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Sunday, May 24, 2009

Visit to Formulaboats Race Shop May 23

Friday, May 22, 2009

Quake On The Lake News:
It's official - the ACHA group from Canada, including the Grand Prix, will be at the 10th Annual Quake on the Lake and the APBA Eastern Divisionals! ! http://www.quakeonthelake.org/

Friday, April 17, 2009

Good Luck!

Good Luck to everyone racing Moses Lake and Portsmouth this weekend. Be fast and be safe!

Roger

Friday, April 10, 2009

Happy Easter

from The HydroNation!

Monday, April 6, 2009

My name is Roger…

My name is Roger…

…. and I’m a Hydroplane Racing Geek. My drive to and from work gives me plenty of time to think about life and things in general. One night I started to think about hydroplane racing and how much I enjoy the sport. Man, am I a geek! Let’s see how I came up with this conclusion.

- The wallpaper on my cell phone is a photo of the U3 that I took in Detroit.

- The wallpaper on my computer at work is the Go 3 Racing.

- One of the ringtones on my phone is a turbine engine startup that is assigned to my friends that I’ve made through hydroplane racing.

- I maintain a hydroplane racing blog and recently retired another that I created in back 2005.

- I have a facebook page with several hydro photos. I also maintain a hydroplane racing page on facebook. A network has been created through facebook that includes hydroplane racing fans, drivers (past and present), crew members, tv/radio personalities, photographers and I’m a fan of several related pages.

- I have hundreds of photos that I’ve taken over the years.

- I twitter the U3 and ABRA sites.

- Planning on 2 inboard races this year, walled lake and stony creek. Attended the Stony Creek race the past 2 years.

- Planning a hydro party of racing slides and video called ‘Hydro-phenia – A Boat Racing Opera’.

- I’ve been to every Unlimited race in Detroit, except one, since 1982. Have traveled to other sites, budget pending, to watch the big boats race.

It’s safe to say that I qualify as a geek, junkie, fanatic. Whatever you want to call it, that’s me. I’m sure there are many more like me out there.

Hey buddy, get a life! No thank-you, I’ll keep the one that I have. I have kids that I need to pass the torch to for the future of hydroplane racing.

Saturday, February 7, 2009

Photos from UIM GP Worlds

Have just added over 50 images from Day 1 of the UIM World GP Hydros here at Lake Karapiro in New Zealand.

J.Michael Kelly had The Boss in full song today and should be some awesome racing tomorrow. Feel free to check out the images from today at:

http://www.h2ofullthrottleforum.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=213

Friday, February 6, 2009

J. Michael Kelly in New Zealand

NZ live on Speedbox tomorrow and its all free of charge.

The link is:http://www.speedbox.tv/StreamInfo.aspx?vidid=120

Live coverage starts at 11.30am Sunday NZ time which is 2.30pm Saturday Pacific Coast Time in the USA.

Please send this to everyone you can and get it posted on the Hydronation website etc as we want to break their record of 1000 people online watching it live.

RegardsNed

Tuesday, February 3, 2009

St. Clair, Michigan - 2004 from Chase Edmonson

Monday, February 2, 2009

1st Annual HydroNation Fan Awards

In an effort to recognize fans who support Unlimited Hydroplane Racing and a few fan favorites, The HydroNation is accepting nominations for the following categories:

Best Fan Website

Best Viewing – Race Site

Best Pits

Biggest Hydro Fanatic

Biggest Contributor

Unsung Hero

Best Concession Item – besides beer

Fan Forum

Facebook/Myspace Site

I will accept other category ideas as well. Please e-mail your nominations to:

n2violation@yahoo.com

Thank you

Roger

Tuesday, January 27, 2009

Miss Madison Slideshow

Miss Budweiser

Tuesday, January 13, 2009

Stony Creek 2008 - Slide Show

Grand Prix Slideshow - Detroit

View Album

Get your own

Coming Soon!

Welcome to 2009!

Stay tuned for the 2008 HydroNation Awards. They will be 'non-typical' awards, and the list will be posted soon. Once posted, nominations will be accepted!

Also, there will be 2 photos contests open to everyone!

- The first will be the Best of 2008!
- The second will be 'Old School' any up to and including 1999!

I'm also considering a 'Best of Each Decade' ie 1970 to 1979

All classes of hydroplane racing are eligible for either photo contest. More details to come.

As always, your input is 'mandatory' LOL well, very much appreciated! I look forward to hearing from everyone.

One last thing, I'm still looking for individuals to contribute stories and photos.

Let's have some fun!

Roger