Utt Oh !!! No Geico .....
 

http://www.missgeicoracing.com/racecalendar.htm

I guess all good things must come to an end.... :(

I just looked at the schedule and it appears that the Miss Geico team will not be coming back to Point Pleasant Beach, New Jersey. :(

Thanks for the huge turn out last year. The Chamber of Commerce was very impressed... When I spoke with the Chamber they said they wanted to make it even bigger and better for 2009. Without the big show coming to town I do not know how that will be possible...

The schedule leaves these 3 OPA races for 2009:

Ocean City, Md

St. Clair, MI

Patchogue, NY.

Is it safe to say that St. Clair will now be the 3rd stop for the Triple Crown ?

Will there even be a Triple Crown Series this year? :confused:

My only hope I have left for Point Pleasant Beach is in the fine print at the bottom of the schedule page, "All races and dates are subject to change".

Tim,
The link you provided says "2008 Race Schedule"???

They obviously did not update the banner to say 2009.

I don't believe Geico raced with OSS in Jupiter in 2008 ...

October 20-25 OSS Jupiter, FL

Sharkeymarine is correct....Geico forgot to change to 2009....

Chris

I do not see Chattanooga, Tn either ? :confused:

Not to worry Sharkey, we have a whole new plan for Point Pleasant. It will be bigger than last year. Old School.

Thanks Smitty !

With the growing moment that Point has had, it would really be depressing to see the numbers drop off...

The town has finally seen just what can be brought in. They could only imagine how much better it would have been had we not had the Tropical Storm come thru on Saturday... :(

A little Hurricane just ads to the drama.

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With a couple of Friends, Smitty, Louie The Rigger and I will bring our own Hurricane to Point this year.

It couldn't be that it was too rough for their boat could it ? :eek:

I'm sure Scott B is disappointed in not coming back to his home town... :(

We like it rough.

bring on the big water! by old school do you mean long race ?

Just like last year, except they will tell everyone before the start so we have enough fuel. .. LOL

Augie,

Just give me your word that the Super Cat Series guys will be in Point... :drink:

With Smitty and Ron P being neighbors,maybe we will see a combo event,OPA and OSS that would be a good place to start a new working relationship.

Hey guys, You all know we love the "Point" !! hell, it's OPA's and my T-mans home town. As you can see we have a full schedule of races and boat show's to attend. This year we are in the fortunate/unfortunate position that we have to make some adjustments to the schedule to manage our budget and complete commitments and service the equipment (to maintain parity with the other turbines we switched motors from MTI to the Mystic). They will need to be checked and "freshened" before the "World" events. That said we are only one part of the race and there are 35 other boats that will tear the water up that weekend.

Who knows ..our schedule has been known to change :p

You all know we truly appreciate your support and understanding and would be there if we could.

Best

Marc and Scotty

Thanks Marc.

Hopefully some way some how even if a part of the team can make Point would be great. I completely understand if you can't.


P.S.

Heads up for Stacey on the Banner. It reflects the 2008 Schedule.

http://www.missgeicoracing.com/racecalendar.htm

Have a SAFE season !

Marc,

You and your T-Man will race with Mystic this year?

Chris

Our plan is to race both the MTI and the Mystic. The Mystic is scheduled to begin testing next week.

Thanks Sharky I'll have that updated

m

Marc,

Awesome, hope testing comes out good next week :)

Chris

You guys have so much equipment that you can actually be in 2 places at the same time. Nobody can compete with Miss Geico, we all know that, so lets thin the herd. ( Don't get me wrong, I'm a huge Miss Geico fan ) I just believe that so many fans come out to see the Geico boat, that Geico should be there. The Geico section is always a fan favorite, and in my opinion, any Geico "Pit area" is great for racing, even if Geico's "A" team isn't there.

Thanks Frankenstein. We'll do our best to get some coverage. I'll bring it up at next weeks meeting.

m