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EDITORIAL: The Rich History Of Lake Race
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by Nathan Bechtold, Editor, LakeExpo.com & Official Lake Race Guide

Do you remember the Offshore Super Series National Championship Power Boat Race?

I’ll admit: it was before my time. I didn’t settle at the Lake of the Ozarks until 2010, though my family’s been here since before the dam was built.

But racers and fans who remember those early days of the Lake Race predecessor know the event, which came roaring back to the Lake of the Ozarks after a three-year hiatus, has a rich tradition of high-speed thrills and adrenaline-fueled fun. Years ago, at 7 Mile Cove, race fans came to the OSS event knowing they would be treated to music, parties and fast-paced action, the weekend of the big race. At the end of September, it put a perfect final punctuation mark on the boating season.

In 2010, with a stumbling economy, the race vacated these Ozark shores. But in 2013, news of its return rippled across the boating community.

Now in its third year, event organizers have been building a new Lake Race on the foundation of the past. Much has changed since those days at The Horny Toad. Now the first weekend of June, the race kicks off the boating season rather than capping it off. It’s moved from one iconic Lake hotspot—The Horny Toad… now H. Toad’s & Camden On The Lake—to another: Bagnell Dam & Beavers at the Dam. Even the sponsoring organization has changed: formerly an Offshore Super Series event, Lake Race is now part of the Offshore Powerboating Association circuit. And a welcome change: whereas before, entrance to the Pits and Racer Village was around $60 a person, now anyone can check out the boats up close, free-of-charge.

But some things have remained the same. One consistent player has been Ron Polli. Formerly the president of OSS, Polli is now the race control official for the OPA. Check out Jason Johnson’s story in this Lake Race Guide about Polli’s role in the race’s history and his optimism about the future. Dave Scott, legendary racer and owner of Nauti Marine, helped bring the OSS event to the Lake in 2007. When it returned in 2013, he was named the event’s honorary chairman.

Some of the racers have long been familiar faces, too. The MTI/CMS Team of Randy Scism and Bob Bull have been the odds-on favorites on the new Lake Race course. Miss Geico was an OSS champ and returned to compete in the event’s revival. And a crowd-favorite, the Batman boat, has changed owners, but the Caped Crusader has long been a competitor at the Lake of the Ozarks. Read more about the powerboat inspired by Gotham’s hero in the article by Janet Dabbs, in this Lake Race Guide.

But most importantly, Lake Race’s fan base is what makes the event really soar. Lining the race course, flooding Beavers at the Dam, cruising the Strip for the Street Party: fans keep the Lake Race motor revving.

Whether you’re a die-hard race fan or just a curious boater, wondering what this thing is all about, it’s our hope that this Official Lake Race Guide will draw you even deeper into an event with a rich, intriguing history at the Lake of the Ozarks. From the nitty-gritty organization to the bone-rattling roar of the race’s fastest legends, these pages are a guide to an experience you will not soon forget.

Let the races begin!
 
2015 Lake Race
SCHEDULE OF EVENTS

Friday, June , 2015
11am Boats Start Arriving in Race Village - (1067 Bagnell Dam Blvd, Lake Ozark, MO)
12pm-4pm Racer Registration - Race Village GPS Registration - Race Village
12pm-4pm Race Boat Inspections - Race Village
11am-4pm Swim/Dunker Test - Camden on the Lake
3pm Course/Perimeter Markers Set
5:30pm Volunteer Meeting - Race Village (Registration Room)
6pm Lake Race Street Party on Historic Bagnell Dam Strip begins
8:30pm Entertainment on the Street with The Patrick Lentz Band

Saturday, June 6, 2015
9am-6pm Race Village Open
7am Team Physicals - Camden on the Lake
7:30am Medical and Dive team briefing - Camden on the Lake
8:15am Drivers meeting - Camden on the Lake
9am Race Control Operational
9am-5pm Wet Pits open, Crane lift operations
10am Race Boat Testing
11:35am OPENING CEREMONY
12pm 1pm 2:20pm-3pm RACE 1 (start subject to adjustment)
RACE 2 (start subject to adjustment)
RACE 3 (start subject to adjustment) "Run What you Brung"
8pm Lake Race Party - Beavers at the Dam (1076 Bagnell Dam Blvd, Lake Ozark, MO)

Sunday, June 7, 2015
9am-6pm Race Village Open
8am Team physicals - Camden on the Lake
8:30am Medical and Dive team briefing - Camden on the Lake
9am Drivers meeting - Camden on the Lake
9am Race Control Operational
9am-5pm Wet Pits open, Crane lift operational
10am Race Control Operational
11am Race Patrol Fleet and Course Support Fleet on station
11:50am OPENING CEREMONY
12pm 1pm 2:20pm-3pm
RACE 1 (start subject to adjustment)
RACE 2 (start subject to adjustment)
RACE 3 (start subject to adjustment) "Run What you Brung"
5:30pm Awards Presentation - Beavers at the Dam

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Racing to the Top: Lake Race hits the water this weekend

By Dan Field

Lake of the Ozarks
With the much-heralded Lake Race 2015 on its way, there are several significant parking changes on the Strip that involve the public.

