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 2008 Championship
1. K-16, 1468pts 2. K-66, 1370pts 3. K-69, 1290pts 4. K-5, 865pts 5. K-50, 608pts 6. K-711, 405pts 7. K-24, 345pts 8. K-17, 255pts 9. K-51, 180pts 10. K-23, 100pts 11. K-36, 95pts 12. K-555, 90pts 13. K-997, 85pts |
November News
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October News
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October 18, New cool web site !
Go see it at www.xtremev- drives.com |
September News
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September 29, Bakersfield race
Just trying to get some news by the Internet about the race in Bakersfield. This morning, I saw on a the Bakersfield Californian newspaper a very sad news about the race at Lake Ming. I copied this following message from the newspaper. ---------------------------------------------------------------- The Bakersfield Californian | Sunday, Sep 28 2008 3:00 PM Last Updated: Monday, Sep 29 2008 7:19 AM An Arizona man died after his boat flipped at 110 mph during a race on Lake Ming Sunday morning. Stephen Todd Rawleigh, 51, crashed at about 9:30 a.m. He was removed to an ambulance, where he was pronounced dead at about 10 a.m. Rawleigh was coming out of a turn at 110 to 115 mph when his boat rolled and flipped, coming to rest upside down, according to a news release from the Kern County Coroner’s office. Rawleigh was properly outfitted with a racing suit, helmet and flotation device, and was properly restrained. His boat was a flat-bottomed 19-foot vessel with a 427 Chevy engine. After the accident, the races at Lake Ming continued, said Kern County Park Ranger Mike Marler. “It always does,” he said. “It’s a pretty big event.” He said the races usually stop about 4 or 4:30 p.m., depending on how often the course has to be closed for maintenance or accidents. --------------------------------------------------------------- I think that driver also named Steve Smith and drove k-11 The Force in the past. I'm not sure these pics are Steve Smith as the driver but he drove this K-11 in 1980. R.I.P. Steve 
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September 28, News from San Diego
I'm still waiting for some news about the race in San Diego. Only 2 K-boats made the trip. K-69 & K-24. I know they raced but not sure points count for the championship. |
September 18, K-17 on sale
Spitfire K-17 chevy 468 ci with enclosed trailer, 25 000$. Call Heath Hiebert 562-842-7928 
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September 18, San Diego this weekend
K-boats will be race this weekend on Mission Bay in San Diego. |
september 17, Kim Gregory passed away
Kim Gregory passed away on september 2 of renal
failure. He was 58 years old. On the picture, he is with Georges
Stratton.
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August News
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August 18, New pics.
New pics from the Long Beach race by Buzz Miller et bordsmnj plus latest pics on Honcho K-32. |
August 9, New things on the site
Some new pictures on the site. In the K-boats gallery, we have now a link dedicate to the k-boats restoration and under construction. Another link is for some pictures on k-boats crashes. Finally, in k- boats gallery under the name of k-boats, we have new pics on K-99 Ksyndrome send by Gary Heckathorn. K-boats website still growing. Thanks to all. I appreciate to receive infomations and photos. |
August 5, APBA Summer National Championship
1. Tony Scarlata K-69 Freedom Child 2. Wayne Herbert K-50 Ghost of Coldfire 3. Ty Newton K-66 Blown Brothers 4. John Guthrie K-16 Guthrie Racing |
August 4, Long Beach Race
Tony Scarlata is the winner driving K-69. Overall points weekend 1. K-16 2. K-66 3. K-69 |
August 3, Long Beach Race
Hot new pics by Red1 on the k-boat gallery ! |
August 1, Long Beach Race
The Long Beach race will be held this weekend. By the way, I posted a lot of pics on the K-boats gallery. The title is K by Number. Thanks to all for sending pics. |
July News
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July 23, To all race teams
Updated on july 23. Click here. |
July 17, K-134 on ebay
K-134 Valkyrie Maiden is on sale on ebay. At this time, 5000$! 
