SBI Race
 

Anyone have a count as to how many boats showed up for Camp Reggie this weekend?

WHO CARES!!!!!

Why does the count of boats matter as long as everyone there is having a safe and good time.

Sounds like the Kilo's went well. Congrats! Bacardi!

Just heard small turnout. 4 stock boats 5 super V's a 1 f1 1f2 a couple of p class boats and a couple of big cats, maybe 15 boats total

ouch

Not too great a turn out eh?

There isn't any information on their site yet, not even about the Kilo's.

Can you say "Spell Check"??

Who won in Super V?

Lets look on the positive side. Eveyone that races gets a trophy!:)

What happened in the SV race?
pat W

Unofficial results:

Barcardi in Superboat
Firewater in Super V (Muscle broke a drive)
Stock:
Berry Cuda
Deep V cats
Oceans 234
Sea Tow

Thats all the info I have. 1 f1 boat, 1 f2 boat, 3 p class boats

What happened with the new Fountain? Jeff harris and Reggie jr.
pat W

Did Bacardi race anyone?

Bacardi did not race anyone. I think F2-76 won they class.

I will try to answer all the questions. Pier 57 broke on the second lap but was half a lap behind anyway, Bacardi was gone. Muscle was leading a close race with Firewater until Muscle broke. Switch second, Shockwave third, Instigator fourth after a spin out around the 3rd or 4th lap. They restarted after loosing a lap and ran hard the rest of the way. Sea tow broke off a blade while leading and Berry Cuda won. Total of 14 boats started. Very sad that it has come to this. Watching Bicardi at about 160 was worth the 5.00 admission but all in all SBI looks dismall at best. Little Reggie and Jeff did not race because the transmissions were running too hot. The boat ran 122 right out of the box and heard that the boat would run 130 in cool mornings. Looks like the Super V class is the next to go.

thanks for the update, sauron, yes it does suck. i wish their was a solution to this matter.

I bet they'll have close to 35 boats for the NY race. For some reason, that race seems to be a real favorite with the racers.

Bubba and SBI will be just FINE!

Not to get into an SBI/APBA pissing contest here but what really sucks is that because of the politics of these two groups, some really great classes of racing have either been lost or are dying a slow death. Super V-5 boats left, Super Cat Lite 4-6 boats maybe, prostock dead, stock 4-6 boats, Superboat 2-3 boats left. Its unfortunate because there still are alot of good race boats out there sitting around not racing because either there is no class for them anywhere, or the rules have changed and made the boats noncompetitive or that the cheating aspect has left a bitter taste in peoples mouth regarding racing. I know some people would say goto P class racing but I think that most racers after having raced on Sundays would not want to race short races on Saturdays. Their egos would'nt permit that.

The simple solution is that eventually the race teams will want some real competition and will have nowhere to go BUT APBA. I can't imagine a trophy meaning much to anyone that was the only competitor.:rolleyes: :rolleyes:

130 sounds pretty impressive, what horse power are they running?

Next up is Orange Beach,Alabama August 22-24. Rumor has it a lot of locals will run P-Class. We will be there to do the Poker Run and watch the race and just hang out. This will be our first SBI race,hopefully it will be a nice event. Some pretty strong sponsors,they even bought a large ad in Sunday's Birmingham News newspaper,not a cheap thing.Orange Beach,Al is a cool place,anyone going,let me know, Karen and I will be hanging around the famous Florabama. I'm not into politics,just enjoy good racing.

SummerObsession Do you really think the prize money is important to the teams.? I figured for the amount of money any team spends on just travel and expenses That a little prize money would not matter. But I could be wrong:chimp:

Re: SBI Race
 

14 boats was the tally i got

I didn't say anything about prize money. As with most any kind of racing, egos and pride play a huge part. My point is that if you are a "World Champion" in a class that has no other boats show up, so what:rolleyes:

I could be a "World Champion" Indy car driver if no other cars showed up.:rolleyes: :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

SummerObession Ok I missread your post. I do agree first place with only entry only means you did show up. To out run good competition is what it is all about:frog:

Just returned from North Carolina. I think I can speak for everyone who attended. We had a great time. Alabama will be epic. The promoter and his entire staff was in NC. They are rolling out the red carpet for us. They made it clear that everyone is welcome.

News Flash: Referee disqualified and new inspection team disassembled motors. Yes, this is SBI and no it is not a misprint.

A step in the right direction to increase boat count. It shows me they may start paying attention to the rules.

Excuse me, but who is referee?

I agree that the Alabama race will be well worth attending.I have some phone #'s for condos overlooking the course,e-mail me if interested

NY will be the race
 

If everything goes as planned the NY race should have 30-35 boat for SBI.....we will be there

should be more than that Q

Its good to hear that SBI now has some technical inspectors at the races. Have they started weighing boats yet?

your right!!!
 

I forgot to add the boats that are running the national circuit....

If John allows a one time entry fee, I would think between 40 and 50 boats.

Maybe that Frank guy would make the trip too.

Bob was so thrilled when he won in Reggie land!

Ok, these are from the A/C race but I've been looking for a reason to post them.

Look who's comming to NY?

Watch out for all the OPA girls in NY