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

Elam+ Test Session - July 2008

Here are a few shots from last years test session in July 2008

'55 Miss Thriftway & '62 Miss Bardahl @ Spring Training April 14, 2009 Lake Washington

For the last couple of years, These 2 classic Hydroplanes along with the ULHRA Unlimiteds Lights & LTL's have gotten together to put on a "Spring Training" exhibition & shakedown before the hydro season starts. Here's some pictures of those 2 hydroplanes, they are both absolutely beautiful examples of classic hydroplanes.

Vintage Classics from the Hydroplane and Raceboat Museum

New Build

M P M Racing  New 5 litre Jones. Were pick away at her. I'm hopefull she'll see the water this year. Please see all are photos and Movies at http://mpm-racing.com

U-48 Miss Albert Lee Test Session - Lake Washington May 14, 2009 - Lon Erickson

Thunder on the Ohio Unveils Website

A new website for the upcoming 31st running of Thunder on the Ohio has been unveiled. Visit http://thunderontheohio.net/. While the site is in its infancy, it is sure to offer fans all the information needed to get the most out of their visit August 21 - 23 to Evansville, IN to see the fastest race boats in the world compete.

Visit to Formulaboats Race Shop May 23

Miss Bud

 

Quake On The Lake News

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/
 

 

 

 

Good Luck!

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

Roger

Happy Easter

from The HydroNation!

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.