What a weekend! The GEICO "BBQ"team really out did themselves this weekend! The camp was great really beautiful situated on the Cucamonga river shoreline. This set the stage for some blistering speeds by the OPA teams in attendance. Miss GEICO was in her standard flat water race setup. Our initial pass ended up short with a blown intake water line. This put our port engine into guardian at 186mph. Not fun. an hour later the team had both hoses replaced and Miss GEICO laid down a two way average of 188.5 miles per hour with a top speed of over 190 mph setting an new record for the "Chattanooga Mile".
Sat came in strong and Scotty and I felt good about how the boat was performing and ripped a sizzling 136 mph lap speed at 2:11 sec on our first test hot lap.
Sunday brought another beautiful Tennessee day and the anticipation of a n OPA championship trophy. We set the boat on cruise with D&M 10 boat lengths behind. Unfortunately, on the 10th lap a fuel miscalculation in the port tank left us down a motor and 2nd place in the standings. A quick valve switch to transfer fuel allowed us to finish the race. Congrats to D&M on their OPA Cup
Destin and KW on tap over the next three weeks!!
