Don Whatmore's daughter Renee Mead is having a memorial on Sunday September 9 at 12:30 at Elliot Bay Marina in the Alani Room. You and other members of the Seattle Drag and Ski Boat Association who remember Dons's Circle Boat Racing days are invited.Could you also furnish us each a list of members and I will try to research addresses or phone numbers for her. Renee Mead may be reached by you at 206-595-0235 and at mead.family@comcast.net. I will send her a copy of my E Mail to you so she may keep in touch with you. Jim thank you for your help. Bobby Wolford and Mick Santa and I will for sure be attending and I want Bill Wolstad to show with others I will try to contact.
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Conference Call August 8, 2018
Members Present: Dutch Squires, Jim Sechler, Katelyn Shaw, Robert Wilson, Jim Aid, Don melillo, Sean Bowsher, Bob Schellhase, Julian Rucki, Scott Schatz, Chris Owens, Joe Sovie, Tom Pakradoni, Tim Collins, Lenny Baker, Wally Johnston, Al Thompson. Excused Randy Lientz, Jim Codling
Committee Chr. Present: Eli Whitney, Ann Shaw, Excused: Greg Issac
Class Reps Present: Shawn Bridge Man, Kevin Kreitzer, Steve Huff. Excused John Shaw ( Also present were others already listed.)
Dutch opened the meeting with reports from several races. These included Black Lake, Rocky Fork, Cambridge, and Tri Cities.
The reasons for why Dutch approved the sanction for Caesars Creek opposite Lake Hopatcong was given.
Date was already on the calendar, Not many boats that are on at Caesar Creek were at Lake Hopatcong last year, need to rebuild racing in Region 6.
Dutch asked about inspection equipment for both Evansville and Hampton. He was assured the respective Regions have what is needed.
Dutch put out a plea to all on the call to have everyone get their registration in early for our Championship events.
A motion was made/seconded to eliminate rule 11.3.1 regarding unqualified rookies racing in a final for a Championship race. After discussion the IRC voted unanimously to eliminate the rule. Dutch had already spoke with Howie about this and it looks favorably that this will pass the BOD and put in place immediately.
Discussion took place regarding the 2 proposal already submitted regarding conflicts in race dates. Dutch proposed a 3rd. There was much discussion regarding this topic. Overall, all agreed that we need to do something. It was decided that this would be tabled until we could meet in person and discuss it.
Dutch announced that the 2019 Rule Proposal form is out under Resources on the APBA web site. He encouraged all to get proposals in early.
Discussion also ttook place regarding the non APBA race in Long Beach and the accident that took place. Prayers were asked for the driver who was seriously hurt. This resulted in further discussion about the Unlimited Race in San Diego and it having non APBA racing as well as APBA racing. Dutch will look into it.
Also discussed was an experimental engine that was being tested on the East Coast in a school boat. The engine is a 1.9 Ford engine. It is believed to be a Ford Focus engine. A motion was made and seconded to approve this engine as an experimental engine in the T class for this year. This passed unamininously.
The meeting was adjourned after closing discussion about the National Meeting next February.
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RACERS SAVE THE DATE
APBA Region 10 Winter Meeting
Saturday, February 24th, 2018
Hydroplane and Race Boat Museum
5917 S 196th St, Kent, WA 98032
9:00 am - 11:00 am Scorer Testing and
Referee and Risk Manager Testing
11:00 am -1:00 pm Lunch Break
1:00 pm - 4:30 pm General Meeting
See you there!
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The combined club's awards banquet has been scheduled
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Welcome to the New Seattle Drag & Ski Sprint Boat Association web site.
Our Club is a very diverse Club. Our membership covers entry level Flat Bottoms (Sportsman Entry) to top level Flats (The "K-Boats" ); the smallest hydroplanes (1 Liters) to the largest & fastest of the hydroplanes (The Unlimiteds); a new and very active group known as the Vintage Racers; and our Safety & Rescue members (without whom the sport of organized boat racing could not happen). Rounding out our membership are folks who simply enjoy boat racing so much they become worker bees on our racing weekends; helping as crew members, race committee staff, and safety and teardown.
We encourage you to attend our monthly meetings. These are a great way for us
to keep in touch with one another, share updated information about our sport
and have some informative conversations. Our meetings are held the first
Wednesday of each month at the Golden Steer Rib House in Kent Wa. Dinner and
trailer racing start at 6pm; the general meeting a 7pm.