Date registered: February 22, 2012
Sep
12
The points race is tight and GP-88 entered the weekend in 2nd behind GP-46. In Beauharnois the weather was beautiful after some wind on Saturday died down. Rolling Thunder ran very fast but a phantom P5 took away a win resulting in two thirds on Saturday. Sunday a P1 placed GP-88 in lane four for …
Aug
22
GP-88 was thundering up and down the Niagara River all weekend. Tom Pakradoooni finished 2nd in 3 heats but the final was cancelled due to wind and water conditions. This race draws a good crowd even when the weather is less then ideal. Christian Bergeron has photos from Tonawanda on grandprixhydroplane.com.
Aug
08
We took the jersey speed skiff to Hampton, VA for the annual Hampton Cup Regatta. The race is held at Fort Monroe which is the last remaining fort actively used by the military but they are in the process of leaving. The fort is 6 sided with a moat completely surrounding it and is famous …
Jul
25
We made the long haul up to St-Felicien and watched the wind blow on Saturday. On Sunday the Grand Prix had two sets of heats and a final making for a very busy day. This race is the farthest north we travel, about 7 hours north of Montreal. The town is on one side of …
Jul
18
JS-7 headed out to Waterford, Michigan for the APBA Summer Nationals at Quake on the Lake. Rolling Thunder took home the championship with JS-100 Summer Storm in 2nd and JS-45 The Menace 3rd. We will be headed WAY north this weekend to St-Felicien, Quebec for round 4 of the ACHA GP Championship watch live on …
Jul
11
GP-88 won the final on Friday at Valleyfield! In a very exciting race Rolling Thunder beat out GP-46 ADF Diesel in a special race. It was a new experiment to have a separate day of racing on Friday at Valleyfield. Have a look at the race video from Friday, the race got a lot of …
Jun
27
Saturday GP-88 finished 2nd in heat 1a, which turned out to be the only GP heat run. GP-12 Long Shot driven by Eric Langevin had a very bad blow over. At the end of the race he crossed the finish but his boat lifed 40ft into the air turning 540 degrees. Langevin landed upside down …
Jun
01
GP-88 was 2nd fastest in time trials and finished 2nd in heat 1a at Long Sault on Saturday. Sunday did not go as well… the team discovered serious damage to the flywheel. The boat was started on the trailer but when it went in for the first heat on Sunday it would not start. GP-88 …
May
16
Apr
18
We took the newest addition to our team down to Portsmouth, Virginia this past weekend. She is “The Rock” E-99 5 Liter last owned by Billy Sewell. Tom fixed her up and M&M Performance refreshed the engine. Unfortunately the weather did not cooperate with strong winds both days and no boats were able to race. …