*** FINISH/START PARTY FOR THE VOLUNTEERS - THURSDAY OCT 10TH
That's right! The long-awaited Finish/Start party has been
scheduled for Thursday October 10th at 6:00pm. The party will
be held at Jack's Waterfront Restaurant located at the Emerald
City Marina at 24214 Jefferson Avenue - St. Clair Shores MI -
(586) 445-8080. The Emerald Marina is about halfway between
9 and 10 Mile Roads ... follow their drive to the end to find
Jack's. Buffet dinner, cash bar. 2003 dues will be collected.
*** THE RACE DATE HAS BEEN SET FOR NEXT YEAR: JUNE 19-22 2003
The race date for 2003 has been set as June 19th-22nd. I expect
this date to hold unless an unforseen conflict arises.
SODT has been considering this change for a couple years now.
The second weekend in July has a number of local conflicts, the
biggest being that this is when some of the auto makers and
suppliers do their annual changeover. This means that many of
their employees are on vacation (or busy with the changeover),
and many vendors and clients are out of town. Understandably,
these companies are reluctant to sponsor an event when they are
unable to use it for corporate entertainment. Those that aren't
included in the entertainment are a huge part of our target
audience.
*** SODT THUNDERFEST IS REORGANIZING THIS FALL
SODT has announced that Phil Linsalata will be the interim
President during SODT re-organization. He's a long-time local
fan as well as a Detroit based businessman, and very motivated.
Note that our offices are closed until January. The process of
ticket sales is under review, and I don't believe any will be
sold before 2003. I expect that premium ticket-holders like
Commodore Club, Judges Stand, etc will be notified by mail
before they go on public sale, giving you first chance as usual.
In the meantime you can always contact us via email - please
reference our home page for the current email address.
*** NEWS FROM SAN DIEGO - MIKE HANSON WINS, EVANS/COOPER IN 3RD!
SODT would like to congratulate Mike Hanson and the Jones Racing
Team for their win in San Diego! We would also like to offer a
round of congratulations to Mitch Evans and the whole Cooper
team of the piston-powered U-3 Vacationville.com for their
*outstanding* performance with the new hull ... not only was the
U-3 the top qualifier at 160.370 MPH, they won Heat 3A and led
the final heat for nearly 3 laps. Wow!
Details on the Budweiser Bill Muncey Cup - Chuck Moore/HydroProp
What a great race this year! For quite some time it looked like
the U-3 Vacationville.com had the race wrapped up. Mitch Evans
and the U-3 jumped to the early lead. Though challenged by Mike
Hanson in the U-9 Sun Harbor Mortgage, Evans appeared to have
the power to hold off the early challengers. It wasn't until
the second turn of lap three that Hanson's U-9 was able to
overtake the piston powered U-3. Evans appeared to catch some
water while dueling with the U-9 and the U-16. This took the
hull off the lead pace and put him back from the front runners.
At this point, Mike Hanson's U-9 Sun Harbor Mortgage seemed to
simply come alive and pull away from the pack. Nate Brown's
U-16 Miss Elam Plus would challenge but could not over take
Hanson. Mark Tate and Dave Villwock appeared to get bad starts
and were back from the lead pace. From start to finish, it was
an exciting final here in San Diego.
Final Results of the Budweiser Bill Muncey Cup
1st - U-9 Sun Harbor Mortgage
2nd - U-16 Miss Elam Plus
3rd - U-3 Vacationville.com
4th - U-2 Miss Trendwest
5th - U-1 Miss Budweiser
6th - U-25 Superior Racing Team
7th - U-10 Miss EMCOR
*** RADIO CONTROL POWERBOAT RACING IN OAKLAND COUNTY THIS SUNDAY
The Oakland Wolverine Model Boat Club will have their annual
radio control powerboat race at Spencer Park in Rochester Hills
Michigan. Besides the Gold Cup 1/8th scale hydro class and the
smaller Sport 40's, there will be many other classes of
outrigger and displacement hull racing. It's a lot of fun to
see these boats race - thrills & spills just like the big boats!
Sunday September 29th all day. They get started about 9am and
end somewhere between 4 and 7. Spencer Park is on John R. just
North of M-59 and there is a nominal parking fee. Note that
John R. is between the Dequindre and Rochester Road exits off
M-59. Ask the gatekeeper how to get through to the boat racing
parking area.
- Brian Reed
- SODT Internet Committee Chairman
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