1waterboy1
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Alot of fans;not enough boats.
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Alot of fans;not enough boats.
MOBILEMERCMAN
Founding Member / Competitor
It is nice to go where fans are excited.
Ratickle
Founding Member / Super Moderator
I spent all day in Michigan City talking to fans etc. A great site, a lot of disappointed fans. But, the fans I spoke with from Chicago and Indianapolis, even though pizzed at only one race with so few boats, still appreciated the site and view of the course.
I think it has a lot of potential. On a normal Lake Michigan day, it also will have some very good water for very interesting racing. It is close, less than 2 hour drive from Chicago and Grand Rapids, less than 3 hours from Indy, and just over 3 hours from Detroit.
I have never been to Morehead City.
I think it has a lot of potential. On a normal Lake Michigan day, it also will have some very good water for very interesting racing. It is close, less than 2 hour drive from Chicago and Grand Rapids, less than 3 hours from Indy, and just over 3 hours from Detroit.
I have never been to Morehead City.
phragle
Charter Member
if you don't produce a show/decent boat count, the fans won't be around long. If you go to whats supposed to be a really good resteraunt and the food sucks, you might chalk it up to a bad day...you go back the rest and the food sucks again, it doesn't matter how good everyone says it is...your not going back. The race sites know this too.....
XtremeRacing
Competitor
yes it was pretty cool to see so many people so excited and really really into Offshore. The pits had people day and nite and race day was great it was nice to see so many fans support us.
XtremeRacing
Competitor
I think you will be some schedule chages this coming yr.The cities that support the race and do a better job to prom. the race will win out.
shifter
Charter Member
Dude Sweet (the skeleton in the right) Is a good example of a guy that wants to go racing.
24 ft Pantera inboard single open boat. and a 28 if I remember right. How is he going to weigh the boat dyno figures prop selection maybe 1. Show up at a race and not know what class to run?????
Easy. race in a class to 90mph. If he wants to put a 1500hp motor in it he can run all season rebuilding his stuff, but it should be his choice what class to run in and up to the class to keep the guys in check.
Tech should be safety of boat and personel. Can you swim? CPR? You know important stuff.
Boat, radio, paddle, life vests, fire extiguisher. Rope.
Racing is supposed to be fun.
The guys I see coming into the racing want to see how fast their boat is I.E. KILO
The others are tired of the spoiled attitude of the Poker Runs.
We have a Data system from Racepak that we have been runing in the p1 boats. It works well shows course speed g forces ect... We can send it out live like nascar if we want, or just go over the speed of the boats in the classes to keep the boys honest.
We also have tracking international providing video and internet updates from the race with onboard beacons so the racers familly or friends/fans that want to see where they are can go online and see them on course. Technology from BAJA racing. It will be very useful when we get back into the enduro racing like San Francisco to LA or the Rum Run "platinum style" Long Beach to Dana Point to Long Beach.
I think Kilos on Friday, race 1 on sat, race 2 on sunday plus all the other classes gn's drag boats, sst's, crackers, Jet ski's.etc... Just get everone together and race.
pat W:reddevil:
MOBILEMERCMAN
Founding Member / Competitor
I thought I read all SBI sites had multi year contracts.
Ratickle
Founding Member / Super Moderator
Any idea what that system costs per boat? And has there been any issues with reliability?
F1-00 Racing
Competitor
Pops in Chat had the setup of Chat Mile(kilo like) on fridays, closed course speed trials(qualifying like) on Sat and the races on Sun. It worked great and would bring a lot more interest to each race site if that or your idea was implemented. It makes more of a show for the fans and creates more marketability.
MOBILEMERCMAN
Founding Member / Competitor
Pat , yes it is supposed to be fun. I like the telemetry to broadcast position and speed. We were working on that in 04. Plus add in the engine info.. Rpm and TPI and such. And mix events are also good.
Ratickle
Founding Member / Super Moderator
I can't talk for many events. But the semi-carnival atmosphere at St Clair with practice and demonstrations Saturday (skiffs, inflatable tunnels, jet skiis). Plus a concert. Then racing Sunday, 3 races, and with the skiffs and inflatable tunnels, made a really good event.
shifter
Charter Member
Go to
trackinginternational.com
racepak.com
The rum run info should be there..on the tracking site.
I will get the pricing info.
racepak had a proposal for the tv to have the sidebar with throttle, speed, pos, revs, g meter, etc...
The race at San Diego was pretty cool we had 4 very different races and 4 set-ups.. So we were able to see what worked and what did not. We went 2 for 2 with the in-the-red cat.
pat W
trackinginternational.com
racepak.com
The rum run info should be there..on the tracking site.
I will get the pricing info.
racepak had a proposal for the tv to have the sidebar with throttle, speed, pos, revs, g meter, etc...
The race at San Diego was pretty cool we had 4 very different races and 4 set-ups.. So we were able to see what worked and what did not. We went 2 for 2 with the in-the-red cat.
pat W
MikeyFIN
Competitor
I´ve used Racepak, Motec, Racetechnology and Pi and gotta say the Pi I was latest using in Formula Fords had enough features to do all you could to use in a Formula 1 car also.
I think you can do them all live if needed for TV.
And yes they will live in boat if they live even on the racetrack.
I think you can do them all live if needed for TV.
And yes they will live in boat if they live even on the racetrack.
F1-00 Racing
Competitor
Pat,
That is some great info and please keep us posted as we need to make this sport more professional which in turn will make it marketable and then people might see some dollars!
That is some great info and please keep us posted as we need to make this sport more professional which in turn will make it marketable and then people might see some dollars!
MikeyFIN
Competitor
Regarding this feature every team can do their own channel... as they do it on the racetracks. If you want to spend the extra money....
Data acquisition is "fun" to look later on and might show some errors but in boating IMO almost totally worthless.
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