Hi all, just wanted to toss this out there for the RDP world...
This weekend at Lake Ming in Bakersfield CA. The national points battle continues and is going to be epic...
I aim to be the spoiler for the awesome racer Jamey Taveres in SE21. He' s a great guy, racer and runs a good program. He's ran well all year long and earned his position @ p1. I'm the newbie w/ only 2 races in my life under my belt..
A bunch of (6) raced last weekend at the San Diego Bayfair event. It was incredible, fast and I learned a shit ton. I was loose as hooker on Nickle nite of Friday. I was flying Canary air lines ( hull is a Canary) left chined in half a dozen times. Sat morning I figured out what was wrong and fixed it...simple really....We snugged up the rudder quadrant as it was slight relaxed and torqued the loose nut behind the wheel a shit ton. I think we broke the wrench over my head...lol
Sat each heat I ran faster and faster to accumulating 2 second place finishes and a first.......sort of.......I ran my fastest ever in this boat @ 87.5 mph. Our class is speed limited to 85.00 mph (over 85.9) you break out, DQ. I got DQ'D t
The class gave me a break being that I'm green/newbie, old (60) and fatnugly...lol
Oh ya, forgot to mention...all weekend long we were doing LeMans starts as that is what the Bayfair committee requested and we dis NOT disappoint. I killed the group off the beach every time...It was EPPIC.. ( the extra P indicates it's massive epic-Ness for me) I've watched/admired manny, never done 1 before..ever..
Sunday was even better than Sat...I was so excited I could hardly sleep. (I was already on very low sleep as it was.)
I woke up to pee @ 2 30a, my brain lit off. No getting back to sleep now...
My brain was whirling w/ boat setup, prep details, but mostly driving details. How/what to do @ each point in each lap. How to set up my turns, exit turns, manage the boat speed, land marks to focus on to stay n correct lane position etc., so much to learn, so much to think about @ 85mph ea. Lap, ea. Heat ....it happens instantly ( can't break out again or I'm out for the weekend...zero points....)
8:30 in we go...practice/testing....I'm super excited, n my head going crazy w/ all the things to do, remember, land marks, manage speed, turns, look for other racers, be fast, be safe, can't breath....oh ya...breathe, breathe, breathe ( fukin auto spell shit is going to kill me)
In my head, have fun...that's all we're for..have fun.
Off we go....land marks, where's the turn bodies (sp) ( with 3 race courses, that over lap, there's a sea of bouyies. Find my turn bouies (there's 2 @ ea. Turn/end. Warm up lap down...plate it, stab it...never lift off throttle, wfo all 4 laps. Good session, fast, controlled.....OK, I can do this. Speed??? 83.4 perfect...
1st heat...same head scenario...
LA Man's start....5 4 3 2 1 bam.....fired and gone...1sr. Again....turn 1 good, little wide and let Dave inside...Se10 on my left, deck to deck, Mikey on my hip outside...fuck.....keep it locked down, don't slide into Mikey. The 3 of us turn after turn...tight...d2d , drop a blanket on us...count down...lap 3 great, (breathe) lap 2 great, (breathe) final lap.....ima little wide on exit, push Mikey out ( sorry coach/mentor but that's racin) checkered flag......
Dave p1, me p2, Mikey p3..... yeah baby....fuk yeah......that was awesome....breathe...breathe...lol
Speed ???? Dunno nkno yet. On the launch ramp, ck GPS........guesses??? Anyone, anyone?????
84.5 mph......fuk yea!!!!! That's a keeper...l
last heat of the weekend....
lined up on the beach...I drew p1....bitchen...their fuked....I got this....had my plan n my head....if I execute correctly...it's mine..
P1.....FTW.....OK calm down, focus, manage speed, turns, landmarks, look for the bouyes....keep it down...down pedal, breathe...have fun....
My wife's holding me on the beach.....she's never done this before. I'm explaining to her, reminding her what/how to do it..
Racers...are u ready shouts the announcer...thumbs up from us drivers....
15 seconds.....n my head fuckkkk.. I can do this...breathe, breathe, focus, fun..