The race is sanctioned by the Offshore Powerboat Association (OPA) and is produced by the Lake of the Ozarks Watershed Alliance (LOWA) and Beavers at the Dam.

Beginning at 9 a.m. Friday, June 5, the lower end of the Strip will be closed to traffic from about The White House to Bagnell Dam, and will reopen about 6 p.m. Sunday, June 7. Although volunteers will monitor traffic throughout the area during the race, there will be a turnaround area where the street will be barricaded. Vendor Village and race boat and associated vehicles will park within the closed-off area.

Spectator parking on the Strip will be difficult to find, so off-street parking will be available in certain marked locations and below Bagnell Dam. A shuttle will run from below the dam back and forth to a shuttle stop near Beavers at the Dam. Cost to park below the dam is $7.

Golf carts will also be available to shuttle handicapped and older spectators.

Traffic will be routed toward the top of the Strip down Valley Road to either the spectator parking area below the dam or on across Bagnell Dam.
However, Bagnell Dam will be closed to thru traffic from 9 a.m.-4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday during actual race times. Signage will be located on Bagnell Dam Blvd. to give motorists turn-around opportunities.

Businesses will be open the entire length of the Strip during regular hours, but parking will be limited - especially in the area of Race Village from 9 a.m. Friday to 6 p.m. Sunday.

http://www.lakenewsonline.com/article/20150604/NEWS/150609368
 
Saturday's Racing

Race 1, Four Classes on the Course

SVL
Lilly Sport Boats
Boatfloater.com
Typhoon
Pirate Racing

Class 4
Smokin Sextion
RDC Racing

Class 5
Reinforcer
Wazzup II
Ultimate Race Experience
Iguana Racing
Wanna Race
Lake Ozark Marine

Class 7
Wax On, Wax Off
Lil Squirt
On A Mission

Race 2, 5 Classes on the Course

Super Cat
Cleveland Construction

Super Stock
RJ Propellor
Smart Marine
Cedar Ridge Plantation

Class 2
Batboat
Team Wicked
RDC Racing

Class 3
Wazzup
Strictly Business

Class 6
Early Detection
Ultimate Racing Experience
Smith Brother/CRC
Boom Shaka Laka

Time Trials for "Run Watchya Brung" on Sunday
Speed Racer
CMS 03
CMS 3
Cat Can Do
Snowy Mountain
Cleveland Construction
 
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2015 Lake Race hits Lake of the Ozarks
by Courtny Jodon

LAKE OF THE OZARKS, MO -- The third annual Lake Race kicked off this weekend at Lake of the Ozarks.
Power boats from all over the country come to compete in the Invitational Lake Race.

The race is produced by Lake of the Ozarks Watershed Alliance and Beavers at the Dam.

It's managed by the Offshore Powerboat Association.

Lake Race Chairman and Beavers at the Dam Manager, Mike Shepherd says, “They come in and actually operate the race itself for us… we organize it, we put it all together we ask for volunteers and sponsors and everything but they come in and actually officially run the race on race day."

Shepherd says that 32 teams are represented in this year’s race.

Officials say about 150 volunteers help make the race a success.

These power boats can reach speeds of over one hundred fifteen miles an hour.

The Bagnell dam bridge closes for the race so spectators can watch from it.

Boat racing fans say they love watching the boat race from the Bagnell Dam Bridge.

Powerboat racing fan, James Byrne, says, "Being on the dam is the best spot because you don't have to worry about your boat getting scratched if you watch it from the water, you still get a better vantage point all the racing happens on the corners anyways so you're right on the corner instead of a straight."

Past "Cat Can Do" Racer, Cheryl Longcore Roberts, explains, "Every time I hear a helicopter I always think of it flying right above the boats and yeah a lot of great memories…it was a lot of fun, a great experience and it's fun to come watch and be a spectator after all these years and bring my boys, I have three boys now and it's fun for them to see."

There are several categories teams compete in.

