Rum Run
07-24-2007 | 02:58 PM
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Thanks To All That Raced
I JUST WANTED TO THANK ALL THE TEAMS THAT SHOWED UP FOR OUR RUM RUN RACE HERE IN LONG BEACH HERE ON THE WEST COAST AND WE APPRECIATE YOURE EFFORTS TO GET HERE WITH OTHER RACING SCHEDULES,AND COMMITMENTS. AND TO ALL THE LOCAL POPRA MEMBERS AND OFFICIALS THANKS TO YOU AND YOUR EFFORTS AND LOVE OF THE SPORT,THIS IS THE REASON I'M STILL DOING MY PART FOR THE CLUB TO KEEP POPRA #1 OLDEST DIVIVSION OF OFFSHORE RACING CLUB STILL AROUND TODATE..! AND KEEPING IT GOING FOR FUTURE GRENERATIONS OF BOAT RACERS HERE ON THE WEST COAST AS A PLACE TO GET THERE START IN OFFSHORE BOAT RACING. A SPECIAL EFFORT AWARD GOES TO RACING IN THE RED #16 TEAM FOR NEVER GIVING UP! TO MAKE THE START AGAINST ALL ODD'S THANKS TO ALL THAT RALLIED FOR THESE GUYS YOU KNOW WHO YOU ARE, TO GET THEM A DRIVE-AND GET THEM IN THERE FIRST RACE,WELL AS YOU ALL KNOW THEY LEFT THE DOCK TO A ROUND OF CHEERS FROM THE CROWD ONLY TO HAVE ANOTHER DISAPPOINTING FAILURE WITH AN OVER HEATING PROBLEM AND DIDN'T MAKE THE START,BUT TROY AND GEORGE CAME BACK IN WITH STILL HAVING POSITIVE ATTITUDES KNOWING THAT THEY WILL BE BACK TO RACE ANOTHER DAY. GREAT JOB GUYS!! TO YOU AND YOU FAMILYS FOR A GREAT EFFORT AND WELCOME TO THE OFFSHORE FAMILY, YOU ARE PART OF THE OFFSHORE FAMILY NOW...! YOUR FRIEND AND DIRECTOR OF RACE OPERATIONS FOR POPRA. TOM BRUNNER & FAMILY
And to Mike S, my family says watch out for the Spider Monkey......TOM
And to Mike S, my family says watch out for the Spider Monkey......TOM
07-24-2007 | 07:59 PM
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Tell The Girls I Am Bringing A Case Of Mountain Dew To Pittsburg.
And Troy, You Were Talking Some Crap To Me On Our Way Out To Test, So Dont Go There. Your Wife Even Heard You.
Kevin, I Hope Your Wife Doesnt Hate Me. Sorry For Keeping You Out So Late Thursday.
I Will Tell All Of You, This Was A First Class Race, And It Was A Pleasure To Hang With Everyone, Even Troy.
As I Said Sunday Night Troy......george And Mike Work In The Boat
Troy And Mike Does Not.
We Will Get Them In Pittsburg Bro.
Thanks Again For Every Thing Popra
Mike
And Troy, You Were Talking Some Crap To Me On Our Way Out To Test, So Dont Go There. Your Wife Even Heard You.
Kevin, I Hope Your Wife Doesnt Hate Me. Sorry For Keeping You Out So Late Thursday.
I Will Tell All Of You, This Was A First Class Race, And It Was A Pleasure To Hang With Everyone, Even Troy.
As I Said Sunday Night Troy......george And Mike Work In The Boat
Troy And Mike Does Not.
We Will Get Them In Pittsburg Bro.
Thanks Again For Every Thing Popra
Mike
07-24-2007 | 09:00 PM
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Mike well it was great seeing you hope you and dad will bring out the new boat to the west coast, sure would be nice to see you & Dad racing out west soon! Again! We'll will have to see what we can do about getting that yellow deck boat out your way,well good luck to You and Dad on your next race,keep in touch Tom
07-24-2007 | 11:07 PM
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Mike,
You should have left a message Saturday or called early. We could have helped even though our Limo is reserved for customers. I have friends. By the time I saw you it was too late.
The old girl still looks good especially in RED.
It was good to see some fresh faces at the race site.
Let me know what you guys want to do.
pat W
You should have left a message Saturday or called early. We could have helped even though our Limo is reserved for customers. I have friends. By the time I saw you it was too late.
The old girl still looks good especially in RED.
It was good to see some fresh faces at the race site.
Let me know what you guys want to do.
pat W
07-24-2007 | 11:20 PM
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I would like to run a P4 or P3 sometime, maybe when I get more offshore seat time. I was lucky enough to run with Brian Devlin of Team AMF RAYLAR in my passenger seat as a navagator. Without his help I would not have ran at all. A BIG speacial thanks to Brian!
As for Pitsburg, that would be great but I would need some sponsorship for the abuse the powertrain takes. I would have a hard time talkin the wife into a new engine and drive twice a year.
As for Pitsburg, that would be great but I would need some sponsorship for the abuse the powertrain takes. I would have a hard time talkin the wife into a new engine and drive twice a year.
Thanks to AMF and POPRA for putting on such a great event. Kevin Cooper is going to make this "THE" event people will be putting on their calendars for years to come. Great job Kevin and thanks again for your help.
Brian
07-24-2007 | 11:29 PM
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07-24-2007 | 11:36 PM
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I would like to thank all of those who helped us make this dream come true (even if we broke on our way to the milling area), Mike Stancombe "my long lost brother", Ricky Ford "the man the myth the legend" Kevin Cooper for loaning us a drive, Kim and Larry at the Graphics Company for the long nights in their shop getting the boat ready, John Haggin for ALL that he does for EVERY racer and EVERY fan, my wife for putting up with, and most of all Tom Brunner and his family for the long nights, the food, the drink, the encouragement, coaching and keeping a smile on my face when things weren't going our way. Thanks to all for helping. We may not have made the start line, but what an experience it was.
If you want to race, just find a way to make it happen. We did, well sort of.
Oh by the way, Mike, don't show up to the NEXT race driving a PT Cruiser with a rainbow flag on the bumper, people might get the wrong impression.
If you want to race, just find a way to make it happen. We did, well sort of.
Oh by the way, Mike, don't show up to the NEXT race driving a PT Cruiser with a rainbow flag on the bumper, people might get the wrong impression.
RacingInTheRed - We were the start/finsih boat and were sorry to see you break just before the start area! I'm sure there is a ton of work and effort just to get that far.....but we'll see you next year??? Right?????
