The week before Labor Day always sees heavy boat traffic on the lake. But this year, event coordinator Janie Vogel says there will be a lot of fast boats on the lake. Real fast.
Vogel will be sorting out the many unfinished details of a week-long boating and racing event that will hit the shores later this year.
While Vogel didn’t know every detail, she knew the important ones.
“There will be six classes, plus a few really fast classes, said Vogel, “that will run from 75 miles-per-hour up to 200.”
Vogel said events will begin Tues. Sept. 1 with powerboat regattas and a fastest-boat competition on Thursday…. More info
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Following the cancellation of the ski race classic the Club Marine Southern 80, ski racers have thrown their support behind the victims of the tragic bushfires devastating parts of Victoria.
Organisers, the Moama Water Sports Club, was forced to cancel Sunday’s racing for the first time in the race’s history when all Ambulance and emergency services were withdrawn from the area to assist in fire areas.
Well-known ski racing veteran Greg Houston, owner/driver of ‘Stinga’, led the way when he pledged $1000 to the bushfire appeal.
Many others came to the fore, donating prize money won to the appeal…Â More info
There’s gotta be no sponsor happier than Lowe’s the last three seasons, as it’s watched its poster child, Jimmie Johnson, dominate the NASCAR scene, becoming just the second driver to three-peat.
The man behind the wheel of No. 48 has elevated himself to megastar and helped to firmly place Hendrick Motorsports among the Big 4 (more on this tomorrow). He won his first-and-only Daytona 500 in 2006, which was the beginning of this amazing run…. More info
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Jimmie Johnson came to Daytona International Speedway with a new beard and a cut finger, two topics that have so far overshadowed his status as NASCAR’s three-time defending champion.
So just how overlooked is Johnson’s on-track achievements? Carl Edwards was picked over Johnson to win this year’s Sprint Cup championship.
“What about me?” Johnson wondered on Wednesday, the first full day of preparations for the season-opening Daytona 500. “I just thought, “Damn, if you won three championships in a row, you’d think you’d be a favorite.”‘…Â More info