SGRA Hydro Invitational

[Jeff Lutz]

Wow! Looks like we will have to do some serious tuning in the coming weeks. It's going to be a very fast field of racers. Can't wait to meet you guys Marty!
Hey Doc, Hope you are bringing a good appetite, we have the Shimp Roban coming!

Virgil

Should see you guys on friday morn early. Looking forward to blowing some water out of the Pond With the New TWIN ROADRUNNER XTREME....jw

Me too, I think my new twin will run 90 in the mud.. Jeff L.

 

[Buckshot]

Sound like we are going to have one hell of a field of hydro pilots.

3 weeks to go and I cant' wait!

-Buck-

 

[Joe Warren]

Wow! Looks like we will have to do some serious tuning in the coming weeks. It's going to be a very fast field of racers. Can't wait to meet you guys Marty!
Hey Doc, Hope you are bringing a good appetite, we have the Shimp Roban coming!

Virgil

Should see you guys on friday morn early. Looking forward to blowing some water out of the Pond With the New TWIN ROADRUNNER XTREME....jw

Me too, I think my new twin will run 90 in the mud.. Jeff L.

jeff the Mud pit is under the Boat dock on the right side of the lake. I have been under there before..... it may go in there running fast.... But never came out running fast.... :blink:

 

[Joe Warren]

Wow! Looks like we will have to do some serious tuning in the coming weeks. It's going to be a very fast field of racers. Can't wait to meet you guys Marty!
Hey Doc, Hope you are bringing a good appetite, we have the Shimp Roban coming!

Virgil

Should see you guys on friday morn early. Looking forward to blowing some water out of the Pond With the New TWIN ROADRUNNER XTREME....jw

Me too, I think my new twin will run 90 in the mud.. Jeff L.

Buck bring the texan with you, WE can mix it up a little.

 

[Marty Davis]

Where is everyone staying? Anyone have phone numbers for the closest motels?

Marty Davis

 

[ronratoff]

Hi Marty - are you racing in Brandon Oct 20, 21??

Ron Ratoff

 

[Buckshot]

Where is everyone staying? Anyone have phone numbers for the closest motels?
Marty Davis

Hi Marty,We are booked at the La Quinta in Slidell. Not too far from the pond and right next to a Cracker Barrel. Right off of I-10 .

I booked the rooms on line at www.lq.com

The phone # is 985-643-9770

Regards,

-Buck-

 

[Andy Greene]

Hi Marty - are you racing in Brandon Oct 20, 21??
Ron Ratoff

From what I hear Martys going to the Hydro shootout Ron. See ya next weekend in Brandon.

 

[Joe Warren]

Where is everyone staying? Anyone have phone numbers for the closest motels?
Marty Davis

Hi Marty,We are booked at the La Quinta in Slidell. Not too far from the pond and right next to a Cracker Barrel. Right off of I-10 .

I booked the rooms on line at www.lq.com

The phone # is 985-643-9770

Regards,

-Buck-

yep, Buck has posted THE HEADQUATERS for most of the boaters attending. Easy to get to & from the lake & plenty of eating places too..... Remember the street in front of the Motel is NOW 1 way. ...If you dont remember the locals will let you know with their hand gestures..... & dont mind the Guy In the Ditch.... he is just looking for MUD BUGS..... Normal they say?? We normally vist the local Copelands for the lousianna eats. Chicken or Shrimp Gumbo & Garlic steak are just a few of the favs. Doc knows a few other steak houses in the area that will roll you socks UP/ DOWN too. We normally eat pretty good @ slidell.

 

[Marty Davis]

Hi Marty - are you racing in Brandon Oct 20, 21??
Ron Ratoff

Ron:

No, I am getting ready for the Slidel race. I will be over there helping Rod with a new 40 boat.

Marty Davis

 

[Marty Davis]

Where is everyone staying? Anyone have phone numbers for the closest motels?
Marty Davis

Hi Marty,We are booked at the La Quinta in Slidell. Not too far from the pond and right next to a Cracker Barrel. Right off of I-10 .

I booked the rooms on line at www.lq.com

The phone # is 985-643-9770

Regards,

-Buck-

yep, Buck has posted THE HEADQUATERS for most of the boaters attending. Easy to get to & from the lake & plenty of eating places too..... Remember the street in front of the Motel is NOW 1 way. ...If you dont remember the locals will let you know with their hand gestures..... & dont mind the Guy In the Ditch.... he is just looking for MUD BUGS..... Normal they say?? We normally vist the local Copelands for the lousianna eats. Chicken or Shrimp Gumbo & Garlic steak are just a few of the favs. Doc knows a few other steak houses in the area that will roll you socks UP/ DOWN too. We normally eat pretty good @ slidell.

