Go3 Racing Team in Sayres Pits
The Go3 Racing Team is now in the Stan Sayres pits in Seattle. The team arrived this morning and will once again race under the sponsorship of Grand
View on the Lake. Go3 Crew member John Walcker has generously decided to help owner Ed Cooper with the cost of racing at the Chevrolet Cup at Seafair
with the sponsorhip of Grand View on the Lake.
Photos by Jim Simpson
Cant' be at Lake Washington this weekend or have to work this Friday? Go3racing has you covered.
Seafair Audio to be Streamed Live on Go3racing.com
Thanks to Seafair Announcer Mark Allen, Go3racing.com will be streaming audio from Lake Washington this weekend. Click on Seafair Live PA Stream at
the top of the page to listen or click here. (
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Go3 Racing Repairs Complete
The Go3 Racing Team completed the repairs to the non trip area around the skid fin Thursday afternoon. They left the Chelan boat shop of John Walcker
Thursday evening and headed west towards Seattle. The boat should be set up in the Stan Sayres pits on Lake Washington Friday morning, ready to
qualify for the Chevrolet Cup at Seafair. Testing begins at 8:30 (PST) Friday morning. Go3Racing.com will be here all weekend with complete coverage
of Jimmy King and the Go3 Racing Team.
Photo by Dean Edwards
Another Long Prep Week
Work continues in Chelan, Washington in preparation for the Chevrolet Cup at the Seattle Seafair this weekend. Everybody pitches in when work is being
done to prepare a broken hull and trying to find more power for the Allison V-12 engines.
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U-25 Mr. Home Loan presents Servpro
Some of the damaged skid fin area already prepped for repair
Repairs Underway
Repairs are underway from damage incurred this past weekend at the Tri Cities Columbia Cup. The skid fin bracket, which was temporarily patched for
the races in Madison and Detroit, started to fail in Heat 1B on Saturday. The Go3 Team has taken the boat to crew member and former driver Mitch
Evan's shop in Chelan, Washington.
Photos by Robert Grossman
Go3 Racing is also Twittering, and you can also follow the ABRA Twitters as well.
A new "Your Voice" poll is ready for your vote.
And, check out our photo "Gallery" of pictures from Tri Cities. New photos have been added. Check it out!
Jimmy King nips Nate Brown For 2nd Place in 1B
Three laps of deck to deck racing vying for 2nd place and more importantly 300 points towards the fina Go3 Grand View on the Lake driver Jimmy King
drove a magnificent race. Starting in lane 3 King used all 3000+ horsepower out of the V-12 Allison to come around on the outside and clip the U-17
at the line. Kings average speed was 147.514 That was a pretty good race, it was fun and exciting but our boat should be a lot faster than that.
That is what we do this for is to see the boat run and run well. We know how much the fans appreciate this boat and that is what we do it for" said
owner and crew chief Ed Cooper Jr.
Engine Problems Continue
The engine problems continue for the Go3 Racing Team and the Grandview on the Lake at the Columbia Cup in Pasco, Washington. One of the Allison V-12s
Owner and Crew Chief brought Ed Cooper brought west has already been lost for the weekend. This one barely lasted one lap around the 2.5 mile Columbia
River race course.
Jim Simpson photo
Grand View on the Lake Qualifies
Jimmy King needed just one lap to get his U-3 Grand View on the Lake qualified for the Lamb Weston Columbia Cup this weekend. Arriving later than
expected to the Tri Cities, Jimmy made his way into the pits and into the cockpit of his Go3 Racing prepared Big Red Turbinator and qualified.
The Go3 Racing Team is in the Neil Lampson pits in Pasco, Washington and ready to qualify for the 44th annual Columbia Cup. You can watch the crew
work on the Big Red Turbinator all weekend long through our webcam. The camera is located on top of the team transport truck. Follow the Go3 Racing
Team this weekend and see what's going on.
We also have a gallery of pictures from a variety of photographers at the Columbia River. Check back often this weekend, as we'll be updating
throughout. Get up close and personal with Ed Cooper, Jimmy King and the Go3 team!
View the Go3 Pit Cam here. ( index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=256&Itemid=66 )
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Go3 Racing Headed West
While you were sleeping in the early morning hours of Wednesday, the Go3 Racing Team hit the road on the way to Tri Cities, WA. The needed repairs
have been completed, the truck is loaded, boat is hitched and Ed Cooper and co-driver Bill Fritz are headed west. The team should arrive in the Neil
F. Lampson pits in Tri Cities in plenty of time for qualifications Friday on the Columbia River. The course opens at 8am (PDT) on Friday for testing,
while the 1st round of qualifying is tentatively scheduled for 11:00am (PDT). Stay with Go3Racing.com all weekend long for complete Lamb Weston
Columbia Cup results on Jimmy King and the Big Red Turbinator.
Photo by Dean Edwards
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Monday 7pm
Preparation for the Lamb Weston Columbia Cup ( http://waterfollies.com/index.php?option=com_frontpage&Itemid=1 ) continues at the Go3 Racing Team shop
in Posey County. After suffering more engine problems at the Gold Cup in Detroit nearly 2 weeks ago, Ed Cooper and his team have been hard at work in
hopes of racing in the Tri Cities this weekend.
If you've ever been to the Madison Regatta, and walked up and down Vaughn Drive, you may have noticed a huge crowd of fans gathered. If you didn't
stop to look, you probably thought it was a driver of one of the Unlimited hydroplanes signing autographs. You would be wrong. "The Button Man" has
graced the streets along the riverfront passing out his hydroplane buttons.