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July 16, Pictures
A lot of pics from Burley. Thanks to Wayne, Buzz, Steve D and Spect8foto. |
July 2, Burley Regatta
Overall points weekend 1. Duff Daily K-69 2. John Guthrie K-16 3. Ty Newton K-66 |
June News
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June 26, Web pages problem
The k boats gallery section is under construction. I try to power the pics with Picasa. This section will be not working well for few weeks. |
June 26, Long Beach race in August
Important informations about this event for all race teams. Click on To all Race Team in the left menu or click here. |
June 26, K-Boat Pepsi at Burley
Some K-boats will be at Burley, Idaho, for the second race of the SSRA season. The Kboats website will be offline until july 3. I'll have updates after that on the KRR at Burley. |
June 17, Irvine, California
The results of the last saturday event Fastest lap times 1. Gordon Jennings Jr. K-69 2. Tony Scarlata K-5 3. Jack Landers K-27 4. Scott Steele K-110 Quickest lap time Tony Scarlata K-5 Fastest MPH Gordon Jennings Jr. |
June 05, K - SS Match up at Red Bluff
We saw a K- SS match up last weekend at Red Bluff. Yes, SS won the race. SS fast in the turns but K faster on straight. Some pics on the krr photos gallery found on SSRA website and few more by Kazanski. Next K-boat stop will be at Irvine in California. It's a K challenge, NKRA race. 8 boats will be there. |
May News |
May 26, Race cancelled at Red Bluff
The weather wasn't good this weekend at Red Bluff. So, after the drivers meeting, they voted to report the race next weekend at the site. I don't know at this time if any k-boats are or will be at the race. |
May 19, Did you see this engine!
Billy's K-11. Crazy Colors or crazy engine?  |
May 18, K-boat Challenge
A K-boat challenge will be held at Irvine on june 13-14. At this time, 7 boats supposed to be there. K-5, K-69, K-110, K-50, K-11, K- 27 and K-24. |
May 14, New K-boat on the circuit
K-33 is ready for race and now running. Bill Snee is the driver and owner of the black boat. Here the pic took on Bartlet Lake. 
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May 14, Rich Cacioppo
Old driver sent to me some great pics of the past when he was running. Take a look at the Gallery, there are in the middle of the page, around the '76... |
May 12, About the last KRR race...
Here a letter sent by Jeffrey Wooton on BP web site. Ladies & Gentlemen: The intent of the PS-346 to run with the K's was to help the class fill the field and put on a good show. Prior to the event, I was contact by the two of the three teams in attendance of this weekend to step up and race with them. Before the first heat of racing on Saturday morning I met with John Guthrie, Skip Tuttle and Steve Sequeria to discuss lane assignments. As always, I offered to take the outside lane as to stay out of their way and not cause interference. Steve Sequeria stated he wanted the outside lane because he was still getting used to the race format and driving his boat. Skip Tuttle asked for lane 3 because it was his first time in the seat of the PS-66 boat and wanted to be sure everything was working for him. John Guthrie took lane 1 and the PS-346 boat assumed the remaining lane 2 position. John did drop a cylinder in the final lap which allowed me to make additonal ground and make for a good finish between the two of us. K-16 at 2:53:71 PS-346 at 2:54:37 K-66 at 2:57:08 K-24 at 3:14:65 I believe the times show that the PS-346 was not hindering the heat and in fact was running competitive in the heat race. The PS-346 had a hardware failure and was being repaired when the K Final took the water at which time the K-16, K-66 and K-24 battled it out. Unfortunately, both John Guthrie and Steve Sequeria hurt engines and were done for the weekend. I met with Skip Tuttle on Sunday morning and we decided to scratch the racing for Sunday because two boats do not make a race. Now to address the issue. The PS-346 has in the past run several times with the KRR class without issue. The PS-346 has in the past run and has never been considered a hinderance or a boat that has gotten in the way. However, the blower issue had never come up until this weekend. The PS-346 has never pretended to be a K. I have owned and drivin my own K-333 in the past in an effort to help Lance keep the K's alive. As an APBA