At least 100 personal watercrafts will take to the lake Saturday in the first of a series of racing events to be held periodically in ensuing months, organizers said.
The series, billed as the Lake Elsinore Watercraft Dash, is scheduled to start at 10 a.m. Saturday at Elm Grove Recreational Area, which is on Lakeshore Drive between Lowell and Poe streets and next to the city’s boat launch. Admission for spectators is $3 per person, Lake Elsinore Aquatic Resources Director Pat Kilroy said.
Kilroy said the races will bring some excitement to the lake during the typically stagnant off-season.
“We always want to see the lake used to the highest public benefit,” Kilroy said. “Especially in the off-season, Elm Grove beach is underutilized. This is the perfect event for this time of year.”
Saturday’s races will be the first that have been held at the lake in several years, said organizer David Pulley of DMP Motorsports.
“We had one here about three years ago,” Pulley said. “In the late ’90s, there were some races. So this is kind of bringing it back again at a bigger level.”…Â More info
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Unfortunately, it was the Christmas holiday, so I couldn’t find a single truckish thing to do with the all-new 2009 Suzuki Equator. I always try to, when testing pickup trucks.
Even though many trucks spend their lives roaming the suburbs with nary a load of dirt to haul in sight, the true measure of a pickup’s “truckness” is to let it do some work. That’s definitely the case with the new Equator.
Designed and marketed toward Suzuki’s adventuresome motorcycle and personal watercraft-riding customers as a perfect gear-hauler and all-around tough truck…Â More info
Members of the motorsports industry are wondering why the government has adopted a rule virtually eliminating a key constituency – and possibly thousands of jobs – while at the same time developing a nearly trillion-dollar stimulus that supporters say is intended to create and protect employment.
At issue is a new federal regulation of lead that took effect just this month. The policy has virtually shut down the part of the motorsports industry that serves children under 12 who want to ride all-terrain vehicles and motorbikes, because some components of the machines – such as tire valve stems – contain lead.
“You’ve got a lot of kids involved in this,” Don Amador, western representative for the the Blue Ribbon Commission, told WND today. “But ATVs, dirt bikes have batteries  in them, components that use lead inside the valve stems on tires, lead in the electronic wiring, lead on battery terminals.” … More info
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Sixteen hundred square miles of bay and delta waters beckon residents and visitors alike for recreation, livelihood and beauty. This column seeks to inform water lovers about happenings on the bay and noteworthy achievements by the on-the-water community.
Economic news grinds away at spirits like a downpour on a waterlogged hill, but for the 1.3 million or so boaters in the Bay Area – not to mention countless swimmers and boarders – February is working its magic, keeping spirits fresh and hope alive.
America’s Cup hopes
Last week was filled with hope on the water and in the courtroom for locals pursuing the oldest international sporting trophy, the America’s Cup. Our home team is BMW Oracle Racing, headed by Oracle CEO Larry Ellison and representing the Golden Gate Yacht Club…. More info
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