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No Bad Days
Joined: 18 Jul 2005 Posts: 73 Location: Whitecourt
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Posted: Mon Jun 21, 2010 9:04 am Post subject: |
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Great weekend everyone, the GP folks put on a good show. Sunset Shaker might have had its last race. hit a rock at the Rat Shack and launched, landing nose first. Boat is bent bad. Spencer and Russell shaken but OK. Here are some pictures. |
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savage
Joined: 13 Jun 2010 Posts: 11 Location: Grande Praire - Dubai
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Posted: Mon Jun 21, 2010 9:10 am Post subject: |
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Were's the Pics, don't see em, _________________ Finding the Limits, mostly exceeding them! |
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rustyzipper
Joined: 08 Oct 2009 Posts: 67
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Posted: Mon Jun 21, 2010 10:39 am Post subject: |
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If I read the results correctly, Jesse Foster's CX boat took 3rd over-all? CX boats are smoken.... |
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boosted
Joined: 04 Jun 2009 Posts: 378
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Posted: Mon Jun 21, 2010 10:50 am Post subject: |
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Some of it had to to do with home town advantage and Jesse's animal driving style but Miss B haven was running good. _________________ Mark
Lets go back I think we missed one rock! |
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Northgate Honda Racing
Joined: 16 Aug 2008 Posts: 48 Location: Grande Prairie, Alberta
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Posted: Mon Jun 21, 2010 4:43 pm Post subject: |
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Hey Swagger do you have the picture of my boat limping across the finish line? _________________ Northgate Honda Racing
Driver/Owner- Brent Thors
Navigator- Ryan Lamming
www.northgatehonda.com |
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Wet Dream
Joined: 29 Jun 2006 Posts: 65 Location: Whitecourt
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Posted: Mon Jun 21, 2010 8:13 pm Post subject: |
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I forgot the camera at home and I am working tonight. I will bring it with me to work tomorrow night and put it up for you. |
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TOP DAWG
Joined: 15 Jun 2005 Posts: 574 Location: Peace River Alberta anada
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MISSBHAVEN
Joined: 20 Jun 2005 Posts: 310 Location: Grande Prairie, Alberta
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Posted: Mon Jun 21, 2010 9:53 pm Post subject: |
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I don't want to rain on my own parade here but I think things have to be put in perspective. The boat and engine were working well and our times look fast, but I was driving very aggressively and was driving and flying/kiting the boat at it's limits to average an honest 92 mph up and 98 mph down. However, to put things in perspective, you need to compare this years times to our last years times where we were 102 mph up and 108 mph down +/-.
We're down 100 +/- hp from our last years B engine (CT525 525hp @ 5700 rpm vs B engine 625 hp @ 6200 rpm) which we figured would drop our speed by 10%+/-.
2009 Wapiti Gardens legs with the B engine
21:02 min up
20:03 min down,
total of 41:05 or 41.083 min.
2010 Wapiti Gardens legs with SEALED CT525 engine
23:19 up
22:22 down
total of 45:41 or 45.683 min.
So, 45.683/41.083 = 1.11, so we were 11% slower this year than last year which is pretty close to where we thought we would be.
We werent extra fast this year, many of the guys in the faster classes above us either had problems (3 of the 4 B boats broke) or were running detuned motors on pump gas in Unlimited class. The Weavers in A class had ignition problems and limped across the finish line on leg 1, didn't run leg 2 and ran their Cx boat on legs 3&4. Both Gord Humphreys and Whitey were running 9.5/1 compression detuned Unlimited pump gas motors.
A quick footnote, the Wapiti was at similar speed and levels this year as it was in 2009. Also averaging the up and down times would reduce most of the variance in river speeds. _________________ It's always the Navigators fault! |
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MISSBHAVEN
Joined: 20 Jun 2005 Posts: 310 Location: Grande Prairie, Alberta
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Posted: Mon Jun 21, 2010 10:02 pm Post subject: |
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Also, thank you to all the racers who came to our race, our sponsors and the volunteers who worked many hours. _________________ It's always the Navigators fault! |
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Coyotitto
Joined: 19 Sep 2005 Posts: 54 Location: Red Deer River
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Posted: Mon Jun 21, 2010 10:05 pm Post subject: |
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great run and a good start for cx. A really interesting fact would have been the fun vs $ from 2009 to 2010 good luck for the rest of the season |
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Northgate Honda Racing
Joined: 16 Aug 2008 Posts: 48 Location: Grande Prairie, Alberta
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Posted: Mon Jun 21, 2010 10:14 pm Post subject: |
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No matter how you slice it Jesse had a great weekend and proved how well those cx units can work.Nice work guys and thanks to all for a great weekend of racing. _________________ Northgate Honda Racing
Driver/Owner- Brent Thors
Navigator- Ryan Lamming
www.northgatehonda.com |
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TOP DAWG
Joined: 15 Jun 2005 Posts: 574 Location: Peace River Alberta anada
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boosted
Joined: 04 Jun 2009 Posts: 378
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Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2010 9:14 am Post subject: |
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Ya that 1% was me telling Jesse to take the scenic route on one of those corners. _________________ Mark
Lets go back I think we missed one rock! |
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Itsworthit
Joined: 15 Jun 2005 Posts: 432 Location: Whitecourt
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Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2010 1:43 pm Post subject: |
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Dave,
Where's the pictures ?????????? |
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Forplay
Joined: 15 Sep 2008 Posts: 85 Location: Leduc, AB
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Posted: Tue Jun 22, 2010 6:09 pm Post subject: |
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Just wanted to pipe in how much we enjoyed the weekend. We had very tight racing, the circuit course was a blast. Kept my face shield clean by riding behind Alex's roost all weekend, the 30 mile drag race on leg 3 was great fun. 175 mi +/- and only 8 seconds apart, close racing for sure.
Met lot's of great people and had a ton of fun. Very well put on show, my hats off to all the people that made it come together. I'm just glad I no longer have to say "I miss racing" LOL ...
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