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 Thunderboat
Regatta
Ticket
information now available! Check here!
San Diego Thunderboat
Regatta Tickets:
NEW!!! Advance Purchase: 3-Day General
Admission $25.00 [before 9/9]
NEW!!! 3-Day General Admission After September
9th $30.00 [after 9/9]
Advance Purchase: 3-Day Super Pass (with pit passes) $50.00
[before 9/9]
3-Day Super Pass (with pit passes) After September 9th $60.00
[after 9/9]
Children Ages 12 and Under FREE
Pit Passes will be available at the gate for both EVI & Crown
Point
for only $10 per day for General Admission Ticket holders
Qualifying
| U-16 |
Miss Elam |
Dave Villwock |
165.386 |
100 |
| U-37 |
Miss Beacon Plumbing |
Jean Theoret |
163.371 |
80 |
| U-6 |
Oh Boy! Oberto |
Steve David |
159.798 |
70 |
| U-10 |
Miss Ahern Rentals |
David Bryant |
158.951 |
60 |
| U-5 |
Miss Formulaboats |
Jeff Bernard |
158.867 |
50 |
| U-21 |
Miss All Access |
Brian Perkins |
158.867 |
40 |
| U-13 |
Spirit of Detroit |
J Michael Kelly |
151.757 |
30 |
| U-25 |
Superior Racing |
Ken Muscatel |
148.079 |
30 |
| U-48 |
Lakeridge Paving |
Dave Williams |
147.183 |
30 |
| U-1 |
FormulaBoats |
Mike Allen |
150's? |
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Heat
1A
| U-16 |
Miss Elam |
Dave Villwock |
DNS |
0 |
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| U-5 |
FormulaBoats |
Jeff Bernard |
4th |
169 |
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| U-37 |
Miss Beacon Plumbing |
Jean Theoret |
1st |
400 |
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| U-25 |
Superior Racing |
Ken Muscatel |
3rd |
225 |
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| U-13 |
Spirit of Detroit |
J Michael Kelly |
2nd |
300 |
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Heat 1A saw an intense battle for first
between Dave Villwock in the Miss Elam and Jean Theoret in the
Miss Beacon Plumbing. They traded the lead back and forth
until the engine in the Elam, for the first time this season,
blew a hole in the bottom of the boat. This left Theoret
unchallenged to go on to the win. The FormulaBoats with
Jeff Bernard was quick to snag lane one before the start but
failed to run like they had in qualifying. They trailed
the entire race.
Heat
1B
| U-6 |
Oh Boy! Oberto |
Steve David |
2nd |
300 |
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| U-1 |
FormulaBoats |
Mike Allen |
1st |
400 |
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| U-48 |
Lakeridge Paving |
Dave Williams |
4th |
169 |
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| U-10 |
Miss Ahern Rentals |
David Bryant |
3rd |
225 |
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| U-21 |
Miss All Access |
Brian Perkins |
DNS |
0 |
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Heat 1B saw some serious competition. Mike
Allen was back in the FormulaBoats since hisflip in Detroit,
and it was the original hull that he had flipped as opposed the
th backup hull they were running in Washington. Mike apparently
liked the way the boat felt because he pushed ahead of Steve
David and the Oh Boy! Oberto and stayed there for the rest of
the heat. David Bryant had visions of his come-from-behind
victory over Oberto in Seattle as he caught up to the U-6. But
Steve kept the Oberto ahead of Bryant this time to take second. The
U-21 did not make it out.
Heat
2A
| U-16 |
Miss Elam |
Dave Villwock |
1st |
400 |
400 |
| U-10 |
Miss Ahern Rentals |
David Bryant |
3rd |
225 |
450 |
| U-37 |
Miss Beacon Plumbing |
Jean Theoret |
2nd |
300 |
700 |
| U-25 |
Superior Racing |
Ken Muscatel |
DNS |
0 |
225 |
| U-13 |
Spirit of Detroit |
J Michael Kelly |
4th |
169 |
469 |
Heat 2A saw some of the best racing of
the weekend! The 37 & the 16 ran deck to deck, with the
37 moving over to lane 2 around lap 2. The acceleration
of the Elam is nothing short of amazing.
