1/10th Scale Electric Final

1st: 1974 Miss U.S., Brooklyn Kinney

2nd: 2018 Oberto, Enzo Henriksen

3rd: 1962 $ Bill, Geoffry Grembowski

4th: 1973 Red Man, Ezekiel Thrasher

5th (DNF): 1955 Hawaii Kai, Beau Rarig

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Brooklyn returned to her winning ways in Lakewood, sweeping all heats and taking the final in style with a dominant performance. Enzo Henriksen continued to learn with the Oberto en route to a 2nd, with the vintage $ Bill rounding out the podium.

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Gas Scale Final

1st: 1982 Miss Machine Rock Band, Mike Henriksen

2nd: 1977 Atlas Van Lines, Jim Whyte

3rd: 2023 Grigg's Ace Hardware, Ken Olson

4th (DNF): 1983 Miss Houston, Henry Oord

5th (DNF): 1978 Miss Mark and Pak, Steve Roman

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Mike Henriksen used the low speed abilities of the Miss Machine Rock Band to take lane one, and led thru the first turn. On the run up the backstretch, the Miss Mark and Pak went over, and Jim Whyte had to make evasive manuevers with the Atlas to avoid hitting his own boat! The Miss Houston also gave charge but went over in the left turn, and Mike Henriksen finally claimed his first gas victory of the year with the boat that currently leads the standings.

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1/8th Scale Electric (FE) Final

1st: 1982 Pay'n Pak, Joey Caines

2nd: 1978 Squire Shop (U-65), Steve Kinney

3rd: 1983 Miss Houston, Henry Oord

4th: 1985 Coor's Light, Mike Henriksen

5th: 1976 Atlas Van Lines, Wayne Beeson

6th: 2004 Llumar Window Film, Ron Daum

7th (DNS): 1978 Squire Shop (U-64), Talon Moore

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Joey Caines took the lead from lane 2 with the Pay'n Pak, while the Miss Houston was challenging in lane 1 but had to throttle down to navigate the first turn. The Squire Shop (U-65) spun at the start and appeared to have something broken, but Steve was able to jar whatever was wrong back into place by pinning the throttle, and the chase was on. Joey was managing the lead with Henry chasing but unable to makeup ground, with Steve and the Squire coming up strong with speed. As the Squire caught up to the Houston, the two boats began battling, and this allowe dthe Pak to squirm free and take its maiden victory as a boat. Joey drove well, but he credits the boat's owner (Bob Hulliger) and his co-driver Paul Jackson for helping him earn the victory. Steve was able to pip Henry at the line for second in a drag race.

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1/8th Scale Nitro Consolation

1st: 2019 Delta/Realtrac, Zach Gordon

2nd: 1983 KISW Miss Rock, Gary Grembowski

3rd (DNF): 1971Pride of Pay'n Pak, Brent Edinger

4th (DNF): 1991 The Edge, Paul Jackson

5th (DNF): 2012 Matrix Auto Systems, Brian Anderson

6th (DNF): 2000 Miss E-Lam Plus, Mark Lee

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There was some competition through the first lap, but as the chasing boats flipped or died it was never too big of a challenge for Zach Gordon to take the victory and advance to the final with the Delta/Realtrac.

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1/8th Scale Nitro Final

1st: 1976 Miss Vernor's, Kirk Maupin

2nd: 1979 Miss Circus Circus, Geoffry Grembowski

3rd: 2024 Beacon Electric, Jim Putich

4th: 1974 Miss U.S., Steve Kinney

5th: 2019 Delta/Realtrac, Zach Gordon

6th: 1983 Miss Renault, Joey Caines

7th: 1986 Squire Shop, Eric Akeson

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​The Miss Renault and the Circus Circus were dueling for lane one in the mill, but the Renault was up too early and jumped the gun. This put the Circus in lane two, but on the outside Kirk Maupin and the Miss Vernor's started to pull away. Kirk was able to maintain about a one roostertail-length lead as the water got rough, with all 7 boats racing and finishing. Kirk took the victory for his 4th victory of the year, as he tries to chase down Dave Brandt in the nitro point standings. Geoffry and the Circus finished 2nd, barely beating the hard-charging Beacon Electric and Jim Putich at the line.

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