C Stock Runabout News
#23 January 2001
2001 Divisionals awarded to Salt Springs
Copperopolis, CA June 16-17
.Prize money up for grabs at the Region 11 Kilos March 10th & 11th. $100 will go the fastest CSR (region 11 record rules) regardless of speed.
Another $100 will go to the CSR, CSH, 20SSH or OSY400 with the fastest speed over the existing region 11 CSR record (63.527 mph)
CSR driver killed in avalanche
.James Thompson from Fairbanks Alaska was killed in an avalanche while riding his snowmobile. James last raced at the 1999 SO Divisonals at Oroville CA where he finished 3rd place in the divisionals and 2nd place on Sunday, driving “Tiger”.
Marathon Racing at Sutherlin
As an added feature there was a runabout marathon each day at the Sutherlin OR race. This was the first Stock Outboard Marathon since the mid ‘70s when the Sammamish Slough race ended. The field included both A and C Stock Runabouts. The races were 15 minutes, with beach starts. The A runabouts were given the best line to the first turn so they could have clean water at first. It was a lot of fun to be passing the A boats all the time (not sure that they enjoyed it as much). Jeff Bernard was king of the A boats. Curt Schlosser won C on Saturday. On Sunday Curt offered his boat to Darrell Sorensen for the marathon, since Darrell was having motor problems all weekend. Darrell also won C with the boat on Sunday.
How to fuel a marathon CSR? One way is to use a transfer pump to keep the gravity feed tank on the motor full. The crankcase can be taped for a fuel pump or an electric pump can also be used. A 2 ” p.c.v. pipe cap with 1/8” pipe fittings works as a cap on the engine tank. At Sutherlin a couple boats used a squeeze bulb pump in the fuel line taped to the steering wheel. This worked will for the short marathon, you just bushed on the squeeze bulb several times while going down the straightaway
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Marysville CA 7-1
Allen Sutfin
Darrell Sorensen
Mark Tingley
Curt Schlosser
Marysville CA 7/2
Allen Sutfin
Darrell Sorensen
John Littlejohn
Curt Schlosser
Olympia WA 7/8
Ric Montoya
Dennis Paola
Jeff Kelly
Olympia WA 7/9
Dennis Paola
Drew Thompson
Jeff Kelly
Nicholas CA 8/12
Mark Tingley
John Littlejohn
Allen Sutfin
Brian Vincent
George Scott
Matt Boyes
Nicholas CA 8/13
Allen Sutfin
John Littlejohn
Greg Steffen
George Scott
Brian Vincent
Copperopolis 8/26
Allen Sutfin
Darrell Sorensen
Matt Boyes
George Scott
Darrell Sorensen
George Scott
Allen Sutfin
Matt Boyes
Lodi CA 9/23
Allen Sutfin
Darrell Sorensen
George Scott
Mark Tingley
Brian Vincent
Lodi CA 9-24
Allen Sutfin
John Littlejohn
Brian Vincent
Curt Schlosser
George Scott
Darrell Sorensen
Shadow Cliffs 10/7
Donnie Morris
Darrell Sorensen
John Littlejohn
Allen Sutfin
Brian Vincent
Mark Tingley
Matt Boyes
Greg Steffen
George Scott
JW Myers
Shadow Cliffs 10/8
Darrell Sorensen
JW Myers
Allen Sutfin
Brian Vincent
Donnie Morris
John Littlejohn
George Scott
Matt Boyes
Greg Steffen
2000 Winners
January 22 Havasu Landing, CA (tie) R. Love/T. Smith
January 22 Havasu Landing, CA (race 2) Rick Love
January 23 Havasu Landing, CA (race 1) Tito Smith
January 23 Havasu Landing, CA (race 2) Rick Love
March 18 Bakersfield, CA (W. Nat) D. Sorensen
March 18 Bakersfield CA Denny Paola
April 29 Grass Valley, CA Darrell Sorensen
April 30 Grass Valley, CA Allen Sutfin Jr.
May 13 Oroville, CA George Scott
May 20 Harrison Bay, BC Jim Strgul Sr.
May 21 Harrison Bay, BC Jeff Kelly
May 27 Newberg, OR Jim Strugul Sr.
May 28 Newberg, OR Denny Paola
June 3 Everett, WA Jeff Kelly
June 3 Chowchilla, CA Darrell Sorensen
June 4 Chowchilla CA Darrell Sorensen
June 17 Copperopolis, CA Darrell Sorensen
June 17 Winlock, WA Denny Paola
June 18 Winlock, WA Denny Paola
June 24 Astoria, OR Jeff Kelly (Divisionals)
June 25 Astoria, OR Denny Paola
July 1 Marysville, CA Allen Sutfin Jr.
July 2 Marysville, CA Allen Sutfin Jr.
July 8 Olympia, WA Ric Montoya
July 9 Olympia, WA Dennis Paola
August 12 Nicholus, CA Mark Tingley
August 13 Nicholus, CA Allen Sutfin Jr.
August 12 Scootney, WA Denny Paola
August 13 Scootney, WA Jeff Kelly
August 19 Eatonville, WA Dennis Paola
August 20 Eatonville, WA Dennis Paola
August 26 Copperopolis, CA Allen Sutfin Jr.
August 27 Copperopolis, CA Darrell Sorensen
September 2 Sutherlin, OR Drew Thompson
Marathon Curt Schlosser
September 3 Sutherlin, OR Drew Thompson
Marathon Darrell Sorensen
September 10 Suisun City, CA Allen Sutfin Jr.
September 9 Yelm, WA Dennis Paola
September 16 Yelm, WA J Michael Kelly
September 17 Yelm, WA J Michael Kelly
September 23 Lodi, CA Allen Sutfin Jr.
