2009 Triple Crown Series results

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Redondo Beach, CA – November 2, 2009 The 3rd and final round of the 2009 APBA Triple Crown of Offshore Endurance Racing featured the inaugural Dana Point to Oceanside and Back 52 mile race on Sunday November 1, 2009. The field included seven separate classes vying for the overall win and individual class win.



The field of both seasoned veteran racers and new riders lined up just outside of the Dana Point Harbor at 9:00 a.m. and awaited the start flag. As the flag dropped the race was on and the entire field were on their way to the turn boat some 26 miles South located just outside of the Oceanside Pier. The weather was near perfect as great visibility, no fog and near flat conditions on the water created a scenario for record speeds and time for the event.



At just about the twenty minute mark into the race the call came in from the SEA-TOW Turn boat at Oceanside that the first two racers were in sight. Call had been coming into the SEA-TOW Start/Finish boat at Dana Point that several boats had dropped out due to mechanical failure with the most serious being Jim Walker’s boat sinking some 10 miles from the Dana Point harbor. Fortunately, as discussed during the rider’s meeting and having had his own experience with a sinking craft, Manufacturer Stock Class racer Ahmed Hamade #242 on his Sea-Doo RXT saw Walker and his boat in trouble and gave up his race to rescue the downed rider and tow his boat back to Dana Point.



This self-less act once again showed the kind of person Ahmed is and the camaraderie this sport has. At just under the 40 minute mark, 2 racer’s were in sight of the Finish line and at 40 minutes and 56 Seconds, Pat Roque, Huntington Beach, CA on Lee Phan’s borrowed Sea-Doo RXT #77 crossed the finish line to win the overall and 1st place in the Pro/Am Class. This is Patrick’s 2nd Offshore Endurance Overall Win as he won the prestigious Long Beach to Catalina and Back APBA Offshore National Championships a few short years ago. 2nd Overall and 1st in the Amateur Open Class was Reno, NV native Sean Conner #7 on his Sea-Doo RXT. 3rd Place went to veteran Pro/Am class racer Paul Pham #99, Fountain Valley, CA finishing with a time of 41:36, just 8 seconds behind 2nd Place Sean Conner.



Other notables were Kim Bushong, La Palma, CA #98 on a Kawasaki Ultra 250 X who finished 4th overall and 1st in the Vet/Master Class and PWCOFFSHORE.com founder and 2009 Mark Hahn Memorial 300 winner #58 Mark Gerner, Aliso Viejo, CA on his Kawasaki Ultra 250 X who finished 5th overall and 3rd in the Pro/Am Class. Newcomer Akira Tanaka, Torrance CA # 470 on a Kawasaki Ultra 260 in his very first APBA Offshore Endurance race won the very competitive Sportsman Class with an impressive time of 44 minutes and 8 seconds.



Challenged Athlete Warren Frank, #619 San Diego, CA on a Kawasaki 260 finished 1st in class with a time of 45 min. 8 seconds. Warren has been consistently at the top of the Challenged Athlete class since it was adopted by RPM earlier this year. Erica Davis, a parapalegic racer in the Challenged Athlete class completed her first event with a time of 1 hour 4 minutes and 51 seconds.



Congratulations to all racers that participated in the 2009 APBA Triple Crown of Offshore Endurance Racing! Special Thanks to: Mark Gerner, Steve Friebe, Shawn Alladio & the Entire K-38/Liquid Militia, Aaron Cress, Mike Follmer, Monica Jackson, Ashley Jurick & Brian Wilson.







