Lake Race 2014, June 2-8 2014

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Art and Brit Lilly chatting with the Pirate team after the Sunday races were over.

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Derek Helling
Lake Sun Sports Editor
Posted Jun. 11, 2014 @ 8:00 am


The 2014 Lake Race again delivered on its promise of excitement, turning the lake into a high-speed track over the course of Thursday, June 5 through Sunday, June 8.

The number of entries expanded from 19 in 2013 to 29 this year, and the crowds increased in number as well.

“The weather held out and despite this being a new format for guys, they are attracted by the prize money and the media exposure that our events offer,” event co-chair Jeff Carroll explained.

Over 150 volunteers also pitched in to make the event a success, which is currently part of a two-race series . The other race was held earlier this year in Biloxi, Miss.

The success of both of those events have spurred the organizers of the Lake Race on to set their sights even higher.

“As word of mouth gets around, we are going to get more entries. The prize money we give out is unheard of in the industry. We also plan on expanding our television market and adding more events in more locations. We want to add more pontoons and unlimiteds to our schedule,” Carroll added.

Carroll went on to say that the format is part of what is attracting people to the Lake Race.

“Our open class is what sets us apart. Someone with a single-engine V-bottom can race along side one of the unlimiteds. If the big boys have trouble, you could see one of those smaller boats win a race. Some of these guys are here for the media exposure, but for some of them that winning purse is something they can really use.”


Race results


Super Stock $6,000
1st S-1 St. Louis Motorcars $3,000
2nd S-5 Porta Product $1,800
3rd S-111 SOS Venezuela $1,200
4th S-11 BoatFloaters.com

Run What You Brung $40,000
1st 19 Cat Can Do $18,000
2nd 4 Cleveland Construction $10,000
3rd 3 CMS $6,000
4th 14 Snowy Mountain Brewery $4,000
5th 33 Racing for Cancer $2,000
6th 113 Miss GEICO ---

Pontoon $0
1st 22 Hampton ---
2nd 57 Midwest Boat Sales ---
3rd 7 Jim Dorris ---
4th 77 Playcraft ---
5th 07 Iguana ---
6th 25 PDQ Marine Racing ---

Class 6 $4,000
1st 623 Country Service $2,000
2nd 602 Early Detection $1,200

Class 5 $4,000
1st 505 CISCO $2,000
2nd 517 Iguana Offshore $0
3rd 502 Early Detection $800
4th 513 Wazzup II ---

Class 4 $4,000
1st 404 Simmons Marine $2,000

Class 3 $4,000
1st 306 2nd Ammendment $2,000

CLASS 2 $4,000
1st 240 HP Mafia ---
2nd 277 Smokin Section ---
3rd P-11 Bat Boat ---

Super Cat $5,000
1st 4 Cleveland Construction $2,500

Super Vee Lite $4,000
1st 66 Tug It $2,000
2nd 21 Pirate $1,200
3rd 4 Octane $800


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A few of the Batboat.

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The Batboat set a new OPA record on Saturday with 68 breakouts during the race. Impressive!!!!!!!



In his defense, (the competition was not far behind), the boat goes about 150 and the breakout for P1 is 105......

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The Batboat set a new OPA record on Saturday with 68 breakouts during the race. Impressive!!!!!!!



In his defense, (the competition was not far behind), the boat goes about 150 and the breakout for P1 is 105......

Not true in fact our score card was filled with 105's they did not go over there idea of a 105 breakout. Only 1 breakout sunday and both Batboat running 132 mph to catch us and a nonGPS carrying 2nd Amendment running 112 to keep up made it look like a race. Yes we won.

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I like this one better

It was an extremely entertaining race. You guys and the Batboat were within less than 100 feet for a lot of the race with several lead changes on Saturday. We were guessing the speeds from the dock and wondering how you guys were doing on the GPS. I think your breakouts were almost all within 105.00 to 105.99, weren't they? I didn't get much of a chance to chat with you after Sunday's race as we were loading the double stack boats on the trailer and I was in the boat for the second race.


Taking back the lead from the Cheats lol




I especially like the "Cheats, LOL" part....

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The race Saturday was a good show. Sunday they tried to stay under 105 and fell back and just said nail it.
Yes a lot of them were in 105. - 105.9 sat. Like 15 of them. We broke out once on sunday

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A very nice run both days.

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I'm hearing 2nd Amendment didn't get to 112 I guess. So somewhere under that but glad they were in there to make it look good. I did a for real double take when I looked back and saw a boat that was supposed to be running 95. It's funny on the video

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You guys ran strong, and the competition was very entertaining.



Too bad Charlie had so many problems....

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Run Whatcha Brung 1st Place