2010 LUCAS OIL DRAG BOAT RACING SERIES

March 19, 20 & 21 Firebird Spring Nationals, Chandler AZ

April 30 May 1 & 2 Firebird Spring Nationals, Chandler, AZ

June 11, 12 & 13 Little Caesars Ozark Nationals, Oklahoma City OK

June 26 & 27 Showdown in San Angelo, San Angelo TX

July 16, 17 & 18 25th Annual Augusta Southern Nationals, Augusta GA

July 23, 24 & 25 Thunder at Oak Hallow, High Point NC

Aug 7 & 8 Mid America Southern Nationals, Chouteau OK

Aug 13, 14 &15 Marble Falls Lakefest 2010, Marble Falls TX
 
Aug 28 & 29 Cowtown Nationals, Fort Worth TX

Sept 4 & 5 The Diamond Drag Boat Nationals Lucas Oil Speed Way, Wheatland MO

Sept 17, 18 & 19 44th Mission Bay Bayfair, San Diego CA

Nov 4, 5, 6 & 7 NAPA Lucas Oil World Finals Firebird Raceway, Chandler AZ


There are 16 divisional races, the schedule will be posted today.

THis was posted on another forum site:

2010 SDBA Tentative Schedule:

Check back soon for details and updates!

June 11th, 12th and 13th - Oklahoma City, OK
A Test and Tune event will be held Friday June 11th.
June 26th and 27th - San Angelo, TX
August 7th and 8th - Chouteau, OK
August 14th and 15th - Marble Falls, TX

Lucas Oil Co-Points Race
August. 28th and 29th - Ft. Worth, TX



Devin

Posted By Vince Nelson on 12 Dec 2009 11:04 AM
Very interesting. Dave the problem with NJBA is everything has to be approved by the board and voted on by the member as you know, so this will get very interesting regarding the rule book and NJBA!!!!

Duane, by the looks of it, the National Series is going to be running by itself?? For example the first divisional race is the same weekend as the National series opener in Phoenix.. I have a hard time believing that's going to work...

Posted By RON PITTS on 12 Dec 2009 12:13 PM
Vince...As far as I know NJBA did not have a rules change meeting this year.There were no rule changes to vote on this year on the ballot mailed out in Nov.The first year I have seen that.

Posted By dave lipinski on 11 Dec 2009 08:00 PM
IS THERE GOING TO BE ONE LUCAS RULE BOOK FOR ALL ORGANIZATION ? FORINSTANCE NJBA HAS A MUCH DIFFERENT RULE BOOK THAN SDBA . AND WHAT CLASSES WILL LUCAS HAVE FOR THE DIVISIONAL RACES?

Posted By Bob Prigmore on 12 Dec 2009 01:46 PM

Posted By dave lipinski on 11 Dec 2009 08:00 PM
IS THERE GOING TO BE ONE LUCAS RULE BOOK FOR ALL ORGANIZATION ? FORINSTANCE NJBA HAS A MUCH DIFFERENT RULE BOOK THAN SDBA . AND WHAT CLASSES WILL LUCAS HAVE FOR THE DIVISIONAL RACES?

dave, the divisions are the clubs.  the njba division, the cdba division, sdba division, so on.  there is no more cross-polination or divisional type stuff we seen in the past, where you'd go to different venues in pursuit of a championship. 

duane, i see you're listing njba as the "division" for firebird?  will that be an "njba division points race"? or, just tow over there if they feel like it?  this'll be interesting to watch...

Hey folks back up a little and sit tight, there are still thing being ironed out. There are thing I will not share until I have an official word but I can say the conflict dates with National and divisional will probably resolved this week.

As for the rulebook, that will be also finalized and printed ASAP. Keep in mind there are many comon items in rulesbooks like safety.

As Sparky said I too believe it will have addendums that will apply to association divisional races. However when a division hosts National venues the LODBS Rules will apply for that venue.

On another note for those who attended the drivers meeting on Saturday night at the world finals heard Charlie say that everything is good and you the racers have an opportunity here with Lucas Oil so put aside the animosity between associations and racers work together. I commend him for his speech and we should adhere to what he said.

