Steve Zuckerman
08-27-2002, 06:26 PM
They don't call this race Lightning on the Lake for nothing! It struck the first time Saturday night during one hellacious thunder
storm, and again on Sunday during eliminations when OUTBOARD
RACERS won S/E, M/E, AND T/E over some incredibly strong inboard competitors!
The races were "WIDE OPEN" after the storm knocked out all of
MSDBA's timing equipment except their starting system. So everyone had to make a good legal, no foul, start, but at that
point it was WIDE OPEN, NO BREAKOUT RACING!
Shane Phillips/Allison 2001/Merc won S/E against a large field of
racers. Way to go Shane!
Dee Whitesides/STV RR/Merc got R/U.
My friend/neighbor/Rumble Drag King (guess that's better than
drag queen :p) Eric Saloom/Allison 2001/Merc won a very well deserved M/E class:) over some VERY TOUGH jets. I have raced
the guy he beat (Bobby Daniel/Mantra tunnel/Chevy) in the final
round before and he is FAST. Way to go Eric :D !!!!!!!!!!!
Bobby Daniel took R/U.
I won T/E. There were seven boats in the 9 second class, 3 tunnel
jets, three hydros, and my lonely little Quarter Master. One hydro
was a Kurtis 501 with a blown alcohol motor, so things were looking pretty tough for the home team :eek:! Guess who I had to race in the first round? The Kurtis. I think he was as shell shocked as we were when I beat him!!!!!!!!!
So, T/E was me/Mirage Quarter Master/Merc, winner.
Spoiled Rotten Team/Earl Smith Generation 3 tunnel/Chevy, R/U.
This race was held under difficult weather conditions. Saturday was incredibly HOT and windy. Saturday evening it stormed like
HELL :eek:. Sunday the wind was dead straight INTO the course.
So tuning and driving were difficult to say the least.
Many thanks to:
Earl Murchison and Family for their true Southern hospitality :).
Troy Lannom (my friend/mechanic/crew chief) for his tireless work
on my and Eric's boats under miserable conditions :cool:!
MSDBA for putting on a great race at Beech Lake under very difficult weather conditions. Almost all their equipment got nuked
by the storm. We had bad wind conditions Sunday, and they still managed to put on the show:cool:! This is a great race at a
beautiful site. We're looking forward to racing again next year, hopefully with a little better weather! Way to go Scott and George. By the way Scott Wilson won P/E, and George Loomis was UGF (I think, those inboard classes have funny names), R/U.
I believe (correct me if I'm wrong) that this was the first race where OUTBOARDS won EVERY class that an outboard competed
in :D!
Regards,
Steve;)
PS Eric and I will be getting JPEGS and hopefully MPEGS up on S&F soon.
storm, and again on Sunday during eliminations when OUTBOARD
RACERS won S/E, M/E, AND T/E over some incredibly strong inboard competitors!
The races were "WIDE OPEN" after the storm knocked out all of
MSDBA's timing equipment except their starting system. So everyone had to make a good legal, no foul, start, but at that
point it was WIDE OPEN, NO BREAKOUT RACING!
Shane Phillips/Allison 2001/Merc won S/E against a large field of
racers. Way to go Shane!
Dee Whitesides/STV RR/Merc got R/U.
My friend/neighbor/Rumble Drag King (guess that's better than
drag queen :p) Eric Saloom/Allison 2001/Merc won a very well deserved M/E class:) over some VERY TOUGH jets. I have raced
the guy he beat (Bobby Daniel/Mantra tunnel/Chevy) in the final
round before and he is FAST. Way to go Eric :D !!!!!!!!!!!
Bobby Daniel took R/U.
I won T/E. There were seven boats in the 9 second class, 3 tunnel
jets, three hydros, and my lonely little Quarter Master. One hydro
was a Kurtis 501 with a blown alcohol motor, so things were looking pretty tough for the home team :eek:! Guess who I had to race in the first round? The Kurtis. I think he was as shell shocked as we were when I beat him!!!!!!!!!
So, T/E was me/Mirage Quarter Master/Merc, winner.
Spoiled Rotten Team/Earl Smith Generation 3 tunnel/Chevy, R/U.
This race was held under difficult weather conditions. Saturday was incredibly HOT and windy. Saturday evening it stormed like
HELL :eek:. Sunday the wind was dead straight INTO the course.
So tuning and driving were difficult to say the least.
Many thanks to:
Earl Murchison and Family for their true Southern hospitality :).
Troy Lannom (my friend/mechanic/crew chief) for his tireless work
on my and Eric's boats under miserable conditions :cool:!
MSDBA for putting on a great race at Beech Lake under very difficult weather conditions. Almost all their equipment got nuked
by the storm. We had bad wind conditions Sunday, and they still managed to put on the show:cool:! This is a great race at a
beautiful site. We're looking forward to racing again next year, hopefully with a little better weather! Way to go Scott and George. By the way Scott Wilson won P/E, and George Loomis was UGF (I think, those inboard classes have funny names), R/U.
I believe (correct me if I'm wrong) that this was the first race where OUTBOARDS won EVERY class that an outboard competed
in :D!
Regards,
Steve;)
PS Eric and I will be getting JPEGS and hopefully MPEGS up on S&F soon.