2016 MainSource Bank Madison Regatta

Ohio River, Madison, Indiana, July 1-3, 2016

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Race Summary

MainSource Bank Madison Regatta Madison, IN July 1-3, 2016 Race Summary
			Qualifying		1A		1B
Boat#	Driver	Sponsor	Points	Speed	Finish	Points	Finish	Points
U-1	Jimmy Shane	HomeStreet Bank	100	145.877	1	400
U-5	J. Michael Kelly	Graham Trucking	70	142.590			1	400
U-7	Jeff Bernard	Graham Trucking	0	-	DNF
U-9	Andrew Tate	Bello's Pizza/RealTrac	0	143.900			4	169
U-11	Tom Thompson	Peters & May	60	138.740			3	225
U-21	Brian Perkins	PayneWest Insurance	0	-			2	300
U-27	Cal Phipps	Dalton industries	0	-	2	300
U-99.9	Kevin Eacret	CARSTAR/Miss Rock	0	117.843	3	225

 

Boat#	Driver	Sponsor	2A		2B		3A		3B
			Finish	Points	Finish	Points	Finish	Points	Finish	Points
U-1	Jimmy Shane	HomeStreet Bank			1	400	1	400
U-5	J. Michael Kelly	Graham Trucking			2	300			3	225
U-7	Jeff Bernard	Graham Trucking	DNS				DNS
U-9	Andrew Tate	Bello's Pizza/RealTrac	3	225			2	300
U-11	Tom Thompson	Peters & May			3	225			DNF
U-21	Brian Perkins	PayneWest Insurance	2	300					2	300
U-27	Cal Phipps	Dalton industries	1	400					1	400
U-99.9	Kevin Eacret	CARSTAR/Miss Rock			DNF		DNF

 

Boat#	Driver	Sponsor	FINAL		TOTAL
			Finish	Points	Points
U-1	Jimmy Shane	HomeStreet Bank	1	400	1700
U-5	J. Michael Kelly	Graham Trucking	2	300	1295
U-7	Jeff Bernard	Graham Trucking
U-9	Andrew Tate	Bello's Pizza/RealTrac	4	169	863
U-11	Tom Thompson	Peters & May	5	127	637
U-21	Brian Perkins	PayneWest Insurance	3	225	1125
U-27	Cal Phipps	Dalton industries	DSQ		1100
U-99.9	Kevin Eacret	CARSTAR/Miss Rock			225

 

RACE RESULTS
Position	Driver	Points
1	Jimmy Shane	1700
2	J. Michael Kelly	1295
3	Brian Perkins	1125
4	Cal Phipps	1100
5	Andrew Tate	863
6	Tom Thompson	637
7	Kevin Eacret	225
8	Jeff Bernard	0

 

RACE NOTES
FRIDAY: Weather was mild and pleasant. Seven boats were in the pits: U-1, U-5, U-9, U-11, U-21, U-27 & U-99.9. Testing and qualifying were uneventful except U-27 broke the steering cable in turn 2, spinning the boat. Andrew Tate's first Unlimited race - he took qualifying laps and qualified second fastest but scored no points due to being unqualified driver. U-99.9 did not qualify on speed - took commissioner’s option.
SATURDAY: U-21 & U-27 qualified in Saturday testing but received no points. U-7 arrived late, but was not complete.In heat racing, Jimmy Shane won Heat 1A and J. Michael Kelly won Heat 1B. Cal Phipps gave chase to Jimmy Shane for the entire heat, but Shane cruised to victory in Heat 1A, with Phipps second and Kevin Eacret in the U-99.9 third. Heat 1b saw Thompson hook in turn two on the final lap, allowing Brian Perkins to take second place, with the U-11 third in 1b. Andrew Tate needed to complete two heats starting in the second row, and he finished his first one in fourth place.
SUNDAY: Sunday's weather meant the schedule was going to be flexible, as there was a storm due to hit late in the day. Cal Phipps won Heat 2A from Brian Perkins in second, while Jimmy Shane took Heat 2B from JMK in second. Heat 3A went to Shane while 3B went to Phipps. This set up the eventful Final Heat: J. Michael Kelly barely snuck into Lane 1 on the backstretch, pushing Shane into lane 2 for the start. Shane was a little late to the start and Kelly came out of Turn 1 in the lead. In turn 2, Shane pinched Kelly tight, forcing Kelly to skip out, running into Shane's skidfin water and shredding the right tail fairing. Shane then took the lead with Phipps trailing. On Lap 3, JMK almost went over on the backstretch, and on Lap 5, Phipps got extremely light out of turn 1, but settled it down before blowing over the U-27 just before the bridge, folding the right sponson up almost vertical on landing. This stopped the heat, with Shane declared the winner. U-27 sustained major damage to sponson and spar.
RACE OFFICIALS Chief Referee: Dave Shaw Referees: Barry Pray, Bob Abbott Scorer: Shirley Gray Outlaw Timer: Katelyn Shaw Inspector: Rich Evans

 

[Statistics from H1 Unlimited]