14.....10......5, slam the down pedal 4, 3, 2, 1 wife pounds on boat...go go go.....hit the button, fires n gone....p1 thru the first turn, p1 thru turns 3,4. Lifted to much on exit, bow rises, prop walking slideways, fuk, down down pedal.....Dave got inside, fuk... I'm on his hip.....we're battling d2d the whole way. Coming down the back shute...shut.... I look at the beach.....checkered flg......what????? Were done???? But I'm on lap 3.....uh no, no ur knott....( c what I did there?)
Dave......p1, me p2, Mikey p3......
Fuk, fuk fuk.....
I was so focused on all the afore mentioned details I forgot to count laps......fuuuuuuuuukkkkkkk meeeeee..
N my head....Oh well, it's done, you did great this weekend....fuk, fuk, fuk.....
But u dud good dude, it's OK, it's only your second race.....fuuuuuuk. lol
So I'm thinking, well, I'm on the podium in my 2nd race ever....it's kuul, that's good, be happy. Get to the awards stage...Se class...P1..Dave Shaw, P2 Mikey P, P3 Ron Ableman.........errrrrr what????
Oh fuk....the DQ....zero points......to bad, so sad. Lol. It was a frigging awesome weekend.
Was it a fluke???? Can I continue to learn, improve, be competitive race after race???? Can I disrupt the current points leader this weekend @ ming? ( he hasn't since our burley Idaho race in June. Is he rusty? Did his choice to save his equip. For the finals this weekend bite him in the ass? Can I really do this? Can I be his spoiler? Will somebody else step up and kick all our asses? Will John McKee best us all after grenading his motor last weekend in the final heat? Is his borrowed motor ( from 2x's national SE points champ Mikey p no less) gunna put him in the hunt? Will 16 yr old Carly Hurn from Idaho beat us? She had a hard crash in Burley....Cute, strong, determined and pissed off she crashed. Will she get back in the seat, be in the hunt?
Come on out this weekend and find out with the rest of us......
SE29 Invites you all to come out and see.
Stop by, say high and see how this all shakes out...
Drop your cocks and pull up your socks....let's go racing boys..... n girls
C U THERE!!!!!
This weekend at Lake Ming in Bakersfield CA. The national points battle continues and is going to be epic...
I aim to be the spoiler for the awesome racer Jamey Taveres in SE21. He' s a great guy, racer and runs a good program. He's ran well all year long and earned his position @ p1. I'm the newbie w/ only 2 races in my life under my belt..
A bunch of (6) raced last weekend at the San Diego Bayfair event. It was incredible, fast and I learned a shit ton. I was loose as hooker on Nickle nite of Friday. I was flying Canary air lines ( hull is a Canary) left chined in half a dozen times. Sat morning I figured out what was wrong and fixed it...simple really....We snugged up the rudder quadrant as it was slight relaxed and torqued the loose nut behind the wheel a shit ton. I think we broke the wrench over my head...lol
Sat each heat I ran faster and faster to accumulating 2 second place finishes and a first.......sort of.......I ran my fastest ever in this boat @ 87.5 mph. Our class is speed limited to 85.00 mph (over 85.9) you break out, DQ. I got DQ'D t
The class gave me a break being that I'm green/newbie, old (60) and fatnugly...lol
Oh ya, forgot to mention...all weekend long we were doing LeMans starts as that is what the Bayfair committee requested and we dis NOT disappoint. I killed the group off the beach every time...It was EPPIC.. ( the extra P indicates it's massive epic-Ness for me) I've watched/admired manny, never done 1 before..ever..
Sunday was even better than Sat...I was so excited I could hardly sleep. (I was already on very low sleep as it was.)
I woke up to pee @ 2 30a, my brain lit off. No getting back to sleep now...
My brain was whirling w/ boat setup, prep details, but mostly driving details. How/what to do @ each point in each lap. How to set up my turns, exit turns, manage the boat speed, land marks to focus on to stay n correct lane position etc., so much to learn, so much to think about @ 85mph ea. Lap, ea. Heat ....it happens instantly ( can't break out again or I'm out for the weekend...zero points....)