Shepherd says, “One thing that's different with our race is we run the unlimited class where any boat regardless of the style with a canopy on it is able to run in one heat and that's for our top prize of $18,000."

Shepherd says they give away $75,000 worth of prizes to winners.

Sunday, will be the final day of the Lake Race.
The racing starts at noon Sunday and awards will begin at 5:30 in the evening.

http://www.connectmidmissouri.com/news/story.aspx?id=1214459#.VXR3fenbK70
 
In Race 2 today, the Bat Boat "Ultimate Racing Experience" flipped in turn four and the race was red-flagged until they could get the team and boat off the course.
 
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‘Ultimate Racing Experience’ Powerboat Flips At Lake Race
by Janet Dabbs

LAKE OF THE OZARKS, Mo. — A crash at one end of the Lake Race course spun a boat out of the weekend's competition, and the two people in the cockpit have quite a story to tell.

Near the finish of its second lap in Class 6 at the 2015 Lake Race, the bright-yellow powerboat named Ultimate Racing Experience was going 62 mph when it came out of a turn, spun out, and capsized.

Tom Vogle was driving the 24-ft., 2000 Reindl canopied One Design v-hull, with Lee Ann Peluso on the throttles.

“We came around the corner pretty tight,” Peluso said, noting the water was choppy due to all the race boats.

“The back end swung around, and we went up a wake, onto our side, and we just kind of turned over. It wasn’t a violent, fast barrel-roll. It was more like a slow, easy flop.

“I heard the water flowing, and I wasn’t quite sure what was going on at first,” Peluso recalled.

“The first thing I thought was ‘I need to get my air-piece in my mouth.’”

Hanging upside down, under water, the safety harness kept her in place.

This was Vogle’s first time to race, although as the team mechanic he has made plenty of test runs. His experience of those few seconds was quite different, and more dire. “When we went around the corner, I was already turning too sharp and Lee Ann accelerated before I straightened it out,” Vogle said of the crash.

First, Vogle thought they were just going into a spin and the boat would just come to a dead stop. “And then I knew we were going over,” he said grimly. “I closed my eyes and there wasn’t even water in the cockpit yet.” Vogle says he kept his eyes closed until they were rescued.

“I couldn’t find my oxygen: the end of the hose was across my lap and it had gotten pulled out during the crash. I couldn’t see or feel it. I realized I had to undo my harness and take off the shoulder and lap straps, and start looking for the door latch so that I could get Lee Ann out,” Vogle said. But that was tricky, because they were upside down. He took off his straps and flipped over. “My head was in the seat and my feet were on the roof,” he recalled.

“I was disoriented, and the boat started filling up with water.” He says he located the door strap just as he ran out of breath, and then located a small pocket of air at the top. “It was like a scene out of a movie with me gasping for air in this small space. I thought the boat was sinking deeper and deeper into the water.”

In reality, the drive on the back of the 24-foot boat was resting on the bottom of the lake: they were only in about 12 ft. of water. “I couldn’t tell, I thought it could have been 30 ft. deep,” Vogle said.

The challenge was not over for him. After the door was opened, and he tried to swim out of the boat, he felt something wrapped around his leg. He guesses it was either a hose or a seat belt. “I thought, ‘This is the end, I am going to die,’” Vogle recalled. Then, he said, he broke free and swam to the surface.

Peluso said she quickly found her air-piece, unlatched the safety harness, and then unlatched her door from the inside. “The safety guys opened the door and had us out in 45 seconds!” she said.

But those may have been the longest 45 seconds of Vogle’s life. “Thank God Lee Ann was already out. I thought I was going to have to go back and get her. The scariest part was not having the oxygen,” he said. Vogle noted the team now has plans to equip the boat for future races with a helmet-mounted oxygen mask.

Reindl Powerboats has a fleet of similarly-designed powerboats that are leased to individuals, armatures and pros, and anyone who wants to race. Owner Chris Reindl pointed to the boats’ unique design, noting that in spite of the crash, “Everyone got out safely. It’s one of the safest boat racing experiences on the planet. Even if you roll and get stuck upside down you’re still safe.”

“I want to give kudos to the safety team, the Bluewater Rescue and Salvage and Cleveland Construction,” Reindl added. The emergency crew was equipped with boats that had defibrillators, backboards and a lift.

“I had planned on thanking them for coming to the race and I ended being rescued by them,” Peluso, who is also a nurse, mused.

After pulling Peluso and Vogle out of the capsized boat, the emergency crew put them in a safety boat where paramedics checked their vital signs. “They offered to take us to the hospital but we were okay,” Peluso said. She came out with a bruise on her knee where it had hit against the dash, and Vogle was physically unscathed.

