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The Dogpound, somewhere East of Algonac, MI

Algonac is a great racesite. This Sunday was the season's opener for the Silver Cup Series. And it was a weekend outing for some of the OSS guys who decided to drop in on Tom Abrams's summer cottage.

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The day started with the customary sobriety test, which BJ ....


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... and Randy passed. Quite amazingly so.


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The OSS contingent was strong. And the OSS board members present seized the opportunity to have one of their famous telephone conferences with Billy Mauff, who celebrated his birthday back on Long Island



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OSS President Paul Whittier doubled as the anchor person.

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All three Nutz teams were present. Orange Nutz was the trailer queen of the weekend due to a blown water pump. Blue Nutz of Wild Card found their boat adorned with stickers intended to question their manhood.

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The perpetrator was caught in flagranti.

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The Nutz raced in P3, but the real race was between the Nutz. Blue Nutz took the early lead, with Black Nutz right behind them. Then Randy & BJ passed Willie & Larry.

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In the last lap, Blue caught Black in the turn and finished ahead by two boatlengths.

In a controversial decision, the judges saw Black ahead of Blue, and the trophy was awarded to Team Typhoon. By that time, the Black Nutz were already somewhere in Ohio. In a quick telephone conference, it was decided that the Girls from Kuba had won fair and square, and that they will get their Kuban asses kicked in St. Pete.

Both boats are evenly matched, and it should be an exciting race for the Nutz, and likewise for any challengers with balls.


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In the "1 Motor v.v. 1 Motor" grudge match, KLaatu teamed up with Jerry Gilbreath in the Reliable Cat against Tom Abrams and Peconic in Black Nutz. Klaatu saw speeds up to 120 mph.


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Peconic Did Not Start. Sources say he was scared, because of the marginal water depth in some places. So Klaatu&Jerry (left) was declared the Winner over Tom&BS (right.)

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On the way back East, Randy did his usual antics for the camera.

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BJ did not.

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PS:

Caught on the Ohio Turnpike.

Thank you, Tom, for the wonderful weekend.

The Nutz

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That was great, thanks for the pics and narrative!
Phantoms and Extremes rule! :D :D :D

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glad you guys had a fun safe race and congradulations Willy now you guys should all come out to port huron this weekend or how about sarasota on the 4" Larry

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Thanks for the pictures Peconic... Very cool....

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Bert thanks for the photos,I think a great time was had by all except bill bevins!Sure was a lot fans in town for the race. Klaatu was still all smiles today after his ride might be a cat man from now on.

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Yeah... :crazy: It sounds like there were alot of Black & Blue Nutz after that race...... :D :drink:

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Mark all was taken care at the awards as far as the wrong scoring.The GLSCS took care of everthing.the trophys went to the right boats

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What were the results in SCL?

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Blue definitely won over Black.

Hey, we didn't even attend the Awards and decided to haul derriere back East (this is reaching you from deep in PA on I-80.) We brought Trophy ***** who's sole purpose in life is to carry the Typhoon trophies (and to ***** about it.) Trophy ***** went home unemployed.

When we heard (somewhere in Ohio) that we were awarded 3rd, we immediately launched a protest and sent the proper Nutz to collect their rightful winnings.

Our biggest win is the fact that the Nutz are evenly matched, which should make for hairraising racing in St. Pete and beyond. And we'll bring the ***** to all the races.

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FYI, setup info on Black & Blue

In Algonac, Blue ran a "Modified Gipsy Drive" with a XR Sportmaster lower. Black ran the "standard Gipsy" (IMCO extension, XR upper, IMCO lower.)

Blue ran the new Throttle-Up 6-blade Hydromotive prop, whereas Black ran their 5 blade Hydro.

Both run a HP525.

The Sportmaster lower gave Blue better cornering capabilities at the price of a little top end speed, the 6-blade gave them better acceleration. And that was just the small edge they needed to trump Black.

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So where is the Klaatu report?

Sounds like a fun weekend.

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Sounds like a great time was had by all and Keith and Co. put on a great event.

And Klaatu - we will make sure you do not get kicked out of Cincy. Are you comming down on Thursday?

TLee

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Had a blast at the race. Thank you all for the great time!
MD

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Klaatu, sorry I missed this one.

My next assignment is the APBA/SBI race in Sarasota on the 4th. I'll be following the female racers to tell the story from thier point of view. Looking for some great Bat Boat racing.

So who's lining up to kick BatGirl's arse? I think she has a score to settle.

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I'll play your silly game!!
I have a vette. :)

:) :)

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Anybody know if Todd Welling ever got a date? BH

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Congratulations to Mark Mathews and the Fortress team.

Performance 3
Place Boat# Boat Name Avg. Speed Penalty Adj. Elapsed Time

1 3-1 Fortress Racing 88.03 0 28:37

2 3-60 Tsunami 86.81 0 29:01

3 3-29 Typhoon 84.21 0 29:55

4 3-4 Wildcard 84.08 0 29:58

5 3-6 Bring It On 72.24 0 34:53

6 3-30 Team Extreme 79.24 0 retired 3rd lap

Algonac Results

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As mentioned before several times, the Typhoon/Wild Card placement is wrong. Wild Card came in 3rd, Typhoon 4th.

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Now that's a GREAT photo!!!!!

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Apart from the slight inconsistency (Black Nutz is 4th, Blue is 3rtd ...) the results at http://www.silvercupseries.com/resul.../results_1.htm tell a very interesting story. Both Black & Blue show an average lap speed of 84 and change. Both our top speeds are 89 and change. Come try to beat that in a straight SVL race, girls.

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That Fortress boat also averaged over 88mph. This means they were running well over 90mph in the straight aways. The silver cup still has no GPS or Radar gun to check speeds.The best Randy and I saw was 89 with the river current. Not *****in, just stateing the facts.

Had a great time racing with Candy and his new Typhoon. We had a great race with the Wild Card boys and just a good time in general. Thanks again for the invite Candy, and you too Bert. Learn how to drive an RV!

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It came from here-

Fortress Racing

You guys are also the cover photo for this article.

Port Huron Race

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The GLSCS will have the sealed GPS units this year. As stated at the Drivers Meeting, there was a component needed to complete assembly of the units that didn't ship as scheduled, thus delaying the delivery. They are supposed to be ready and shipping in the next week.

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Mark
As you stated, no harm,no foul. Looking forward to racing you guys again this season. Candy and I will make it up to another race and try to beat you guys in my new boat. Best of luck and safe racing this year.

B.J. Maher