OSS Offshore Race and Kilo Run in Oshkosh
 

OK all you Midwest fans of OSS, SBI/APBA/UIM, OPA, GLOPRA, MOPRA, POPRA, LEOTA, and any other sanctioning race body I appologize for leaving out.

Please help bring a MAJOR race back to the Midwest !!!

OSHKOSH THUNDERFEST, which would consist of an awesome OSS OFFSHORE RACE, a Saturday Poker Run, and a Monday KILO RUN could be held on LABOR DAY weekend in Oshkosh, WI (Mercury Racing's back yard) for the next (3) years with some help from some of you out there that have the same passion that I do for racing in the Midwest. The official dates are scheduled for August 28, 29, 30, 31, and Sep 1 2008. The Race Site would be the Pioneer Island, Sweetwater Performance Center, and the Park Plaza hotel, among other strategic locations. There is also a 'LOCAL CLASS' planned for the race. More on that later. What I need to make this happen is volunteers, and some sponsership. I have a very good start on sponsership, but it will take a lot more to make this race happen. If you want to be a volunteer or sponsor next to the fastest boats in the world coming to Oshkosh, please call or email me.

[email protected]
920.420.5678 Cell 920.426.2145 Office

THANK YOU for sharing the passion to make this happen!

Lets make it happen, sounds like a great place to race.

Mark, thanks for all of your help.

Sounds like a great idea!!

This would be great for the area! The Harley 105th is the same weekend. I wonder if we could market this to them to get more exposure. Maybe one of the Harley rides could be to Oshkosh to watch the races????

I'm sure you can find something for me to do, let me know how to help. Dave Brown

Maybe we can get Kenworth Trucks to throw some money that way.

The DNR, Conservation and everyone else has been much better up there. I think it is Marks doing!!

This would be great!

My EAA friends should be thanked for the noise tolerance! :D

Mark,

Anything I can do to help let me know! I know we have talked about this a couple times. We have your poker runs on our Tour list as of now!


Darrell
Powerboatparty.com/Founder

We really want this race to happen. So ANY of you in that area get in touch with Mark and keep the ball rolling. Does anyone own a bridge repair company? If it happens www.DoublEdgeMotrsports.com 111 will be there!!!

Oshkosh ThunderFest
 

Thanks for the support guys. There will be a section on the www.oshkoshthunder.com web site that will show the structure of the volunteer committe. In the process of firing up www.oshkoshthunderfest.com. Again, thanks for the passion of putting this together.

BTW, Dave Brown. Brett Favre is officailly retired (no bull). Just announced. Dave - I'll call you - thanks for the offer.

MRP,

Want to see what you can do to get Harley involved as a sponsorship and a bike ride to Mercury Racing, and the OSS race in Oshkosh. Got for it!

DB - See if Kenworth will jump in.

Darrel,

YES - we need to talk to coordinate efforts

Thanks guys for your passion for an OSS race in the Midwest!

Thanks for support Ryan. Took a good look at the bridge with multiple contractors. Not an issue.

Ron,

We are good to go.....

Nice Mark!!! American TV will be there!

Although we did not have enough local support to pull off an OSS race this year THUNDERFEST will still happen. We plan on a Poker Run for all kinds of boats which will run up the beautiful Wolf River with festivities at SweetWater Marine and the Park Plaza hotel. We are gearing up NOW for an OSS race to happen in OSHKOSH in 2009. Anyone that would like to head up one of the 15 plus committee's it takes to run a race the safe and right way, please respond. Lets do this thing! The previous race held in Oshkosh called Shake the Lake was an awsesome event - Amie and I had fun with it. But we did not have enough people and support to keep it going. You can not run an annual event year after year with 10 people and not get burned out. I praise the volunteers that did show up to do the duty assigned to them, don't get me wrong, but there are a lot of people in this world that make a commitment and do not come through. My passion for another run at a race with more volunteers is huge in my heart... Let's make ThunderFest not only a Poker Run, but bring an OSS race back to OSHKOSH in 2009.

Is the poker run still the same dates as above?

Hey Mark, You should post this on WiParty.com in the boating forum too. Bunch of local boaters here from NE Wisconsin.

We need more stuff in the midwest, glad we were able to keep it in the area in Lake Cumberland..

The Thunderfest Poker Run will start with dinner on Friday night, Aug 29, and the actual run will be on Saturday, Aug 30.

MacGyver,

Good idea - will do...