Wichita, Kansas June 13‐18 Welcome Racers Our local model boat club, WICHITA RADIO CONTROL POWER BOAT CLUB and District 17 of NAMBA Internaonal cordially wish all of you a most fun 6 days in Wichita. We have enjoyed making this event special for each of you and hope you will like our Midwestern city, our outstanding pond, our friendliness, and just good ole boat racing. The real purpose of this event is to have fun and meet new friends… and maybe get around the pond 6 mes fast… but just don’t forget to have fun. Thanks for coming and HAPPY BOATING! Wes Jordan Contest Director Table Of Contents President’s Leer ....... 4 Schedule Of Events ..... 5 Then & Now ................ 6 Our Town .................... 7 Current One Mile Records ....................... 8 Hall Of Fame ............... 9 Entrants ...................... 10 Past Champions .......... 12 Dear Naonals Contestants, I would like to personally welcome you to the 2016 NAMBA Naonals. I am so glad that you are able to join us for the 45th annual running of this great race! The last me the Naonals were held in Wichita, Kansas was in 1988. I spoke with a couple of racers that were at that event and they offered me some advice, “when the tornado warning sirens sound, do what the local guys are doing. They will know what to do and where to go!” So keep your eyes and ears open everyone. I have been fortunate enough to have raced all over the country, and while I have always enjoyed the racing part of it, the most enjoyable part for me about the Naonals is the people. It is an opportunity to spend me with people that we don’t get to see the rest of the year. So make sure you get around and see everyone, because it’s the people you spend me with and the new friends you make that will be your fondest memo- ries. While we are all here trying to win a Naonal championship, and the race commiee is doing everything possible to host this great event, it is sll up to each and every racer to show good sportsmanship and most of all have fun. So let’s all do our part and make it a great me for everyone! Good luck, Russell Stark NAMBA President 4 Schedule Of Events Day: Class: Sponsor: Acvies: Monday A Mono 5280 Racing Welcome Party June 13th C Hydro AA Engines G-1 Mono NAMBA District 19 GX-1 Outrigger Tucson Model Boat Club GX-2 Sport Hydro Chrome Brothers Racing Tuesday A Mod Tunnel Concentrics, Inc June 14th B Mono Seaducer Boats G-1 Sport Hydro Velasco' s Billet Crankshas GX-1 Catamaran Kids-R-Boaters Wednesday B Hydro AA Engines Paddle Boat Race June 15th C Mono Rum Racing Products & Dinner G-1 Outrigger Velasco' s Billet Crankshas GX-2 Catamaran Thursday A Hydro AA Engines June 16th G-1 Catamaran Insane Boats Gas Marathon Gas Scale Hydro NAMBA District 11 GX-2 Mono X Mono NAMBA District 19 Friday A OPC Tunnel Concentrics, Inc June 17th GX-1 Mono GX-1 Sport Hydro Insane Boats GX-2 Outrigger Rum Racing Products X Hydro AA Engines Saturday 1/8 Nitro Scale Double-Ace Racing Products Awards Banquet June 18th Classic Thunderboat Outlaw Racing GX-1 Crackerbox NAMBA District 20 Jersey Skiff Sport 40-II NAMBA District 1 5 Then & Now... It’s been 28 years since the Naonals were last held in Wichita. When you look back at things that have changed in that me it’s interesng to also note those things that stay the same... Entrants at this year’s event come from 11 different states, compared to 12 previously. Of the 77 entrants that made it to the 1988 event, 4 of those are joining us again this year: Al Hobbs, Dave Bestpitch, James Osborne, and John Borden. Over half the classes running this year are gasoline powered, but back then all of the classes were nitro powered - as gas and electric classes didn’t start running at Naonals unl 5 years later. The core nitro classes of A, B, C, X Mono and A, B, C, X Hydro are sll running today. The more things change, the more they stay the same… Classes that ran A Mono Leroy House A OB Hydro Fred Younger B Mono Jimmy Brown A OPC Tunnel Leroy House back in 1988 C Mono Ralph Henry B OPC Tunnel Richard Bradford along with their X Mono Greg Hill C OPC Tunnel Kirk Schneider winners… A Hydro Ralph Henry A Deep Vee Terry Story B Hydro Roy Edenfield B Deep Vee Richard Bradford C Hydro Ralph Henry C Deep Vee Richard Bradford X Hydro Wray Freitas X Deep Vee Richard Bradford Sport 40-1 Ralph Henry Team Marathon Ralph Henry Sport 40-2 Lloyd Claborn - Nitro & Roy Edenfield Scale Unlimited Gene Bussell 6 Our town... Wichita is the largest city in the state, and the 49th largest in the US. The city began as a trading post on the Chisholm Trail in the 1860s, then became a key