*12/25/2000 A Very Merry Christmas to one and all.
*12/20/2000 Rainer Halonen added an article about
our clubs involvement in the "Madison" movie. Check
it out at http://www.powerboat.about.com/
- then click on the Madison
- the Movie link.
*12/7/2000 Added boat to 'For Sale' page.
*12/2/2000 Added link to Roger Newtons 1/8th scale
unlimited hydroplane plans site to "Links" page.
*11/30/2000 Unlimited Hydroplane mile record run
to be aired tomorrow on ESPN2 (Friday 12/1/00).
*11/24/2000 R/C Unlimiteds website received the 'Golden
Web Award' today In recognition of creativity, integrity and
excellence on the Web.
*11/22/2000 Unlimited Hydroplane record run to be
aired on TV today.
The following message was
emailed to me from Roger Newton (R/C Unlimiteds founder and Miss
Free-i Crew Chief). Just
got a call from Russ Wicks. He said that NWCN will have a segment
on about the mile record. It is supposed to be aired at 4 and
9 today. -Roger
*11/21/2000 Our Madison Movie models perform for
the camera.
On November first, several
of our R/C Unlimiteds members; Gary Jensen, Don Mock, David Jensen
and Harry Gatjens, traveled to Lake Castaic in Southern California
to film the crash scenes for the Madison move. The group built
four special 1/6th scale unlimiteds which served as replicas
of the ones in the movie. The mission was to crash them for the
film. Looking back on that day, Harry has built a web page that
shows some of what went on. Click
here for the full story.
*11/15/2000 Removed sold boat on 'For Sale' page.
*11/10/2000 Lowered price of item on 'For Sale' page.
*11/10/2000 Rumor has it that filming of the movie
'Madison' (that includes some of our members boats doing the
crash sequences) has concluded. Word has it that the premier
of the movie will be around the 20th.
*11/8/2000 Added items to 'For Sale' page.
*10/12/2000 Added R/C boat link to 'Links' page.
*10/11/2000 Removed sold boat on 'For Sale' page.
*10/5/2000 Added boat to 'For Sale' page.
*8/1/2000 Updated Driver Standings with latest
stats. Check them out by clicking on Driver Standings button
to
left. Also updated Columbia
Cup page with link to Northwest Hydros article.
*7/25/2000 Jesse Robertson, former R/C Unlimiteds
member, has been out testing his 1.5 litre hydroplane. He also
has a new website dedicated to his new sport. Check
it out to see how he's been doing.
*7/18/2000 Congratulations to R/C Unlimiteds members
Jeff Snell, and Don Kaeding for their great show at the 2000 NAMBA Nationals in Greeley, CO!
Great job guys, we're all
proud of your accomplishments!
*7/8/2000 Message e-mailed in from
a gracious fan.
To who may concern,
My name is Brad Pate I would
like for someone to put in your news letter a big thank you to
Roger Newton for all the hospitality he showed me at the Evansville,
In and Madison race for the unlimiteds. I really believe you
all really must run a flawless club out there. He has been very
helpful on helping me find the people to trust on getting started
in a scale boat.
Also please thank Troy McIntire for is help also.
Thanks Brad!
We appreciate your comments, and are happy that we could be of
service.
*4/11/2000 The first R/C Unlimiteds race results
are in! Check them out by clicking on "Race Schedule".
*1/2/2000 R/C Unlimited member,
Paul Droullard, also of the Unlimited Light circuit, will be
getting a new Unlimited Light hydroplane from Ron Jones Jr's
shop, and hope to launch the boat in Tri-Cities this coming summer.
Paul began racing limited
hydroplanes after several years of racing 1/8th scale boats.
He was Seattle Inboards Racing Ass. Rookie of the year in 1992,
and was the highest scoring Rookie of the first year of the unlimited
lights in 1994. In 1995 he was named as the KISW Miss Rock back
up drive for Mark Evans, although he never had the opportunity
to drive, he has been affiliated with Leland Unlimiteds for over
5 years. Paul has had the opportunity to race every class of
APBA hydroplane except an Unlimited. He is currently building
a new Unlimited Light for the 2000 season at Ron Jones Jr.'s
new shop. "We hope to launch the boat in Tri-Cities this
coming summer".
*12/16/99 Budweiser's unlimited hydroplane driver,
and three time National Champion; Dave Villwock, will be at our
R/C Unlimiteds booth to sign autographs for an hour at the Puyallup,
WA hobby show, Saturday Feb 5, from 1:00 to 2:00. Make sure you
stop by to say 'Hello'.
*
Work continues on the "Madison"
movie. They will be using some of our 1/6th model boats from
our club to produce the crashing sequences in the movie.
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