5/12/2012 .... Hotel and camping information for the upcoming Pahrump Heat Race on June 9-10 is now available. Other race details are still pending and will be posted as soon as they are finalized.
5/6/2012 .... Photos from the District 7 West Texas Shootout for Autism Awareness are now available on the Photos page, courtesy of Al Waters.
5/2/2012 .... Schedule change: Our district race scheduled for June 9-10 at Legg Lake is being switched with the Las Vegas race scheduled for August 25-26. The June race will be hosted by the Las Vegas SSMBC and held at Pahrump, NV. The August race will be hosted by the H2O club and held as always at Legg Lake. SSMBC has requested this change because Sunset Lake site will not be available until next year and the temperatures in Pahrump in August would be too warm. Info on the site and rooms will be coming soon.
5/1/2012 .... Reminder that there are 2 proposals that will be voted on at the H2O race May 19th after racing concludes that afternoon. The proposals are listed below (News items 4/8 and 4/11). If your club is not going to attend this race and you wish to vote you need to assign someone to cast your vote. Please let Ted McKay know who that person will be in advance. If you have any questions please email Ted McKay.
4/26/2012 .... Notice from Donald Ast: The scale race scheduled for April 29th is cancelled. To those that entered thank you for your support.
4/16/2012 .... Points have been updated to included information from this weekend's race in Tucson.
4/15/2012 .... The proposal submitted and posted here on 4/11 has been removed and resubmitted with some chagnes, click here to see the new proposal for voting on at the May H2O Heat Race.
4/11/2012 .... Additional proposal for meeting at May H2O Heat Race.
4/8/2012 .... See letter from the District Director discussing the meeting that was initially planned for the March heat race weekend. A meeting is planned for the H20 Heat Race in May, where we will be voting on the resubmitted proposal. The District Rules have been updated to include the previous rulings / guidelines from Engine Tech Comittee and District Director to date.
4/6/2012 .... Zenoah EZ Start and NGK plug now allowed for Classic Thunderboat, see letter for details.
4/4/2012 ... Important notice for those boaters using the Legg Lake facility: Please read the following letter from the Legg Lake Committee regarding an on-going issue with parking in the park.
4/2/2012 .... The 2 Lap record event in May has been expanded to a 3 day event, and the Straight Line record event in October has been moved from the weekend of 12th-14th to 5th-7th. The Schedule page has been updated accordingly.
3/27/2012 .... Points have been updated to include last weekend's heat race in LA.
3/21/2012 .... Reminder: To sell items at Legg Lake you need a "park sales permit". We've been told that the parks department will be checking for them this weekend.
3/15/2012 .... A link to the schedule for the NAMBA Nationals has been added to the Schedule page.
3/13/2012 .... IMPORTANT NOTICE: Due to the storm that is scheduled to hit the LA area this weekend, H2O Gassers have postponed the race scheduled for this weekend to March 24th and 25th. We hope you can still attend but if you are unable to you will not be responsible for the entry fees. If you can not attend please send an email cancelling your entries so that the heat sheets can be updated. No new entries are being allowed.
3/12/2012 .... List of final qualifying classes for the upcoming race is now available.
3/11/2012 .... New "Next Race" link added to the top of News page, providing you a quick link to all the information for that race. The new race info page includes the link to the "Entries so far", current weather at the race location, and the email to enter the race.
3/4/2012 .... For Sale page updated with new items.
2/24/12 .... The penalties for running an illegal motor have been created and documented, please see letter from the District Director discussing the specifics. If you have any questions about he legality of your motor please contact one of the members of the Engine Tech Committee (see Contact page for their information).
2/23/12 .... For those interested in attending the SAW/Straight Line event next weekend, you need to pre-enter for the event. See Race information sheet on the Schedule page.
2/15/12 .... As discussed at the Havasu race the District Director has changed the entry deadline rule, as well as implemented a process for Non Year-end District Meetings - see document for details. There is also a proposal up for vote at the next district heat race (H2O Gassers 1- March 17) which will follow the Non Year-end Meeting process mentioned above. Only current District 19 clubs will be able to vote on this proposal. The meeting will occur Saturday after the conclusion of racing at the lake.
2/5/12 .... For those attending the Heat Race in Havasu, the pizza vendor that was there last year would be back again this year at lunch time.
1/31/12 .... For those attending the Heat Race in Havasu on Feb 10-11, please read the following in regards to the Pit Gate Entrance procedure for bringing your equipment into the race site.
1/29/12 .... The For Sale page is back. Items will remain on the page for 30 days or until we've been notified that the item has sold. To have items added to the page, send email with specifics.
1/22/12 .... New Zenoah carburetor okay for Classic Thunderboat, see letter for details.
1/19/12 .... Cyndy Whipps, a valued Tucson Model Boat Club member passed away yesterday from cancer. Cyndy was very active in their club, CD'ing club races and helping Richard Romero at the CD table during district races. Cyndy was a great help and will be missed.
