IMPBA D1 - Northern Lights MBC - 2018 "THE CAN-AM" Aug 18 & 19.

[Jim Recker Jr.]

For everyone who took part in this race from near or far ( NY state, Quebec, Ottawa, Essex county - Windsor, Florida, Indiana, Delaware, Michigan, And many more; thank you all for making this a great competition. Please come back next year.

 

[longballlumber]

I would like to give a BIG THANKS to the Northern Lights MBC for all of your hard work. This includes Robin and Claire for their up to date score keeping and Roxy who did the work to provide us the opportunity for a great lunch. The club does an excellent job of running the race by making fair calls, they keep the day rolling, and this year provided a $10(CDN) lunch that was better than what most restaurants serve. The race site is nearly perfect for some incredible boat racing. It’s an excellent size, well protected from any kind of wind, and plenty of room for canopies. Most importantly are the people! This event attracts a really awesome group of people. Lots of smiles and laughs after another fun event! Thanks again NLMBC!

Thanks

Mike Ball

 

[Matt Smith]

Mike said it perfectly. The NLMBC put on a first class event with help from ALL the club members. Its a ton of work to put on an event, and you guys did an EXCELLENT job. This is why I will drive 1200 miles round trip to come next year, and hopefully years to come.

Thanks again NLMBC for an extremely fun weekend even though I seem to own the 2nd place podium spot

 

[Terry Keeley]

By all accounts the Can-Am for 2018 was a huge success, thanks mainly to all our guests that came from miles around to make our party one of the best there is. Again a huge thank you to all our club members, family and friends and who shared the work so everything ran smoothly.

Results are posted to rcRacingEvents: http://www.rcracingevents.com/cgi-bin/raceresults.pl?action=show_race&club=Northern%20Lights%20Model%20Boat%20Club&event=canam2018

Some photos: https://www.intlwaters.com/gallery/thumbnails.php?album=1196&page=1

Look for a race recap in the upcoming IMPBA "Roostertail"!

 

[rctinman]

I'd like to echo my Son's comments, this is one of the best run races I've ever been to! Those of you that have not gone for one reason or another, you don't know what you're missing! Hats off to the Northern Light's Club!

Steve Ball

BTW, beaver dam-1, Crapshooter-0 LOL

 

[Randy Rapedius]

I'd like to echo my Son's comments, this is one of the best run races I've ever been to! Those of you that have not gone for one reason or another, you don't know what you're missing! Hats off to the Northern Light's Club!

Steve Ball

BTW, beaver dam-1, Crapshooter-0 LOL

It’s always great having you and Mike attend our races. The word is out. We had a record 160 boats this year. WOW!

Sorry about your 40 boat Steve.

Fear the Beaver!

 

[Terry Keeley]

The 2018 Can-Am is in the books, again thank you to all who attended making this our biggest event to date! Here's some photos I had to share, again look for a write up in the December IMPBA Roostertail. We are planning for Aug. 24, 25th next year, mark your calendars!

Randy delivered a fitting tribute to our "silent engines" Kathy Menter, Jerry LaPorte, Andrew Lane and Tom Driver during the driver's meeting.

Andrew's sister (right), mother and wife Pauline attended:

Phil "Fear the Beaver" Thompkins tribute to Tom Driver:

Nitro/FE Scale Concours:

Winner Todd Fleury with his beautiful "Peter's and May":

Thunderboat Concours:

Winner Denis Desrosiers for the second year in a row with his "Miss La La":

 

[Terry Keeley]

Phil and Angela Thomkins Friday night BBQ was a huge success:

Roxy Rapedius kept us feed all weekend, best burger I have ever had!

Clare Douglas and her friend Robin had the scores posted and next (shootout) round up soon after each round:

The "French Connection", Normand, Denis, Benoit, Ariel and Charles:

Raffle girls Robin and Chantale:

Steve Ball won the Rico Rigger donated by Cindy Driver:

 

[Terry Keeley]

Charlie Harrington won the Traxxas special edition DV:

Seven year old Abilgale Schofield with her "Novice of the Year" trophy:

First trophy rights given by her dad, 2019 IMPBA President Matt Schofield:

The "Bent Crank" award goes to Al Long for running his 20 hydro in the 40 class:

Steve Ball had a tough weekend wrecking his 40 hydro but as always is a good sport. He receives the "Sportsmanship award in memory of Andrew Lane":

Sergio Perez came all the way from Miami, FL and therefore must kiss "The Little Beaver" for furthest traveled.

Sergio is also the owner of "Hurricane Riggers" and donated a certificate for a "CP Mods Catamaran" hull plus many other goodies, thank you Sergio!

For a second year in a row team USA won the "Can-Am Cup" with a total score of 11,238 to team Canada's 9346:

For a fourth time since it's resurrection in 2010 our own Randy Rapedius won the "Oneida Cup" with a perfect score (1600) in Crackerbox and 1450 in LSG Cat:

 

[Terry Keeley]

Thank you once again to our very generous sponsors who contributed to our raffle and sponsored classes, your support is very much appreciated!

Hobby Hobby http://hobbyhobby.com/

Model Gas Boats/Warpath Rigger http://www.modelgasboats.com/

Class Sponsors: LSG 27 Cat

LSG 27 Rigger

LSG Crackerbox

LSG Thunderboat

Randy Rap Titanium Turn Fins [email protected] Class Sponsor: LSG 27 Sport Hydro

Hamilton Conservation Authority http://www.conservationhamilton.ca/

Lawless Drives http://www.lawlessdrives.com/

JTS Engines [email protected]

Sly Cat Racing http://slycatracing.com/

Action Scaffold Services http://www.actionscaffoldservices.com/

Crapshooter Boats/CMB Engines [email protected]

Bam Racing Products http://www.bamracingproducts.com

Double Ace Racing [email protected]

Prop Works West http://www.thepropworkswest.com/

Assault Racing Designs http://www.assaultracingdesigns.com

O'Donnell Racing https://odonnellglowplugs.com/

Hot Rod Hobbies http://www.hotrodhobbies.ca/

Voo Doo Model Boat club http://www.voodoorcboatclub.com/ Class Sponsor: LSG 27 Mono

John Steltzer SS Custom Fuel Tanks [email protected] Class Sponsor: Open Rigger

Novarossi Marine USA https://www.novarossi.us/

Hurricane Riggers [email protected]

Lanaudiere MBC

Eagletree Systems http://www.eagletreesystems.com/

Zippkits http://www.zippkits.com/

Tanks 2U (Walt Barney) [email protected]

Great Hobbies http://www.greathobbies.com/

Skycraft Hobbies http://www.skycrafthobbies.com/ Class Sponsor: Open mono

John Beardslee Class Sponsor: D Hydro

ZZ Racing Class Sponsor: LSG 36 Cat

Prop Works - http://www.thepropworksusa.com/index.html

Suicidal Engines (Mike Ross) [email protected]

Insane Boats http://www.insaneboats.com/

Virginia Craftsman (Dick Tyndall) [email protected]

Speedmaster Model Products http://www.rossisales.com/index.html

Suicidal Engines (Mike Ross) [email protected]
Insane Boats http://www.insaneboats.com/

Virginia Craftsman (Dick Tyndall) [email protected]


Mid-Michigan Electric Unlimiteds (MMEU) Class Sponsor: P Sport Hydro