Jack Stoerrle Fund Benefits from Great Lakes Racer's Generosity
Terrah Lee GLSCS
This years McMachen Marine Lake St. Clair Offshore Challenge delivered a fine variety of offshore powerboats to the Metro Beach area. Colorful Poker Run Boats and sponsor laden Offshore Race boats captured the attention of all who entered the wet and dry pit region of Metro Park. The weekend kicked off with a huge fireworks display on Friday night in downtown Mt. Clemens where race teams gathered at Johnny G's for the Welcome Racers party. The excitement continued on Saturday morning as a large fleet of poker runners headed out in the same rough lake waters, which greeted the GLSCS Offshore Racing teams on Sunday afternoon. Thousands of spectators and fans lined the sandy shores of Metro Beach to gape at the commotion on the racecourse. "This turned out to be a great race, the weather cooperated. The waters were just rough enough to be challenging and a some of the bigger Pro Tour teams like Reliable Carriers, Inc., came out to play," said One Design driver, Dr. Norman Colby of Atlanta, GA. Reliable Carriers Super Cat captured first place averaging speeds of 101 mph, #24, Airborne - Big Thunder finished second. In Super Cat Light (outboard) #19 Cat Can Do captured another first place victory after also finishing first in the Cincinnati Offshore Grand Prix. In the Factory classes, F2-24 Lets Play Racing jockeyed their way to first a place finish and were followed by Tysted Styx (second) and Tsunami (third) F1-44, Team BRE finished first in Factory 1, followed by Full Tilt and V1 Rotate. Boat A-30, Great Lakes Caster dominated the Outlaw A class, passing by Anything's Possible and those Grumpy Old Men. Outlaw B participant #10, Ben Perfected was also awarded with a checkered flag. P1-32, Agitator walked away with a victory in Performance 1 and P2-6 Bring It On earned a checkered flag in the Performance 2 category. A Performance 3 victory was awarded to P3-16, Back Draft Racing, burning past Team Traffic Light. In Performance 4, P4-33 Fountain of Youth/Ultra Team Racing captured their very first victory after the first two races of the season proved to be huge disappointments. "Third time was a charm, not only did we finish the race with no mechanical problems, we finished 1st, three minutes ahead of the second place boat," said owner, Brian Bunch of Gibraltar, MI. "This race gave us an experience more than we could ever asked for. We had to keep pinching ourselves due to the unbelievable race we were having. Bob kept saying, no one is in site, I kept thinking, we must be following the wrong course," added Bunch. Performance 5 Boat #P5-88 Erie Stinger finished in first place putting the flame out on Short Circuit. The spectacle of winged "Bat Boats" known as One Design also came out to play. Canadians William Masters and Steve Bamford waved their checkered flag in just their second start in Boat #2 Double Trouble. If they continue their success, Double Trouble could be $25,000 richer at the end of the season thanks to the prize purse put out by Reindl Powerboats President, Chris Reindl and company sponsors POC Incorporated, American Express Financial Advisors, Premier Performance Interiors and others. American Express/B&R Racing finished second with Brian Jones and Mike Raguso and Mid American/Poc finished third. Reindl Powerboats leases out their boats for individuals to race in the GLSCS and on the APBA Pro Tour. Contact Chris Reindl at: (513) 706-3199 or email: for more information. The weekend ended with an awards ceremony to remember as monies raised for the family of the late Jack Stoerrle were presented to wife Melanie and their three children. Nearly every GLSCS race team has donated their winnings since the memorial fund was established after Jacks death on April 12, 2003 during the Daytona Offshore Grand Prix. The event raised over 22,000 between the trust fund, and the racer donating their prize money from Metro. The trust fund is still open until Sept 2, 2003 so let's see if we can raise around 40,000 for Mel and the Kids. Checks made payable to the Jack Stoerrle Trust fund may be sent to Attn: Bob Funkey, Charter One Bank, 36520 Moravian Clinton Twp MI. 48035. "Mike Raguso really knows how to host a first class event. We have had delicious food, all of it free and there have been really great parties, he just really knows how to entertain and he is doing a hell of a job to raise money for the Jack Stoerrle Memorial Fund," said Chris Reindl, Cincinnati Offshore Grand Prix race producer and owner of Reindl Powerboats. The next GLSCS race is the Mentor Offshore Classic in Mentor, OH on July 11-12, visit: www.silvercupseries.com for race information |
Jack Stoerrle Fund Benefits from Great Lakes Racer's Generosity
Why don't any categories except Offshore post results and racing news in here?
I would enjoy reading about all categories. Not much info except on Offshore for the most part. |
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