“We had our helmets on, we were buckled in, and it was really a gentle roll. I wasn’t 100 percent sure we rolled all the way until I saw the water level on the windshield.” Peluso remembered.

“Everything I practiced prepared me for this,” she said. The Offshore Power Boat Association (OPA) requires every racer to undergo a dunk test, during which they are flipped over for the purpose of practicing emergency protocol. Peluso underwent such training just one week ago in New Jersey. During the training, every racer is required to put on his or her oxygen mask, escape from the racing harness, and unlatch the door.

“I am thankful for it,” Peluso said. “If you’re not prepared when you are upside-down, you could panic and die. I am grateful that the OPA organization is so safety-minded.”

Although she says she wouldn’t want to do it again, Peluso finds the prospect of a crash less scary now that she has been through one. “I got that one checked off my bucket list!” she quipped. “It’s no longer an unknown. You’re always more afraid of the unknown.”

Peluso got right back in the saddle the same day and drove another race boat. “I knew if I didn’t get right back into a boat I might not do it,” she revealed. “I did, and I feel like I have even more confidence now, knowing what to do, and what to expect.”

“In order to be a successful racer, you need to have a little bit of crazy in your genes. Racing really is a sickness. You get hooked on this boat racing and you can’t wait until the next race! After a flip, some people would be like, I’m done.”

“All in all, it was a good learning curve, and if I can pass my experience along to new racers it will have some merit. They need to be sure they know where their air is, and they need to get rid of anything in the boat that is not tied down, so that it doesn’t become a projectile. You don’t need clutter when you’re trying to get out and save your life.”

Both racers are still relatively wet behind the ears. This was Vogle’s first race, and Peluso began her racing career in 2014. She was the fastest woman at the 2014 LOZ Shootout, not only in her class, but overall. She also took home the second place trophy at the 2014 Lake Race, and she was the 2014 APBA US 1 Offshore Class 6 National High Point winner. During her first year racing she took home two trophies as the 2014 Offshore Powerboat Association National and World Class 6 Champion.

In spite of an unfortunate crash, Reindl Powerboats did not come out of Lake Race empty-handed. Chris Reindl throttled another boat with driver Don Gray to win first place in Class 6. The pair raced Early Detection Racing, a 24-ft. 2000 Reindl One Design, v-hull.

Another Reindl Powerboat came in second place in Class 5: Reindl was once again on the throttles, with driver Riley Neal in Wanna Race.

The race team left the Lake on Monday morning, headed to St. Louis to get the crashed boat checked out. “We got the engine started on Sunday night and hopefully we just need to replace some wiring,” Vogle said. The next scheduled race for Vogle and Peluso is in two weeks, in Atlantic City.

Entire Article with Photos: http://lakeexpo.com/news/lake_news/...cle_601608fe-0e01-11e5-8ac8-f754ec9a934e.html
 
FINAL RESULTS: 2015 Lake Race

SUPER CAT
1st - 4 Cleveland Construction

CAT LITE (SUPER STOCK)
1st - S-111 Cedar Ridge Plantation
2nd - S-110 Smart Marine
3rd - S-19 FJ Propellers

SUPER VEE LITE
1st - 12 BoatFloater.com
2nd - 3 LSB Racing
3rd - 21 Pirate Racing
4th - 29 Typhoon

​CLASS 2
1st - 211 Bat Boat
2nd - 212 Team Wicked
3rd - 332 RDC Racing

CLASS 3
1st - V-1 Wazzup
2nd - V-6 Strtictly Business

CLASS 4
1st - 488 Smokin' Sextion
2nd - 430 RDC Racing

CLASS 5
1st - 513 Wazzup II
2nd - 502 Wanna Race?
3rd - 546 Reinforcer
4th - 517 Lake Ozark Marine
5th - 509 Wings on Water
6th - 566 American Outlaw

CLASS 6
1st - 601 Early Detection Racing
2nd - 611 Smith Brothers Racing/CRC
3rd - 623 BOOM Shaka Laka
4th - 609 Ultimate Racing Experience

CLASS 7
1st - 700 Lil' Squirt
2nd - 749 On A Mission
3rd - 711 Wax-On Wax-Off
​
EXTREME (Run What You Brung)
1st - 3 CMS
2nd - 03 CMS
3rd - 4 Cleveland Construction
4th - V1 Wazzup
5th - 14 Snowy Mountain Brewery
6th - 88 Speed Racer
7th - 19 Cat Can Do
 
'Team CMS' Dominates Lake Race, 'Cat' Catches Fire
by Janet Dabbs

LAKE OF THE OZARKS, Mo. — Team CMS Offshore Racing came to win the Third Annual Lake Race Saturday, June 6 and Sunday, June 7 at the Lake of the Ozarks, and win they did.

