IMBRA World Championships

[longballlumber]

Bad news. Poland protested the results of a previous heat race. The result is that Poland is in the 15cc Final and I am out.

That's the breaks. Steve is in the 3.5cc Final and we'll be wishing him the best.

I was REALLY sorry to her this Al. Dad explained what happened when we talked Friday. It's really unfortunate things had to happen that way.

 

[Ron Zaker Jr]

CONGRATS Steve!

 

[shoboat]

Steve,

Very impressive for the first time racing in Europe.

I heard the courses are tight and it is very difficult

to get on the podium.

Awesome Job,

Mark Sholund

 

[Andy Brown]

A Podium finish at the World Champs is an honorable accomplishment. Especially for a first time at the event.

Congrats Steve Ball.

 

[Wally Marsh]

Great accomplishment, Steve!

 

[Ray Sametz]

Congrats Steve. Way

 

[NITROSNIFER]

The US and Canadian race teams at the IMBRA Championships. Day one of testing and after 3.5 hydro and 7.5 hydro finals

 

[NITROSNIFER]

And a view at the podium. Steve Ball 3rd in 3.5hydro



And me Kevin Traboulay 3rd place 7.5 hydro



Was a eye opening experience and you learn very quickly how to race against the European drivers.

 

[NITROSNIFER]

Some more pictures of the drivers stand. A huge difference to what we are used to. everything is geared towards the FSR boats.

 

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The race site has a test pond as well

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[brad nichols]

Way to go Kevin!!!

See you in Calgary

Brad

 

[longballlumber]

Thanks for sharing the pictures!

 

[rhomodel]

Glad you could make it the world champs, great meeting you all. Hope you enjoyed and again congrats on the prizes!!!

 

[Terry Keeley]

Way to go guys!

Mike told me about meeting the gentleman's daughter at our Can-Am this past weekend, too funny!

 

[rctinman]

Thank you all very much! I would also like to congratulate Kevin Traboulay of the Canadian Team for his podium finish. I have a new found respect for anyone, present, past, and future, that has done well at the World Championships.

The people make this hobby, and I was around many that made this trip truly unforgettable. Kevin and his lovely Wife Angela, Doug Sick and his equally lovely Wife Jennifer, all the new friends that I made overseas, and lastly, Al Hobbs, the person that made this dream trip come true for me.

The person that gets the most appreciation from me, is my Wife, Karen, who gave me the green light to take this trip, while she stayed home and worked.

 

[Christian Hof]

Well done Steve and Kevin, was nice to meet all of you guys.
Hope to see many more racers from the US and Canada 2018 in France.

Regards from the german team