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Bald Man
The Myth.... The Legend


Joined: 22 Jun 2005
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Location: Under the bridge

PostPosted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 3:52 pm    Post subject: Grande Prairie Race Reply with quote

I heard there was a race up there this weekend.
Is there no Internet up there!! Shocked
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Neutered



Joined: 15 Jun 2005
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Location: Peace River

PostPosted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 4:08 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

I don't think they have all that fancy internet stuff in that village yet Dave.
A person will probably have to wait and hear about it from word of mouth, you know that works. Would have been a wet day for racin there i'm guessing today though.
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sandman



Joined: 15 Jun 2005
Posts: 260
Location: The captains table

PostPosted: Sun Jun 22, 2008 9:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Had a great two days of racing action weather was great, had 19 boats registered results are:

A Class

1st # 299 Impact Alex Robinson/Tyrel Paul
2nd # 204 Miss Ede Darren Weaver/Todd Weaver
3rd # 283 Miss Dee Dee Louis Roersma/Reagan Redlick

B class
1st # 189 Miss B Haven Jesse Foster/Marc Rodacher
2nd # 176 SS Stoker Kevin Lyons/Syl Marleau
3rd # 181 Miss Magoo Michael McGregor/Scott Grubisich

C Class

1st # 139 Bad Habit Chad Burns/Willie Burns
2nd # 146 Aquaholic Tim Greber/Ken Grubisich

FX Class

1st #99 Eight Track Brian Steed/Albert Laurin
2nd #77 Family Affair Alex Figel/Stephen Figel
3rd #83 Radical 1 Tim Wilmot/Larry Hodges
4th #69 Bear Necessities Paul Morrison/Dale Stewart

We had 9 FX boats show up, 3rd & 4th place were only 1 second apart over 200 miles

Winner of Show & Shine

Bear Necessities - Paul Morrison

Hard Luck Award

Risky Business - Willie Ruttle

Who drove many miles to get his boat here - all the way from Hay River to GP Friday morning, from GP to High Level Friday night and back to Smoky Flats Saturday to start leg #2 unfortunately was only able to race for 2 km - that's what you call dedication

Aquaholic has a few scars from the last leg - driver & navigator are o.k. all caught on video by our cameraman in the chopper, you're gonna want to buy this one!

Huge thank you goes out to our sponsors, timing crew, volunteers, GP River Rats and everyone who helped make the race a huge success. Now on to Peace River...

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allblowdup



Joined: 20 Jun 2005
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Location: Grande Prairie

PostPosted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 8:33 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

We had no rain at all and only some wind on Sunday and it was mostly at our heals. The organizers did an amazing job this year again and the support boat network was a well oiled(or margarettaed) machine. Brad as race captain was perfect. We had a great race and are pumped for Peace River after we fix a few dents.
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DOC



Joined: 17 Jun 2005
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Location: Whitecourt

PostPosted: Mon Jun 23, 2008 5:13 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

What happened to Richard and Elaine Grant?
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allblowdup



Joined: 20 Jun 2005
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Location: Grande Prairie

PostPosted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 8:30 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

On Sat they had a broken wing and a little damage from the first leg up to smokey flats. on Sunday I heard that they had some engine trouble but I am not sure. Don't worry you are still the only one that has been able to sink on that course Wink . Tim Greber is probably still dissy from spinning 360's on the rocks though. Apparently it was all caught on film from the chopper with a quick interview right afterwards. Can't wait to see that one. You should see the boat
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Alumaman



Joined: 26 Jul 2005
Posts: 306
Location: Whitecourt

PostPosted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 9:38 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Doc, we started out Saturday with engine issues, rpm's down, speed also down. Couldn't find a reason for it. Running up the Smokey took a seemingly harmless hop off a roller and stuffed the nose in. Boat submarine'd then hooked and bounced sideways, hard!! Caved the bow side in...deck & left side is also bent. Filled up with water, was very close to sinking. Motor hydraulic locked. Paddled to shore and was able to get restarted after about 10 minutes.

Worked that night trying to find the problem. Sunday engine was back firing and running really rough. Engine died 1/2 mile off the start line. Got restarted, but quit again. Eventually limped it back to the trailer and took a DNF and DNS. Appears to be an electrical issue.

All part of racing, eh!

Good job by the GP club putting on the race. We had a fun time.

oh...and cant forget to mention the three topless females, jumping up and down, cheering on the racers as we went by. Shocked Very Happy Very Happy
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Itsworthit



Joined: 15 Jun 2005
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Location: Whitecourt

PostPosted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 9:50 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

anybody have the race times yet??
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Arthur
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Joined: 28 Oct 2006
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Location: On the rocks

PostPosted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 10:09 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Race times????...... How bout' pics of the three females? Shocked
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sandman



Joined: 15 Jun 2005
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Location: The captains table

PostPosted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 11:46 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Mark,
Thanks for the kind words, it is easy to run a good race with all the excellent help we had from top to bottom. Carey, I will see if I can get a scanned copy of the times posted for everyone, it would be slow work entering it all with my one finger method!!
I would like to point out a couple of candidates for the unsung heroes award and it would be to Tim and Brian Wilmot for getting the timing program tuned up and running so well for us. This was done over many countless hours of testing all possible scenarios by both guys, and it will benefit all of us from the officials to the racers to the fans, including the topless girls!
Hats off to all crews, as well as their families, who know that we work as hard as we do for little more than having a good competition amongst good people. The monetary rewards are small but the friendships last forever!
Next up, the Gold Cup!!

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RaceFan



Joined: 18 Jul 2006
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Location: Peace River

PostPosted: Tue Jun 24, 2008 8:15 pm    Post subject: G.P. race Reply with quote

Thanks to the folks in Grande Prairie. Again a job well done.
Tim looked a little shaken and stirred. Glad he's ok.

If you are coming to the gold cup, make sure you get your boat entered before July 1 to save yourself 100 bucks (that equals about 4 cases of beer I think)
I also need some driver profiles. See the Race and Rally Events section for more info.
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Will R



Joined: 31 Jul 2005
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Location: NWT/Alberta

PostPosted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 12:43 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Just wanted to give a big thanks to Brad,Jesse,Brian and everyone else for all the hospitality and understanding with our gong show lol! Risky Business is back to life and running strong so hopefully ready for peace river.Timing,jetting,impeller and spark plug boot along with a overfilled reservoir(covered the motor in oil hence the cloud of smoke following us)brains sleeping and not showing up a day early for set up. The pre run went good though lol!Going to definitely be ready for GP next year I really liked the wapitie and smoky some shallow stuff, some twists and turns,some rollers and beautiful scenery all make the GP races a jet boaters favorite for sure!Once again thanks for everything!!!


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reeder



Joined: 14 Dec 2006
Posts: 177
Location: Grande Prairie, AB, Canada

PostPosted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 11:47 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

All I got was crappy pictures and wasn't going to post them but then thought what the hell. Doc there's even one of the old girl in there for you!


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Joined: 14 Dec 2006
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Location: Grande Prairie, AB, Canada

PostPosted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 11:49 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

crazy helicopter guy


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PostPosted: Thu Jun 26, 2008 11:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

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