Seven NEW NAMBA FE SAW Records set this weekend
What a weekend for FE !! The first NAMBA straightlines of the year at Legg Lake were just fantastic for us FE's. Virtually every electric racer there set records, or should I say SMASHED the previous numbers. All five SoCal FE members in attendance put records in the book
Highlights :
Mark F and his FCR CF twin cat : Q Offshore : 102.041.mph. Mark got some major air on his attempts, but after some air dam additions got two back-to-back runs in for the record.
Boyd came ready for blood with a bevy of Cats, including a beautiful twin HPR 135. He upped the P-Offshore record to a respectible 85.58 mph. The winds got the best of many of his attempts, but "He'll be Back !"
Brian went 103.3 mph in N-2 Hydro [fast pass of 103.615]- thats on two cells !!! After an encounter with a Legg spectator turtle, all that was left of his boat was a single sponson-(I'm sure Brian will be cloning the rest of the boat from what was left.)
Darin pumped up N-1 (I forgot which boat class-apologies Darin) of 40.61 ( I'm a little unsure if I got this right-Darin?)
Kevin went 105.932 mph in T-Offshore with the most amazingly constructed HPR135. His first ever SAW race & pass.
After three days of waiting for the wind to recede, I reclaimed my LSO [P-Ltd. Offshore] record at 67.771 mph with a fast pass of 71.xxx mph with my spec-powered Drifter S.
Finally the BIG ONE - Tyler set the Q-Hydro record at a blistering 122.884 mph - the fastest Q-Hydro official record in the country. WAY TO GO, T !!!!!!
The sportsmanship exhibited between the racers, gas, nitro, and FE was heartwarming. Brian and I have been trading the LSO record back and forth since 2005 (with Jim Vaughn {Jevmax} in there for a few years) . Brian was totally in my corner, along with Darin, to get the LSO prize. Brian actually GAVE me his LSO record prop to help me along and was gracious when I got the record back.
Brian was going for the P-OPC record as the sun was setting and I left before his results were in. No doubt he upped his record & Darin still had some tricks up his sleeve. Thanks to Mark Grim and the Amigos for a great event. Vids to follow- I'm getting horizontal after three sunup - to -sundown days of great racing.
Tony
Last edited by properchopper; 03-04-2012 at 11:28 PM.
2008 NAMBA P-Mono & P-Offshore Nat'l 2-Lap Record Holder; '15 P-Cat, P-Ltd Cat 2-Lap
2009/2010 NAMBA P-Sport Hydro Nat'l 2-Lap Record Holder, '13 SCSTA P-Ltd Cat High Points
'11 NAMBA [P-Ltd] : Mono, Offshore, OPC, Sport Hydro; '06 LSO, '12,'13,'14 P Ltd Cat /Mono
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