2014 NAMBA FE Nats
By Fred Siewert
NAMBA District Two Director
Batteries will be smoking and hulls
will be flying… across the water that is.
This year’s 2014 NAMBA FE Nationals
will be held in District 2 by Mid-
Michigan Electric Unlimiteds (MMEU)
with support from Offshore Electrics and
Aquacraft. Open water will be on June
23rd and racing will run the 24th through
the 28th at the Rochester Oakland Elks
Club located at 3100 Pond Rd in
Leonard, Michigan.
MMEU has pulled out an incredible
line up with a total of thirty four
different classes held over the five days.
There should be plenty of choices for
everyone from the first time NAMBA
Nationals attendee to the seasoned racer.
So far, there are already fifty two racers
and four hundred and thirty boats
registered. Our very own NAMBA
Executive Secretary, Al Waters will be
the guest CD for the event. Our online
sign up at www.rcracingevents.com has
brought out some of the biggest names in
FE racing from coast to coast and across
the ocean including the owner of TP
Motor from China. The race is just ten
entrants shy from being the biggest
NAMBA FE Nationals ever with just a
few months remaining to register. This
will be the one race that no FE enthusiast
will want to miss and may be the
ultimate FE NAMBA Nationals event to
remember.
Schedule of Events
Monday will be an open water day.
Tuesday will bring N1-Mono, N2-Mono,
P-Limited OPC, P-Mono, SV-27 and the
day will end with Q-Mono.
Wednesday will scorch the water with
N2-Hydro, N2-Sport Hydro, P-Hydro,
P-Limited Kids Catamaran, P-Limited
Mono, and Q-Cat. T-Hydro will cap the
day with some of the fastest FE boats on
the water.
Thursday will bring out the Offshore
Course boats with N2-Offshore,
P-Limited Offshore, P-Offshore,
Q-Offshore and the day will close with
T-Offshore.
Friday will begin with a few Catamaran
classes (N2 and P) followed by P-Sport
Hydro, P-Limited Hydro, P-Limited
Kids Mono, Q-Sport Hydro,
PROPWASH
16
April 2014
In Memory of Friday Shackleford
By Betty Jo Wood
Friday’s Daughter
Friday Shackleford was born May
1, 1921 and passed away on February
20, 2014 at the age of almost 93 after
a brief bout with pneumonia. Truth is,
he just did not feel the need to hang
around any longer after twelve years
without Betty and was just ready to
meet up with her again. He truly did
die the classic "peaceful, pain-free
death" that all of us would like to
have. We said our “good byes” and
“well dones” on that Wednesday
evening at Redlands Community
Hospital in Southern California. The
hospital staff helped him settle into a
peaceful "nap" and told us he would
not wake up from it. He passed about
twelve hours later. Anyone who saw
him sit in his chair and shake his leg
incessantly would not be surprised to know that his feet were moving almost the
whole time...or maybe he was just running towards mom! He seemed so relieved when
we told him it was okay to go and that we were all doing so well and that he had done
a really good job.
Of the Shackleford’s left behind, the racing legacy will continue. Many trophies
and championships have been won in go-karts, open wheel and stock car racing all
over the country. The Shackleford racing "dynasty" now includes five generations.
The NAMBA years were really special for Friday and Betty. They gave dad a great
outlet for his competitive spirit, especially after he sold his race car at age seventy.
They enjoyed the travel to the various "ponds" and meeting the many great people
they met through boat racing. The annual district awards banquets and NAMBA
Nationals were always great fun for them.
I appreciate how many people continued to contact dad through visits, telephone
calls, letters, and cards through this past Christmas that some how made it to the house
in Sun City, California even though he
had not lived there for three years.
If you were to Google "Friday
Shackleford", some nice tributes come
up from various racing sites and
tracks. Many mention mom as well and
that is no surprise. They were a team in
everything they did.
We did not have a memorial for
dad. However my brother will be
scattering dad's ashes in June on a lake
in Arkansas where they loved to water
ski and camp and where my mom's
ashes were scattered in 2002. How
appropriate for long time owners of ski
boats and radio controlled model boats.
Thank you Joe Monohan
(707
Specialties)
for your continued contact
with my dad. It meant a great deal to
him and of course to the Shackleford
family.
Betty and Friday Shackleford at Legg Lake
One of Friday’s many trophies