Joe:

Looking forward to seeing you and Doc. Maybe we can find a night to eat at some of those places.

Marty Davis

 

[Joe Warren]

Where is everyone staying? Anyone have phone numbers for the closest motels?
Marty Davis

Hi Marty,We are booked at the La Quinta in Slidell. Not too far from the pond and right next to a Cracker Barrel. Right off of I-10 .

I booked the rooms on line at www.lq.com

The phone # is 985-643-9770

Regards,

-Buck-

yep, Buck has posted THE HEADQUATERS for most of the boaters attending. Easy to get to & from the lake & plenty of eating places too..... Remember the street in front of the Motel is NOW 1 way. ...If you dont remember the locals will let you know with their hand gestures..... & dont mind the Guy In the Ditch.... he is just looking for MUD BUGS..... Normal they say?? We normally vist the local Copelands for the lousianna eats. Chicken or Shrimp Gumbo & Garlic steak are just a few of the favs. Doc knows a few other steak houses in the area that will roll you socks UP/ DOWN too. We normally eat pretty good @ slidell.

Joe:

Looking forward to seeing you and Doc. Maybe we can find a night to eat at some of those places.

Marty Davis

MARTY, The slidell club has put on some great events. Richard & Chris & Virgil E, plus Jay martin have brought the lake site & club to Current status. Richard brougth the site up a ton whild he was club pres, Chris Took over after Richard & promoted local races & bought some very nice awards several times to promote the races.. Jay has just taken the reins, They always had the new guys in the club & the older seasoned club members lurking all around. Several of the guys wifes showed up to help organize the race, cook & have Good time. Great times have been Had on the banks there. With great Eats, Great competition & fast boats everywhere. Good water, Makes for very Good HP @ 0 or - (sealevel) elevation. I know you will Come prepared to Race. P.s We just came back from your old race trax (evansville) Mike & Brian are having a lot of fun there, Holding some Very Well attended events. I hope to convince them to Hold the Twin Shoot out award there in the Spring 2008 event. jw

 

[Joe Warren]

Where is everyone staying? Anyone have phone numbers for the closest motels?
Marty Davis

Hi Marty,We are booked at the La Quinta in Slidell. Not too far from the pond and right next to a Cracker Barrel. Right off of I-10 .

I booked the rooms on line at www.lq.com

The phone # is 985-643-9770

Regards,

-Buck-

yep, Buck has posted THE HEADQUATERS for most of the boaters attending. Easy to get to & from the lake & plenty of eating places too..... Remember the street in front of the Motel is NOW 1 way. ...If you dont remember the locals will let you know with their hand gestures..... & dont mind the Guy In the Ditch.... he is just looking for MUD BUGS..... Normal they say?? We normally vist the local Copelands for the lousianna eats. Chicken or Shrimp Gumbo & Garlic steak are just a few of the favs. Doc knows a few other steak houses in the area that will roll you socks UP/ DOWN too. We normally eat pretty good @ slidell.

Joe:

Looking forward to seeing you and Doc. Maybe we can find a night to eat at some of those places.

Marty Davis

MARTY, The slidell club has put on some great events. Richard & Chris & Virgil E, plus Jay martin have brought the lake site & club to Current status. Richard brought the site up a ton whild he was club pres, Chris Took over after Richard & promoted local races & bought some very nice awards several times to promote the races.. Jay has just taken the reins, They always had the new guys in the club & the older seasoned club members lurking all around. Several of the guys wifes showed up to help organize the race, cook & have Good time. Great times have been Had on the banks there. With great Eats, Great competition & fast boats everywhere. Good water, Makes for very Good HP @ 0 or - (sealevel) elevation. I know you will Come prepared to Race. P.s We just came back from your old race trax (evansville) Mike & Brian are having a lot of fun there, Holding some Very Well attended events. I hope to convince them to Hold the Twin Shoot out award there in the Spring 2008 event. jw

 

[Marty Davis]

Where is everyone staying? Anyone have phone numbers for the closest motels?
Marty Davis

Hi Marty,We are booked at the La Quinta in Slidell. Not too far from the pond and right next to a Cracker Barrel. Right off of I-10 .

