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Owner of Kommander Ind. Steve Webster participated in Mark Hahn 300 endurance race that was held in Havasu for 5th year in a row. As a professional that he is, Steve update us with an interesting report about how everything worked out in the race, “Our team was Me, Brittanie (my wife) and Sean Workman. We road in the Open Ski class. Our ski was basically stock class ski that I bought about 4 days prior and only road it one time for about 15 minutes. Even with the lack of preparation the ski ran great and we had a blast. The morning conditions where brutal with 20-25mph winds and 2 to 4ft chop on the water. Just like the conditions on Saturday at the World Finals! As the day went on the wind slowed and the conditions got better but it was still rough. Sean and I did like 22 laps and had a blast doing it. We ended up with the unofficial result of 2nd place. (I am sure we won and they are checking the scoring sheets to verify for us!). In any case this race is not about winning or loosing but paying homage to a great competitor and solider for the sport of personal watercraft. Mark was a super nice guy and had a great passion for the sport and is and will always be missed.”

The weekend went well! Our Expert rider got 2nd place. My good friend and Web designer Sean Workman showed at the event to drop off some product for me and I convinced him to race the ski that I had build for Steven Dauliach for the Finals. It was pretty fun since he had not ridden a ski since his last race at the world finals in 2006. He hole shotted the first moto and lead most of the race until he hit a course marker and went down. He got up and ended up finishing 2nd place in the first moto. He was so tired after the first race that he had to lay in the back of the trailer for 3 ours until the second moto. The second moto he holeshotted again and lead the entire race and won the over all. We had a great time and the event went very well. Its good to see Workman coming back in action. Good job and we hope he will show up at the next race...

The Macc Racing team is currently preparing to race three skis in the upcoming Mark Hahn Memorial National Championship endurance race in there hometown Lake Havasu City Arizona. Macc Racing’s Chris MacClugage and teammate Mark Dobson will be aboard a Factory Yamaha, Monster Energy and R&D Performance backed FZ-R Runabout racing the Pro Runabout Open class. Macc Racing’s Rachel MacClugage is partnering up with Jordan Mclean of the Cayman Islands to ride new Yamaha; Monster Energy backed FX SHO in the Pro Runabout Stock class. With both of the runabout classes accounted for Macc Racing’s Kurt Samuels is teaming up with Jason Billing to ride a new Macc Racing endurance package Kawasaki SX-R in the stand up open class. Rachel, Kurt and Chris have been training very hard for the last three months for this race, and are looking forward to a great showing. The Mark Hahn is a 300 mile endurance race around the Lake in Havasu, in honor of Mark Hahn a former endurance racer. Chris a veteran of endurance racing and former National Endurance Champion is feeling very good about his team for this year and says he is ready to win. Rachel MacClugage says she plans to race smart and concentrate on getting fast and efficient pit stops. Good luck to the entire Macc Racing team. The photo is supplied by Mark Dobson who will ride along with Chris. I wonder which one of the Team members is a great fun of Rossi...

The American Power Boat Association (APBA) is excited to announce that Hot Products, USA, a worldwide distributor of PWC performance racing and repair parts, has signed on as the title sponsor of the APBA Junior (JR) Star Program for the 2009 season. Hot Products generous support will allow the APBA to organize a first class program for the Junior racers in the United States as well as present some great awards to reward the Juniors for their 2009 racing accomplishments. Read full story under the Features section.

The IJSBA is proud to announce the 3rd Annual Parade of Nations - Once again Lake Havasu City in Arizona will be honouring all race participants for the 28th IJSBA Quakysense World Finals. Everyone is invited to attend to honor and represent the flag from their respective country. The event will be held Thursday, October 15th 7:30pm at the London Bridge Resort and Convention Center. This is free to everyone attending the IJSBA World Finals and there will be an open cash bar for refreshments if desired. This year I would like to invite participants and friends to bring something special from their country and gift it to an individual from another nation. This item could be a sticker, T-shirt, hat or even a small nation flag. The Honorable Mayor Mark Nexsen will personally welcome all the racers and teams who have come so far to participate in this International Competition.

According to Bruno Casa, coordinator of Jet Raid “This year we are going to incorporate an Amateur Class of two Days racing. We are going to inform you in the near future”This is an interesting proposal that will give the opportunity even to local racers to participate since the overall cost is very high for the Europeans or competitors from other countries.

Friday 13 wasn’t a lucky day for Steven Dauliach at the 4th round of the U.A.E Championship in Abu Dhabi. It was a one moto race only instead of two motos, due to a sand storm. For safety reasons the Abu Dhabi organization decided to have only one moto. Steven get the holshot in the inside split, however, he missed a buoy. Then he took the correction buoy and get 3rd place during first lap. Ludovic Caumont was leading in front of Alex Kim from USA. Steven made a pass on Alex Kim and work is way to the front and took the lead. Half way in the race a cooling hose got disconnected, the ski get full of water started to sink and Steven had a DNF. The first place went to Ludovic Caumont, second Chris Wilkinon, third Alex Kim and Almur Bin Huraiz. Steven is now third in point, Ludovic Caumont took the lead, and Chris Wilkinson is second with 2 more races to go.