PROPWASH
April 2014
15
Here are the final results:
P Offshore
1. Ted McKay
2. Doug Peterson
3. David Newland
P Ltd Mono
1. David Newland
2. Sean Kewley
3. Doug Peterson
P Sport Hydro
1. Sean Kewley
2. Jim Osborne
3. Fred Siewert
P Ltd Hydro
1. David Newland
2. Mike Paganelli
3. Jim Osborne
1/10 Scale Modern Hydro
1. Gary Rose
2. Dick Roberts
3. Ted McKay
P Ltd Offshore
1. David Newland
2. Ted McKay
3. Sean Kewley
P Ltd Catamaran
1. Jim Osborne
2. Doug Peterson
3. Tom Castellani
P Ltd OPC
1. David Newland
2. Doug Peterson
3. Pete Wijatyk
P Ltd Sport Hydro
1. Sean Kewley
2. David Newland
3. Jim Osborne
P Mono
1. David Newland
2. Mike Paganelli
3. Doug Peterson
1/10 Scale Vintage Hydro
1. Leonard Feeback
2. Don Ast
3. Gary Rose
High Points Champion:
David Newland
1/10 Scale Concourse:
Ted McKay
Racers Concourse:
Adrian Gambino
Rat Rod Concourse:
Bruce Lewis
Mr. Consistency:
Pete Wijatyk-most DNF’s
Mr. Salvage:
Bruce Lewis
EPA Award:
Terry Davis
I would have given him one.
Leonard Feeback and Don Ast came
out to clean everyone’s clock in 1/10th
Scale Vintage Class. Leonard needed
five heat wins and a second place to take
the win to Don’s four heat wins and two
second place finishes.
A few observations while scanning
over the final heat sheet points. P-Ltd
Cat by far, had the highest boat count of
our event. Five entries. Alan Grossman
was the only driver to get six finishes.
Tom Castellani was well on his way, but
the sixth round got him a DQ for cutting
off a driver. In fact, he showed up at our
event with a newly scratch built Cat that
was giving him fits during open water.
However, he got it tuned and had a heat
win and four second place finishes for a
third place overall. The winning boat
was Jim Osborne’s Geico Cat with some
nicely tuned modifications.
I found some interesting stats for P
Offshore and P-Ltd Offshore. Keep in
mind we only ran three rounds of P
Offshore on Friday and we ran six
rounds total for P-Ltd Offshore over Sat/
Sun. The highest lap count for a single
heat of P Offshore was 13 1/4. For P-
Ltd Offshore it was 13 flat. The average
lap count for P Offshore was 8.32. For
P-Ltd Offshore it was 10.55. For P
Offshore, only one racer out of seven
finished all three heats. In P-Ltd
Offshore out of 11 racers, five finished
all six rounds.
For ten years, Pat McDonald and I
have been spearheading the organization
of this event along with our local FE
club members. However, during the past
few years, we have been getting help
from NAMBA veterans that has really
helped us elevate our event.
A special thanks to Jim Osborne,
Tracy Osborne, Ted McKay, Lenny
Blake, Richard Romero and Al Malik
for helping us out. And, some of these
guys now possess some rather clean
running FE boats now also.
A special thanks to our sponsors,
racers and Contest Directors who have
been with us year after year. We hope to
see you again next year.
www.offshoreelectrics.com
www.dinogylipos.com
www.mojoracingproducts.com
www.ampeaterracing.com
www.fightercatracing.com
Mike Paganelli proving his High Plains
Drifter nickname washing down his
nemesis, David Newland
Pete Wijatyk prepares for a P-Ltd Cat
run
New racer Ray Presnall proving his
worth as a very helpful pitman
Lenny Blake, Bruce Lewis, Chuck
Murray and Sean Kewley get ready to
launch for their drivers