MADISON - THE MOVIE - TO BE SHOWN GOLD CUP WEEKEND

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MADISON - THE MOVIE - TO BE SHOWN GOLD CUP WEEKEND

Join us on Saturday night July 11th as we watch Madison the movie on a 9 by 12 foot Jumbotron in Waterworks Park!

Madison is loosely based on the town of Madison's home-town Gold Cup win in 1971. For more information about the movie see the Internet Movie Database: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0206113/

The show will begin about Dusk ... feel free to bring your blankets and/or lawn chairs. Pop, beer, water and popcorn will be available and you can bring your own per our usual cooler rules (14" max, no carry-in alcohol or glass).

The viewing is absolutely free for everyone! Parking is also free for holders of -any- 2009 Gold Cup parking pass or stub, for all others it's just $5.

Gold Cup, President's Cup, Gar Wood Trophy, J. Lee Schoenith Memorial Trophy and more...

I returned to the APBA/DRRA Offices and took a few more photos. Two in the slideshow were already posted here, but I added them anyway....enjoy! Thank you to Mark Weber for letting me take the photos.

The Unlimted Season Is Finally Here!

Hey Hydro Fans,

The Madison Regatta is this Weekend, July 3 - 5
http://www.madisonregatta.com/

Contact Info

Madison Regatta, Inc.
P.O. Box 341
Madison, IN 47250
Phone:(812) 265-5000
Fax:(812) 273-2703
Email: info@madisonregatta.com

Madison Regatta office hours
June 2 - July 3
Monday-Friday
9 am - 5 pm

Check out the ABRA Website for timing and scoring

http://www.abrahydroplanes.com/

Live audio streaming from WORX 96.7
http://www.worxradio.com/

Madison History by Fred Farley - APBA Unlimited Historian
http://www.madisonregatta.com/regatta_brochure.html

Madison is a Great place to watch a race and visit!

Thunder on the Ohio Announces Concerts

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The Thunder on the Ohio, Inc. announced today at a media teleconference two major country groups will be performing at the 31st Annual Thunder on the
Ohio August 21-23.

The Marshall Tucker Band will perform Friday night August 21, while Jack Ingram will open up for county star Travis Tritt, Saturday August 22.

More details on this announcement can be read and heard on http://go3racing.com

The Big Red Turbinator Comes to Life

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The Big Red Turbinator Comes to Life

After a long winter of sitting bare of her racing essentials, the Go3 Racing hull is being readied for battle in the 2009 American Boat Racing
Association ( http://abrahydroplanes.com )tour. With exactly one week to the season opener in Madison, Indiana ( http://madisonregatta.com ),
finishing touches are being performed at the Ed Cooper Go3 Racing Shop. Three Allison V-12 engines sit in the engine room and are just about ready to
make the 3 hour trip to Madison.

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Gold Cup Races Offer Laid Off Workers 'Family Five Bucks' Ticket

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Gold Cup Races Offer Laid Off Workers 'Family Five Bucks' Tickets and Free Admission for Active Military

Hard pressed area families, individuals and active military can enjoy good times during hard times thanks to special consideration this year at the
2009 Chrysler Jeep Superstores Detroit APBA Gold Cup unlimited hydroplane races July 10-12 with "Family Five Bucks" tickets and free admission for
active military.
General admission tickets for all the parks will be good for the full weekend and be sold at a special discount of $5 each. Up to four tickets per
family will be sold with demonstration of unemployment when purchased at the Gold Cup ticket office, starting July 7, during race week. Active members
of the U.S. Armed Forces are admitted free by showing their military id at the ticket office.

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www.go3racing.com

1968 Gold Cup Race

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1968 Gold Cup Race 1968 GC on the Detroit River. Classic film captured by JCPH2.
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Chet The Jet's r/c Bubble Bud

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pIZx5ALBMbI&feature=channel_page

JMK Tests New Ride

From the ABRA Site  http://www.abrahydroplanes.com/ :

JMK Tests New Ride

J Michael Kelly of Auburn, Washington climbed into the cockpit of his new ride, Ted Porter's U -7, for the first time on Saturday morning at Alum Creek Park near Columbus, Ohio and liked what he felt.  "I've been lucky to drive some great boats," said Kelly, "but nothing like this." Kelly got a lot of seat time in the test session, taking his boat out 4 times.  He also tested his team-mate Jeff Bernard's U-5 twice, subbing for Bernard who was at home in Seattle attending memorial services for his step-father, Terry Troxell.  Kelly impressed his new team by adapting quickly to his new ride.  U-5 crew chief Tom Anderson said, "These guys (Kelly and Bernard)  both know how to get the most out of a raceboat.  It should be a fun season" Photos:   James Crisp

Chrysler Jeep Returns as Sponsor

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June 19, 2009

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Chrysler Jeep and the Go3 Racing Team have teamed up once again to go Unlimited Hydroplane racing together for the 2009 American Boat Racing
Association season. For more on this story and other pre- season updates on the Miss Chrysler Jeep, please visit http://go3racing.com

Detroit 1991

 

Hydroplane Racing in Detroit 1946-2008

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David D. Williams, Hydroplane & Raceboat Museum Director, has been driving unlimited hydroplanes since 1993. This is his seventh book on the subject of hydroplane racing, and it was published in June, 2009 by Arcadia Publishing. 

