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World’s Longest Continuous PWC Race Set for February 25th at Lake Havasu
FOUNTAIN VALLEY, CA – October 31, 2005 - DSM Events owner, Jim Russell and Mike Follmer, event co-promoters, announced today that the 2006 – Mark Hahn Memorial, 300 Mile Endurance Race is all set to launch on February 25, 2006 from Crazy Beach at Crazy Horse Campground in Lake Havasu, Arizona. The event will once again be sanctioned by the American Power Boat Association (APBA), and it is expected that a very large number of teams will enter to try and break the APBA Endurance Record of 5 Hours 13 Minutes to cover the 300 miles set at last year’s event by Mike Follmer and Billy Womack aboard their R&D YAMAHA GP 1300R.
The race is being held again in the memory of endurance racer Mark Hahn who was instrumental in providing the momentum to keep endurance racing going strong and growing across the country before his untimely death. The “Team� format features two riders for runabout (sit down) boat teams and up to three riders for a stand-up craft. Solo riders are also welcome to “Ironman� the race on either style of boat, a real test of endurance and stamina reserved for only the true endurance zealots.
The race is being held at Crazy Beach at Crazy Horse Campground that has undergone some massive reconstruction at the hands of Jim Russell over the last several months. “This is now a “World Class� site for this very important event�, said Jim Russell, “and the 7.5 mile course we have approval from the Coast Guard for will pit all the teams against the wind, rough water and long runs that this event has become synonymous with.� In addition to all the weather and water conditions all the teams have to contend with, they will also be required to make fuel stops without spilling fuel and make rider changes several times during the race.
After the gigantic success and world wide recognition received in the press of last year’s Mark Hahn Memorial, it is expected that this year’s entries will far surpass the 28 teams that were there for the inaugural event. Mike Follmer said, “We’re gearing up to make this year’s event outshine what we did last year by getting more give a ways and even better trophies for the massive awards banquet we have already scheduled.� “We have on the water still photography to chronicle the event for the riders and magazine coverage and are in the final throes of securing television coverage by tv 45 in Havasu. Follmer added.
All of the pre-race attention and planning for this year’s Mark Hahn Memorial guarantee that it will be even better than the inaugural, which has been heralded as the “Best PWC race of the year�! Get your teams together and your entry in early to make sure you don’t miss out on this great experience.
Entry forms and entry information sheets were released today for the February 25th event.
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Hope to see you all there.
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