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This race is an APBA Sanctioned event and as such, ALL riders MUST be APBA Racing Members and you will need to enter the class that your APBA card shows VERY IMPORTANT. If your card says PRO then you must run the Pro/Am class. If you are not now but want to become an APBA Racing Member, please call Patrick Mell at (586) 773-9700 or go online at www.apbaracing.com to sign up. The Mark Hahn Memorial Havasu 300 Team Race is a stand-alone event to honor our fallen friend Mark Hahn. It is not part of the annual point races and therefore there will be seven (7) classes only, as listed on the entry form. There is a transponder rental fee of $30.00 that will be paid at registration to E TimeIt. All transponders need to be returned after the race - if they are not returned you will be charged $250.00. Get your team set and your entry in early to avoid the $50.00 late fee which will be levied if your paid entry is not received by DSM one (2) week prior to the race. No entries will be accepted on race day. DSM will accept VISA, MASTERCARD or a check for the entry fee to make payment very easy. If anyone has a problem with this entry system or wants to make special arrangements, please contact Jim Russell at DSM immediately at JVR@DSMevents.com or phone at (928) 764-2210, Extension 615 in an effort to limit the confusion on race day and insure that the race gets started exactly on time. All entrants MUST have eight inch (8”) black number(s) on a white background to be scored. Numbers will NOT be available at the race site on race day, nor may you enter on race day. Each entry includes two (2) dinner bands, which are REQUIRED to gain entrance to the awards ceremony and dinner. Additional dinner bands can be purchased on the entry form. Awards will be for First through Tenth in the Overall order and First through Third in each Class. The awards are really special for this event. The Awards Ceremony will be held at the Aquatic Center. Doors will open at 6:30 PM, with the ceremony beginning at 7:30 PM. NO ONE WILL GET IN WITHOUT A DINNER BAND. Click on the ATTACHMENT sign -next to the heading- to download the entry form.

Posted on December 16, on http://abgns.wordpress.com. MUSCAT, 16 Dec. – Teenager Aero Sutan Aswar became the youngest competitor to win an Asian Beach Games jetski gold. The 16-year-old Indonesian, roared to victory in the runabout endurance open at Al Musannah and credited his success to an ability to “read the waves”. Sutan Aswar won both motos (heats) to clinch gold ahead of Thailand’s Kritsada Wuttithosaporn, while bronze went to Athletes from Kuwait’s Mohammad Albaz. “I tried to read the waves, and tried not to jump but stay on the water,” Sutan Aswar said. “I did it better than the others.” In the runabout endurance open, jetskiers race around a five-kilometre buoy course for 30 minutes. Silver medallist Wuttithosaporn admitted he did not adapt well to the wave conditions, saying the sea was too calm for him. “In Thailand, our training course was a lot harder, with a lot of jumping,” he said. “This course was easier, yet it was harder for me because there were a lot of turns and I’m not very good at turning. “It was also tough because I’m 28, and he’s 16, so it’s probably not the same level of fitness.” Bronze medalist Albaz also found the Runabout endurance open challenging. “I feel very tired,” he said. “The race was very long.” Bill Chapin of R&D had prepared his Yamaha with all parts we had actually tested in Havasu two months ago. It was a limited FZR that smoked its competitors with younger Aero on its seat. Last October Bill Chapin had predicted that this kid from Indonesia will soon become a World Champion and his was proved right. Photo courtesy: Bryn Lennon/Getty Images AsianPac

December 18, 2010 – Fountain Valley, CA: R&D Yamaha Team Follmer is proud to announce the signing of a new long term marketing sponsorship with CP-Carrillo, the manufacturer of CP Pistons and Carrillo rods. CP Pistons is recognized as a technological leader in piston design and development for all venues of motorsports and has built a high quality reputation for manufacturing pistons built to perform and out last; especially in powersport and sport compact applications. After nearly 50 years, the name Carrillo is synonymous with high quality connecting rods. Carrillo has won more races in virtually every format of motorsports than any other connecting rod manufacturer – in the world. CP-Carrillo president, Barry Calvert stated that he was very excited to sign the agreement with long time PWC Offshore racer and factory YAMAHA rider Mike Follmer because of Mike’s many accomplishments and numerous championships in the PWC sport. “We will use Mike and his R&D factory YAMAHA Team as a platform to enhance and promote our involvement in the PWC market,” said Calvert, “and we will use his teams use of our rods and pistons to promote our full line of internal engine components specifically designed and available for all types of PWC’s.” 2011 will once again see R&D factory YAMAHA Team Follmer campaigning on their Yamaha FZR’s, but their advantage in this years annual points championship battle will be the new R&D Engines built and prepared by Bill Chapin and Glenn Dickinson of R&D Performance Products with CP-Carrillo internal components. Having been in the PWC sport for over 20 years, Mike Follmer had this to say about the new sponsorship agreement with CP-Carrillo; “I am honored to have CP-Carrillo on board and under the hood for the coming year. CP Pistons and Carrillo Rods are well established winners in all forms of racing and with R&D YAMAHA Team Follmer being added to their marketing efforts, I believe we will be able to continue moving forward towards additional championships.”

Blaine Spires has been crowned IJSBA Pro AM 785 World Champion 2010 and also he is the current World Record holder Expert 785 Slalom without forgetting that he has won 3 National titles. According to Chad Cole of Straight Line Performance who put everything together in order to prepare a race winning package “there are affordable options to go racing”. And this is what Blaine Spires did. On the other hand he worked hard on practicing in order to be able to push to limit the nineties Runabout. This is a perfect example of what can anyone achieve without spending tons of money on highly tuned four-strokes.

Frenchman Nicolas “The Fighter” Rius uses the new hull that Lee Manvell perfected this year. It is the one we tested along with R&D (92+mph FZR) after the World Finals. We noticed that Nicolas still uses a set of R&D 15F sponsons on this new hull but he has changed the set up of the blades and placed them on a different position and angle. Since he managed to win for a second year in a row at King’s Cup we are not in a position to criticize his new set up. Rius is known for his aggressive riding style and that is the way he sets up his race crafts.

Multi National and World Champion Nilocas “The Fighter” Rius was the winner of Pro Runabout Open class (he won 3 out of 4 motos) after dominating the opposition and proving that Rius Racing is building fast equipment. He retained his number one plate from last year in the particular class and he will be the man to beat next year. Chris MacClugage (won 3 motos) gave great battles with Japan’s Masaharu Takenoshita and he finally won the Pro Ski Class. The complete list of results is published on www.jetski-worldcup.com

There was great opposition and intense battles in Pro Ski Class at King’s Cup first two –out of four- motos between Japan’s Masaharu Takenoshita and USA’s Chris MacClugage. Each one of them won a first and a second place and they share equal points with two motos remaining. Third place overall is Japan’s Hideyuki Kurahasi a rider who was very fast at the World Finals in Havasu too. We were surprised to see Henn Linth from Estonia who replaced a countryman Junior rider in Pro Ski (since he was too young to compete in this class). Linth shares equal points in fourth place with Kyllie Ellmers and Omar Al-Rasid. We expect to receive the results of the final two motos soon. More info and results update at www.tjsba.com