Be patient and if you have something to share or would like something done post it but don’t be negative.

Posted By dave lipinski on 17 Dec 2009 11:33 AM
Thanks Mike I heard this last week. But I would like someone like NJBA to let the racers know if they will have the same rule book and classes as the rest of the UNITED STATES ? 
I think all of the west coast racers would like to know ASAP to prepare for the 2010 season.
THANKS AGAIN
HOT SHOT RACING

So us Arizona boys are in trouble..

Posted By Sparky Rose on 17 Dec 2009 02:45 PM
Ron if they join LODBRS they will be using the Lucas rule book like us. Sparky

Posted By Vince Nelson on 17 Dec 2009 02:59 PM
Mike, so who will be the sanctioning body at the National events like the season opener at Phoenix?? 


Vince,

I do not have a firm answer for you as to who will be the sanctioning body at Phoenix for the opener.

As I understand it, the plan so far for the NATIONAL EVENTS is to have one of two scenarios for course set-up and timing systems:

1.  SDBA - course set-up and SDBA timing equipment
2.  LODBRS - course set-up and LODBRS timing equipment 

So if you put 2 + 2 together, one might imagine whoever's clocks and equipment are on the premesis just might also be the sanctioning body...

At this point, I will refer to the LODBRS website:  For more information on the Lucas Oil Drag Boat Racing Series please call Ken Dollar at (830) 265-4790 or (951) 870-6381

"DEEP THROAT" out!!

Posted By Sparky Rose on 17 Dec 2009 03:49 PM
I'm still kind of up in the air because the 7.70 rule applies to all hulls and drives were as the NJBA mph is hull and drive specific. Not sure which is best so I need to do some more brain storming. I can say that all of the Assoc. at the meeting other than Ken and I thought it might be a good idea on the mph deal. Sparky

Posted By ralph richardson on 18 Dec 2009 03:05 PM
Where did the 7.70 come from? How was that number made into the magical number? Just wondering.

Posted By ralph richardson on 18 Dec 2009 03:05 PM
Where did the 7.70 come from? How was that number made into the magical number? Just wondering.








Ralph,

In 1997 there was a decent amout of Pro gas flats that were running. They wanted to try to even out the field and make the class safer so they implemented a weight minimum rule. The minimum weight was 1875lbs with the driver dressed. They had a crane at each race with a scale attached and all the boats were weighed after each pass. It was a royal pain in the ass and it was not convenient. So they did away with that. Then at the end of 2000 Fegan called me and asked me what I felt was a good, safe number for open flats to be running. I told him 7.40s to 7.50s. At the same time SDBA had just started a 7.70 rule so they all went with that number. Jeff Martin and Us were running 7.40s and everyone else was running in the 7.70 range so it evened up the field. That number is a little light in my opinion. I feel the rule should be 7.20

Posted By Tony Scarlata on 18 Dec 2009 06:11 PM

Posted By ralph richardson on 18 Dec 2009 03:05 PM
Where did the 7.70 come from? How was that number made into the magical number? Just wondering.








Ralph,

In 1997 there was a decent amout of Pro gas flats that were running. They wanted to try to even out the field and make the class safer so they implemented a weight minimum rule. The minimum weight was 1875lbs with the driver dressed. They had a crane at each race with a scale attached and all the boats were weighed after each pass. It was a royal pain in the ass and it was not convenient. So they did away with that. Then at the end of 2000 Fegan called me and asked me what I felt was a good, safe number for open flats to be running. I told him 7.40s to 7.50s. At the same time SDBA had just started a 7.70 rule so they all went with that number. Jeff Martin and Us were running 7.40s and everyone else was running in the 7.70 range so it evened up the field. That number is a little light in my opinion. I feel the rule should be 7.20

So this is another one of the famous meetings between Tony and CF that will go down in history.

Posted By Vince Nelson on 07 Jan 2010 06:59 AM
Ron, I'm hearing that NJBA had a board meeting yesterday I believe.  Be interesting of came out of it!!!