1/16/12 .... I would like to thank Jimmy Cortright for helping us get our new district website up and running so that I could manage it on a day to day basis.
1/16/12 .... The Legg Lake Committee has just re-keyed the locks. Keys are $35 and proof of current NAMBA membership, contact the Grims at 714-890-3127.
1/15/12 .... The entry form for Havasu's Heat Race has been updated with information on where to send entries, see Schedule page for race information/entry form as well as the link to email in your entries.
1-13-12 .... New engine tech committee appointed, see letter for details. Also note we have posted a link to the new WebEntry program on the schedule for TEST purposes only at this time.
1-5-12 .... Hotel information for the Havasu Heat Race has been added to their entry form. Other race infomation is still pending and will be updated as soon as available.
12-21-11 .... We have photos from the banquet up on the website for viewing.
12-15-11 .... The updated rules and schedule for 2012 have been posted to the website. Besides the modifications of various rules from the proposals voted on at the district meeting the rules themselves have be reorganized so that rules on similar topics are grouped together to make it easier to find. As information is received from the various clubs hosting races in 2012 we will update the schedule with links to the entry information for each.
12-01-11 .... For those of you planning to attend this year's District Meeting and/or Banquet in Laughlin on December 10th, the meeting will start at 11:00am and for the banquet cocktails will be at 6:00pm and dinner at 6:45pm.
11-29-11 .... Russ Stark will be having a raffle at the banquet to benefit the Marines toy drive, similar to the one he had at the World Cup race in Las Vegas back in October. If interested bring a toy to the banquet to receive a raffle ticket for 3 different prizes.
11-22-11 .... Insane Boats is having their annual raffle to raise money to help donate bikes to the Local VFW's Annual Bike Give Away in Pico Rivera, click here to see full details of the raffle.
11-21-11 .... If you are planning on attending this year's annual awards banquet, please email Russ Stark with the number of people that will be attending so that he can provide final numbers to the hotel as soon as possible. Also there will be a gift exchange at the banquet like last year, if you'd like to participate gifts should be in the $20 range - just bring the wrapped gift to the banquet.
11-17-11 .... Ted McKay is looking for a volunteer to be the District Nitro Chairman for next year. Anyone interested should email him or talk to him this weekend at the Shootout.
11-10-11 …. Click here to see a list of the various classes and contestants that will be running at the Shootout, which will be held at Legg Lake on November 19.
11-10-11 …. There is an updated set of rule proposals for this year’s meeting. Proposal 18 in the original document was missing a sentence at the end – this has been corrected, also there were 2 proposals left out of the original – they have been added as proposals 20 & 21. All the other proposals are the same as previously posted, sorry for the confusion.
11-8-11 …. Here are the various rule proposals that will be discussed at this year’s district meeting in Laughlin on December 10. For those clubs eligible to vote at the meeting, please review and discuss them with your club members ahead of time. If for some reason you feel that a specific proposal may be missing from this list, please contact Russ Stark and if need be he can forward the additional proposal on for posting as needed.
11-4-11 …. The 2011 final SCSTA points standings are now available, which include the totals for Classic Thunderboat from the World Cup race last weekend.
11-2-11 .... Welcome to the newly designed NAMBA District 19 Website. The new site is still under construction so check back for updates. If you have any questions or concerns with the site, please contact Tracy Osborne at tracylo@msn.com.
10-11-2011 .... The NAMBA Propwash for October is now available online on the NAMBA web site. Enjoy the reading with the new page flipping program. You should have also received your voting ballots for NAMBA President, NAMBA Vice President, and District 19 Director. It is your opportunity to be heard. Please vote.
10-10-2011 .... More information is available for the upcoming District 19 Meeting and Awards Banquet. Please click HERE.
10-06-2011 .... The annual meeting will be at Harrah's in Laughlin, Nevada on December 10th, 2011. Rooms will be $29.99 a night and dinner will be $20.00.
We will be making some very big changes to the way our district will race next year. Everyone that is interested should get their club dues paid up and come out to vote.
The Shootout will be on November 19th. Send a message to me at rstark372@aol.com and let me know if your participating.
All district rule proposals need to be submitted by October 31, 2011. They will be posted on the district web site for everyone to read on November 1, 2011
10-05-2011 .... And we have photos from the BBQ and awards ceremony from the Justin Hill Memorial Race this past weekend.
10-04-2011 .... The 2011 final points standings are now available after the Justin Hill Memorial Race hosted by SMB held in Tempe this past weekend.
Contact your appropriate chairman if you are interested in participating in the Top Gun Shootout in November at Legg Lake.
10-03-2011 .... This e-mail came in from Henery Velasco... I was just informed this morning by his daughter that Russ Jackson (former owner of RC Boat works) passed away Sunday. Russ and I where good friends and we kept in touch often -- I will miss him and our conversations.