Click here: Arcadia Publishing - local history books

How close did George Stratton really get to the seawall in Detroit in 2000? How high did the E-lam go when JW blew over in front of the DYC in 2005? What did the Gale Jet boat look like and was there really a Miss Pepsi III?

For the answer to these and many more questions, pick up a copy of David Williams' newest book Hydroplane Racing in Detroit 1946 - 2008. At 128 pages with over 220 rare and exciting photos, this book is a bargain for only $21.99.

Hydroplane Racing in Detroit 1946 - 2008, is David's fourth book for Arcadia Publishing and details the post war racing in the Motor City. Williams combed the photo collection of Doug Dossin, Bill Osborne, Sandy Ross and the Hydroplane Museum to find dozens of rare, old photos that had never been published before, to illustrated his carefully researched history of racing in the Motor City.

The book is available now on the Hydroplane Museum website as well as Amazon.com and local book stores in the Detroit area. Also, David's other recent books, "Hydroplane Racing in Seattle", "Turbine Racing in Seattle" and "Turbine Racing in the Tri-Cities" are also available through the Museum.

Click here: Books and magazines

Walled Lake Thunder II

Hydro racer raises $11,000 for children

http://www.kndu.com/Global/story.asp?S=10528206&nav=menu484_4_4

Pace Picking Up in Go3 Race Shop

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Pace Picking Up in Go3 Race Shop

With the 2009 ABRA ( http://abrahydroplanes.com ) season fast approaching, the action is fast and furious in the Go3 Racing Shop. A number of things
are happening in the stretch run to the season opening Madison Regatta ( http://madisonregatta.com )July 3-5. And, the full-time crew in the shop has
increased by one. Rick Bowles has arrived from Seattle to join Ed Cooper ( index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=65&Itemid=61 ) and Robert
Grossman in preparing the big red racing hull.

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Roar of the Hydros Book

Roar of the Hydros" the latest book by Steve Garey. A wonderful look at the first 100 years of Gold Cup and Unlimited racing, with a foreword by Steve David.  Take a time traveler's journey and read about the greatest drivers, boats and races, from the days of Gar Wood through the modern turbine era of the 21st century. 187 pages loaded with pictures, stories, races, and the colorful personalities that brought this era to life. 

 

Order yours today! Send $24.95, plus $3.00 shipping and handling to:
Stephen Garey, P.O. Box 989, Mt. Clemens, MI 48046 

Walled Lake Thunder II

OK folks!  If you want to have a good time and see some good inboard hydroplane racing, you need to add Walled Lake to your calender for next year. Inboard Hydro owners and racers, you should seriously consider making Walled Lake one of your stops next year.

 

The setting is nice, the beach/seating area is right next to the pits. You can either set up blankets on the beach or take advantage of the small area of bleacher seating. I had a great afternoon with my kids and wife watching the racing action and having a picnic on the beach. The kids did great until later in the afternoon and at that point it was time to pack it up. Nothing worse than tired and cranky kids. My daughter was sound asleep within 2 minutes of driving home. A good start for both kids considering this was their first race together. Looks like Stony Creek will be another family adventure.

 

I would personally like to thank Sean Bowsher. Sean graciously adopted me and my son as crew members and we were able to get a close up look at the boats. My son was especially thrilled when he got to sit in Sean's hydro and get his picture taken. I would also like to thank Brian Perkins. He was kind enough to talk hydros and have his photo taken with my son. When I told my son he drove the Navy Unlimited Hydro last year, he couldn't believe it. So, thanks again to both Sean and Brian.

 

I didn't get a chance to meet up with as many folks as I would've liked. I only went on Sunday so I didn't have the time I needed. Plus, Sunday was a day with my family!  Sorry if I missed you.  The one other person I did meet was John Nebelecky. Nice to meet you John.

 

I will have photos posted sometime this week. I'll post some on my blog  http://hydronation.blogspot.com/  in some form...individual photos or set up a slide show.

 

Hope to see many of you at the Gold Cup next month. I can't make it to Quake on the Lake, but Stony Creek is on my schedule. Have a great rest of the Summer racing and entertaining us hydro-holics. Be fast, but more importantly, Be Safe!

