Tacoma Speedboat

Looks like they forgot us. So, here’s the schedule.

Here is the TENTATIVE APBA Region 10 Racing 2024 Schedule. Some Region Events are missing and will be updated when available.

Seattle Outboard Association
Pacific Northwest Boat Racing Association
Columbia Outboard Racing Association
Northwest Powerboat Association
Boatnik
Webb's Slough
Seafair Festival
TriCity WaterFollies
St. Maries - St. Joe River Jet Boat Race
Newberg Boat Club
Hydroplane and Raceboat Museum
Tacoma Speedboat

Best of luck to TS member David Warby and his team this week!

All ready for this weekend on Blowering Dam 😀

TS sends its positive thoughts, prayers and all the good vibes we can muster to our member Robert Trolian who suffered bad injuries in a testing blowover yesterday in an 850cc Mod Hydro. He is in the ICU at this time. Get better, Scoop!

Continue to keep Scoop and the Trolian family in your thoughts and prayers. He’s a fighter but needs all of our support.

If there was ever such a thing as an outboard racing Superfan, it was Greg Blackstock: a Northwest Legend!

RIP Greg….we’ll miss you. 😢

Seattle's most original artist, Gregory Blackstock, dies at 77 Blackstock was the city's "artistic savant," a man of many talents.

Welcome to 2023! it’s now time to renew your membership for the upcoming racing season.

Like last year, you can renew online, using VENMO as your payment form! Just send your $5 dues for a racing membership, or $2 for a non-racing membership to us at . We will mail your new membership card to the address we have on file. If you have moved over the past year, or would like us to send it elsewhere, please fill out a new application and mail your application with payment enclosed to the address on the application. As always, we accept checks and cash for membership as well.

We will be in attendance at the APBA National Meeting; just find us there and we can renew you on-site.

See this page for an application, if needed. Thanks!

Congratulations to TS Member David Williams for this tremendous honor!

First look at the 2023 race schedule is out. Here’s a peek at it.

11/14 - Updates have been made to the schedule previously published!

The 2023 APBA Region 10 Tentative Schedule was announce at the Region 10 Meeting. Changes and updates to the race dates will continue to be worked on until the next Region 10 Meeting in February 2023.

Seattle Inboard Racing Association, Tacoma Inboard Racing Association, Seattle Outboard Association, Northwest Powerboat Association, Seattle Drag and Ski, Columbia Outboard Racing Association, H1 Unlimited, Hydroplane and Raceboat Museum, American Power Boat Association, APBA Historical Society, APBA Inboard Racing, APBA Junior Class Racing, Stock Outboard, APBA Modified Outboard Racing, OPC Racing, Region 10 Vintage Hydroplanes, Region 10 Inboard Hydroplanes, APBA Vintage and Historic, Throttled: Stock Outboard Racing Podcast, The Hot Pit - Stock, Modified, & Alky (PRO) Outboard Boat Racing,

We are forever indebted to your services. Thank you for all you do. 🏁

Tacoma Speedboat is saddened to learn of the passing of member Sheri Hathaway, who passed away last week. Our thoughts are with her family during this difficult time.

Here’s a great video. Whatever happened to the OMC Rotary Outboard program of the 1970’s? Here’s the story.

Outboard Marine Corporation 4 Rotor: The Real Story

Ending our 2022 outboard racing season with an extended party mix of photos from last Sunday at Lake Lawrence.

Some background for my camera-geeky friends: This race is on a 1-1/4 mile record course on a really big lake, and the shooting location, while on a dock, is far away from shore. We used “BFL 2.0”, our Canon RF 600mm L lens, adding a 2x extender to take us out to 1200mm. While this limited us to f8 on the aperture, the way our Canon R3 tolerates higher ISO’s allowed us to compensate for lighting issues. And, while good equipment always helps, I really have to hand credit to Christine Gleason, who shot about 90 percent of our work while I pit crewed for Kyle. She continues to amaze me as she becomes more comfortable and confident with using the Mother of all Cameras.

And as I always like to say, prints are available. Shoot me a message and we’ll get it to you! Enjoy.

Lake Lawrence Records Regatta - Sunday - Sponsonhead Stock, Mod, PRO and J Outboard racing at Lawrence Lake near Yelm, WA September 18, 2022. Sunday's Racing Action.

For those of you race fans looking for a way to blow off Wednesday afternoon (looking at Zach Malhiot here), here is the eagerly anticipated photo album from Saturday at Lawrence Lake! As always, message or email me for a print if you like.

Lake Lawrence Records Regatta - Saturday - Sponsonhead Stock, Mod, PRO and J Outboard racing at Lawrence Lake near Yelm, WA September 17, 2022. Saturday's Racing Action.

Don’t forget to vote! Ballots due today!

APBA ELECTIONS ▪️ Ballots for the Board of Directors and Council-at-Large elections are out! They should be in your inbox with a specialized link for you to cast YOUR vote!

If you did not receive an email from HQ, check your spam folder. If it’s not there either, email [email protected], and we’ll do our best to get you situated.

Check out the link below to get to know our candidates before you cast your vote!

🔗 https://www.apba.org/news-bod-and-council-biographies.html

There are several Tacoma Speedboat members on APBA’s election ballot who would appreciate your support, including Johnny Wlodarski III for APBA BOD, as well as Carl Lewis, Robert Trolian and Patrick Gleason, all candidates for APBA council-At-Large. Don’t forget to vote!

