The APBA Board of Directors approved a change to the General
Racing Rules at the 2012 National Meeting in Chicago.
Effective immediately, the Referee will now assume the title of Chief
Referee/Risk Manager. Those who previously
served as Risk Managers will now assume the title of Assistant Risk
Manager. The purpose of this change is
to establish a definite chain of command and to provide for a single point of
The APBA Board of Directors approved a change to the General
Racing Rules at the 2012 National Meeting in Chicago.
Effective immediately, the Referee will now assume the title of Chief
Referee/Risk Manager. Those who previously
served as Risk Managers will now assume the title of Assistant Risk
Manager. The purpose of this change is
to establish a definite chain of command and to provide for a single point of
Earl in the "Big Bore T-4" powered Seebold. Photo credit: Boatracingfacts.com.
The opening round of the 2012 Class 1 World Championship
series will take place in Doha-Qatar on 15/17 March 2012.
Please note that any application for superlicence must be
lodged within 4 weeks prior to the first event a driver wants to participate
in.
For the opening round, the deadline date for submitting is
16th February 2012, after that date it is not guaranteed the issue
on time for the first race.
The opening round of the 2012 Class 1 World Championship
series will take place in Doha-Qatar on 15/17 March 2012.
Please note that any application for superlicence must be
lodged within 4 weeks prior to the first event a driver wants to participate
in.
For the opening round, the deadline date for submitting is
16th February 2012, after that date it is not guaranteed the issue
on time for the first race.
The low-emissions Mercury 60 EFI FormulaRace outboard is featured in UIM F-4S racing. Photo credit: Hartmut Knape.
FOND DU LAC, Wis. (Jan.
For unlimited hydro racing it was a remarkably uneventful event. Nobody got killed and the boats, most of them powered by aircraft engines, flew so low that Bill Sterett won with his Chryslers.
By Kim Chapin
Reprinted from Sports Illustrated, July 10, 1967
Thirty years ago today, October 18, 1981 in Acapulco, Mexico, the legendary careers of Bill Muncey and his Blue Blaster Atlas Van Lines came to an end. It was an awful day not only for friends and family of Bill Muncey, but for the other drivers and crews involved in the final-heat crash. Muncey was leading after a brilliant start when the Atlas blew over on the first lap. It was one of the lowest points for the sport of Unlimited Hydroplane racing.