2010 namba fe nationals!!

[Darin Jordan]

The only Problems were a boat went down, Hopefully the diver will get her back today.

If that's Wilmer's boat, Tell him I'm going to kick his ass the next time we see him!! FOAM is your Friend, Buddy!!

[RandyatBBY]

It was not Wilmers N1 he had three first today with that boat and made mo mention of his boats having a problem.

[Darin Jordan]

It was not Wilmers N1 he had three first today with that boat and made mo mention of his boats having a problem.

Excellent! He has a habit of sinking that little boat... Glad it wasn't his this time!

Good Job, Willie!!

[RandyatBBY]

I asked him about it, it was a wood boat that sank.

[sailr]

Any news?

[BILL OXIDEAN]

This is hands down one of the best races I've attended. Today we had fall off the bone barbeacue and a cooler LOADED with an assortment of brews..

Pancake flat water all weekend, LOTS of chase, 'em down swap positions paind swappin' racin'. everyone is racing real close, good vibes all around.

There's a trail running through our pits with a constant flow of ladies jogging and walking, and i'd say one out of 4 are eye kandy lol..

BIG collage of new electronic tech combined with an assortment of intersting scratch built out of the box ideas that work

I don't know the full score so i'm not gonna' post anything.
All I can say is this was the PERFECT mix of drivers.

Rod throws a first class colorful race..

OK i'll feed you monkeys somethin' juicy.. Guess who's throwin' the 2011 nats??

KEN HAINES AND THE WAVE BLASTERS!! It will be in FLA an SO will I yipee!!!!!

Everyone's havin' a great time out here from wrestling matches, to pig outs, to name calling its truly a blast..
For the record, I ate 5 plates of barbeacue, and 6 delicious sandwiches (provided by David Newland) for 20 bux!

Oh, and Randy, I made a mistake, our new N-1 mono 3-lap record is 1.30

[sailr]

Great report Wilmer! Yep. We're excited here in FL about the 011 Nats! How's Ken doin there in Greeley? I know his plate is pretty full! Hope he's doing well. He's a great guy and good friend.

[H2OCamel]

What time do things kick off saturday? I want to be there to get photos and mabe some vids too?

[Hydromaniac]

The 2010 NAMBA FE nats are now part of history. We returned home early this morning. After I've had some time to catch my breath we will be posting the results, some photos and a few recaps. However at this time I would like to post a few things that I think are the true High Lights of the event. The true high point of the FE NATs is the induction of a Great person, racer and a true Gentleman in to the NAMBA hall of fame. I would like to congradulate MR. DOUG TWAITS JR.,for his induction. He is the youngest and first FE racer to be inducted in to the Hall of Fame. Congradulations, it is well deserved. We are Honored to have the induction announced at the 2010 FE Nationals in Greeley Colorado. A couple of other Highs of the event are the winners of the team Championship. Once again Team RUMRUNNER RACING is the standout team, The members are Doug Twaits Jr., Mike Paganelli and David Rychalski. Another great racing performance of the race was shown by David Newland as he has been awarded the the overall High Points Champion . Great Job Guys!!!

[Hydromaniac]

Top results

I think its safe to say everyone had a great time at the Nats. Here is a list of the top 3 finishes in each class. I will be posting a recap and complete reults in the next few days. Great job guys!!!

