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From The Top: JH World Championships come 150 Moses Lake

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Spotlight On: New Martirtsville, WV

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Rooster-Tales: Second Year Driver Would Love to Win High Points Title

Inside the Cockpit: Augie Pensa

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Behind the Barn Doors: Vintage APBA Rocks Clayton

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IMPORTANT ANNOUNCEMENTS oNotice of Award Nominations Each year the Don Allen Sr. Memorial Leadership Award shall be presented during the APBA Annual Meeting. This award honors service contributions to the American Power Boat Association in the areas ofleadership, officiating, safety, or other activities contributing to the benefit of the APBA not directly related to the racing of a specific boat.

Previous honorees are: 02008 Penny Anderson Edmonds, WA 02009 Ernie Dawe Indio, CA 02010 George Thornhill Tacoma, WA 02011 Brian Small Dracut, MA 02012 Tracy Trolian Milan, MI 02013 Roger CarrSanJuan Capistrano, CA

The contribution may be judged on the efforts of a single year, or for work done over a period of years, at the judgment of the selection committee. The selection committee is chaired by the sitting APBA President, and shall comprise of the previous five surviving selectees.

It is not required that there be a selectee each year, but it is encouraged that there be a selection process each year. Any member interested in making a nomination for this award may do so by submitting the nomination with written details to APBA Headquarters.

All nominations must be received no later than September 30th, 2012 oNotice of Honor Squadron Nominations The APBA Honor Squadron is the highest non-racing award that the APBA offers each year.

PROCEDURE: l.Nominations reminder will be in the June, July, and August Propellers, and on the APBA website. 2 .Nominations are due October 1st. 3 . Ballots and copies of the nominations are mailed to the Honor Squadron Committee by October 15th. 4. Ballots are due October 31st. 5 . To be a candidate for induction, the nominee must receive a vote of at least 50% of the Honor Squadron Committee members. 6. A maximum of 2 nominees will be selected by the Committee for induction

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into the Honor Squadron, for presentation at the next APBA Annual Meeting Banquet. In case of a tie, the chairperson will resolve it with her/his vote. CRITERIA FOR NOMINATION AND SELECTION OF CANDIDATES: Extensive service and contributions to APBA and powerboat racing such as:

(a) major boat race promotion accomplishments (new race sites; race sponsors)

(b) major structural improvements in APBA's organization;

(c) major contributions to APBA's functioning through rule restructuring, driver and official recruitment, committee activities.

(d) Major technological improvement to one, or several, aspects of the sport.

(e) Exceptional long-term racing accomplishments may be considered. The description of each contribution, exceptional service, or accomplishment must be specific.

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For more than 65 years, the Stock Outboard Top 0' Michigan Marathon Nationals have always been about the basic goals of any competitive race, on track or water.

Taking place from, Aug. 16th to 17th, in the surrounding waters ofIndian River, Mich., the Marathon Nationals took on a whole new meaning for one Northern Michigan family and community, as they rally behind a Chase for the Cure.

For 14-year-old Chase Fairbairn of Harbor Springs, Mich., who competed in the full race for the first time this year, the Marathon Nationals were about the competition and Chase for the Cure of childhood cardiomyopathy, a disease and battle he struggles with himself.

"It's going to be incredible," Chase's father, Paul Fairbairn said. "He's going to start first then I'll start three classes behind him, then the two of us are going to go together. I'm going to stay with him and enjoy the race that way."

A sports enthusiast from a young age in both swimming and soccer, Chase collapsed while playing soccer in 2011 from heart failure, but was resuscitated by Paul with CPR.

Misdiagnosed, Chase went through another complication a week later, with Paul there to bring him back once again.

Unable to find a cause, he received a pacemaker and defibrillator from the University of Michigan and was told he'd never be able to take part in competitive sports again.

As Chase's competitive drive shifted toward boat racing, the Fairbairn family turned to the Mayo Clinic and Dr. Michael J. Ackerman of Rochester, Minn., for answers, where they'd find the diagnoses of childhood cardiomyopathy, an extremely rare disease where the heart muscles fail or turn to scar or fatty tissue.

Not set on complacency, Chase lived his passion at the Marathon Nationals with his father, a year after finishing first in the Junior Classes race, with a combined time of 28 minutes, 24 seconds.

"He's always wanted to race this race," said Paul. "He's raced the J -class, the shorter version, but this year will be the first year for racing the whole thing."

The excitement in Chase leading up to the race was at an all-time high, as expected.

"He's on fire," said Paul. "I get out of work and we take off and test his boat and put more time into it with him. My brother has a place over on Crooked Lake and we go over there all the time."

In support of their son and the Mayo Clinic, the Fairbairn family has started the Chase for the Cure of childhood cardiomyopathy at Mayo Clinic, where all proceeds will go toward the Mayo Clinic, a not-for-profit organization.