September 24 Lodi, CA Allen Sutfin Jr.
October 7 Pleasanton, CA Donnie Morris
October 8 Pleasanton, CA Darrell Sorensen
Tentative Region 10 Schedule
May 19-20 Bellingham WA
May 26-27 Newberg OR
June 6 Everett WA
June 23-24 Astoria OR
July 4 King County WA
July 7-8 Olympia WA
July 14-15 Rockaway OR
August 11-12 Scootney WA
August 18-19 Eatonville WA
Sept. 1-2 or 8-9 Sutherland OR
Sept 15-16 Yelm WA
Tentative Region 11 Schedule
March Oroville CA Kilos
April 28-29 Grass Valley CA
May 19-20 Oroville CA
June 16-17 Copperopolis CA
June 30, July 1 Marysville CA
June 14-15 Chowchilla CA
August 18-19 Nicholus CA
August 25-26 Copperopolis CA
September 8-9 Suisun City CA
September 22-23 Lodi CA
October 6-7 Pleasanton CA
Region 12 Schedule
Jan 20-21 Havasu Landing CA
March 17-18 Bakersfield CA
May 12-13 Indio CA
More Tiger Tails
Its been awhile since I have had the chance to update you on what has been happening to me. First of all I haven’t been able to race as much as I have liked. If I had my way I would be racing every weekend of the year! But there have been some real bright points. You may have remembered that I made the cover of the Propeller magazine in 1998 with JW Myers driving me at Newberg. Well in December of ‘99 there was a whole feature article about me and all my drivers in the Propeller. There were six different pictures of me in the article. You never know what will happen when a photographer / writher gets a chance to race the “Tiger”.
In 1999 my owner had some problem with his eyes and couldn’t get me to hardly any races. But at the end of the season I did get to race at Pleasanton with Roland Dechert and newcomer Brian Vincent. Brian had so much fun that he went out and bought his own C Stock Runabout.
2000 was a little slow also. I got to race a Marysville only because Curt Schlosser could never get his boat painted, so I got to play once again. Then my ol’ buddy JW, who had be racing Unlimited Lights , a big boat with training wheels and a big car engine in it, wanted to do some real racing for a change. Well we raced at Shadow Cliffs, and did we ever race! We raced in every class the officials would let us enter. Besides CSR we were racing in OSY 400, FE and 350cc Runabout. We used those other class to “dial in the start” for CSR. Even though we jumped the start by just a small amount we could hold off those fast 350 runabouts for a whole lap, boy that felt good. In OSY 400 we beat more hydros than the ones that beat us! On Sunday in CSR we were the class of the 11 boat field, out front both heats. But a slight miscalculation at the start of heat two (jumped the gun) dropped us to second, still not bad.
The race was being filmed for Speedvision because it was the Cracker Box Nationals (big runabouts that bounce around a lot with two people in them powered by car engines, ) . Well here we were shown on national TV out in front and look' in good.
What’s up for next season? Even though my skin has a few wrinkles and cracks, my paint is a little faded, my bottom is true and fast. Just bring your motor and we’ll go racing.
Tiger
2000 APBA CSR National Rankings, baised on 15 races.
Rank Driver City / State Pnts Races Average
2 ALLEN E SUTFIN JR YUBA CITY CA 4721 15 314.73
3 DARRELL SORENSEN CHOWCHILLA CA 4710 15 314.00
4 DENNIS PAOLA HILLSBORO OR 4390 15 292.67
5 DREW THOMPSON REDMOND WA 3706 15 247.07
6 JEFFREY M KELLY SR PUYALLUP WA 3491 13 232.73
8 JAMES J STURGUL SR RENTON WA 3375 15 225.00
15 GEORGE SCOTT PITTSBURG CA 2474 14 164.93
16 TITO SMITH FOREST FALLS CA 2342 8 156.13
22 JOHN LITTLEJOHN SUTTER CA 2191 11 146.07
25 BRIAN VINCENT LAKEPORT CA 1981 13 132.07
29 CHRIS ALLOWAY SEATTLE WA 1790 12 119.33
31 EDWARD D SMITH HAVASU LAKE CA 1500 6 100.00
32 RICK LOVE THOUSAND OAKS CA 1500 4 100.00
34 MATT BOYES DANVILLE CA 1480 10 98.67
37 BART LOVRIC ANACORTES WA 1327 8 88.47
39 STEVE JENKINS EVERETT WA 1152 11 76.80
40 J MICHAEL KELLY JR AUBURN WA 1054 3 70.27
41 CURT SCHLOSSER TURLOCK CA 1032 7 68.80
42 RIC MONTOYA SEATTLE WA 1020 4 68.00
43 MARK TINGLEY SACRAMENTO CA 989 5 65.93
45 ANDREW SCHWENK MONROE WA 920 4 61.33
47 GREG STEFFEN PENN VALLEY CA 914 8 60.93
58 DONNIE MORRIS STOCKTON CA 527 2 35.13
60 STEVEN DAWE INDIO CA 507 6 33.80
63 BRIAN WILLIAMS VANCOUVER WA 479 2 31.93
70 J W MYERS SAN DIEGO CA 330 2 22.00
77 JAMES J STURGUL JR RENTON WA 243 6 16.20
80 DICK RAUTENBERG BOTHELL WA 225 1 15.00
81 STEVE BORK FEDERAL WAY WA 95 1 6.33
83 T PATRICK KELLY AUBURN WA 71 2 4.73
86 ROLAND DECHERT WEST LINN OR 0 1 0.00
DAVID RUDGE Single event YUBA CITY CA 300