Wow the OPA definatly has a good thing going here for sure! Great reward for everyone involved.

Just one question and I don't mean to shed any negative light.....but how did the 150 points come about? According to "the book" a first place is only worth 100pts so that means all PP racers got a first and seventh place for showing up. Substantial lead for the points chase. Maybe a no/cancelled race point disbursment needs to be called out in the rule book for next year.

Again i don't want to take away for the gracious generosity of haggin, opa and others but i did think it needed to be mentioned. Open to discussion of course....

That was one of the best things anyone has ever done in this sport! It truly shows the dedication of AMF/OPA to pass out checks to all the teams for showing up with there boats.
Rummer has it that I may have to give my first place trophy to Eric ( Mini Me) under protest. Someone saw the trophy bitc$$ with a deck of cards at the awards
MD

Thanks Guys!
John Haggin,OPA, AMF,Ron P.,Smitty,Augie and everyone else who had a hand in making this event happen. I had so much fun I keep forgetting we were fogged out! I got to met a lot of people that i only knew from OSO and everyone was just great. The tostersterone in my brain kept saying we could race but the call was the only thing to do, keep everyone safe for the next race. The generosity, comoradery and promoting our sport is beyond words. The fans were unbelievable hanging in there till the end. Thanks Again.

See you in Ohio,
Louietherigger

PS, I got a great trophy and still have gas for the next race

Gee,
Ya think???

Thanks to everyone that brought this event together to many too thank Smitty, Augie, Ron, Al, Mike in registration all the medics for the physical's
The crew at the ramp and cranes,and anyone I missed, the staff at the pub and let us not forget and thank Mr. John Haggin for his genorosity and support equal to none at this event. He is the man! Thank you again we had a great time see you in Mentor!

All teams that entered Point Pleasant will get an equal number of points to keep everything as fair as possible. We still need to settle on the exact number of points, per the rule book.

It's actually 100 points plus one point for each boat you beat in your class. With 33 boats, I think Smitty just threw out 150 as the number when I asked the question.

Thanks John (AMF), and all the OPA staff. We had a GREAT time in PP, and will be back again. The things that happen this past weekend were truly unbelievable!! We have never even heard of being Fed, watered, and PAID. but it did happen. Racing with OPA has been the best thing we did in a long time. THANKS GUYS!!!

great story and sounds like all involved really do do it for the sport


Hats off to all involved and to John and AMF for going above and beyond

Thanks to NJ Offshore,OPA and of course John, and the entire AMF crew for pulling together to put on a great event.It was very disappointing not being able to race,but everyone understands that the safety of the racers;the officials,the volunteers, and the fans, has to come first.The show up money was just an unbelievable gesture,and greatly appreciated!Already looking forward to the next race!!

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Haggin's thoughts are, I can't take it with me and I can't buy my way into Heaven. John, THANK YOU for EVERYTHING.