APBA ELECTIONS ▪️ Ballots for the Board of Directors and Council-at-Large elections are out! They should be in your inbox with a specialized link for you to cast YOUR vote!

If you did not receive an email from HQ, check your spam folder. If it’s not there either, email [email protected], and we’ll do our best to get you situated.

Check out the link below to get to know our candidates before you cast your vote!

🔗 https://www.apba.org/news-bod-and-council-biographies.html

Congratulations to TS Member J Michael Kelly, winner of this year’s HomeStreet Bank Cup at Seafair. Way to go, Mike!

Our condolences to our Michigan racing family…..😞

News from TS Member David Warby and his WSR quest:

APBA HQ APPROVED ▪️ Pending official contract negotiations, the APBA Board of Directors has unanimously voted to approve the new home of APBA National Headquarters to be in Polk County, Florida.

Click the link below for the full press release 🔗
https://www.apba.org/news-bod-approves-new-hq-location.html

TS Member John Paramore has “sponsored” memberships for a number of his international boat racing friends, including world water speed record hopeful David Warby. As you can see from below, David is proud to be a TS member, and we wish him much success in his attempts. Between him and Dave Aldred, another Paramore sponsee, it’s not unrealistic to think that some day a TS driver will be the fastest racer on the water!

SUCCESS! TS hosted it's first ever Novice School yesterday at the Hydroplane and Raceboat Museum. This was for people who were new racers, relatively new to racing, almost new to racing, old hands but needed a refresher, and so forth. This covered many of the new things that new people need to know about getting started, but maybe weren’t aware of.

TS members presented, with Kyle Bahl covering what a Race Chairman does, Missi Diamond discussed Chief Scorer’s duties and Registration, Jason Diamond laid the groundwork on the Referee’s role, and Carl Lewis discussed Safety Inspection and the Inspection process.

Lots of good questions were asked and answered, and it was a great way to spend a Saturday afternoon. The immediate feedback was that this was a great “hit”, and we look forward to doing it next year. See the attached photos for some of the highlights.

Finally, a hearty "Thank You!" to Kyle, Missi, Jason and Carl for presenting, the Wyant family for bringing their boat along as a "demo model", and the Hydroplane and Raceboat Museum for hosting this event!

DID YOU KNOW?

- TS is one of the fastest growing APBA boat racing clubs in North America?

- TS has over 100 members over 3 different continents?

- TS is hosting a free Novice School on April 2nd that’s open to anyone interested in outboard racing, regardless of year’s experience?

- TS publishes a membership roster at no cost for the exclusive use of its members that is updated monthly?

- TS is one of the most cost-effective membership clubs in America, with $5 dues for a racing membership and only $2 for a non-racing membership?

We said it in 1975, and it’s true in 2022: “TS’s membership roster boasts National Champions, World Record Holders, APBA Hall of Champions members, and some damn good partiers!”

If you’re not a member yet, then perhaps the question you should be asking yourself is ‘why not?’

Join today!

Another great way to support the Hydroplane and Raceboat Museum, and get a young driver into the sport!

Here’s a great way to get your son or daughter into outboard racing, AND support the Hydroplane and Raceboat Museum at the same time!

APBA HQ is moving to our temporary home until our new long-term home is secured!

Effective Wednesday (3/2) evening, our phone and internet services will be unavailable.

APBA will be closed Thursday and Friday (3/3-4) to accommodate the move. We will be back in office Monday, March 7.

Your calls and emails will be returned as soon as possible. Your memberships may be a bit delayed, but rest assured, you will still receive your cards in a timely manner. Please be patient with us during this time.

Mail will be forwarded to our new address:
39425 Garfield Rd. Suite #26
Clinton Township, MI 48038

This just in……

Please support a fellow boat racer who needs our help.

Help with Darens medical expenses, organized by Torei McGregor As most of you may know Daren is a huge family guy. He loves hanging out with his ni… Torei McGregor needs your support for Help with Darens medical expenses

As a result of Saturday’s Region 10 meeting, here is the latest and greatest racing schedule for 2022.

Reminder: APBA Region 10 Racing meeting via zoom tomorrow.

Zoom Meeting Information:

Topic: Region 10 Meeting

Time: Feb 19, 2022 10:00 AM Pacific

Join Zoom Meeting https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87457850647
Meeting ID: 874 5785 0647

Dial by Phone: (253) 215 8782

Meeting ID: 874 5785 0647

Agenda

Call the Mid winter Region 10 meeting to order

Roll call Missi

Treasures report Mike Currie

Old business

By laws

New business (Category reports) National meeting updates and looking to 2022

J Mike Perman

Stock Kyle Bahl

Mod Daren Goehring

Pro Jim Nilsen

Inboard David Dodge

OPC Will Hough

Vintage Mike Currie/Shaun Kelson

Special events Jan Shaw

Other Reports

Inboard David Dodge

Scoring/ Registration Jan Shaw

Rescue John Arwine

Safety Bob Wartinger-

APBA BOD Kip Brown



2022 Race Dates Matt Yarno



Adjourn- James Olson/Ellen Olson

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The APBA Annual Meeting kicks off in Orlando this morning with the Finance Committee Meeting, sponsored by the Best Damn Club in APBA, Tacoma Speedboat!