL (classes & info)

[HTVboats]

Thank you Tom for the scoring offer. RCRacings program works for what were doing. That brings up "Shootout format" which there is not really a standard format. Some scramble drivers between heats. Others do a 6 boat winner take all format and then a two heat final.
What we are doing for this race is 3 rounds with the normal computer scramble. Depending on scratched boats we will combine to avoid 2 and 3 boat heats. The 4th final round is the top 6 boats in each class. Polnts earned in the first 3 rounds are retained and brought forward to the final total so 3 wins and 1200 points might guarantee a championship, or not. For the larger classes we will have consolation rounds for example boats placed 7-12 kind of like a B-C main but not bumping up liker cars. Give guys who ran with a lot of competition to compete with piers who also drove well.
Mic

[HTVboats]

IMPORTANT NEWS.

The classes running on Saturday March 7th will be
P/Limited Mono
P Hydro
P/Limited Sport Hydro
Q/Limited
Q Cat
P/Limited Offshore
3S29 Hydro
Jersey Skiff
P/Limited Outboard Tunnel

On Sunday the 8th the classes will be:
P/Limited Cat
Open Hydro
P Mono
P/Limited Hydro
P Sport Hydro
Q Mono
P Catamaran

This will not be the exact running order as that will be determined after the cutoff deadline in two weeks. One class may be shifted to even out the numbers each day. Registration closes 2 weeks from today
Mic

[zooma]

sounds good

[HTVboats]

If anyone wants to add a class or make changes contact me or just enter again and use a nickname or misspell you name by one letter and the program will not see you as already registered.
Mic htv1414@aol.com

[T.S.Davis]

38 racers! Sweet

[HTVboats]

40 drivers and 140 boats and "4" days left to enter. Some serious competition and large classes. Truly bragging rights for the 2020 season!
Mic

[HTVboats]

158 boats and registration closes today at midnight. If you are already registered and need to make changes we will do them as we set up the heats. Just send me a note or text. Looks like 60+ heats each day.
Mic

[jaike5]

Well over a foot of snow last night !!
I'm up to here with that BS.
The sight looks great, lots of racer's …… This is going to be good !!
Jay.

[HTVboats]

The weather looks like sunny and low 70's next weekend and overnight lows in the 50's.
Printed the heat sheets today for 3 rounds, and Saturday 1-48 and Sunday 49-102. Add the 4th round for top 6 that's 57 heats on Saturday and 63 on Sunday. (P/Lim CAT and MONO, + P Mono have a consolation heats for 7-12th place)
We will raffle off all the under $50 prizes on Saturday so if you won't be there designate someone to pick for you. Sunday the $50 and over prizes will be drawn for between round 3 and the finals. All paid contestants are in the drawing and the deck will be reshuffled on Sunday.
Mic

[zooma]

looking forward to it. Thanks Mic

[T.S.Davis]

Bunch of new faces, mild weather, playing with toy boats.......how much better can it get?

Our whole fleet is assembled for destruction.....er.....I mean......fer race'n.

[donhuff]

When are y'all heading down there Terry? We are leaving Thursday morning. Kathy and I might meet up with yall on I75 and we can eat somewhere.

[T.S.Davis]

Tom, Tyler, and I are heading south Thursday morning maybe 6:30 or 7:00 from here. We rented a room just off the freeway in Macon, GA. Probably make that around 8pm......ish. Just fer the night. Then we'll finish out the drive Friday morning.

Kevin and Larry are flying in Thursday I think. Not sure what Bob's travel plans are exactly. I know he and Mark are driving together.

Be great to see ya Don. Hope we end up pitting near you. Always fun with the Huff family around. We can tell lies about fast we once were. Shoulda brought one of them brat kids of yers along too.

[donhuff]

Well, I'll be way south of ya by the time ya'll get to Macon. We are heading out Thursday morning too. We have relatives in Tampa, and hope to get with them Thursday evening.


I Tried to get the kids to come, but you know I can't get Lamar to go anywhere and he for danged sure would't got that far to an all FE race. Scott started a handyman like business in Charlotte, so he's always busy. And Carey was with us at a race in south Georgia last weekend, so he doesn't want to be away from his brewery to much.

But I will have my favorite pit person/ battery charging foreman, Kathy, with me. And if you want some "spirited" conversation, talk to her and start bad mouthing me, and you'll probably get all the high pitch talk that you want! But be prepared to duck, cause she might take a swing at you.

[T.S.Davis]

Don, I must not know you well. I can't think of much to bad mouth you for. Maybe producing the yellow wall. Pain in the a$$. Every time I bug Lamar about the Cup race he says "been think'n about it". Yeah, been think'n "that's a long damned ways fer just FE"

Still anxious to see how all this wheel time Tyler is getting with cars translates to boats. Like he needed help. Little punk. Might make him too aggressive. We'll see. He's club racing cars and is currently leading the points in his favorite class. I figured it would be harder for him to get good at it than it's turned out to be. Would you believe that if you crash your car they just flip them back over and keep going? Sissies.