 

Roger

Some Classics from 1961 Reno Gold Cup @ Lake Pyramid

U-60 Miss Century 21 U-2 Miss U.S. 1 U-4 Tempest



U-4 Tempest


U-60 Miss Century 21 U-40 Miss Bardahl

U-2 Miss U.S. 1

Hydro Show

Join Tim Torrance -

http://worxradio.com/hydros.htm

"Hydro Show"
Sunday June 14th...4:05pm Join us as we re-cap 2008 and look ahead to the 2009 season on WORX 96.7FM

More From Tastin N Racin 2009

U-48 Miss Albert Lee-Brian Perkins

U-17 Our Gang Racing - Kip Brown

U-37 Schumacher Racing - Jean Theoret

Here's 3 of this years unlimited fleet that were at Lake Sammamish

Tastin n Racin 2009 Lake Sammamish

Vintage Hydros - 1955 Miss Thriftway & 1975 Oh Boy! Oberto

Vintage 1975 Oh Boy! Oberto

Vintage 1975 Oh Boy! Oberto & 1955 Miss Thriftway

Oberto heading out for exhibition run

Miss Thriftway heading out

Walled Lake Inboard Race

I'll be at Walled Lake, June 13th & 14th, to take photos for the HydroNation Blog and watch some racing. I need a fix real bad. LOL I be there Saturday with my son and Sunday by myself unless my son decides to come with me. Hope to see all of you there.

Roger

Race Season Approaching Fast

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Race Season Approaching Fast

If you stop by the Go3 Racing Team shop these days, you won't hear much talking, but lots of grinding, spraying, and scraping. Ed Cooper's (
index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=65&Itemid=61 )backyard race shop in eastern Posey County, Indiana is busy at work. Ed and Robert Grossman
spend most days preparing the many parts and pieces of the Allison V-12 engines. The work is long, hard, tedius and back breaking. But, it has to be
done to get the powerful Allison's to produce the 3000 horsepower to compete against the world's fastest hydroplanes on the 2009 ABRA tour.

1st Annual APBA Gold Cup Fondue Party Fundraiser

1st Annual APBA Gold Cup Fondue Party Fundraiser

 

http://www.gold-cup.com/

 

Date:           July 1st – Wednesday

Time:          6:30pm to 9pm

Cost:           $30 per ticket (includes Cheese & Dessert fondue stations, Barefoot Wine samples

and 1 non-alcoholic beverage ticket)

Location:    The Melting Pot – 888 West Big Beaver Rd. – Troy – MI 48084

Phone 248-362-2221

 

To Purchase Tickets in advance:

RSVP by emailing: Christy@gold-cup.com (pay at door)

Purchase tickets at the "Melting Pot" in Troy

Or at the office 17640 E. 9 Mile Rd. – Eastpointe 48021

 

Amazing Raffle Door Prizes including "Melting Pot Baskets"

Limited room available - RSVP now!

Photo opportunities with the APBA Gold Cup

Visit the website for more information Gold-Cup.com
 

 

The Gold Cup and President's Trophy

I went to the DRRA Office on Tuesday to order my seats and parking. While I was there, I got a chance to check out the Trophy Room. Pretty cool! I wish I would've had more time to take photos, but I had both kids with me. They were starting to get into things like it was a 'hands on' museum. I did get a photo of the Gold Cup and the President's Trophy. These are taken with my cellphone.

ABRA Thunder on the Ohio Teleconference Audio from June 4, 2009

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ABRA Thunder on the Ohio Teleconference

Hear audio from the American Boat Racing Conference concerning the 31st Annual Thunder on the Ohio and the events that will occur during the race
weekend. Click on the read more link to go to the audio player.

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ABRA adds Marketing Team

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The American Boat Racing Association announced today they have added a new marketing team to help with the series public realations and marketing
efforts. Veteran race announcer Steve Montgomery and his company, Montgomery Marketing, will join the ABRA this season.

To read more about this story, go to http://go3racing.com for all the details.

A reminder that a teleconference will be held on Thursday to make a major announcement concerning Evansville Thunder on the Ohio. We'll be on that
conference call and will bring you all the details on Go3Racing.com.

Thunder on the Ohio Announcement

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Thunder on the Ohio will be making a major announcement on Thursday June 4, 2009. The media teleconference will feature Dr. Ken Muscatel who will
announce new attractions and details for this years Thunder on the Ohio. Dr. Muscatel is owner/driver of the U-25 and on the board of directors of
Thunder on the Ohio. Other representatives from the ABRA will also be on the call. The 31st running of the event will take place August 21-23, 2009 on
the Ohio River.

The Go3Racing.com web team will be on that media call and will bring you all the details immediately after completion of the teleconference.

Stay close to your computers, blackberry's and IPhones for more newsletters and compete coverage at http://go3racing.com