Race Results & Photos - Inverness 2008

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Overall winners today (unofficial results) for 125cc Hydro were:
1st - BJ Tetro
2nd - David Augustine (David took 2 1sts then jumped the gun on a 3rd heat)
3rd - David Jones
4th - Ellison (missed the 1st name because of motor noise)
Ralph Donald finished 5th.


Overall winners today for 500cc Hydro were:
1st - Sean McKean
2nd - Ike Yoder (Ike gave Sean a real run for the money)
3rd - David Hooten
4th - Jack Gossman
5th - Jack Wright

There were only 2 boats for the last heat of 500cc Hydro due to 4 dropping out from mechanical issues. McKean and Yoder put on quite an exciting show with McKean pulling out in front on the straight-a-ways but Yoder cutting tight turns to take the lead coming out of each turn. McKean won by barely a boat length.

Tim Small won 250cc Runabout overall and Gary Buskirk won 350cc Hydro overall.

K Pro Hydro had quite a few entries, including new driver Tyler Thirlby.
Amy Nydahl took 1st overall (2 2nds and 1 1st).
Wendy Eldredge won 2 heats but jumped the gun on the 3rd heat so lost 1st place overall due to points. Wendy took 2nd overall.
3rd place went to Kurtis Nydahl. (dad Pete should be proud - 2 winners in the family)

I will be posting pictures that I took today as I sort them all out. Everyone had a great time. The weather was sunny and no winds to cause problems.

Saw lots of old friends. I got to see Dr. Phil Wagner and also Jerry Simison's brother, Paul, that I hadn't seen in 35 years. He was taking pictures of the races for his own personal collection. Paul shared with my wife and myself wildlife photos he had recently taken. Paul is an expert photographer!

thanks,

Paul A Christner

[Dave_E71]

Paul,

See my father (Dave Augustine) tomorrow, he has something for you

Dave

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First round of photos from the 3rd annual Thunder in the Hills regatta at Inverness, Florida.

Kristi Ellison did a heck of a job putting this event together.

Photos are as follows:
#1 - Wet Pits
#2 - Also Wet Pits
#3 - Sean McKean
#4 - F88 David Hooten
#5 - More Wet Pits
#6 - K Pro racing
#7 - 71W Amy Nydahl (overall winner K Pro) and F4 Jeremy Edmond

thanks,

Paul A Christner

(Please note: These pictures are for your enjoyment and are not to be copied or posted to other web sites without my written permission.)

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Round 2 of photos from Inverness today. Same disclaimer about copying or posting the photos elsewhere applies.

#1 - K Pro: V94 Zack McGuire & F4 Jeremy Edmond
#2 - K Pro: new racer Tyler Thirlby
#3 - A1 Shawn Cavanaugh & Z11 Michael Ellison
#4 - Wet Pits - 125cc
#5 - 125cc Heat
#6 - 125cc Heat
#7 - 125cc Heat

Thanks,

Paul A Christner

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Round 3 of photos from Inverness today. Same disclaimer about copying and/or posting the photos applies.

Photos:
#1 - F3 John Madrell
#2 - F3 John Madress (heat winner)
#3 - A1 Shawn Cavanaugh
#4 - B2 (don't have the driver's name)
#5 - F122 Curt Hellsten
#6 - Wet Pits
#7 - F22 Ralph Donald


thanks,

Paul A Christner

[Master Oil Racing Team]

Thanks for the info and pics Paul. I would loved to have visited with Phil Wagner and Paul Simison, along with yourself. And of course Ralph Donald. Would have loved to see the battle between Sean and Ike Yoder. That's the kind of racing that you remember.

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Round 4 of photos from Inverness. Same disclaimer about the photos applies.

Photos:
#1 - V23 Paulie Bosnich
#2 - M14 Amy Nydahl (?)
#3 - Z7 Kevin Ellison
#4 - F88 David Hooten
#5 - Guess who's 500cc engine
#6 - Paul Simison, photographer & brother of famous racer Jerry Simison
#7 - Pete Nydahl, pit crew for his 2 children


thanks,

Paul A Christner

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Round 5 of photos from Inverness. Same disclaimer about copying/posting applies.

Photos:
#1 - Wet Pits for 500cc Hydro
#2 - F44 (name?)
#3 - M50 Ike Yoder
#4 - Fire Wagon/ Wright Racing
#5 - Fire Wagon
#6 - F88 David Wooten
#7 - F122
#8 - Pete Nydahl with his kid's K Pro boats (1st & 3rd place winners overall)


thanks,

Paul A Christner

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Round 6 of photos from Inverness today. Same disclaimer about the photos applies.

Photos:
These are all 125cc Hydro race action. For those wondering why I don't have any photos of the 250cc Runabouts, 350cc Hydros & 500cc Runabouts - we arrived too late to see those races. What should have been a 2 1/2 hour trip to Inverness from our home took twice as long due to all of the "snowbirds" heading back north on I75 and bottlenecking the road for over 100 miles. Talk about frustrating!

Wayne, thanks for your nice comments. We felt it important to bring these pictures "hot off the press" to all you folks out there that couldn't be here in person.

thanks,

Paul A Christner

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Last round of photos from Inverness today (whew). Same disclaimer about copying or posting the photos also applies.

Photos:
(These are all 500cc Hydro action.)
#1 - McKean
#2 - Thirlby
#3 - Yoder
#4 - Hooten
#5 - Fire Wagon
(These are 125cc Hydros.)
#6 - F11 Eldredge
#7 - F122 Hellsten (don't know who's driving)
#8 - K Pro Amy & Kurtis Nydahl, 1st & 3rd place winners

That's all folks! Hope you enjoyed the show.

thanks,

Paul A Christner

ps: Some of you may be wondering why I posted a picture of a pig with yesterday's pre-race photos from Inverness. Ask the Thirlbys....