Refuge Custom Painting sponsors both Woodland races

nelsonh — Fri, 11 May 2012 06:00:22 +0000

WOODLAND, Wash. – Refuge Custom Painting owner Dave Standal loves racing of all types. And he recently proved it. On Thursday, Standal wrote a check to be title sponsor of both Woodland ERCU races this season. Refuge Custom Painting is an automotive paint, restoration, and collision repair shop serving the Pacific Northwest. They have an …

2012 NAMBA Fast Electric Nationals coming soon

nelsonh — Tue, 08 May 2012 23:24:59 +0000

EL MONTE, Calif. — This year’s NAMBA Fast Electric Nationals are coming up as quickly as the Llumar Window Films heading for the start line. The entire event runs from Tuesday, June 19-23 at Legg Lake in El Monte, Calif., which is located east of Los Angeles. Tenth-scale unlimited hydros are currently scheduled to run …

Holmberg sweeps Atomic Cup in fun debut at Elma

nelsonh — Sun, 06 May 2012 16:36:57 +0000

ELMA, Wash. – Just three races into the 2012 ERCU Red Dot Championship Series presented by Peters & May we’ve already seen two final heat sweeps. Nelson Holmberg just did it. Just one week after Gary Hansen swept the Apple Cup at Waughop Lake, Holmberg drove his 2010 Formula Boats and Ben Keller’s 1957 Hawaii …

Atomic Cup returns to ERCU after six year absence

nelsonh — Tue, 01 May 2012 13:39:26 +0000

ELMA, Wash. — ERCU’s Atomic Cup was run for the first three years of the club’s history at various places, but then discontinued. In our decade celebration, the Atomic Cup is back, and unless it was in the Tri-Cities, it couldn’t be located in a better place. Elma – the site of the last nuclear …

Hansen sweeps Apple Cup at Waughop Lake

nelsonh — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 16:09:51 +0000

LAKEWOOD, Wash. – When Gary Hansen wins a race, he normally does it the right way – by sweeping both finals. The Apple Cup was no different. Hansen brought his very fast 1956 Muvalong and 1974 Miss Cott’s Beverage to Waughop Lake expecting to be one of the faster competitors at the lake, and to …

Apple Cup up next at Waughop Lake

nelsonh — Sat, 21 Apr 2012 05:24:31 +0000

The third annual ERCU Apple Cup is up next, and it’ll finally be held at Waughop Lake in Lakewood, where Contest Director Ben Keller has always wanted it to be. Only one problem: Ben can’t be there. Work commitments mean the Contest Board will take over the day’s CD duties for Keller, who does wish …

Bordon repeats as Champion Spark Plug champ

nelsonh — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 17:29:59 +0000

CENTRALIA, Wash. – Gerry Bordon wasn’t about to let a second-straight victory at the Champion Spark Plug Regatta get away from him. Good thing his boat is so danged fast. Bordon ran away from the field with his 1970 Parco’s O-Ring Miss in the vintage final of the 2012 season-opening Champion Spark Plug Regatta at …

Second Woodland race added to 2012 schedule

nelsonh — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 23:03:55 +0000

ERCU’s Contest Board has accepted a generous offer to add a second race in Woodland, Wash., to the 2012 schedule. In late March, the club was approached by the Woodland Planters Days organizing committee with a formal invitation to put on a race that would be an official event of the oldest community festival in …

West Coast Custom Boats & Champion Spark Plugs sponsor ERCU

nelsonh — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 16:21:16 +0000

West Coast Custom Boats and Champion Spark Plugs have become the newest sponsors of ERCU. Champion Spark Plugs is excited that ERCU runs a season-opener that models the big boats season openers that used to happen annually at Miami. Believe it or not, they found us through Facebook and reached out to our club on …

New starting clocks are ready for season opener

nelsonh — Thu, 12 Apr 2012 22:07:23 +0000

Over the winter, the ERCU membership approved a new starting clock and trailer start procedure. Trailer boats will now start five seconds behind the rest of the field – not the exit buoy of the left turn – no matter what size the course is. By doing this, the club should experience a consistent way …