Heat
2B
| U-6 |
Oh Boy! Oberto |
Steve David |
3rd |
225 |
525 |
| U-5 |
FormulaBoats |
Jeff Bernard |
1st |
400 |
569 |
| U-1 |
FormulaBoats |
Mike Allen |
3rd |
225 |
625 |
| U-48 |
Lakeridge Paving |
Dave Williams |
4th |
169 |
338 |
Jeff Bernard and the FormulaBoats came
to race! Bernard grabbed lane one before Steve David and
the Oberto. Oberto pushed the FormulaBoats, and Bernard
held them off for the win.
Heat
3A
| U-13 |
Spirit of Detroit |
J Michael Kelly |
4th |
169 |
|
| U-5 |
FormulaBoats |
Jeff Bernard |
1st |
400 |
969 |
| U-1 |
FormulaBoats |
Mike Allen |
3rd |
225 |
850 |
| U-10 |
Miss Ahern Rentals |
David Bryant |
2nd |
300 |
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It was another close heat with the U-5
and the U-10 pushing each other around the course. The
U-5 just pulled away in the turns, leaving the the U-10 to catch
up on the straighaways. Bernard went on to the win!
Heat
3B
| U-16 |
Miss Elam |
Dave Villwock |
1st |
400 |
800 |
| U-6 |
Oh Boy! Oberto |
Steve David |
2nd |
300 |
825 |
| U-37 |
Miss Beacon Plumbing |
Jean Theoret |
DNF |
0 |
700 |
| U-25 |
Superior Racing |
Ken Muscatel |
3rd |
225 |
450 |
The race began before the
start with the Oberto, Beacon, and Elam all after lane 1. It
ended up going to Beacon, with the Oberto in lane 2 and Elam
relegated to lane 3. Jean Theoret and Dave Villwock pulled
away from Steve David making it difficult to find clean water
torun in. After battling it out for 2 laps, the Beacon
Plumbing suddenly slid right through the roostertail of Elam
coming out of the first turn. it was later discovered that
they had lost a blade off the prop. That left a cake walk
for thr Elam and Oberto followed for s 2nd.
Final
| U-16 |
Miss Elam |
Dave Villwock |
DNF |
0 |
800 |
| U-6 |
Oh Boy! Oberto |
Steve David |
1st |
400 |
1225 |
| U-37 |
Miss Beacon Plumbing |
Jean Theoret |
3rd |
225 |
925 |
| U-5 |
FormulaBoats |
Jeff Bernard |
2nd |
300 |
1269 |
| U-10 |
Miss Ahern Rentals |
David Bryant |
DNF |
0 |
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| U-13 |
Spirit of Detroit |
J Michael Kelly |
5th |
127 |
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| U-1 tr |
FormulaBoats |
Mie Allen |
4th |
169 |
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What an amazing race! All of the boats
came to win this final heat. The winner would have to
secure the inside lane as most of the boats are very close to
each other speed-wise. It appeared that Jeff Bernard was
able to secure lane 1, only to have Steve David take it away
in a move we first saw the sausage team use in Nashville, TN
a couple years back. But Bernard would not give up so easily. He
lead a good part of the first couple of laps, with Oberto running
down the FormulaBoats only to pull away again. David wasn't
backing down either. The 2 hit one another, as can happen
in boat racing, when both boats came "unglued" in turn 1 of lap
4. That bobble gave David the moment he needed to push
ahead for good. Unfortunately the Elam, having ended up
in lane 4 and late on the start, pulled back into the pits sometime
around lap 3, claiming to do so in order to save the engine. Glad
none of the others did that when they realized they weren't going
to win.
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Past
Winners |
2006
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Jean
Theoret
U-37
Beacon Plumb. |
2005
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Dave
Villwock
U-16
Miss Elam |
2004
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