I booked the rooms on line at www.lq.com

The phone # is 985-643-9770

Regards,

-Buck-

yep, Buck has posted THE HEADQUATERS for most of the boaters attending. Easy to get to & from the lake & plenty of eating places too..... Remember the street in front of the Motel is NOW 1 way. ...If you dont remember the locals will let you know with their hand gestures..... & dont mind the Guy In the Ditch.... he is just looking for MUD BUGS..... Normal they say?? We normally vist the local Copelands for the lousianna eats. Chicken or Shrimp Gumbo & Garlic steak are just a few of the favs. Doc knows a few other steak houses in the area that will roll you socks UP/ DOWN too. We normally eat pretty good @ slidell.

Joe:

Looking forward to seeing you and Doc. Maybe we can find a night to eat at some of those places.

Marty Davis

MARTY, The slidell club has put on some great events. Richard & Chris & Virgil E, plus Jay martin have brought the lake site & club to Current status. Richard brougth the site up a ton whild he was club pres, Chris Took over after Richard & promoted local races & bought some very nice awards several times to promote the races.. Jay has just taken the reins, They always had the new guys in the club & the older seasoned club members lurking all around. Several of the guys wifes showed up to help organize the race, cook & have Good time. Great times have been Had on the banks there. With great Eats, Great competition & fast boats everywhere. Good water, Makes for very Good HP @ 0 or - (sealevel) elevation. I know you will Come prepared to Race. P.s We just came back from your old race trax (evansville) Mike & Brian are having a lot of fun there, Holding some Very Well attended events. I hope to convince them to Hold the Twin Shoot out award there in the Spring 2008 event. jw

Joe:

This was a race that I went to EVERY year back in the 'old days". WE made some very good friends there and I look forward to seeing some of them again.

Marty Davis

 

[Marty Davis]

Can someone give me directions to the pond? I will be arriving Friday afternoon and want to go to the pond as soon as we get there to get set up.

Marty Davis

 

[Jay Martin Jr]

Update on the race, we had a club meeting tonight and agreed we are going to have to cancel the Hydro invite for two big reasons. First off the pond needs water, its at least 3' too low for a race ( would like to see it come up about 4'). Second we currently dont have enough entries.

I know this will be some disappointing news to some people but with these problems I dont see how it could be fixed before the deadline. Hopefully next year we will have the situations fixed and possibly have the man trophies back.

Sorry guys.

Jay

 

[Will Gallagher]

This is very disappointing, but thank you for letting us know. I look forward to the next opportunity to race with the SGRA.

 

[Buckshot]

Update on the race, we had a club meeting tonight and agreed we are going to have to cancel the Hydro invite for two big reasons. First off the pond needs water, its at least 3' too low for a race ( would like to see it come up about 4'). Second we currently dont have enough entries.
I know this will be some disappointing news to some people but with these problems I dont see how it could be fixed before the deadline. Hopefully next year we will have the situations fixed and possibly have the man trophies back.

Sorry guys.

Jay

You have got to be kidding me!

-Buck-

 

[Eric Canto]

What a last minute shocker. Jay, it is clear from races past that the bulk of your entries will come at the last minute. Look at the list of names that have commited just on this forum. Stu Barr, Marty Davis, Doc Turner, Mark Bullard, Joe Warren, Jeff Lutz, John Brown, Virgil, and many others. As far as the water level being low, that has been the case at that site before. Do you really think that we will not quickly figure out a way to launch the boats? I have a prediction for you. Cancel yet another Slidell race and watch the VooDoo club pick up the slack. The SGRA will be a thing of the past just like other clubs that cancelled races.

Hey Carlo, want to start VooDoo off with a bang? Your club is very close to the SGRA site, how 'bout you guys stepping up and saying "THE RACE IS ON!" I know it will be a ton of work for you guys to have two races so close together, but the last thing r/c boating needs right now is canelled races. Not to mention it will be fun!

Eric Canto

 

[Jay Martin Jr]

What a last minute shocker. Jay, it is clear from races past that the bulk of your entries will come at the last minute. Look at the list of names that have commited just on this forum. Stu Barr, Marty Davis, Doc Turner, Mark Bullard, Joe Warren, Jeff Lutz, John Brown, Virgil, and many others. As far as the water level being low, that has been the case at that site before. Do you really think that we will not quickly figure out a way to launch the boats? I have a prediction for you. Cancel yet another Slidell race and watch the VooDoo club pick up the slack. The SGRA will be a thing of the past just like other clubs that cancelled races.
Eric Canto

Eric,

I know we had some more entries on the way in the only problem is we would have to have a minimum of 20 entries on the way in to make somewhat of a decent race, we wouldnt want to have the guys come in from out of town to a race thats not much bigger than a club race. Other thing to keep in mind I am not president anymore and this was not my decision.

Jay