THN Modern Season 16 (Except on Wednesdays) is here! For the 2016 season 16, we are going back to the end of the piston era and running modern piston boats on the 1981 Season schedule. All races will start qualification at 6:30 Pacific time. We will have two rounds of qualification, three sets of preliminary heats, a consolation (if needed) and a winner-take-all final. The Gold Cup will have a 4th set of preliminary heats. 80 MPH minimum milling speed will be enforced with no warnings but a 1 minute penalty assessed.

September 21st - Champion Spark Plug Unlimited Regatta - Miami (San Diego GP Course, 1 2/3 mile)
October 5th - Stroh's Silver Cup - Detroit
October 19th - Indiana Governor's Cup - Madison
November 9th - Thunder on the Ohio - Evansville (Madison Course)
November 30th - Columbia Cup - Tri-Cities (San Diego course)
December 14th - Sea Galley - APBA Gold Cup - Seattle (San Diego Course)
December 28th - Thunder in the Glenn World Championship - Watkins Glen, NY (Detroit Course)
January 11th - Circus-Circus Thunderboat Regatta - San Diego

Race dates are subject to change based upon unforeseen needed adjustments in my work schedule or other requests of any regularly attending driver.

Boat Selection will be in order of finish from last season with newcomers on a first come-first serve after those earning points have finished their selection. Selections must be completed prior to September 18th to allow the new drivers to select (newcomers can post on this forum a list of boats in priority order to reserve a boat if it is not taken). As modern piston boats are limited, if we have more drivers than boats, we will add in turbines or allow selections from the UHL boats (I'm willing to run the WAZZU if we run short but will select another boat, after CP selects, until we run out then will give up that boat if needed)

1. Chris Porten
2. John Steach
3. Kallen Washburn
4. Mickey Washburn
5. Jeff Dewalt
6. Jody Harshman
7. Peter Steach
8. Scott Przybylski

Tosti Asti U-10

@Pete

My bad. I don't know how I got that wrong when I first posted this. I'm very sorry for the error.

I'll be in DC for work on the 26th (which is why I'm glad Mickey took over running the races). See everyone for race 4.

March 29th, 6:30 PDT qualifying. Madison Indiana Governor's Cup.

Any new drivers can post on this page to add boats.

With two new rookies on the circuit, there were 11 boats for the season opener. Defending champion Jeff Dewalt had a tough call in his first heat and was the victim of a collision in the final to have a disappointing star to the defense of his first title. John Steach piloted the Miss Wazzu to a near perfect day in spite of the new start rules (winning is a rarity for WSU but we will take what we can get). Mickey Washburn is again in second place but positioned well with the next two races away from the SD course.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Zc78MR6uBWEvGaWF_vTel8wU9YDk8cquXkJdr-BdZy8/edit?usp=sharing

#..........Name..........................Driver......................Wins..Pts..Leader..Next
U-00 ...Miss WAZZU ...............John Steach ............1 ...1680 ......- ........-
U-2 .....T-Plus ..........................Mickey Washburn .........1325 ...355 ....355
U-37 ...Beacon Plumbing ......Adam Putich .................1054 ...626 ....271
U-22 ...Chet's Music ..............Jody Harshman ...............957 ...723 ......97
U-7(A) ..Air National Guard ..James Bandit ...................926 ...754 ......31
U-1 ......Graham Trucking .....Jeff Dewalt .......................920 ...760 ........6
U-6 ......Oh Boy! Oberto .........Bill Brandt .......................649 ..1031 ....271
U-97 ....Cheetos .....................Joey Caines .....................591 ..1089 ......58
U-30 ....Domino's Pizza ..........Pete Schille .....................551 ..1129 ......40
U-7(G) .Graham Trucking II ....Beau Rarig ......................389 ..1291 .....162
U-74 ....Miss Olympia Beer ....Gene Melang ....................379 ..1301 ......10
U-10 ....Smokin' Joe's ............Peter Steach .........................0 .1680 ....379

Here is the spreadsheet link in case you want to monitor it.

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Zc78MR6uBWEvGaWF_vTel8wU9YDk8cquXkJdr-BdZy8/edit?usp=sharing

Peter Steach, U-10 Smokin' Joe's

Our first race of the new season is this Wednesday (March 8th), the Evansville Thunder on the Ohio (San Diego Course). Qualifying starts at 6:30 PST.

Remember we have new starting procedures.

80 mph minimum but have the following changes:

Add in one warning as long as it is less than 2 seconds.
Define three DMZ areas on each course where milling is not allowed at any time.
       A. A circle defined by both corner turns mirrored across the entrance and exit buoys.
       B. An oval defined by the start/finish line buoy, the buoy just before or after the S/F line, and the two buoys on the backstretch opposite them.
             i. At SD, this is the island using the lights course markers and the buoy before the S/F line.
             ii. At Madison, this is the buoy before the S/F line using the lights course.
             iii. At Detroit, it is the lights course marker and the S/F line buoy.
Allow for cutting from the front stretch to the backstretch between the S/F line on the last milling lap so long as you do not enter the DMZ.  However, when you cut you must pass two buoys before you have established a lane.

Current Selection Status and it is now open to first-come gets their choice. I would prefer to limit the times each number is used to two (2). Therefore, U-7 is now unavailable.

Jeff Dewalt .............U-1 Graham Trucking
John Steach ...........U-00 Miss WAZZU
Mickey Washburn ..U-2 T-Plus
James Bandit ........U-7 Air National Guard (assuming this is Jim Brittain)
Ryan Yates
Beau Rarig .............U-7 Graham Trucking II
Kallen Washburn
Bill Brandt .............U-7 Valken Sports
Jody Harshman
Chris Porten.............Temporary Pass
Scott Przybylski
Adam Putich ...........U-37 Beacon Plumbing / U-6 Oh Boy Oberto / 2014 Peters and May
Joey Caines
Peter Steach
Pete ??? ....................Domino's Pizza
Gene Melang ...........U-74 Olympia Beer

A thrustmaster. However, the gas on the keyboard won't work either. In setup the wheel and pedals react normally but the boat won't move.