N-1 MONO
1. BILL OXIDEAN 1600
2. STEVEN VACARRO JR. 952
3. MIKE PGAGNELLI 794

N-2 SPORT HYDRO

1. DOUG TWAITS JR. 1600
2. BILL OXIDEAN 652
3. SEAN CORDOVA 625

P-LIMITED HYDRO

1. DAVID NEWLAND 1269
2. MIKE ZABOROWSKI 1250
3. DOUG TWAITS JR.1200

P-MONO

1. DOUG TWAITS JR. 1600
2. DAVE NEWLAND 1400
3. KEN HAINES 1300

Q-MONO

1. CHRITOPHER KRAWCZYK 1500
2. TOM COSTELLO 825
3. KEN HAINES 750

Q-HYDRO

1. DOUG TWAITS 1325
2. CHRISTOPHER KRAWCZYK 1150
3. MIKE PAGANELLI

PRODUCTION

1. JASON SIMS 1025
2. BILL QXIDEAN 819
3. MIKE ZABOROWSKI 800

P-LIMITED OFFSHORE /LSO

1. JAY STOLZ 38 LAPS
2. DOUG PETERSON 37.75 LAPS
3. DAVE NEWLAND 36.25 LAPS

N-2 OFFSHORE

1. DAVE NEWLAND 43.50 LAPS
2. KEN HAINES 37.75 LAPS
3. CHRISTOPHER KRAWCZYK 36.50 LAPS

P-OFFSHORE

1. DOUG TWAITS JR. 48.50 LAPS
2. DAVE NEWLAND 48.00 LAPS
3. MIKE PAGANELLI 39.25 LAPS

Q-OFFSHORE

1. MIKE PAGANELLI 49.75 LAPS
2. FRED SIEWERT 35.50 LAPS
3. KEN HAINES 2.50 LAPS

S/T COMBINED OFFSHORE

1. KEN HAINES 37.75 LAPS
2. MIKE PAGANELLI 33.25 LAPS
3. CHRISTOPHER KRAWCZYK 0.25 LAPS


N-2 MONO

1. DOUG TWAITS JR. 1500
2. BILL OXIDEAN 1325
3. DAVE NEWLAND 1225

P-SPORT HYDRO

1. DOUG TWAITS JR. 1600
2. SEAN KEWLEY 1150
3. JASON SIMS 1000

P-HYDRO
1. JASON SIMS 1194
2. DOUG TWAITS JR. 1100
3. MIKE PAGANELLI 750

S/T COMBINED MONO

1. KEN HAINES 450
2. MIKE PAGANELLI 425
3. CHISTOPHER KRAWCZYK 325

1/6 P-LIMITED CRACKERBOX

1. CHUCK ALARID 1225
2. DICK ROBERTS 425
3. ROD SANATA 100

1/10 "SCALE" MODERN HYDROPLANE

1. RON DAUM 1200
2. JAY STOLZ 700
3. GARY ROSE 325

1/10 "SCALE" VINTAGE HYDROPLANE

1. CHUCK ALARID 875
2. RON DAUM 825
3. FRED SIEWERT 475

Q-SPORT HYDRO

1. SEAN CORDOVA 1100
2. KEN HAINES 1025
3. MIKE PAGANELLI 475

N-2 HYDRO

1. DOUG TWAITS JR. 1225
2. KEN HAINES 1200
3. DAVE NEWLAND 844

P-LIMITED OPC

1. DAVE NEWLAND 1500
2. PETER WIJATYK 1225
3. JASON SIMS 1069

P-LIMITED SPORT HYDRO / LSH

1. SEAN KEWLEY 1500
2. JASON SIMS 1300
3. DOUG TWAITS JR.1200


CONCOURSE WINNERS

OVERALL BEST BOAT: TOM COSTELLO
SCALE HYDROPLANE: RON DAUM
CRACKERBOX: ROD SANATA
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[BILL OXIDEAN]

Rod, I have to confess that people were talking behind your back all weekend..
You wouldn't believe the stuff they were sayin'!

Stuff like "Rod sure threw a great race"

"this has been the best nationals yet" "What a great atmosphere"

"This race is running smoothly"

I didn't wanna' tell you, but i felt you must know

Rod, my hat goes off to you. That was a gratifying series of events you lined up from the pig roast to the banquet.

Leaving that race felt like the last day of school, but I'll get to see all my buddies again next summer.

[Hydromaniac]

Rod, I have to confess that people were talking behind your back all weekend..
You wouldn't believe the stuff they were sayin'!

Stuff like "Rod sure threw a great race"

"this has been the best nationals yet" "What a great atmosphere"

"This race is running smoothly"

I didn't wanna' tell you, but i felt you must know

Rod, my hat goes off to you. That was a gratifying series of events you lined up from the pig roast to the banquet.

Leaving that race felt like the last day of school, but I'll get to see all my buddies again next summer.

Thank You Bill, I can Only hope everyone who attended feels the same. Thanks again!!

[Hydromaniac]

It a wrap!

Now that the water has setteled and I have had a day to rest and reflect, I think I can say the NAMB 2010 Fast Electric Nationals were a huge success. We had a few minor glitches but they were quickly resolved. I am very proud of NAMBA District 20 and Rocky Mountain Thunder Boats. As our club is very young and had never done a larger race let alone a National event we needed a support system. Robert Holland director of district 20 and The Nitro and gas clubs of district 20, Northern Colorado Nitro Burners and Rocky Mountain Marine Modelers were our back bone and support. They did all of the site work as we are 200 miles away and saved our butts may times over. I would like the say THANK YOU for all of the hard work and dedication to the hobby. I think it shows gas and electric clubs can work together and be very sucessful.