Bob Bull and Randy Scism dominated the race course in CMS #3, a 2015 52 ft. Marine Technology Inc. (MTI) Catamaran with twin 1,650 HP Mercury Racing engines. Bull and Scism triumphantly won the first place trophy in the Extreme division, as well as first place overall.

The CMS team didn’t leave any crumbs for the rest of the racers, as a second CMS powerboat, CMS #03, a 2013 48 ft. MTI Catamaran, with twin 1,650 HP Mercury Racing engines, driven by Jeff Harris and throttled by John Tomlinson, victoriously secured the second place trophy.

“It’s always great to win on our home turf, with the fan base behind us,” Scism said. The team members all have homes at the Lake.

The competition was fierce. “On Saturday during the qualifying laps CMS #03 set the pole position as the fastest, one second behind them was Cat Can Do, one second behind them was CMS #3, and one second behind them was Speed Racer,” Scism said.

Sunday was stacking up to be quite a race. “We made a few changes to our set up, and picked up even more speed,” Scism said.

Race fans were looking forward to exciting competition between CMS #3 and the Lake Race 2014 winner CK Motorsports’ Cat Can Do, a 1998 40 ft. Douglas Marine Skater Catamaran from Nunica, Mi. Cat Can Do won the first place trophy overall at the 2014 Lake Race with Keith Holmes driving, and Barry Glovick on the throttles. CMS #03 was ready to give them some serious competition last year, but was disqualified for going outside the buoys.

But a fire during time trials on Saturday knocked Cat Can Do out of the 2015 race. “We were looking forward to competing with them this year," Scism mused. "They were definitely loaded for bear, and ready to go. That would have been a great race!”

Cat Can Do had a water pick-up snap off the back of the boat in the straight away during the second lap. The exhaust ignited the connector pipes that run between the tailpipes and the headers, and flames shot up out of the engine compartment. Holmes grabbed an onboard fire extinguisher, quickly extinguishing the flames. The safety boat came out as a precaution, shut everything down, and pulled the onboard automatic fire extinguishing system.

The fire melted the engine hatch and caused the engine to overheat. “We will have to repair and rebuild the engine,” Holmes said.

Holmes went on to race the Cleveland Construction boat in the "Run What You Brung" division, taking the third place title. He has been racing that boat all season.

Lake Race has picked up a term of endearment among racers. Many are calling it “The Racer's Race.” They love the five-mile course because it is very fast and protected, and they can try out different combinations for testing purposes in the closed-course setting with safety personnel. “We experiment with different lines, corners, speeds, props and gear ratio. Each time we learn something new and get it dialed in even better,” Scism said. ”It is a phenomenal testing course because you are comfortable doing things you normally wouldn’t do.”

Cat Can Do racer Keith Holmes agrees, “The Lake Race course is like racing the Daytona 500 in a big flat speedway bowl. It’s got high banks and a really cool atmosphere, with all the bluffs and scenery. It’s one of the best courses in the country for guaranteed water, and one of the only courses where we can race and do turns like that.”

During qualifying laps, the boats in the Extreme division averaged speeds of 125 mph, and 180 mph down the straightaway. “We got the Daytona 500 going on right here!” Holmes said. “Nowhere else in offshore power boating can you do that. And there are only a handful of boats in the country that are capable of running speeds like that. It makes it a real fun race! We look forward all year to racing and beating the guys that come to the Lake Race.”

Many of these racers normally do not compete together because they are in different powerboat sanctioning bodies.

Next, CMS will travel to Marathon, Fla. on the Fourth of July. One week later they will be in Miami, and then they will fly to Italy to race with the Abu Dhabi team. Scism is the team director. Abu Dhabi purchased MTI boats, MTI rigged them and set the boats up, and they also supply driver John Tomlinson, and throttleman Gary Ballough.

Scism owns MTI, with facilities in Wentzville, Mo. and Green Bay, Wis. where they manufacture the fastest performance pleasure and race boats in the world. This year their lineup includes 34 to 55 ft. Catamarans, a 34 ft. twin outboard, a new 42 ft. MTI V center counsel line, and they are currently tooling up a 57 ft. center counsel MTI V that will be ready for 2016. Wake Effects, located on Business 54 at the Lake of the Ozarks, is now an official MTI dealer offering MTI sales and service.

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