What a fantastic event, even with the rain (real Desert Storm) on thursday night the enthusiasum for the event could not be dampered :) One hundred and three beautiful out of this world boats displayed the best in todays performance marine hardware and the most outragous tow vehicals that could be found anywhere. The crowds love it and partied until late hours!

Over 190 boats signed up for the poker run on Friday for one of the safest and fun runs we've had to date! Friday evenings beach party at the Nautical was off the hook! With the band "Push" providing the music and plenty of great food and drinks, the evening was a hit.

The Make A Wish event on Wednesday proved to be a touching experience for all involved and one young man came back on Friday to participate in the Poker Run and speak to the crowd on Friday evening as the autioneer fired up the crowd for the benefit auction. $15000.00 was raised to help grant more wishes in the future.

The Shootout on Saturday opened up to a early morning wind once again causing a delayed start to the event, but once things settled down, over 62 runs were layed down by 45 boats. The course was setup with a 30 mph zone to get on plane and the a mile of high speed run. A few paricipants were granted the entire course for a exibition run and there higher speeds were noted but not certified noteably JBS Racings 188 MPH pass compared to their 178 MPH pass following the 30 MPH restrictions. With the wind cooperating in the late morning and afternoon, the course made for some high speeds and a great spectical for the over 2000 spectator boats lining the course.

Sundays POPRA race was much better attended than last year with many East Coast teams coming out to run with their West Coast brothern. One notable team missing from the races with Team CRC who suffered a broken transmission early on in the weekend, but with Craig Furgisson of Team Rennagade, Bob Teagues Team AMZOIL, and the JBS Racing Turbine Powered Mystic running hard the crowds were treated to a great day of racing.

Check back often at the main LakeRacer.com site as I update it with photos and video clips of all the weekends action.

Jim Nichols