8:30 in we go...practice/testing....I'm super excited, n my head going crazy w/ all the things to do, remember, land marks, manage speed, turns, look for other racers, be fast, be safe, can't breath....oh ya...breathe, breathe, breathe ( fukin auto spell shit is going to kill me)
In my head, have fun...that's all we're for..have fun.
Off we go....land marks, where's the turn bodies (sp) ( with 3 race courses, that over lap, there's a sea of bouyies. Find my turn bouies (there's 2 @ ea. Turn/end. Warm up lap down...plate it, stab it...never lift off throttle, wfo all 4 laps. Good session, fast, controlled.....OK, I can do this. Speed??? 83.4 perfect...
1st heat...same head scenario...
LA Man's start....5 4 3 2 1 bam.....fired and gone...1sr. Again....turn 1 good, little wide and let Dave inside...Se10 on my left, deck to deck, Mikey on my hip outside...fuck.....keep it locked down, don't slide into Mikey. The 3 of us turn after turn...tight...d2d , drop a blanket on us...count down...lap 3 great, (breathe) lap 2 great, (breathe) final lap.....ima little wide on exit, push Mikey out ( sorry coach/mentor but that's racin) checkered flag......
Dave p1, me p2, Mikey p3..... yeah baby....fuk yeah......that was awesome....breathe...breathe...lol
Speed ???? Dunno nkno yet. On the launch ramp, ck GPS........guesses??? Anyone, anyone?????
84.5 mph......fuk yea!!!!! That's a keeper...l
last heat of the weekend....
lined up on the beach...I drew p1....bitchen...their fuked....I got this....had my plan n my head....if I execute correctly...it's mine..
P1.....FTW.....OK calm down, focus, manage speed, turns, landmarks, look for the bouyes....keep it down...down pedal, breathe...have fun....
My wife's holding me on the beach.....she's never done this before. I'm explaining to her, reminding her what/how to do it..
Racers...are u ready shouts the announcer...thumbs up from us drivers....
15 seconds.....n my head fuckkkk.. I can do this...breathe, breathe, focus, fun..
14.....10......5, slam the down pedal 4, 3, 2, 1 wife pounds on boat...go go go.....hit the button, fires n gone....p1 thru the first turn, p1 thru turns 3,4. Lifted to much on exit, bow rises, prop walking slideways, fuk, down down pedal.....Dave got inside, fuk... I'm on his hip.....we're battling d2d the whole way. Coming down the back shute...shut.... I look at the beach.....checkered flg......what????? Were done???? But I'm on lap 3.....uh no, no ur knott....( c what I did there?)
Dave......p1, me p2, Mikey p3......
Fuk, fuk fuk.....
I was so focused on all the afore mentioned details I forgot to count laps......fuuuuuuuuukkkkkkk meeeeee..
N my head....Oh well, it's done, you did great this weekend....fuk, fuk, fuk.....
But u dud good dude, it's OK, it's only your second race.....fuuuuuuk. lol
So I'm thinking, well, I'm on the podium in my 2nd race ever....it's kuul, that's good, be happy. Get to the awards stage...Se class...P1..Dave Shaw, P2 Mikey P, P3 Ron Ableman.........errrrrr what????
Oh fuk....the DQ....zero points......to bad, so sad. Lol. It was a frigging awesome weekend.
Was it a fluke???? Can I continue to learn, improve, be competitive race after race???? Can I disrupt the current points leader this weekend @ ming? ( he hasn't since our burley Idaho race in June. Is he rusty? Did his choice to save his equip. For the finals this weekend bite him in the ass? Can I really do this? Can I be his spoiler? Will somebody else step up and kick all our asses? Will John McKee best us all after grenading his motor last weekend in the final heat? Is his borrowed motor ( from 2x's national SE points champ Mikey p no less) gunna put him in the hunt? Will 16 yr old Carly Hurn from Idaho beat us? She had a hard crash in Burley....Cute, strong, determined and pissed off she crashed. Will she get back in the seat, be in the hunt?
Come on out this weekend and find out with the rest of us......
SE29 Invites you all to come out and see.
Stop by, say high and see how this all shakes out...
Drop your cocks and pull up your socks....let's go racing boys..... n girls
C U THERE!!!!!
. Running 2 classes definitely burns them up quicker for sure !