"We've got T-shirts printed and all the proceeds are going to the Mayo Clinic to trying to find a cure for this disease," said Paul.

Being part of the Marathon Nationals for

"It's the oldest and longest race in the country," he said. "There just isn't another race like it in the country. We've had people in from Japan, we've got them this year again from El Salvador, there's six coming in. There's no other race like it anywhere." Paul expected another big race field again this year.

"We will probably have around 85 to 90 drivers, somewhere in there," he said. "We go up and down sometimes depending on our dates."

Saturday's race began in Indian River at Devoe Beach, traveling through the Indian River, across to Mullet Lake and onto the Cheboygan River, where the racers turned around at the locks to finish back at Devoe Beach.

Sunday's race once again started on Devoe Beach, where the racers traveled across Burt Lake, entering the Crooked River and into Crooked Lake. Racers then headed back to Indian River, traveled the river to Mullet Lake and back to Devoe Beach.

Drivers departed the course at noon, with the race lasting until around 2 p.m. both days.

To donate to the Chase for a Cure and support the Mayo Clinic and Chase Fairbairn, visit: philanthropy.mayoclinic. org/chasethecure or call (855) 852-8129 to donate by phone.

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Question: How did you first get into boat racing?

Augie Pensa: I had my first heart attack and I always wanted to get into boat racing. My uncle was a mechanic for a Crazy Greek Offshore racing boat back in the 1970s. I decided before I went on to another world that I was going to race boats. My father would never let me race boats; he thought it was a waste of time and money. I have always loved boats. I was always at every Benihana race in Point Pleasant, NJ., which was the largest and best known Offshore race in the world.

Q: What Offshore class did you do most of your racing in?

AP: I raced Class 4 in a lot of different Offshore organizations and that was a great class back in the early 2000s when I won my World Championship. We had 16 Class 4 boats at that World Championship I won and it was very, very nice back then and unfortunately the economy took a bounce and it was hard to keep going.

Q: What is it that you enjoy so much about boat racing?

AP: I like being close to all of the racers. Over the years OPA has become my family and that's what OPA President Smitty and I started out to do. We wanted to make this a family atmosphere where we kibbitz in the crane, we kibbitz in the pits but once that flag goes down, that's it all bets are off. While we are in the pits, I cook for everybody and they always bust my horns, "what are we eating?" Family is what it's all about and having fun.

Q: You got into boat racing a little later in life, how has the boat racing community embraced you?

AP: I got into this and I got my nickname, The Godfather, and my family and the best part about this, I have their back and they have mine at any given time. The whole thing is when you're not racing; we've always wanted this to be fun. We have a winter awards dinner that nobody else has and everybody from around the country comes. Again it's like having your family over for Thanksgiving Dinner and I wouldn't trade it for anything in the world. This experience for the last 15 years for me has been nothing but a blessing.

Q: In your racing career, what is your proudest moment?

AP: My most proud moment has to be from 2005 when I won a National Title, a World Title and being inducted into the APBA Hall of Champions. That is something that nobody can ever take away from me. Mter all of my bypasses and being told that I will never race again, I regret being able to

not go out there and be with the guys but there is nothing else for me to win. Just standing in front of 600 people down in Ft. Lauderdale at the APBA Annual Meeting for the Hall of Champions, my wife's eyes just couldn't believe, because she doesn't come to the races. For her to see what was there and the kids that were there, at 16 years old doing 100 mph, it's just mind boggling. If you've never experienced it then you'll just never know the excitement and the adrenaline right before you give your speech. There is nothing like it in the world.

Q: What are you most looking forward to with OPA rejoining the APBA?

AP: I am glad we partnered up with the APBA. Our people at OPA, a couple of them are going to feel what I felt that day, and that couldn't make me happier. I want them to have the feeling of excitement when they are inducted into the APBA Hall of Champions.

Q: What is the one piece of advice that you would give to a new driver getting into this sport?

AP: Have fun. Be safe. Be respectful and that's it. Everything else will come. Just have fun most of all because you're not going to make $1 million and it's not your job so have fun with it. Have fun with the people. When you are sitting with all of the people in your class, you will see how much fun it is to just shoot the breeze. But on race day, all bets are off. But come have fun with us. Bring your family. Come have dinner with us and see what Offshore racing is all about.

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Heartache and disappointment comes with any type of sport, and although local resident Jeff Vasko was defeated last weekend in the Powerboat Portsmouth Challenge, he is still smiling.

The Logan native began racing powerboats last year and garnered the title of "Rookie of the Year" after competing against some of the best powerboat pilots on the circuit.

"J eff is the exception to the rule," said Dan

Bunting, promoter, team owner and racer. "You usually don't win races in your first year. But Jeff came outlast year and won Rookie of the Year and won back-to-back races this year in Marietta and Huntington."

