2022 Michigan Cup

[tjcast]

Hi All, we are back. MMEU will be hosting the 2022 Michigan Cup, testing June 2nd from noon to 6pm, racing June 3rd to the 5th. Sign up on rcracingevents.com. OSE will be the title sponsor, Thanks Steve. There will be a High Points Champion and a Michigan Cup (team) Champion. This year we will be awarding a Mike Paganelli memorial Mr. Offshore award (for the most points earned in the 3 offshore classes), there will be a perpetual trophy along with an individual award.

I hope to see some new along with some old friends there.

Tom

[ray schrauwen]

Hi Tom. We shall see...

[tjcast]

Hi Ray, we've raced locally the last 2 years but haven't been able to put on a Michigan Cup, so I'm looking forward (at least for now) to having one this year. It would be good to see you and Wendy and Jay and Deb. I hope youz can make it. I did manage to get to the Can Am in 2021 but disappointed that there were no electric classes! Oh well, maybe this year things will be different as several guys expressed interest in going to the Can Am. We'll see.....

[jaike5]

Good morning Tom. We will be there. Deb broke her ankle, gets a walking boot next week so I don't think we will need to have a dual with ray for the the front row seat. will have full floatilla !!
Cheer's, Jay.

[photohoward1]

Hey add some Big boat Classes. Open Cat or Open Mono would be great Sunday. "I miss Mike"

[T.S.Davis]

Hey add some Big boat Classes. Open Cat or Open Mono would be great Sunday. "I miss Mike"

Nobody has them anymore. We do know our usual suspects pretty well. Right down to what's in their fleets. Nobody up here runs over Q besides a few scale guys.

[TRUCKPULL]

S & T Cat
Or open Cat

My Self, Howard, Tom B., Jaike5, Doby,

Larry

[photohoward1]

S&T cat would be great larry.


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[HTVboats]

We have similar issues down here with not enough boats for a Q and above and too many different hull classes being built. A plain Open FE class gives anyone a shot and encourages larger builds. No one signs up no harm no foul. If numbers increase for any particular class then they can stand alone. A twin Q cat, T-Mono and a S hydro can make a king of the hill scenario fun for bragging rights.
Mic
P.S. hope to make an M-Cup race someday

[T.S.Davis]

My Self, Howard, Tom B., Jaike5, Doby,

Baffer will likely be at the nitro nats. I don't think Jay runs over Q much anymore. Budget doesn't make these an easy choice. We haven't seen Einstein at a race in eons. 2014 maybe? Not even in Canada. Not a dig. Just a truth

One problem we've had with trying to squeak out entries to get a pet class out there is that on race day..........1 guy didn't get his done, one guy broke his rudder during open water, another guy puffed a cell, throw in a dead short cuz heck why not? Now there's maybe two boats and well they drove from timbuck two to race so out goes a two boat heat. For MMEU it's even more of a PIA. Often times a Cup team will have chosen this class for their Michigan Cup team points. Second round one of the two boat takes on water and the ESC is dead. Now what? We can't drop it now. Woohoo! Run one lap. Free cup points! Yes this has really happened.

Off topic but we did a Q+ class (2008 I think). Q to T voltage. Run what ya brung. Back before LiPo. We pulled everyone off the shore line as I knew the heat was going to be crazy fast. Dangerous even. Doug Junior had brought an Eagle SGX with an S setup. Lapped all the other boats by lap three. They decided to bail and just watch him go as soon as they saw he was lapping them. He banged off a 59 second heat. Made the hair on my neck stand up. On NiMh! Holy crap. NAMBA denied the record as it was a mixed heat. Sensible but we all knew what we had seen.

[tjcast]

I added 2 classes, Open Electric Cat/Mono and P Crackerbox/Jersey Skiff. Both classes will only be run if numbers are met and neither class will count for Special Awards (Michigan cup, High points Champion, etc.)

[TRUCKPULL]

Tom could you please add my to the "Open Electric Cat/Mono" on day #3

Thank you
Larry Jaques

[tjcast]

done

[Doby]

Baffer will likely be at the nitro nats. I don't think Jay runs over Q much anymore. Budget doesn't make these an easy choice. We haven't seen Einstein at a race in eons. 2014 maybe? Not even in Canada. Not a dig. Just a truth

You speak the truth...no dig taken :)

[photohoward1]

Thanks Tom. Hay on race say if we don?t have 3 boats don?t care if we drop. I may cut out early. My daughter is do that weekend.


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