An ambitious new owner Grand Prix!! SALABERRY-DE-VALLEYFIELD - The Grand Prix class will host a new owner for the Canadian Hydroplane Association in 2015. Randy English , an American out of Youngsville Louisiana, will make a grand entrance on the ACHA circuit and will appear in the pits with no less than two boats. Last week, the businessman who works in the oil industry has made a partnership agreement with the Valleyfield Regatta to become the heir to the boat ABS Group GP-101 that Ghislain Marcoux and Daniel Mercier handed to ACHA there a few weeks. In addition, Randy English intends to point to the inaugural event next season with a new wooden hull that will be built in the workshops of a manufacturer long known in the circles of the sport powerboat, Jon Staudacher. The co-owner of Fat luck too A-52 class 2.5L modified hired two pilots to conduct its Grand Prix race boat. Tom Thompson , who has held the seat of a hydroplane in most classes inboard including recently H1 Unlimited , should be in command of the former GP-101. Andrew Tate , son of multiple champion Mark Tate will be the other rider in the new team. Last Wednesday, the leaders of the ACHA gave their approval to the plans of the future GP-525 made of wood. They were assured that the latest creation of Jon Staudacher will comply with regulations, primarily regarding the air tunnel will have no more than 76 inches. The vessel will also be equipped with a Henderson safety capsule . The original design was referring to an air tunnel from 80 to 82 inches. The transition must not be greater than 76 inches, as stipulated in our rule book, specified Michel Poirier , ACHA. Randy English comes from a family steeped in power boating for ages. His father, George English , who died recently, was part of the team Miss Danash at the time Roger Reynolds owned. English family has teamed up with Royce Richards to win all the honors in the class 2.5-liter modified to the United States with Tom Thompson at the wheel of Fat Chance Too A-52 in 2009 and 2011. A total of 16 GP in Valleyfield? Class Grand Prix would be healthier than ever and it is not ruled out that the number of entries is 16 boats at the 77th Valleyfield Regatta in July 2015. The early return of Renegade GP-93 Marty Wolfe and the Charger GP-10 that will pilot Jimmy King carry the GP fleet to 13 vessels. Milton Wiggins is on sale High Pressure GP-18 (former G) and is expected to bring with a new hull while Scott Pierce served its intends to make the trip from the West Coast with the GP-55 . Finally, if the GP-444 does not find buyer by early next season, ACHA look at the possibility of launching exclusively Valleyfield Regatta. The identity of the pilot would be disclosed later. Controversy in Detroit The return of the Grand Prix class to Detroit Regatta was confirmed last Friday, while the Detroit River Regatta Association announced the holding of a Festival of Speed, 22 and 23 August 2015. The spokesman of the DRRA, Mark Weber, said that class boats Grand Prix, Hydro 350 and SST-60 will be on the schedule of the event as well as car racing, Zooomtown 500. The cars of the class H1 Unlimited are missing from the programming and the decision of the DRRA Detroit raised a controversy. The new Commissioner of the U circuit, Steve David , wanted to appease critics by stating that the tradition will be perpetuated and promising an event Unlimited will be held on the Detroit River in 2015 on different dates from those used by the DRRA. The Chief Valleyfield Regatta, Michel Poirier, welcomes the return of Detroit GP boats but said that nothing is tied in the case of Hydro class 350. The organizers of the Detroit Regatta offered an amount interesting and we are studying the situation, he must mean. hebdosvalleyfield.ca/2014/12/03/un-nouveau-proprietaire-ambitieux-en-grand-prix
Posted on: Thu, 04 Dec 2014 03:56:58 +0000
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