We were pretty much blessed for most of the week with great weather with the exeption of Thursdays brief wind and rainstorm. Temps were a bit hot to the mid 90's. Water conditions were nearly perfect and made for great racing.
We were able to field 24 of the 25 classes with a 3 boat minimum. The only class of the 25 planned classes that was not ran was 1/8 scale unlimted Hydroplane. I think as a lot of guys traveled its hard to bring large beautiful boats and risk damage.

After each morning drivers meeting the racing began by 9:00 am We ran a pretty quick pace to try and meet our 4 rounds per class goal. we tried to meet all drivers needs with any having back to back races. The drivers did a fantastic job of keeping up and we were able to run 4 rounds of every class and finish daily with time left for open water testing of the following days classes.
We had tons of great racing on Wednesday the P-limited classes had lots of head to head battles and very close finishes. The N-2 and P-limited hydros were fantastic lots of great racing. In N-1 Mono, Bill Oxidean set a new 3 lap 1/2 mile record. And Jason Sims was the oustanding Driver in the production class and took the plunge, However he got even and and took ken Haines in to the pond with him A 2 for 1 kind of thing LOL. We closed the Day with a Pizza Party at Old Chicago Pizza.

Thursday was all Off Shore racing. The weather was great for the Off Shore classes, cool and cloudy all day with a slight breeze that would create just enough chop to provide true Off Shore conditions. LSO was one of the largest Class feilds filling 3 full heats of 7 boats each. Lots of action and great racing all day many race were won or lost by a bouy cut or called penalty. By late in the day the clouds turned black and the had wind turned ugly. Just before the last heat of the day a storm blew in and reaked a bit of havoc. Pit areas had to be secured and closed up to keep things from being damaged. We had a Lagre Pit Tent that had been Provided by Don Wollard , Rum Runner Racing and Doug Twaits Jr. of Rum Runner Hobbies. This provided all of the folks plenty of shelter. Once the storm passed we gathered inside the tent for a great true Bar-B- Que dinner served up by Swinestone Cowboy Bar-B-Que. The Dinner was sponsored by Steven Vacarro and Off Shore Electrics.com We sat down to some great Pulled Pork, Ribs and Brews. I think all had a great time. THANK YOU DON, DOUG AND STEVEN FOR A GREAT EVENING.

Friday morning began with clear skies and great water with temps going to the 90+ mark by afternoon Lots of great racing in the N-2 Mono class I was really impressed with the speeds of the small power yet big punch these boats provide. most of the best of the best racers ran the class and it was a blast to see them run head to head time and time again. One of the standout happening of the day was a boat destroying crash, It was between Mike Pag's big Cat and Chris K's fast mono. A racing incident that destroyed both boats leaving 1/2 of Mikes sponson broken off and stuffed insde Chris's mono. I'm sure it was a costly crash. It also seened the Day 3 curse had hit we had some damaging crashes in the P-hydro heats that damaged a few of the very fast riggers. We also ran the 1/6 Exhibition P- limited Crackerbox class It was a hoot to see that cracker can be raced sucessfully. We had 5 Crackers that drew a lot of attention I hope the class grows it was a gass to dive. I t was sad for me I was beat by one of the Cracker I had built for Chuck. He came out on top. We had a light turn out of modern scale 1/10 Ron Daum who came from Washington, ran his beautiful Elam then came out on top. Friday evening was left to an open evening with no plans. I went back to room and got ready for the largest heats which were coming up on Saturday.