2009 Dana Point to Oceanside & Back Overall Results

OVERALL
CLASSES
Name
Boat #
Manf.
Class Place
Elapsed Time

1
Pro/Am Open Class
Patrick Roque
77
Sea Doo RXT
1
40.56

2
Amateur Class 1
Sean Conner
7
Sea Doo RXT
1
41.26

3
Pro/Am Open Class
Paul Pham
99
Sea Doo RXT
2
41.34

4
Vet/Master Open
Kim Bushong
98
Kaw U 250X
1
42.59

5
Pro/Am Open Class
Mark Gerner
58
Kaw U 250X
3
43.12

6
Amateur Class 1
Ralph Perez
95
Sea GTX
2
43.23

7
Vet/Master Open
John Belton
41
Kaw U 250X
2
43.49

8
Sportsman Open
Akira Tanaka
470
Kaw U 260
1
44.08

9
Challenged Athlete
Warren Frank
619
Kaw U 260
1
45.08

10
Sportsman Open
Tony Thuy Le
36
Sea Doo RXP
2
45.44

11
Manufacturer Stock
Shawn Alladio
69
Kaw U 250X
1
45.52

12
Sportsman Open
Tommy Kolleck
777
Kaw U 250X
3
46

13
Sportsman Open
Dean Brown
34
Kaw U 250X
4
46.13

14
Military Athlete
Mike Arnold
71
Kaw U 250X
1
46.32

15
Pro/Am Open Class
Mike Follmer
2
Yamaha FZR
4
48.13

16
Sportsman Open
Dawn Fekete
226
Yamaha FXHO
5
52.37

17
Sportsman Open
George Kemenes
555
Y GP1200R
6
57.01

18
Challenged Athlete
David Fekete
141
Yamaha FXHO
2
58.48

19
Challenged Athlete
Ryan Levinson
609
Sea Doo GTI
3
1.00.29

20
Amateur Class 1
Tibi Imbuzan
202
Yam SUV
3
1.02.54

21
Sportsman Open
Justin Mellon
339
Kaw U 250X
7
1.03.40

22
Challenged Athlete
Erica Davis
88
4
1.04.51

23
Sportsman Open
Brian Largortioha
25
Sea IS
8
1.07.01

Amateur Class 1
Jim Walker
812
Sea RXT
DNF

Manufacturer Stock
Ahmed Hamade
242
Sea Doo RXT
DNF

Pro/Am Open Class
Lee Pham
8
Sea Doo RXT
DNF

Pro/Am Open Class
Robert Carreon
21
Kaw U 250X
DNF

Sportsman Open
John Feeney
330
Kaw U 250X
DNF

Vet/Master Open
Mark Manke
357
Kaw U 260
DNF

































2009 Dana Point to Oceanside & Back Results by Class

OVERALL
CLASSES
Name
Boat #
Manf.
Class Place
Elapsed Time

1
Pro/Am Open Class
Patrick Roque
77
Sea Doo RXT
1
40.56

2
Pro/Am Open Class
Paul Pham
99
Sea Doo RXT
2
41.34

3
Pro/Am Open Class
Mark Gerner
58
Kaw U 250X
3
43.12

4
Pro/Am Open Class
Mike Follmer
2
Yamaha FZR
4
48.13

Pro/Am Open Class
Lee Pham
8
Sea Doo RXT
DNF

Pro/Am Open Class
Robert Carreon
21
Kaw U 250X
DNF


1
Amateur Class 1
Sean Conner
7
Sea Doo RXT
1
41.26

2
Amateur Class 1
Ralph Perez
95
Sea GTX
2
43.23

3
Amateur Class 1
Tibi Imbuzan
202
Yam SUV
3
1.02.54

Amateur Class 1
Jim Walker
812
Sea RXT
DNF


1
Vet/Master Open
Kim Bushong
98
Kaw U 250X
1
42.59

2
Vet/Master Open
John Belton
41
Kaw U 250X
2
43.49

Vet/Master Open
Mark Manke
357
Kaw U 260
DNF


1
Sportsman Open
Akira Tanaka
470
Kaw U 260
1
44.08

2
Sportsman Open
Tony Thuy Le
36
Sea Doo RXP
2
45.44

3
Sportsman Open
Tommy Kolleck
777
Kaw U 250X
3
46

4
Sportsman Open
Dean Brown
34
Kaw U 250X
4
46.13

5
Sportsman Open
Dawn Fekete
226
Yamaha FXHO
5
52.37

6
Sportsman Open
George Kemenes
555
Y GP1200R
6
57.01

7
Sportsman Open
Justin Mellon
339
Kaw U 250X
7
1.03.40

8
Sportsman Open
Brian Largortioha
25
Sea IS
8
1.07.01

Sportsman Open
John Feeney
330
Kaw U 250X
DNF


1
Challenged Athlete
Warren Frank
619
Kaw U 260
1
45.08

2
Challenged Athlete
David Fekete
141
Yamaha FXHO
2
58.48

3
Challenged Athlete
Ryan Levinson
609
Sea Doo GTI
3
1.00.29

4
Challenged Athlete
Erica Davis
88
4
1.04.51


1
Manufacturer Stock
Shawn Alladio
69
Kaw U 250X
1
45.52

Manufacturer Stock
Ahmed Hamade
242
Sea Doo RXT
DNF


1
Military Athlete
Mike Arnold
71
Kaw U 250X
1
46.32






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