Vasko has always been competitive, according to his parents, Don and Roberta. He started out at the age of 16 racing motorcycles, and has always been active and excelled in sports.

Up until last year, however, he didn't really know much about powerboat racing. He had seen it and heard others talk about it, but he never thought he would be doing something that would be so challenging, exciting and rewarding, he said.

Vasko's powerboat racing career began when he met Bunting at a party several years ago and the two immediately struck up a friendship with mutual interests: sports and racing. Mter talking with Vasko about powerboat racing, Bunting asked if he would be interested in working with his crew. Vasko and his wife,Jessica, followed the circuit for a while and finally decided to take the opportunity to see where it would lead.

Although Vasko had never piloted a powerboat, he was a natural, according to Bunting. He joined Bunting's team -Extreme Powerboat Racing - and the rest is history.

"I just put him in the boat, told him what to do and he just took off, and here he is today, one year later leading in points," Bunting said.

While Vasko appears to be a natural at flying above the water in a capsule going anywhere from 80 to 115 miles per hour, not everyone is capable of accomplishing this feat. There is extensive training and a lot of concentration that goes along with the sport.

"It takes a certain type of person to do this," Bunting said. "Jeff is definitely that person. He gets in there and goes for it and gives every race 110 percent of his attention to go for the win."

Powerboat pilots must be capsule-certified every two years to make sure they know how to get out of the boat in case they flip over while racing. Pilots can attend driving school through the American Power Boat Association for basic training, but the real training comes when you hit the water in your own powerboat, Bunting said. Bunting is hoping to eventually open his own training facility.

During his first year on the circuit, Vasko competed in seven races. This year he has competed in three so far and won two. During last week's race in Portsmouth, Vasko had to start at the back of the pack

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because he didn't make it home from vacation in time to quali£}r.

Vasko was excited and nervous all at the same time, but felt confident going into the Portsmouth race, he said. Once the race began, a boat lost power and stopped in the middle of the course causing a restart.

Again, Vasko started at the back of the field, but quickly was gaining laps over the other competitors. He went from eighth to fourth place when the input shaft on the gear case of his powerboat sheered off.

"It's kind of like the drive shaft to "It has been an awesome adventure for all the transmission on a car," Vasko of us. From a standpoint of not owning the said. "Our boats have a lot of boat and racing it for someone else, it has torque and we pull up to 2Gs in been a lot of hard work on the boats during the corners. But, it's part of racing the week," he continued. "Which means - the weakest parts are eventually a lot of time in the shop. Making these going to break." sacrifices during the week has paid off for

Unfortunate for Vasko, he did not finish the Portsmouth race, but Bunting placed third in the class.

With only three races left for the season, Vasko and Bunting are making sure their boats are in perfect working order, especially for

the upcoming Rising Sun Regatta in Indiana.

The Rising Sun race is a national event for powerboats in the SST -60 and SST -120 classes bringing in powerboat pilots from around the country.

"Winning a National Title is a very high honor for anyone who is racing anything," Vasko said. ''Anyone in North America who races in my class can show up and has just as an equal chance to win as I do. It just says that you are the best.

me this year."

With butterflies in his stomach and the adrenaline rushing through his body, Vasko goes into the Rising Sun Regatta.

"Obviously it would be great to see Jeff win the national," Bunting said. "To see a rookie from last year win a national this year would be amazing, and it could happen."

Vasko's goal is to "just have fun racing. When it isn't fun anymore it brings the morale of the team and everyone around the team down," he said. "I always dream of stepping up to that next class, larger boats and motors, and getting that little bit of extra speed on the track. Our style of tunnel hull boats is raced all over the world and it's a very large sport in Europe. Other countries look at boat racing like we look at Nascar."

REGION 8:

Taunton, MA PRO, Modified, Stock, Junior 9/13-9/14 Forrest Lake, MN ope Kingston, NH PRO, Stock, Junior REGION 10:

8/31-9/1 Grants Pass, OR Outboard River Racer

Grand Island, NY Vintage 9/6-9/7 Spanaway, WA Vintage, Inboard, Inboard

9/12-9/14 Redwood, NY Modifi ed, Stock, Junior Endurance, PRO, Mod ifed, Stock

REGION 3: 9/13-9/14 Soap Lake, WA Vintage, PRO, Modifi ed, Stock,

Junior 9/6-9/7 Mays Landing, NJ Inboard

9/20-9/21 Manson,WA Vintage, Inboard, Inboard 9/13-9/14 Wildwood Crest, NJ Speda l Event Inboard Endurance

1 0/ 11 -1 0/12 Millville, NJ Modifi ed, Stock, Junior 9/20-9/21 Yelm,WA PRO, Modified, Stock, Junior