On Saturday we once again had great weather and water but was again going to be hot. It was the day for P-Limited Sport Hydro/ LSH which is the largest class and had the most entries. We had so much great reacing in LSH that it was just a blast. There were sp many lead change it was hard to keep track of the leader But I think it is still one of the most fun classes. By the end of the day Sean Kewley and his beautiful Red Ducatti whiplash came out on top. Another huge class that is growing rapidly is P-Limited opc. Lots of great racing and it seemed it always came down to the best driver. David Newland can really drive the opc and ended with a top finish. N-2 hydros was also on the Saturdays menu. The riggers are fast and not very forgiving a field of 7 boats made for lots of possible things to go wrong but these guys can dive these things. What a blast. Once again Dog Twaits shown why he is the MAN and came out on top. The Q sport Hydros were screaming fast. But they had a hard time keeping up with Sean Cordovas Whiplash. He came out on top. But I don't think it official as he managed to wheezel out of going on to the pond to make it official. We also ran My very favorite class. It was hard but I had decided not to run to many classes as I knew I was going to be busy. By luck of the draw I did not run Vintage 1/10. It was sweet to see all of the Scale boats running the course a fantatic sight from the CD stand. In the end I receved some gratifacation as The "Short Circuit" Hydro That I had built For Chuck Alarid became the clear winner. Thats right a boat from PUEBLO, COLORADO beat the Boys from Washington And Detroit at there own game.J/K Kind of reminds me of the movie The Movie "The Madison" Chuck Did make it official by taking the plunge. Sweet, We had a concourse Judging , We had independant judges select their choices . For Best Boat the winner was Tom Costello's "My Sweetie" , Best Scale Hydroplane was Ron Daum's "Wild Root Charlie" and Best Crackebox Rod Sanata's "Crazy Horse" We closed the day and the event with an awards banquet at the Best Western Convention center. We were served up some fine food followed up by the closing raffle prizres. These were some great donations. We had received A UL-1 RTR from Aquacraft and the big winner was Robert Holland. And a great Cracerbox buid kit From Rich Koll and Mack products. Winner of that one was Fred Siewert.
We then moved on to the awards. The high light was Doug Twaits Jr. To The NAMBA hall of fame,follwed by high points Champion David Newland and The Team Champions, Team Rum Runner, With Doug Twaits Junior, Mike Paganelli and Dave Rychakski. If anyone would like to add events I have missed I hope you'll share them. I will be adding a full thank you thread as well. For those who have taken pictres please post or e-mail them and we can share the race. I think it was fine event, I had a great time and hope all attending did as well!!!
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[Hydromaniac]

A huge thank you!!!

I would like to take this time to thank all who helped put this event together.

To everyone in NAMBA District 20 and Rockie Mountain Thunder Boats. You Guys made it all happen. All the grunt work and crappy jobs you made it all
possible.

Rum Runner Racing, Rum Runner Hobbies http://rumrunnerhobbies.com/ and Off Shore Electrics http://www.offshoreelectrics.com/
Thank you Don And Douggie for the pit Tent, and Steven for the Bar-B-Que

To our Class sponsors:
ALARID DISTRIBUTING
DAVE RYCHALSKI
NAMBA DISTRICT 1
DOUG PETERSON
MADISON FAST ELECTRICS
BUBBLE GUM RACING
SOLON Auto Network http://www.esolon.com/
SOARING STUFF http://www.soaringstuff.com/crackerbox.html
SOUTH RIVER R/C BOATS http://www.southriverrcboats.com/
ROCKIE MOUNTAIN HYDROPLANES http://www.2010fenambanats.com/Thriftway.html
NOVAROSSI US. http://www.novarossi.us/


To Our prize Sponsors:

HORIZON HOBBY http://www.horizonhobby.com/
AQUACRAFT http://aquacraftmodels.com/
SOUTH RIVER RC BOATS http://www.southriverrcboats.com/
CLASSIC HYDROS http://classichydros.com/
RC BOATWORKS http://rcboatworks.com/
AEROMARINE http://www.aeromarinerc.com/
ZIPP KITS http://www.zippkits.com/
REK MANUFACTURING
D&S PAINT CENTER
NUE MOTORS http://www.neumotors.com/Site/Welcome.html
CASTLE CREATIONS http://www.castlecreations.com/
MACK PRODUCTS http://www.mackproductsrc.com/index.htm
OFF SHORE ELECTRICS http://www.offshoreelectrics.com/
RUM RUNNER HOBBIES http://rumrunnerhobbies.com/
INSANE BOATS http://insaneboats.com/
PROPS -4U MARK SHOLUND www.props4u.com
PHIL THOMAS HYDROPLANES
EDDIE HANSEN
MIKE PAGANELLI / BUBBLE GUM RACING

I would Also like to Thank David Newland for going out of his way and arranging most of the lunches and plenty of drinks to keep everyone hydrated as it got hot at times. Also keeping scores of the team event, High points winner and his guidance through out the process. Thank You David. To all the guys who made the trip out and worked with us. I hope you all had a great time, THANK YOU FOR MAKING THE TRIP
And certainly last but not least, our district director Robert Holland for his guidance and allowing us the chance to do this. ROBERT THANK YOU FOR ALL YOUR HELP.
If I have missed any thing or anyone Please forgive me and send me a PM so I can make it right.

FROM MYSELF AND ALL OF US HERE IN DISTRICT 20 AND RMTB

THANK YOU!!!!
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[AndyKunz]

Please delete my name. All I did was make sure we did our job at Horizon Hobby.

DTJr - CONGRATS! Is that the first father-son team in the HOF too?

Andy