Team Mean/Team Jettribe USA Lake Anderson Press Release

The Team arrived early on Friday morning after the grueling 12hour drive from South Florida up to Lake Hartwell, located in Anderson, South Carolina.  It’s always nice to arrive at a race site with enough time to socialize with friends, and get most of our tents and gear unloaded and ready for the races on Saturday and Sunday.

Saturday morning started with the normal IJSBA schedule of practices, which provides the team with the information needed to make final tuning and setup changes for the races to come.  Out come the tools and the laptop computers, and Team manager Louis Milone starts after his work..

This weekend Team Mean Racing had a large group.  We had Christine Milone onboard her Seadoo RXPX for Pro Am Runabout Limited, Daughter Laura Milone entered in Both Junior Freestyle, as well as her normal Women Ski Limited Kawasaki SXR, Jessica Milone onboard her bright Pink and Yellow Jettribe Yamaha SuperJet, Wilson Tai racing his Seadoo RXPX in Novice Runabout Limited, Jeremy Schandelmayer onboard his ballistic TiAL Sport, Riva Racing, Turbo Seadoo GTI in Pro Runabout Open, Derek Correll riding his Bright orange Seadoo XPL also in Pro Am Runabout Limited, This weekend we saw the triumphant return of “Iron Man” David Cabrera onboard his Hydrospace running both Stock and Limited Ski classes, We also had Susan Anderson riding her very familiar Seadoo XPL in the new for 2011 Naturally aspirated class.  Of these Team Mean racers, Christine Milone, Jeremy Schandelmayer, and Derek Correll, are part of the “Jettribe Team USA”, and they help to carry the Jettribe brand to newer and higher levels at each race.

To keep this write up interesting, we will keep it short and get to the results…  

First we will start with the Jettribe Team Riders…  

Christine raced hard and after a few great battles came home with a 3^rd place points finish in Pro Runabout Limited.  Milone told us “I had a few great moments with Baldwin, George, and Price, and I think we touched rub rails a few times, but this is racing and I’m proud to take a podium spot with these guys”.  Derek Correll also in Pro Am Runabout Limited brought it home in the 5^th place position.  Jeremy Schandelmayer created quite a buzz in Pro Runabout Open, but he didn’t do it until the final moto.  “In the first moto we had a jet pump failure, which caused me to have to give up several positions in order to save the boat, for the second moto I started from the outside position due to the poor finish in the first moto, but with a decent start was able to work my way up to 3^rd, which would give me a good spot to fight from for the final moto on Sunday”  said Schandelmayer.  That is exactly what he did… After a great holeshot, Jeremy made the pass around the outside for the lead, and held it for most of the race until a slight bobble resulting in a missed buoy gave Dustin Farthing the opportunity for the pass for the lead while Jeremy picked up the missed buoy.  It was great race and great excitement for a standing room only crowd.  Schandelmayer came home with the overall position of 5^th with his combined scores of 8^th 3^rd and 2^nd.

Another story worthy of telling was Junior Freestyle.  In 2010 Jessica Milone, then only 10 years old decided she aspired to become a freestyler.  The promoters embraced her interest, and the kids have been coming out of the woodwork ever since.  This weekend was no exception with no less than 6 Juniors competing for Juniors honors..  Jessica Milone came home with a 3^rd place finish on her Pink and Yellow Jettribe adorned Yamaha SuperJet,  Sister and fellow competitor Laura Milone came home with a 5^th on just her first attempt at freestyle.  Laura Milone also competing in Novice Women’s Ski Limited came home with a very consistent 2,2,2 for a 2^nd place finish behind Shawna Simms.

Wilson Tai kept consistent and chased Jeff Dyckowski for 3 motos bringing home 3 consistent 2^nd place finishes, for a 2^nd overall score.  The starts were exciting as they were 3 wide into the first turn each moto.

David Cabrera got some attention this weekend as this was the site where 1 year ago to the day he suffered his leg injury which he has been recovering from ever since.  After rigorous training, and a painful recovery David came back to win Expert Ski Limited with a 1,2,1 for a 1^st overall finish.  David is an inspiration to the entire team !!

Susan Anderson made a statement with her 1^st moto 1^st place finish in N/A Spec class, and never looked back easily taking 1^st overall honors.

Unfortunately Team Mean Racing, and this branch of Jettribe Team USA will not be able to attend next weeks races in Virginia, but watch for us at the IJSBA World Finals in Lake Havasu City Arizona in October.