Inboard Commissioner I have worked hours to be lobby and be sure that the K's were allowed to come back and run as everyone has seen these past few years. I am still working today on it. When the issue of the blower came up I made a bad decision to monkey rig a contraption to try to appeaze the rule. It was the wrong decision. I know what a Supercharger and Turbo is. I spoke with Dutch Squires, Inboard Chairman for APBA on Monday morning about the issue and it was decided to withdraw my entry for the KRR class for the weekend. It was the right decision because points should not be awarded if I am the 4th boat making a class legal and I do not formally make the class specification. I have run the past couple of years with the best in KRR: Dave Bryant, Tony Scarlata, Chris Kenner, Pat Eason, John Guthrie, Larry Dahloff, Wayne Heibert, Skip Tuttle, Dennis Rankin to name a few. It has been a pleasure. I want to formally apologize for this disruption in the racing community. I want to apologize if this causes offense to John Brinton, Duff Daily, Mike Allen, Dale Hernandez Jr, to name friends and racing colleagues on the East Coast who run and compete in KRR Nationally. And I apologize to Dave Rankin and Gordy Jennings who bring great equipment, effort and a passion to the sport which in my time has been unequaled. Jeff Wooton PS-346 |
April News |
April 15, Firebird, Arizona
The race has been cancelled for the K's on april 26-27. |
April 15, Results from Parker
Some action over there... maybe after the race as I can see in my mailbox!!! More to come. 1. K-16 John Guthrie 2. PS-346 Jeff Wooton 3. K-66 Skip Tuttle 4. K-24 Steve Sequoria Not enough of K's, so Jeff Wooton raced with them. |
April 12, Parker, Arizona
Second race of the season for the KRR. I heard that saturday races were greats. At this time, the only informations that I received are on 2 boats. K-24 and K-66 lost engine during qualification. |
March News |
March 29, K-6
The new team K-6 is on sale. The boat was just finished earlier this winter and ready to race. |
March 21, KRR driver passed away
Larry Dahlhoff passed away yesterday night due to a massive heart attack. RIP Larry.  |
March 6, Pics from Bakersfield
Some photos found on PB and posted by Steve D. |
March 5, Bakersfield Results
results by Ross (SCSC) Saturday Race 1. K-69 2. K-5 3. K-66 4. K-24 5. K-16 6. K-711 Sunday Race 1. K-69 2. K-16 3. K-5 4. K-66 5. K-24 6. K-88 7. K-711 8. K-68 Weekend overall 1. K-69 Dave Bryant 2. K-16 John Guthrie 3. K-5 Tony Scarlata 4. K-66 Chris Kenner 5. K-24 Steve Sequiera 6. K-88 John Bonnici 7. K-711 Dennis Rankin 8. K-68 Chris Kenner |
March 4, Tony's crash
There is a video of the crash right here http://s19.photobucket.com/albums/b190/bluerider125/? action=view¤t=3-2-08_Ming_Boat_Races019.flv |
March 3, Lake Ming news...
Friend send me email on what happened on sunday SS races. Tony Scarlata has been pitched out from the SS-69 then hit him as it came down. Tony is in hospital. Broken ribs and various other less serious injuries. Hope he will be back soon. |
March 2nd, Lake Ming, saturday race
1. K-69 Dave Bryant 2. K-5 Tony Scarlata 3. K-66 Chris Kenner 4. K-24 Steve Sequiera 5. K-16 John Guthrie 6. K-711 Dennis Rankin(DNF) |
February News
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February 24, Rookie
Wayne Herbert, driver of K-50 Ghost of Coldfire, is the 2007 KRR Rookie of the year. |
February 23, Jim Bandelin's new K-boat
Made by D Cucci 
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February 22, K-6 pictures
New team from Parker, Arizona, K-6 
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February 21, Lake Ming
Will be at the race: K-16,K-17,K-24,K-66,K-69 and K-711 |
February 15, K-6
A new K-boat will go racing this year. The K-6 got wet on january. The boat ran great. The K-6 is a 18' Biesmeyer. |
February 14, 2008 Schedule
The 2008 K-Boats races is now online. KRR will run with the SSRA. |
February 13, K-66
Chris Kenner has a website under construction. Take a look at www.chriskennerracing.com |
February 12, KRR and IHBA
Nancy Fegan confirmed me that K-boats will not run under IHBA for the 2008 racing season. |
10 février, Tony Scarlata
Tony Scarlata will run the K-5 this season at 3 races. He will drive in the Super-Stock, SS-68, for Jeff Brochheuser |
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Gilles Gagné 2001-2008 |