Did you know that Ed Cooper had three hulls in the pits at the 2009 APBA Gold Cup? If you follow the sport closely, you know the U-22 Webster Racing
Team hull is the former "Tubby", raced by the Go3 Racing Team for 5 years ending in 2002. But, what is the third hull that sat in the Horace Dodge
pits in Detroit?
We've added new pictures to our photo gallery from this past weekend's Gold Cup in Detroit. To see these photos, go to http://go3racing.com and click
on the "Gallery" tab at the top of the page.
We'll also visit the Go3 Racing Team shop later this week and update the work in preparation for the Columbia Cup in Tri Cities July 24-26.
Also be on the lookout for several fun features we'll bring to you as the summer progresses.
Kelowna Exhibition Race Cancelled
News Release
July 13, 2009
For Immediate Release
Kelowna Hydrofest forced to Cancel Plans for 2009
Leverage Sports & Entertainment has cancelled plans to bring the fastest boats in the world back to Kelowna in 2009
Kelowna, B.C. – Plans have been derailed to bring the ABRA Unlimited Hydroplanes and POPRA Off Shore power boats back to Kelowna, BC this August
8th-9th, 2009. Several factors have attributed to this situation. A lack of corporate sponsorship and a significant amount of costs to facilitate an
event of this nature made it impossible to continue under the current conditions.
Miss Chrysler Jeep Heat 2B Report
Jimmy King took the Miss Chrysler Jeep to lane 4 in heat 2A. Having radio problems and unable to hear his team, Jimmy just barely jumped the gun and
was penalized 1 lap.
Photo by Jim Simpson
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SUNDAY RACE SCHEDULE
10:45am---Heat 2A
11:05am---Heat 2B
1:05pm---Heat 3A
1:25pm---Heat 3B
2:45pm---Heat 4A
3:05pm---Heat 4B
4:30pm---APBA Gold Cup
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The wind strikes again at the APBA Gold Cup. Heats 2A and 2B were postponed until Sunday morning. Testing begins at 8am, with Heats 2A abd 2B being
run in the morning. A final schedule will be released soon.
For more, visit http://go3racing.com
Damage Report from Heat 1B
Bad luck struck Jimmy King and Miss Chrysler Jeep at the APBA Gold Cup again this afternoon. On the 3rd lap of Heat 1B, those two words Ed Cooper and
Go3 Racing Team hate to hear: engine failure.
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Heat Draws
Heat 1A--11:50 am
U-1 Oh Boy! Oberto
U-5 Formulaboats.com
U-7 Graham Trucking
U-17 Our Gang Racing
U-48 Whirlpool presents Miss Albert Lee
U-22 Matrix System Automotive (trailer)
Heat 1B-- 12:10 pm
U-3 Miss Chrysler Jeep
U-16 Miss Elam Plus
U-25 Jarvis Disaster Recovery
U-100 Leland Racing
U-37 Glacial Energy presents Miss DYC (trailer)
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Go3 Live Streaming
Follow all the action from the Detroit River. The camera is located in the back of the Go3racing transport truck. Currently we do not have audio,
but will continue to work on it.
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Miss Chrysler Jeep Ready to Race
Long hours. Lots of long hours for the Miss Chrysler Jeep team this week. Those long hours continued Friday night after staying up all night Thursday
preparing the boat to race for the APBA Gold Cup.
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Gold Cup Starting Procedure
AMERICAN BOAT RACING ASSOCIATION
July 10, 2009
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Starting Procedure Changed for Gold Cup
The unlimited hydroplane owners of the American Boat Racing Association (ABRA) met this morning (Friday, July 10) to discuss and then change the
starting procedure for this weekend's 100th running of the Chrysler Jeep Superstores APBA Gold Cup.
The ABRA implemented a lane selection starting process last week during the Madison Regatta based on qualifying speed and elimination heat points. But
the majority of the owners and drivers did not want to use that starting procedure for the most prestigious trophy in powerboat racing.
"The owners elected to do this for the Gold Cup instead of lane assignments," said chief referee Mike Noonan. "The majority wanted something similar
to the previous method of starting (where drivers mill on the course and fight for lanes) to put the Gold Cup championship back in the hands of the
drivers."
The starting procedure for this year's Gold Cup:
- Teams will draw for elimination heats with the teams acquiring the most points during the preliminary four-lap heats making it into the
winner-take-all championship final;
- All drivers will fight for lanes prior to the race (no lane assignments);
- There will be no off-plane rule (boats will be allowed to go at slower speeds);
- All boats must score up at the turn one exit pin buoy one-minute from the start (buoy is located on the southwest side of the course near the
Detroit Boat Club);
- All lanes must be established at that time and maintained until passing the start/finish line;
- All boats proceed to and hit the starting line after the timing clock hits zero.
Elimination heats for the Chrysler Jeep Superstores APBA Detroit Gold Cup begin Saturday at 11:50 am with more eliminations heat Sunday and 4:20 pm
final.
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The 100th running of the 2009 APBA Gold Cup will have a new starting procedure for this weekend's race. Read the entire press release from the ABRA by
visiting http://go3racing.com
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The Miss Chrysler Jeep left the Posey County shop at 9:00 Friday morning enroute to the 100th running of the APBA Gold Cup. Arrival in the Detroit
pits is late afternoon. Stay with http://go3racing.com all weekend for complete coverage of the Miss Chrysler Jeep with driver Jimmy King going for
his first Gold Cup win.
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All hands on deck. That's the motto this week at the Go3 Racing Team shop. With less than a week to repair the damage sustained at the Madison
Regatta, everybody is pitching in to see that the Miss Chrysler Jeep is race ready to compete for the 100th running of the APBA Gold Cup. And, that
means everybody.
For the complete story and more updated pictures, please visit http://go3racing.com
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