IJSBA Racing returns to Ft. Lauderdale for the opening round of the Sea Doo Spring Nationals
RIVA Racing Challenge
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The IJSBA racing season began on April 16th at Markham Park in Ft. Lauderdale with the “RIVA Racing Challenge”, which included the first two rounds of the Sea Doo Spring Nationals presented by Hydroturf and Co-Sponsored by Blowsion, Thrust Innovations, Rick Roy Products, Champion Porsche, Mountain Motorsports, Jettribe, Exotic Signs, Wetracer Magazine, and the Greater Fort Lauderdale Convention and Visitors Bureau.
The race site was very nice as it offered RV camping, mountain biking, pavilions, and even a gun range on site. The weather was perfect for racing with a little overcast and even an afternoon mist of showers. The race course was tight, which made the stand-up and sport racers very happy and the runabout racers anxious! There were a lot of fans on site and even brought out some old-schooler’s such as Dean Mays from the infamous Team Deans, and Stuart Rasmussen, former IJSBA National Champ, and legendary engine builder, Bo Dupriest. There were also a lot of the usual suspects such as Team Mean, Eric Lagopoulis, Troy Snyder and Erminio Iantosca to name a few.
Highlighting the racing in the Pro Class, beginning with the Ski Open, Cade Poole, of Destin, Florida, sponsored by Liquid Fix won the showdown on Saturday in his first Pro victory ever, however, “Spoondawg” Blaine Spooner came back on Sunday to tie up the series points with Poole. The Pro Runabout Open Class was stacked on with a lot of talent on Saturday, and the race began with three starts, however, when the green flag did show, it was Erminio Iantosca, of Naples, Florida, going wire to wire in the first moto with the newly trim Jason Russo blasting his way into second. Sunday was a different story in this Class as Jettribe Team Racer, Jeremy Shandlemeyer, took the top spot and Iantosca opted for a swim to cool off! Lagopoulis took Rasmussen in the Pro 800 Class! The Sport Spec Class was very exciting on both days with David Gorie taking the checkered on Saturday, but the biggest surprise was the youngster, Blaine Smith, 14 years old and combined with them transferred three holeshots into victories! Other notable performances were turned in by Junior/Women’s racing standout, Shawna Sims and Expert Runabout racer, Mike Bellamy, of Monticello, Georgia, and Thrust Innovations sponsored Lucas and J-Fish Malone had outstanding Freestyle routines on both days.
Everyone had a great weekend that attended and we are happy to say that there were no injuries on the track! Special thanks to Trevor and Michelle from Markham Park and Carol Hudson from the Greater Ft. Lauderdale Convention and Visitors Bureau. Great job by the Pro Hydro-X Tour Staff! The next race of the Sea Doo Spring Nationals is the Georgia State Championships in Macon, Georgia (Voted #1 site for racing by racers in 2000-2002) on April 30 and May 1. Info for this event can be found at pwcfun.com. We hope to see you there! Mike Young
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