This is Firebird Lake in Phoenix, I think it would be a great location for a race, look at all that room! BTW this is a saltwater lake with tons of hotels bars etc in close proximity.

POPRA is putting together a race at Havasu, as per Kevin

Here's POPRA's as of today.

POPRA 2008

April 18-20 Lake Havasu, Az 1st annual (100% done) ( with OPA & OSS I hope)

July 11-13 Long Beach, CA 97th Anniversary (100% done) This is the Catalina Island race.

August 15-17 Orange Beach (with OSS)

Sept 5-7 Pittsburg, Ca 24th annual (100% done)

Sept 12-14 San Diego Bay Fair Hydros (100% done)

September 26 - 28 LOTO (with OSS)

Las Vegas Oct 50% done

Worlds TBD Nov??

Thats a very do-able schedule for West Coasters

Do you have a web site for those mini cats yet? Lets see some of them done.

Still a lil ways away.

It is really not anywhere near big enough, I used to water d=ski there every Wednesday for years.

You could do an exhibition, but probably not good very good for a race.

They run Drag Races and some Super Stocks there. They tried it with Unlimited a few years back, it was a joke.

Gregg Reichman

as per Google earth, only a mile or so long.

Sounds like a good place to race a bat boat.

It would be like NASCAR runing Martinsville, rubbin's racin!

Ken,

What happened to you bat boat deal? Do you still have the boat(s)?

We have decided to run ours in '08. Drop me a line, it you have not engined up, we can agree on engines.

The 383mag looks like a perfect engine putting out 350hp at the shaft. That will make this boat run 80+ (which is all you should run one at anyways and a bunch faster than they run them in Europe).

I do not see us making all the races, but Havasu, Long Beach (if we hold enough fuel), Pittsburg and Vegas are givens. In regards to Long Beach, I would talk to Kevin about running a shorter circuit for the little boats with small tanks. I would even offer a turn boat in exchange (although it would be cheaper to put in a new tank than bring the boat down from SF).

Rick

Rick

The Unlimited light Hydroplanes are making a come back at Firebird Lake. Check it out

ULHRA.org

Mike
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