REGION 4: 10/4-10/5 Lincoln City, OR Special Event, Inboard, Inboard 9/20-9/21 Wilson, NC PRO, Modified, Stock, Junior Endurance, PRO, Stock, ope, 9/27-9/28 New Martinsville, WV Inboard, Offshore, PRO,

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10/4-10/5 Antioch, CA Vintage, Inboard, Stock, ope 10/25-10/26 Tabor City, NC PRO, Modified, Stock, Junior

10/11-10/ 12 Nicolaus, CA Special Event, Vintage, Inboard, REGION 5: PRO, Modified, Stock, ope, Junior

9/20-9/21 St. Cloud, FL Offshore

9/27-9/28 Hernando, FL ope REGION 12:

1 0/18-1 0/19 Lake Alfred, FL PRO 9/12-9/14 San Diego, CA Inboard, Stock, ope, Unlimited, Junior

11 / 1-11 /2 Tavares,FL Vintage 10/4-10/5 Bakersfield, CA

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9/13-9/14 Big Rapids, MI Stock

9/19-9/21 Hilisboro,OH Vintage, Inboard

9/27-9/28 Alexandria, KY PRO, Modified, Stock, Junior

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REGION 6 School is in, fall is approaching but race season is still roaring. Where are we going in September? Inboards go to Rocky Fork. Just announced, race days will be September 20-21,2014, at the Rocky Fork State Park outside of Hillsboro, Ohio. Just about the most scenic spot in the region, where else can you race around an island? That natural barrier dampens the wakes on the straights, making this one of the fastest (and often record setting) waters on the circuit. Watch for more news, this year it is the Doc Yinger Memorial. Dean Armstrong, Tom English and Dave Archiable have worked hard to make this event a go, so let's support them with strong racing. New Martinsville is working on their two days of records and maybe two days of APR Superleague tunnel boats and GNH hydros. All the activity (1/4 mile records and oval races) intertwine through the day, producing lots of activity. The racing is in conjunction with a New Martinsville downtown festival, making for lots of activity and attendees. All this takes place September 27-28.

What else, you say? Why, outboards are racing in Hillsdale and Grass Lake, Mich., the weekend of September 6-7, Indiana Outboard Association, PRO and Superlight Tunnels (ThunderCats) in Hillsdale and MHRA Stock Outboards at Grass Lake. If you want to be a Racechaser, (try it, you might like it.) You can go back and forth in about an hour and catch both sites. Warning - very little expressway between these places, plenty of deer out at dusk, so, but really pretty drives. Fall color? No, too soon to think of that. Then the following weekend finds the Stock Outboarders up at Big Rapids, Mich., for their annual race weekend.

Race action roundup: Gold Cup. It's the oldest and top of the heap for APBA boat racing; best of the best, baddest boats around. They are rather large, especially to reach speeds of, oh, around 200 MPH. Put them on the Detroit River at the famed Belle Isle race course, the biggest turn in boat racing by the bridge, and the tightest turn in Unlimited racing by the Roostertail club, flanked by Belle Isle (now a Michigan state park), the Detroit Yacht Club, the Dodge pits, grandstands, and the Judges

Stand, plus all the riverfront parks, what a setting. Almost a stadium, but this stadium surrounds a 2.S mile race course that summons all the water demons possible to make for what is often the toughest race on the circuit. Altogether fitting to compete for the oldest trophy in motorsports (senior to Indy by, I lost count of how many years). This year, the competition was dominated by Jimmy Shane in the Oberto, which I really consider to be the latest iteration of the Miss Madison, the community owned team from Madison, Indiana. Very popular win; way to go Jimmy Shane. Cal Phipps upheld region honors also, with a fine finish, and while we're at it, Mike Webster gets a mention, too. The race also featured, Superlight Tunnels (ThunderCats) (Mark Hodorek and friends), a strong field of Vintage, a Grand Prix exhibition by Mario Maraldo, and the SL Stock Inboard Hydroplanes. Andy Keogh prevailed over Todd Liddycoat and a field of 10 SL Stocks to keep the Gar Wood Trophy here in Region 6. Jeff Sankuer and Jennifer Falcinelli get much credit for organizing this race for the class, providing a great race weekend experience at what arguably is a premier APBA boat race. Kudos to each

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Big announcement at the race Sunday: well, two big announcements. First, Tom Bertolini announced his retirement from the DRRA, after more than 10 years at the helm. Much credit goes to him to guide the organization through these times, successfully keeping the Gold Cup at its deserved premier status. Second, and pretty big to many, next year (2015), the Gold Cup will be contested in late August, with the expected return of Grand Prix Hydros as a featured show on the undercard.There will be plenty of noise preceding that date and on that weekend, pay attention. Coincidently, the GP's from Canada (ACHA) have an open date that weekend, so, that makes for the appearance of a full field of those 2000 horsepower supercharged rocketships.

