What a weekend!!! Hailstorms, canopy carnage, and flooded pits followed by blue skies over morning creek lake and some seriously windy conditions! A sincere thank you to everyone who attended the 2021 AMB Spring Nats. It was certainly not the weekend we had planned out and hoped for, but we tried to make the best we could of a less than ideal situation. To those of you who stuck it out to the end, we appreciate you hanging in there with us. To those who decided to call it wrap after the storm on Saturday we completely understand and hope you will come back again and play with us under better conditions.
Thanks again to our trophy and raffle sponsors! The raffle was a huge success and the winners walked away with some very nice prizes!
Thanks to Cathy Denninger and Kathy Huff for the BBQ dinner and Jeni Johnson for the drinks on Friday. The ladies went above and beyond, and I know the racers appreciated being fed onsite, so they could get in some late afternoon/early evening open water.
To all the AMB members who helped pull off this event in less-than-ideal conditions, thank you for hunkering down and getting the job done! Eve, Buckshot, Carey, Brad, & Chris thank you for the help on the tower all weekend. As usual, Tim and Doc did a bang-up job in the retrieve boats all weekend. With all the drops and scratches after the storm on Saturday it was no easy feat to get things back on track and running smoothly Sunday, but we did it (after a slight delay) and had everyone on their way home at a very respectable hour.
Thanks to the racers for being great sports and very understanding during the challenges we encountered. Despite the conditions there were some great races and I never heard a cross word or argument from anyone on the driver's stand. Congrats to all the class winners! You truly braved the storm and earned those plaques. That's a wrap on the 2021 Spring Nats. You may not have loved it, but you will never forget it!
Later,
Lamar
