Jesse Robertson wins his 10th!
This race was not a walk in the park for Jesse Robertson. In his first two heats, his boat did not finish either race. This was quite surprising for onlookers, since Jesse rarely doesn't finish first, let alone not finish a race. Jesse made enough points in his next two heats in order to make it into the First Consolation race. Jesse took First place in the First Consolation race. From there, he was able to move up into the Final. In the Final, Jesse outdrove the competition with his '89 Circus Circus, to take home the Diamond Cup trophy. With this win, Jesse also picked up the Triple Crown trophy.
The Diamond was held at Spokane, where we used 'Hot Pits'. Usually, this is a problem for racers, since it is not our normal racing routine. There is usually a racer who misses a heat, or is not ready for one reason or another, but I believe this weekends race went off without a hitch.
Diamond Cup Final heat results

 Place:

 Boat:

 Driver:
 1.  '89 Circus Circus  Jesse Robertson
 2.  '78 Squire Shop  Dave Brandt
 3.  '91 Winston Eagle  Jim Rodgers
 4.  '69 Pride of Pay 'N Pak  Gary Jensen
 5. (DNF)  '84 Atlas Van Lines  Don Mock
 6. (DNF)  '94 Miss Exide  Craig Bonar (R)
 7. (DNS)  '95 PICO American Dream  Lee Robertson
(R) Denotes a Rookie driver.
First Consolation heat results

 Place:

 Boat:

 Driver:
 1.  '89 Circus Circus  Jesse Robertson
 2.  '76 Miss Vernors  Bill Brandt
 3.  '84 Miss Renault *  Steve DeSteese
 4.  '86 Frank Kenny Toyota  Eric Akeson
 5.  '59 Miss Spokane  Eric Wood
 6. (DNF)  '68 Miss Eagle Electric  Monty Hopkins
* Denotes Non Points boat.

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Second Consolation heat results

 Place:

 Boat:

 Driver:
 1.  '69 Pride of Pay 'N Pak  Gary Jensen
 2.  '91 Valvoline Miss Madison  Steve DeSteese
 3.  '81 Miss Tri-Cities  Fred Stock
 4.  '86 Miss Budweiser  Gary Grembowski
 5.  '61 Miss Spokane  Mike Walker
 6. (DNF)  '94 Miss Budweiser (T-3)  Harry Gatjens