That was July 11, 12 and 13.The very next weekend, a double header of Outboards and OPC tunnel boats at Trenton (downriver from Detroit), and way up the Clinton River valley (north of Detroit), APBA Inboard Nationals at Waterford, Michigan's Pontiac Lake State Park, race site for Qtake on the Lake XV. 52 entries vied for the National Champion crown in their respective classes, providing plenty of racing action for the many spectators. Kudos to the Oakland County Community Club for their efforts. Beaucoup kudos also go to the many supporters of the event, some of which include Royce and Kathy Richards, without whom many of us would starve during the long days of racing. The Saturday evening

REGION 8 The Twin Cities powerboat Association held races in Crosby Minnesota at Serpent lake July 26-27th which they had beautiful weather for. Below our race results for both days.

F-150lDivisional results for Saturday July 26th 1. Merv Bjork 2. Brian Tabara 3. Aaron Wacholz 4. Steve Tabara 5. Tyler Welch 6. Alan Tucker

proved a real hit, with a following racer to his roots. Kent came to the Nationals raffle awarding a significant number of tool to show off some Lifeline Safety products, prizes to many competitors. All of the racers including the new helmet air system thank the Marine Prop Riders and the (impressing a number of racers with its other sponsors for the buffet and prizes, as it versatility and simplicity), and to see what's topped off Saturday's racing endeavors. happening back here in the eastern half of

the country. On a sad note, announced at the driver's meeting was the passing of Rich Willim, a long time Prop Rider, Region 6er and hydro racer. Condolences to his family and close friends. Rich was a (perhaps the) nationally recognized expert on the flathead Ford engine, especially the venerable V8-60, which powered many hydros over the years.

Strolling through the pits Saturday were Gloria Urban and Joanne Vollmer, our now retired ladies of the APBA office. They reported having a good time, enjoying the races and weather (not too hot, just nice), and happy in their new digs. They headed to Trenton for a Sunday racing entree. They were spied checking out the Gold Cup, too, the previous weekend, scoring a boat racing TriFecta in a week. On Sunday, we ran into former editor of the APBA Propeller Magazine Tana Moore, having a good time, also on duty as Secretary for the race committee, and Mark Wheeler, APBA president, on a busman's holiday away from the outboard wars. Also spotted all weekend were Arizona desert denizens Kent FauntLeRoy and Dennis Johnson. Dennis turns out to be a former Region 6er who terrorized the B-Stock Runabouts in Stock Outboard many years ago (1970's per Eric Pomber, who was a rookie in training back

SST 200 1. Merv Bjork 2. Alan Tucker 3. Aaron Wacholz

SST 120 1. Tyler Welch 2. Richard Myhre 3. Nate Krause 4. Brian Tabara

SST 60 1. Jessica Olson 2. Mike Hansen 3. Jeff Krishcano 4. Jeff Larson 5. Tim Homesyzn

We also have to say thanks to the pit management crew, including, among others, Ray Dong, Sam Anspach, Steve Mallard and Mike Ambrogio. Tim Hueston, we miss you, this crew performed up to your standards.

OK, now that the socializing is over, here are the your Inboard National Champion drivers (unofficial) for the classes competing! 1.5L Stock (T) - John Shaw; 2.5L Stock (S) - John Shaw; 5L Stock (E) Bobby Kennedy; lL Mod (Y) - Dan Kanfoush (10 in a row, Jim Sechler and Dan K. have put their mark on boat racing); 2.5L Mod (A) - Tom Thompson; National Mod (NM) -Thom Heins; Grand National Hydroplane (GNH) - Cal Phipps; Jersey Speed Skiff (JSS) - Courtney Stewart and Richard Shaw.

A pair of G P's (Grand Prix) also competed, literally providing the Qtake to the lake, as Marty Wolfe (Hootie to us all) and Mario Maraldo wowed us all.

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6. Dean Hansen 7. Merv Bjork

VP75 1. Paul Jorgenson 2. Andy Wacholz 3. Tim Fortuna 4. Paul Hyser 5. Chris Vadnais 6. Cameron Blandel 7. Scott Stricker

Sport C 1. Nancy Landgraf 2. Stephanie Hansen 3. Bob Dillon 4. Jeff Wagner

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GTPRO 1. Stephanie Hansen 2. Bob Dillon 3. Drake Halver 4. Roy Colsen 5. Joey Stricker 6. Emma Wacholz 7. Lindsey Johnsen 8. Marissa Fortuna 9. Mae Hyser 10. Allie Fortuna

Congratulations to everyone.

