If You Missed Marathon
 

You missed some of the best racing I've seen yet.A.P.B.A. Offshore LLC.the kick off party ,the racing ,the spectator section,the awards ,it was all great .The "Kentucky Control Group" all agree they had a good time. Congrats to all the winners (and participants)it was a great show .Thanks A.P.B.A. Offshore LLC.:cool: :cool:

Doug, I got to agree with you, I been to lot of racesMarathon was the best I seen a a while.

It was a blast!!!!! You should explain the control group a bit. I never heard of them before this race.

Doug,

Good to see you at the race! See you in Cincinnati June 13-15th!

The Pig & the Chef..... :hammy:

Absolutely one of the best races in the past five years....The weather was great, a little warm but a nice breeze.

The sound system in the VIP area kept everyone up to date on the racing action. Live radio coverage from start to finish.

Speaking of the VIP area...veterans, retired and active military received free passes. Wasn't that Rodney Dangerfield doing magic tricks at the VIP tables.....he got no respect.

All the open cockpit boats flew American flags during the parade lap on Saturday. Fireworks announced the start of the races on Sunday.

Announcement of the Labor Day races in Sarasota (one of my favorite race venues) is great news.

Implementation of GPS boxes for P Class racing shows that the rules will be enforced.

The list goes on..and on...and on...

KenD

Ken, weren't you putting together a Phantom to run in the Great Lakes circuit?

The new Phantom 38 is under construction. Hope to be ready sometime later this summer. Testing and tuning is underway on hull number one, so we're waiting to see what the magic combination is.

The old Phantom 29, "No Fear/Team Chicago" boat is at the factory waiting for a new owner. I'm thinking of bringing it back North for the Great Lakes Series for anyone who would like to run it in A-Class. Its got a new engine and new Blackhawk drive.

I'm committed to run One Design for the Great Lakes Series...looking for the $25,000 in points money.


Know anyone who wants to get into racing....cheap?

Dixie Doug:

Don't you mean the "Kentucky (Outta) Control Group"?



KenD

There was some good racing going on, and for once, we were close enough to read the numbers and figure which boats were racing which. Super Cat was the best race of the weekend, but Callahan was the most awesome thing I've seen on the water.

What was really impressive about Callahan was the fact I drove by the dry pits about 10 pm, and they had one of the engines hanging from a wrecker over the boat, I didn't think it would run on Sunday. Great job by someone!

A very proud fan! :D

Thursday test, David Callan, Manufacturer Tencara, Tee shirt please! :D

We found in testing on Friday that one of the turbines had a fuel system problem The crew replaced the entire fuel system on the turbine in one night. Dropped it into the water the next day and ran 196 mph in the last back straight. I wouldn't trade my crew for anyone in the world. Never say die attitude from every one of them.

We're heading to Smoke on the Water to hopefully bump the Kilo record up over 200 mph.

We'd love to see more turbine boats to show up at the races to make it even more exciting.

jc

I'm really sorry I had to miss it this year. Agreed, it's one of the best races!

Great Super Cat race, all the boats finished with batttles going on through the entire field!All the teams put on a good show.Hopefully Savannah will offer some rough water to level the playing field even more.I would like to see Flowmaster and How Sweet It Is finish up front as a reward for thier perserverance.Hopefully, Hidden Agenda, Cat Can Do and Team Virgin will be joining the fleet soon.

Great One Design Race as well with Rob Goodwin winning his first race and Mike Emerick winning the first race he was ever in!

See all of you at the Cincinnati Race June 13-15

www.cincinnatirace.com

Terrah Lee

Doug,
Thanks to you and Chuck for all your help.
Again I tried to keep up with y'all...
Again, I failed.
Hope to see you guys in Savanah.

See you in Eastlake Doug!