Verstuyft, Price, Bausher, and Loomis nab stone dudes at the World Finals. Doug Verstuyft took home his 2nd stone dude in 3 tries at the World Finals this year. Doug ripped off a very nice pass in the final to defeat the Toxic Rocket team in a very exciting final. The Toxic boys tore a huge hole in the bottom of the boat on Friday and worked 36 hours straight to get the Rocket ready for Sunday, and made it to the sports most prestigious final round. Don Bausher went uncontested in the final as Tony Scarlata could not make the call for the final. Bausher was on his game and the Habit Forming team had the boat ready for battle. Bausher's worst pass of the weekend was in the 6.80's, and his final was nothing short of spectacular a 6.74 to finish off the the program. Kent Price and his Black Draggin dominated Sunday's eliminations. Kent ran 4 5.40's Sunday to take the win over Bob Pizza in the final. Price had his hands full with Pizza, as the What A Tomato machine laid down a very nice 5.56 in the semis, but did fall off in the final round. Scott Loomis took the Crapshoot machine through the 21 boat Pro Mod field and defeated Vic Esposito in the final. Vic cut a near perfect light in the final, but it wasn't enough to beat Loomis' 7.04. Ray Florez took the Head Over Heels machine to the win in PCE over Milton Tolen's Flat Magic. Mike Schiller took home the stone dude in PE over the Texas Red machine of Jerry Hardwick. Jim Dunn defeated Jeff Vail for the TE crown. I apologize for not knowing the ME, SE, and RR winners. All in all a great race. However, there were a couple of problems over the weekend. The third pair of boats down the track on Thurday, saw Tom Wedic in his Real Deal machine have a driveline problem and threw Tom from the boat. according to reports, Tom suffered a broken leg, and is pretty banged up, but is ok. The boat was a loss. On Sunday during round 2, Bryan Sanders had a fire that was pretty bad, and he suffered smoke inhalation, as well as swallowed some of that awful Firebird water when he was forced to jump from his Hydrocondriac Pro Mod. And on a final not, Doug Verstuyft's wife and son were injured when a BBQ poofed fire out and were burned. Reports are that they are fine. IHBA did a great job on the race, and the event went off with very little delay. The racers did a great job of driving off the course, and the Rescue team as always did a fantastic job. Stay tuned for pictures from the event.

STOLEN BOAT

1977 Sanger with 541 CU Chevy with Red Powder Coated Trailer. Taken from my home in Citrus Heights, CA at 11:30 PM Friday May 4, 2008 

Please contact me at 775 742-4223 or the Citrus Heights Police Department regarding Case # 0805395 at 916 727-5500 if you have seen this boat or have information about the white pickup truck and other vehicle that committed the crime. The police are currently working on several clues reported by the neighbors and found at the scene.

Dragboats.com received a message from NEC (the Red Bluff Promoter), and there are some rules that will be strictly enforced at this years Nitro Nationals. For any further information, contact NEC at www.necsports.com.

Rules to be observed for the Red Bluff Race:
For your safety and the safety everyone else, please help us comply with The US Forest Service requirements. This year we will have several safety officers on site evaluating our program and here are a few rules that must be exercised. You must meet these conditions or will not be able to pit.

1. All teams must have some sort of underlying underneath their boat at all times while in their pits. A tarp or some sort of a vinyl material that would catch any spills of fuel or petroleum products. Indoor outdoor rugs are not expectable. The material must keep the liquids from penetrating the ground.

2. All race teams must have a Fire extinguisher visibly placed in their pits. Do not place the extinguisher near the flammables, because you cannot get to it in case that flammable bursts in to flames, but ratheR locate them in an outer extremity of your pits so it is accessible.

3. All race teams must store their fuel containers inside the trailer or in the back of the pickups with some sort of containment underneath them. (i.e. you can't have them on the ground next to your BBQ.)

4. No smoking will be permitted in your immediate pit area and No Smoking signs must be displayed.

We appreciate your cooperation and look forward to safe and environmentally friendly event.

NEC Management.

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