Race results for Sunday July 27th

SST 200 1. Merv Bjork 2. Alan Tucker 3. Aaron Wacholz

REGION 10 Keeping this month's column short and sweet.. .. with Unlimiteds running in Seattle and packing for Nationals, there's neither a lot of news or time for our usual breakdown. Jim Codling leads us off with a recap of some of the recent Region 10 Inboard comings and goings:

"Just after the 2014 Black Lake regatta we are all pushing for Oak Harbor, a new site, and trying to fix Pateros which has had terrible fires and trying to move Lake Chelan to a down the lake site at Manson. The casino folks at Manson would like to have all the classes seven miles down the highway, sounds like it could be fun.

Black Lake was excellent again this year with very hot weather but great water. Jamie Nilsen, the rookie driver for Scott Pierce drove the wheels off the G P-55 and broke the record on the 1- % race course. Bob Schellhase was right behind him on the smooth water but was unable to catch the leading #55. All the boats finished at a very high speed on the record course. The Indian canoes were back and again a crowd favorite, as were the children in the Junior Classes boats, with 11 entries.

SST 120 1. Brian Tabara 2. Tyler Welch 3. Richard Myrhe 4. Nate Krause

F-150 1. Steve Tabara 2. Merv Bjork 3. Mark Welch 4. Alan Tucker 5. Tyler Welch 6. Richard Myhre

SST 60 1. Dean Hansen 2. JeffKrischano 3. Jeff Larson 4. Michael Hansen 5. Tim Homesyzn

The new race sponsors, Lucky Eagle Casino had a lot of fun and said we will be back in 2015 for the Western Divisional event. The weather proved too hot for the rest of the record searching racers and most of the other classes were well short of the class marks.

The National Mods really gave it a go, but newly crowned record holder out of Spokane, Mr. Jiggs was very fast in every heat, beating the Hey Jude and Chris Bertram by a whisker each heat. Austin Eacret ruled the 2.5 stock class, and the SE class was won by Dave Weber in the E-Motion boat. GPS was handled by the Waters family with both Dad and son running heats each day, a nice looking new boat in the popular class and within the speed limit of the 95 class.

Fielding a group of eight boats, the I-litre hydros were showcased by the Bononcini blue blaster taking the gold medal over the weekend, Nick was good in every heat, and the new boat looked fast. BillThompson was busy working both pits checking speeds and tearing down record boats, but finished early with some good help.

Race Chairman Jack Sipila and his bride Sherri ran a great program with Chas Dodge and Aaron Stephens high atop the tower. Short timer Jerry Dugan (race chair

GTPro 1. Stephanie Hansen 2. Becca Fortuna 3. Emma Wacholz 4. Drake Halver 5. Lindsey Johnson 6. Roy Colsen 7. Joey Stricker 8. Bob Dillon 9. Allie Fortuna 10. Mae Hyser

We will also be announcing the rescheduled date for Detroit Lakes, Minn. Stay tuned for more exciting news from the Twin Cities Powerboat Association and Region 8.

/ /David Garza

for only 20 years) was busy all day helping wherever needed as was a host of helpers. Interesting, we fed 42 people sandwiches and pop for the multi pit race. Our scorers and timers were wonderful as usual with Kim Bussmier, Pat Yarno and five other gals hard at it.

We all enjoyed the J -Hydro racers, they had fun and a tip of the pirate hat to Matt Yarno, Howard Shaw, Rick Sandstrom and Aaron Murk for their help."

Another big part of the Black Lake regatta was our Vintage contingent. Ron Morrison files this month's report:

"Earlier in the 2014 Vintage season, questions were still hanging regarding the schedule. These have now been settled with the sanctions for the Oak Harbor and Pateros regattas in August and Spanaway in early September. Seattle Inboard's later September regatta on Lake Chelan which has historically been held at a site in the City of Chelan has been moved down-lake to the City of Manson. This change comes with a lot of work by SIRA members with support enthusiastically coming from the Manson city folks, who already know well about race boat events, and think bringing this one to their town will deliver the right stuff. The year's final event has been the Hydroplane Museum's Mahogany and

... ........ .. ............................... ............................... .......... ............................... ............ ....................... ......... PROPELLER _ ...... Merlot Vintage fest in the City of Chelan. and Vintage ranks, Dale Burnison was one registered entries, 23 of which areJunior There remain questions about pit space and of the lucky ones as neither his home nor Hydros. It should be a very exciting week. crane access but reports still say that it a go. his 7-litre hydro, currently in the process of We look forward to telling you all about it Pateros on the Columbia River in eastern restoration, was touched by the fire." in next month's edition. Washington has been a longtime Inboard race-site. The people there have been in our recent thoughts as reports of the huge wild fire in that area have come across the news wire. Bad news is the extreme destruction and devastation caused by this historic fire. Good news is that in spite of it Pateros still wants "our boat race." On a personal note: a Pateros resident, well known in the Inboard

REGION 11 The hard work and excitement of the Budweiser Shoot Out, Tammy Dawe and Dan Schwartz Memorial Race has subsided and a post-race bench talk is in order. When one who is normally in the mix of getting the event ready and pitching in to help run the show is sidelined, which I was, the magnitude of putting on a race looms large. Things don't just happen.

