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by Janet Dabbs
CK Motorsports and CMS Marine Technology, Inc. MTI, will battle it out once again for the top catamaran bragging rights in the “Run What You Brung” class at the 2015 Lake Race.
Race fans who love the underdog can cheer for the CK Motorsports, the “working man” team, as they race against the deeper pocketed CMS team.
Last year, CK Motorsports’ Cat Can Do, a 1998 40 ft. Douglas Marine Skater Catamaran from Nunica, Mi. went home with the first place trophy overall in the “Run What You Brung” division with Keith Holmes driving, and Barry Glovick on the throttles.
Run What You Brung is an extreme class run with the best out of two races winning the series. Anyone with piston engines and a canopy can enter this class. “It can get dangerous with the slower and less experienced drivers entering,” Cat Can Do Driver Keith Holmes said.
Randy Scism and Bob Bull drove #03 CMS by MTI in the “Run What You Brung” class. On Saturday #03 CMS, a 2013 48 ft. MTI Catamaran, powered by twin 1,650 HP Mercury Racing engines, was disqualified for going outside the buoys. “Our rooster tails were on the wrong side of the buoy on Saturday,” Scism explained.
Bad luck switched cats on Sunday when Cat Can Do had fuel regulator problems on one of its 1,550 HP Sterling Performance racing engines and the CMS team powered into first place. The Cat Can Do team was able to hold on enough Sunday afternoon to finish third. The final results were Cat Can Do in first, Cleveland Construction second, and #03 CMS third place overall.
This year, the CMS team is doubling their chances to win with a two-boat strategy. They will enter two cats in the “Run What You Brung” class. Jeff Harris will drive #03 CMS with throttle-man Johnny Tomlinson on the gas. Scism and Bull will break out the latest and the greatest from the CMS MTI/Mercury family, a new 2015 52 ft. MTI, named CMS #3, also harboring twin 1,650 Mercury racing engines.
CMS #3 has already made a claim to fame by winning—despite mechanical problems—second place in the 34th Superboat International Unlimited Class 2014 World Championships in Key West, Fla. CMS #03 placed fourth overall in the same race.
To make the Lake Race match-up even more interesting, the Cat Can Do team is the 2014 Offshore Powerboat Association National and World Extreme Champions, and rumor has it they are adding more horsepower to the boat’s engines. “We do the best we can with our budget,” Holmes said. But money can’t buy everything: the driver, the technology, the mechanic, the temperature and even the occurrence of one rogue wave can determine the outcome of a race.
Cat Can Do and CMS #3 don’t usually compete against each other, because they run in different circuits. CMS #3 races in Super Boat International sanctioned events, and Cat Can Do is in the Offshore Powerboating Association racing series. But both teams say they enjoy facing off at the Lake of the Ozarks.
“The Cat Can Do team has a lot of experience building engines and racing boats. We will have a good race. You never know the outcome, a lot of things can happen,” Scism said. “The Lake Race is growing and becoming a favorite race for powerboat racers. I have heard there will be some new competition.”
by Janet Dabbs
CK Motorsports and CMS Marine Technology, Inc. MTI, will battle it out once again for the top catamaran bragging rights in the “Run What You Brung” class at the 2015 Lake Race.
Race fans who love the underdog can cheer for the CK Motorsports, the “working man” team, as they race against the deeper pocketed CMS team.
Last year, CK Motorsports’ Cat Can Do, a 1998 40 ft. Douglas Marine Skater Catamaran from Nunica, Mi. went home with the first place trophy overall in the “Run What You Brung” division with Keith Holmes driving, and Barry Glovick on the throttles.
Run What You Brung is an extreme class run with the best out of two races winning the series. Anyone with piston engines and a canopy can enter this class. “It can get dangerous with the slower and less experienced drivers entering,” Cat Can Do Driver Keith Holmes said.
Randy Scism and Bob Bull drove #03 CMS by MTI in the “Run What You Brung” class. On Saturday #03 CMS, a 2013 48 ft. MTI Catamaran, powered by twin 1,650 HP Mercury Racing engines, was disqualified for going outside the buoys. “Our rooster tails were on the wrong side of the buoy on Saturday,” Scism explained.
Bad luck switched cats on Sunday when Cat Can Do had fuel regulator problems on one of its 1,550 HP Sterling Performance racing engines and the CMS team powered into first place. The Cat Can Do team was able to hold on enough Sunday afternoon to finish third. The final results were Cat Can Do in first, Cleveland Construction second, and #03 CMS third place overall.
This year, the CMS team is doubling their chances to win with a two-boat strategy. They will enter two cats in the “Run What You Brung” class. Jeff Harris will drive #03 CMS with throttle-man Johnny Tomlinson on the gas. Scism and Bull will break out the latest and the greatest from the CMS MTI/Mercury family, a new 2015 52 ft. MTI, named CMS #3, also harboring twin 1,650 Mercury racing engines.
CMS #3 has already made a claim to fame by winning—despite mechanical problems—second place in the 34th Superboat International Unlimited Class 2014 World Championships in Key West, Fla. CMS #03 placed fourth overall in the same race.
To make the Lake Race match-up even more interesting, the Cat Can Do team is the 2014 Offshore Powerboat Association National and World Extreme Champions, and rumor has it they are adding more horsepower to the boat’s engines. “We do the best we can with our budget,” Holmes said. But money can’t buy everything: the driver, the technology, the mechanic, the temperature and even the occurrence of one rogue wave can determine the outcome of a race.
Cat Can Do and CMS #3 don’t usually compete against each other, because they run in different circuits. CMS #3 races in Super Boat International sanctioned events, and Cat Can Do is in the Offshore Powerboating Association racing series. But both teams say they enjoy facing off at the Lake of the Ozarks.
“The Cat Can Do team has a lot of experience building engines and racing boats. We will have a good race. You never know the outcome, a lot of things can happen,” Scism said. “The Lake Race is growing and becoming a favorite race for powerboat racers. I have heard there will be some new competition.”