desnaon for cale drives traveling north from Texas to access railroads - earning the nickname “Cowtown”. In the 1920s and 1930s businessmen and aeronaucal engineers established a number of successful aircra manufacturing companies in Wichita. The city trans- formed into a hub of the US aircra producon and became known as “The Air Capital of the World.” From “Cowtown” in the late 1800’s to “The Air Capital of the World” today... Things to do... Locally: Statewide: Sedgwick County Zoo Kansas Cosmosphere and Space Center Botanica: The Wichita Gardens Boot Hill Museum The Keeper of the Plains Kansas State Capital Museum of World Treasures Dwight D. Eisenhower Library and Museum Old Cowtown Museum Fort Larned Naonal Historic Site Exploraon Place Monument Rocks, the Chalk Pyramids Old Town Schlierbahn Waterparks and Resorts Great Plains Nature Center Tallgrass Prairie Naonal Preserve Wichita Art Museum Sedgwick Park 7 Current One Mile Records Class Name Date Seconds Engine Hull Prop A OPC Tunnel Greg Roth Jul-2014 102.150 OS 21XM2 Lynx Octura 1440 B OPC Tunnel Eric Bourlet Jul-2014 98.720 K&B Shaman Vans Racing Anderson B450 C OPC Tunnel A MOD Tunnel Eric Bourlet Jul-2014 95.220 OS 21XMII Vans Racing Linx Anderson A440 B MOD Tunnel Eric Bourlet Jul-2014 96.100 7.5 K&B Stock Vans Racing Linx Anderson B450 C MOD Tunnel A O/B Mono A Mono Alfred Lanza Aug-2015 90.000 CMB Seaducer Chopper B Mono Kim Grim Feb-2016 95.190 CMB 45 Cal Cra Octura X453 3Blade C Mono X Mono Shannon Muth Jun-2014 81.370 CMB 101 Seaducer Sholand Y567 1/2 A Hydro Team Novarossi/Hughes Jul-2014 89.470 Novarossi TEXAN Octura 1640 A O/B Hydro A Hydro Jerry Dunlap May-2014 67.820 Nova Rossi Raptor ABC B Hydro C Hydro Mark Grim Feb-2016 60.660 CMB Grim Reaper ABC 2719 X Hydro Sport 21 Jim Wilson Sep-2014 82.110 BETA Pellerino Sholand 1640 Sport 40-1 Sport 40-2 Mark Grim Jun-2014 81.750 CMB Mu Octura 1455/3 Sport 60 Kirk Maupin Jul-2014 81.250 CMB Maupin/Newton Prather/Shouland Sport X Scale Unlimited Kirk Maupin Oct-2015 77.840 CMB Maupin Prather G-1 Mono Dave Pillado Jun-2015 82.630 M&D ARD ASSAULT CoCr Mono GX-1 Mono G-2 Mono Lenny Blake Jul-2014 84.000 Osbourne Zenoah Calcra Propworks East GX-2 Mono Kim Grim Jun-2014 89.940 CMB ALPHA 27 Y6 ABC G-1 Hydro Alan Terry Mar-2014 67.120 Suicidal Jaguar Propworks West GX-1 Hydro Alan Terry Jun-2014 71.700 Suicidal Grim Reaper ABC 2818 G-2 Hydro GX-2 Hydro G-1 Sport Hydro Joe Slaney May-2015 66.290 M&D Backlash Gen III CoCr TH1 GX-1 Sport Hydro Mark Williamson Jul-2014 74.200 ZENOAH Backlash Propworks West 6719 G-1 Catamaran Alan Terry Oct-2014 80.050 Suicidal 26 RC Boatworks T4 PPW 6717/3 GX-1 Catamaran GX-2 Sport Hydro Mark Williamson Jul-2014 78.810 ZENOAH Backlash PropWorks West 6719 Classic Crackerbox Open Crackerbox Gas Scale Hydro John Reifel Oct-2015 87.440 GIZMO/INSANE PIPE John Olson Andy Brown Classic Thunderboat Sco Schneider Nov-2014 83.190 Zenoah Blazer 7016/2 8 NAMBA Hall Of Fame Myrtle “Mom” Coad - 1981 NAMBA Internaonal traces its roots to 1972 and connues to grow Donald C Coad - 1981 each year. This growth can be aributed to the efforts of dedicated Gary L Johnson - 1981 members willing to sacrifice their me, talent, and ideas for the Al Metelak - 1981 promoon of model boang. The Hall of Fame is not a popularity George Campbell - 1981 contest nor is it polically movated. Inducon into the Hall of Fame is John Broadbeck, Sr - 1982 an honor and recognizes members who have provided significant Jerry Dunlap - 1982 contribuons to the growth and development of NAMBA. NAMBA Chuck McGaughy - 1983 Internaonal is proud to honor its members who have served/connue Wally Stewart - 1983 to promote model boang. Their contribuons are varied and Edward Fisher - 1984 encompass all areas of the hobby. They have helped make model Stuart Russell - 1985 boang and NAMBA what it is today. Gary Jeffery - 1986 Douglas Twaits, Sr - 1986 James Henry - 1987 Jay Brandon - 1987 Buzz Passarino - 1988 Bob Plumley - 1989 Frank Hu - 1989 Steve Muck - 1990 Richard Hazlewood - 1990 Al Prather - 1991 Jack Oxley - 1994 Al Wood - 1994 Pat & Charlie Pool - 1994 Cathie Galbraith - 1995 Judi Hazlewood - 1996 Ernie Bob - 1996 Alan Hobbs ‐ 1997* Ira Coon - 1997 Jack Garcia - 1998 Dave Bestpitch ‐ 1998* Doug DeWie - 2000 Jim Whitlatch - 2001 Al Waters ‐ 2003* Mark Anderson - 2004 Charles Fondacaro - 2004 Dave Rychalsky - 2005 Jim Wilson - 2005 Tony Rhodes - 2006 Joe Monohan ‐ 2006* Mark Grim ‐ 2007* Roger Newton - 2009 Doug Twaits, Jr - 2010 Lohring Miller - 2011 Lenny Blake ‐ 2012* Robert Holland ‐ 2013* * Members that are entered at this year’s event.