A lot of people pre-plan, work and sweat to make things happen. The East Bay Boat Club is blessed with individuals who fit the above description. My problem is, "where to start" explaining the Herculean effort put forth by the corps of worker bees who gave 110-percent effort to pull off a successful regatta at Salt Spring on the weekend ofJuly 12-13. The regatta itself was a memorial to two iconic boat racers who have departed our midst, but whose names will live on in our minds and in our hearts forever: Tammy Dawe and Dan Schwartz In this case, I would like to start with EBBC Regatta Chairman, Steve Wilde who recently retired from his career at the Lawrence Berkeley Lab. The many hours he once devoted to his career are now being invested in the ton of work required to put on a boat race under the banner of the East Bay Boat Club. He drove many miles picking up and dropping off equipment trailers and patrol boats for the Salt Springs race. He labored over the preparation of the insurance application required by APBA after getting the necessary approvals and officials on board.

Once all the patrol boats and equipment

It's definitely the highlight of our summer season this first week of August, with Unlimiteds, F1 Tunnel Boats, and Vintage Unlimiteds tearing up Lake Washington this week; then next week a good number of us are heading over to Moses Lake for the StockIModlJ Outboard Nationals. As of this press date, there were over 300 pre-

units were in place, he spent much of his non-racing time setting up the judges' stand, clock and video camera (which he operated), while serving as an Assistant Race Director. He recruited Karl Bishop and Daniel Wilde to help get things set up for racing. Karl Bishop placed several hundred feet of snow fence in place to section off the restricted areas. Mter the racing was completed, Karl took down the fencing and put it away. Karl also raced multiple classes over the weekend and stayed an extra day to make sure the area was squared away before he left for home.

Steve enlisted the help of Bill Miller and other worker bees to tear down the Judge's Stand. Campground Manager, Rod Carr, turned up with his mechanical mule and trailer to help get the stuff of the dam. And, once again the Wilde Bunch, Steve, Daniel, Pamela and Vicky came through by putting stuff in trailers and making ready for departure. Pamela also served as an assistant Risk manager along with Karl Bishop. The days following the race found Steve traveling back and forth delivering the equipment to its proper respective homes. His next venture as a Regatta Chairman involves planning and preparation for the forthcoming Mossdale Lake Qtarry Regatta in the Lathrop-Manteca Area. This one is planned for the weekend of September 27-28, 2014. He is planning to include, Stock, Mod, Pro, OPC and Inboard on the sanction.

Good thing he's still young. Jean MacKay-Schwartz spent many pre-race hours pounding out the sanction application and necessary paper work, processing on-line race registrations, and performing the multitude of exacting tasks

/ /Patrick Gleason / /Jim Godling / /Ron Morrison

required of a scorer. This is a demanding job and the scorer's forms/records are the basis for point standings and are absolutely necessary to the conduct of a race. The registration forms become an official part of the APBA records and serve to assure that all drivers are in compliance. Following each heat of racing, a record of the order of finish is compiled. In this case a change in the corps of officials had to be made at the last minute since Gloria Crim could not perform her duties as a referee due to an unexpected change in the date of her knee replacement surgery. (Her doctor made this call and Gloria had to answer)

Jean also put together the sanction for submission to APBA and subsequently stepped in as an Assistant Referee while Vicki Schwartzenbach moved into her first "solo" position as scorer. I might add that Vicki did quite a job in the performance of her new duties on the Judge's Stand. Although not an official duty of a scorer, she did make sure the Chief Referee was hydrating during the event. Thanks Vicki.

During the pre-planning stages Jean was also instrumental in lining up a slate of other officials for the race and conducted the opening rounds of onsite registration. She had to give up racing her ASH to serve on the judge's stand during the event. Good thing she's still young and full of energy. Also serving on the judge's stand as an assistant scorer was Vicky Wilde who also operated the East Bay Cafe each morning. Racers enjoyed Vicky's style of a sausage and egg English muffin sandwich for breakfast along with a fine cup of coffee.

