The Indiana Outboard Association will soon offer an additional way to register for a race. Any APBA member will now be able to register for an IOA race from this website. The benefits of this is that we will now be able to post a preliminary role call of who will be racing what classes. Hopefully by seeing that a particular class has enough boats to race, this will spark the interest of other local racers from that particular race’s region. As we all know, more boats means more fun for you and more entries for us. We encourage everyone who is able to pre-register to do so. By doing this it will not only attract more racers, but it will make registration on race day go smoother
, which will get us on the water quicker. We plan to have pre-registration up and running for our first race in Huntington this year so check back soon for updates and instructions on how to take advantage of this convenience from the internet.
The sanction for this year’s Harry Brinkman Memorial Regatta at Huntington, Indiana has been approved. You can look at the official APBA race circular now. This race will have the Eastern Divisionals for C Race and C Service classes, as well as North American Championships for 350ccMH and 200ccMH.
Hope to see you there!
A Summer race for Hillsdale Michigan has just been added to the schedule. The dates are set for the weekend of July 13 -15, but unfortunately there will be no Friday testing. Keep in mind that this race is in addition to the Fall Hillsdale race which is on September 7-9. Check back later for information on the sanction.
There will be an annual, voluntary, IOA meeting on March 10 located at Jasen Dircksen’s house regarding the IOA safety trailer. Every year, several of us get together and check the contents of the safey trailer to make sure that everything is in working order. Attendence is voluntary but we would apreciate all the help we can get. For directions to Jasen’s house in Waterloo Indiana, use the following link to Google Maps.
Right now, garages and basements are humming with activity as racing outboard drivers and mechanics rebuild engines, tweak and tune equipment, and put finishing touches on trailers and boats. All systems go to that first green flag of 2012!
, which will get us on the water quicker. We plan to have pre-registration up and running for our first race in Huntington this year so check back soon for updates and instructions on how to take advantage of this convenience from the internet.
