2011 Az Winter Warmups VII Feb 25th-27th

[PatrickM]

I have been waiting all day to hear from Propperchopper Tony or Pete about the OPC results!! Sounds like it was fun till Pete had the impact!

Pete said it was so fast that it skeered him resulting in nervous driving errors..... hence the detached transom..... LOL
The hull appeared to be very fast on smooth to moderate water..... everyone was impressed!

[properchopper]

Just got back to L.A. Will have pic's/vids later today. I miss everybody already !

[cybercrxt]

That's cool. Yeah, the hull loves race water, and it can hang in 5" chop (almost white cap chop!) at around half throttle or so depending on conditions. Its probably about like most other 21 tunnels, but it definitely doesn't spin out or veer side to side like a VS-1 would in those conditions. I am glad the boat made Pete nervous. If your not nervous while racing, you probably should go home cause it means your not enjoying it!!!!! Mike

[6S HYDRO]

Hey Pat its Winegarner....

[properchopper]

First of several videos - Pits in Sunshine ! ( wait 'till you see the next one )

Have some racing action; downloading while I'm unpacking

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m_qRjgZ9rhA

[Doug Smock]

Cool write up Mr.Newland.
It's good to see Mr. Fuller still at it!!
Thanks for the vid Tony.
Doug

[properchopper]

WW VII Pits in the Hailstorm. Just a momentary interruption of the racing action

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=flMuhSQcNBs

[properchopper]

P-Spec OPC Heat ; Pete's ML 295 shredding up the course to a first place finish !

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=azvOpD8Q3n4

[properchopper]

LSH heat - Mr. Newland takes the finish AND the 2nd Place Class Win with his Insane FE 30 :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VDENz2nKLyE

[PatrickM]

Hey Pat its Winegarner....

Sorry, Paul...at least I got all the letters right..... musta been one of them there freudian slips......

[properchopper]

1/10 Scale Hydro heat . These boats are really beautiful and SO scale that the drivers actually fart (37 seconds in on the back straight of the first lap) ; unfortunately the boat sucked in the fumes and quit

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SLOD_9vx8HI

[Hydromaniac]

All I can say is we had a great weekend. You guys put on one heck of a time. A first class event. I enjoyed the racing but mostly seeing some old freinds and have made some new ones. Nice to put some more of the faces with names of the folks who this was the first time being able to race together. It was well worth it. I had a blast and am already planning it for next year. THANK YOU FOR A GREAT TRIP. Sorry about the light snow on Sunday morning, I'm sure we brought it with us LOL!!!

[D. Newland]

HA!!!! Tony, thanks for filming that OPC Heat.

Pete-I knew you didn't do 6 laps!!!! You only did 5!!!!!!!! I'm changing the points.

No wonder your heat time was so damn fast!

[D. Newland]

No, I'm not changing the points. And, yes, your boat did beat my Purple Passion hands down...for that heat...until you stopped at lap 5.

[cybercrxt]

You know, I didn't know how you guys run out there (If it was IMPBA or NAMBA), I thought I remembered Tony telling me it was a 6 lap race. After watching the video, I thought to myself "Dang, guess they only run 5".

Pete has not PM'ed me any info about his second day racing yet..... Tho I have been patiently waiting...


Do you guys have Pit guys that help the driver count laps and tell the driver which lane to be in to avoid dead boats? Just wondering because a lot of odd things happened from the recaps I have been hearing.

Mike