O'Hara Schmeltz came in on Sunday morning, giving Vicky a hand preparing

.t..t:-_- PROPELLER .......................................... ......... ... ································ ········· ·········· //REGlON ROUNDUP// and serving the breakfast snacks. Mter teacher by utilizing a "lesson plan" that Finkbohnner top the field followed by O 'Hara helped wind up serving breakfast he referenced in conducting the drivers Lance DeSteffans and Steve Walde. This snacks she headed out to the judge's stand meetings on both days. order of finish was repeated on Sunday. and continued training as a timer under the It was nice to see Bob Wartinger, down tutelage of our veteran timer, Bill Miller. Former A-Team member Brian Schmeltz from Seattle and the Wright Brothers up When not timing, Bill is usually helping moved over to the inspection area and had from Los Angeles. with the transport and installation of to vacate his position on the A-Team. He the Nor Cal 400 boats which are used to will be missed. introduce new drivers to boat racing. And, running a Nor Cal 400 boat for the first time was a newbie by the name of Kody Fields who is a sergeant on active duty with the United States Air Force stationed at Beale Air Force Base. Kody also took a turn at doing flags in a very snappy, efficient manner. He learned very quickly and felt that the experience taught him a lot about boat racing. When Kody went out to run the Nor Cal 400 boat on Sunday, a "veteran" race attender by the name of Hannah Powell took over as the flag person and did a very nice job for the remainder of the program.

Setting up of the race course fell to Assistant Race Director, Daniel Wilde, who also pitched in early Sunday morning to help get the coffee urn operational for the racers heading for the East Bay Cafe for an extra cup of eye opener to help get the day started? When not racing, not launching and/or recovering boats and not helping at the East Bay Cafe, Daniel was a key helper operating the video camera on the judge's stand. Daniel also helped Julian Rucki run the drivers' meetings in an expeditious manner. Here's one fine young man who can chew gum and walk at the same time.

And speaking of Julian Rucki, at the previous race at Salt Springs he distinguished himself by virtue of his hard work and attention to assisting in the supervision, launching and recovering race boats and keeping the beach organized and clear for more action. This earned him ex-officio membership in the stellar group of guys known as the A -Team. Rucki, a co-race director, joined kicker boat captain Stu Ford, the nominal head of the A-Team this time around. When he wasn't operating the kicker boat, Stu was busy getting boats launched and ready for the next heat, helping Rucki maintain a steady stream of boats for launching.

While running the drivers meetings, Rucki also displayed skills akin to a veteran school

Saturday night saw a very nice pot luck buffet provided for the racers and crew members who stuck around long enough to enjoy it. The signature appetizers of stuffed jalapenos, and sweet red, yellow and green stuffed peppers were prepared by Bill MacKay with moral support from his faithful companion Waldo. While Waldo guarded his master's RV and TV within, he kept me company while we watched the Homerun Derby,

Jean MacKay-Schwartz, after a hard day on the Judge's stand, prepared the spaghetti for the dinner and set up the table of culinary delights that included Sue Walde's chicken Caesar salad ciabatta rolls, macaroni salad, watermelon and a nicely chilled hop juice. (The name of it is noted on the regatta title). A sprinkling of race results:

The nine A-Stock Hydros delivered the largest class of the day on Saturday. The top three finishes went to Gordon Jennings, III, David Hale and Pam Wilde in that order. AXH saw Jennings repeat with a first place followed by Brittney Schwartenzenbach and Casey Jones in the 72-C boat.

CSH produced six entries with Joe Johnson, Garland Powell and Chris Madewell notching podium finishes in that order. David Hale, Tony Lombardo and Mike Wright finished in that order in 20SSH.

Tony Lombardo, Brittney Schwartzenbach and Karl Bishop produced podium finishes in that order.

The 45 boats saw RJ West, Warren West and Rich Warren finished ahead of Spencer Love who suffered from gremlins. (Was nice to see Rich after a long while). Warren delivered a second place finish behind RJ and it was Warren West taking third.

The Sport C guys changed position throughout only to see Bobby Joe

Thanks to David Hale and Tony Lombardo for serving as drivers' reps for the weekend. Speaking of family, among those present were Mr. And Mrs. Gordon Jennings II and family including Gordon III and good friend Jared Wallach.

A pleasant surprise on Sunday was the visit by Brian Tabara and his fiance Jenn. All in all, it was a nice gathering of the family this weekend.

More results will appear on the APBA website

Sport C Chronicles

Calling all Sport C drivers.

A race is in the planning for the Mossdale Lake Qtarry in the Lathrop/Manteca area for the weekend of September 27-28, 2014.

The sanction will call for Stock, Mod, Pro, Inboard and OPC. Consider this as a possible warm up for the Sport C Nationals slated for October 3-5 in Antioch. Call on your Sport C colleagues and ask them to support this event and prepare for the Nationals We will need as many entries as possible in order to have a Sport C Nationals outside of Kankakee for the first time in many years.

To those of you who have an extra boat, why don't you arrange for someone to run it at Mossdale in September in order for them to be ready for the Nationals.

If you can recruit a newbie, and if eligible they can run Mossdale, Sport C Nationals and Minden II. Of course they have to meet all the standards for membership to be eligible. It will also help if they can get some seat time beforehand.

/ /Frank Banducci

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