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SDBA - Chouteau, OK. Pictured is Don "Diamond" Bausher a man on a terror for the points championship in both SDBA & IHBA in TAF. In TFH...Robert Mills Disorderly Conduct took the win!  John White shoeing the beast! The Problem Child TFH went dead in the water as soon as Daryl hit the throttle. TAH-Final Notice took the win on bye! Pro-Mod...It was...Just One More taking the win in the Pro-MOD $10,000.00 shoot-out! It was great to finally return to Chouteau, long over due! After spending just a few minutes over looking the lake, I began to realized why I personally think that this is one of the best overall courses in the sport! The only thing from making this venue perfect is, the main pit area.  If  it was paved instead of dirt...But this is a minor detail. The Show & Shine was a blast! And everyone had a great time!  ;-) Let me start off by mentioning major thanks to Mr. Tommy Thompson & his entire group & SDBA for putting on an awesome event that was very well planned, including the festivities & BBQ...Nothing But Class!! In the past several years SDBA have made their presence known by the way the conduct themselves with the racers, media/photographers, including the spectators! Professionalism & Marketing at it's...Best! I hope that sponsors, racers & spectators will take notice of this organization and the manner that they conduct themselves with open arms...AND~May I ad that A...Smile and Thank You...is something these people have perfected, including most of their other promoters!   Special mention to Jenni & her gang in San Angelo! I have to mention that SDBA announcer Roger Monroe is a class act at what he does!  The man knows how to entertain everyone, and fill in down time when it is needed. Being an entertainer is something that most announcers fail at. Announcing is an art & having a connection with the spectators & racers is an extremely important part of promoting the sport.  SDBA has a gold mine of an announcer  Mr. Roger Monroe. The man...is a fine gentleman as well away from the Microphone ;-) I am not saying SDBA is perfect! But..Damn they are great at what they do!! and I do not want to take anything away from the other fine organization's in our Awesome sport!  But...I will call it as I see it!!  especially since I have been heavily involved in marketing & guest service industry for many years myself, and since this is my 26th year in the sport I have a pretty good idea of what is a class act! & what $ucks!!  ;-) But...there again~most of you out there can easily judge for yourselves!  It is not rocket science ;-) I have become a HUGE fan of SDBA and what I say on this page may be of no value for some of you ?  But...I will say go to one of SDBA's events then you will understand what I am talking about!  If not...Then Good Luck ;-) When racing had ended, The fans were leaving the track excited and itching for the return in 2010. I have no idea what next years schedule will bring?  But...Chouteau is a race that everyone should attend racer & spectator...once you do~You will be hooked ;-) Speaking of next year...I hope that next year the main players IHBA & SDBA will work together to not have to many races scheduled in a row,  since it does hurt racer attendance, especially taking the current economy. The exception being...Augusta & High Point! A total of 113 race teams attend this great event. Tommy Thompson & Crew-SDBA "NOTHING BUT CLASS" !! I will begin posting Marble Falls on Sunday! Joe "Speedfreak" Dutra speedfreak439@yahoo.com If you want to be added to my racing photo page, e-mail me your personal or work e-mail. Till the next one!  ;-) Date(s): Aug. 1 & 2-2009. Album by Joe "Speedfreak" Dutra. Photos by Speedfreak Racing & Photography. 1 - 288 of 288 Total. 3555 Visits.
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1 Your TAF Champ Again! ;-) And new ET record holder... 2 Sat. Action... 3 4 5 6 7 Tommy was also part of all the fun! 8 9 10 11 12 13 "George Looking Good in tha..." View Comments... 14 15 16 17 18 The ATTA TAF has taken over Don Ermshar's number-boat name & Lucas Oil sponsorship for the remainder of the 2009 season! 19 20 21 Just One More-PM...came very close to going over! 22 23 24 25 26 27 TFH-Disorderly Conduct 28 29 30 TFH-Problem Child 31 32 33 Some starting-line pics ;-) 34 This jet-boat left like a Fuel hydro! 35 Getting wild with the NOZ! 36 37 38 39 Hang On! 40 41 42 Just One More...is one of the hardest  leaving Pro-Mods out their. 43 44 45 46 Poor Joe! man I felt for this guy! No matter what nothing went his way~ :-( 47 48 Having a bit of fun with photo-shop! 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 69 70 71 Even the other side of the lake was crowded. 72 73 74 75 76 77 Where is the crazy Jet-Boat going~?  Actually the boat lost power and turned left! Thank goodness it was not the top-end~ 78 TFH's... 79 80 Woops! John did a good job of not letting the boat get to far away from outside the course! 81 "The boat has turned into a..." View Comments... 82 83 84 85 Drying out the props! Makes for very cool shots! I CANNOT wait till San Diego! I will go on record...If the weather is cool in SD...We can expect the The ET record will fall as well the MPH in TFH class and others! ;-) 86 87 Hey...Roger that was the ladies you just came out of :-))) Darn us photo guys! You never know where we may be~? ;-) 88 At the drivers meeting! 89 90 Sunday's Action... "GW Was Hanging 10 all week..." View Comments... 91 92 Photo's from the other side of the lake! 93 94 95 Rescue acted quickly since the yellow hydro forgot to put his plugs in! 96 97 This jet boat puts out one heck of a rooster-tail... 98 99 Even Ken Dollar rolls up his sleeves & gets it done! I want to say great move on IHBA's part getting Ken back with them as well ;-) 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 109 110 TAH-Final Notice got his Final bye run done early in the day! 111 Don on another awesome run! 112 113 Here is you TFH winner! Problem Child broke at the hit of the throttle :-( 114 5.03 @ 227+ 115 A small fire! 116 117 118 The spectators were out in force at this great venue! Tons of trees, shade, great food, man this is racing at it's best! 119 120 121 122 Here are some of drag-boat racing greats~Jim Lang~Harvey in the white hat of the BFF & TAF Black Russian days! and to the right Don Bausher's brother visiting! 123 124 125 126 127 Nice leave! 128 129 It is a treat to see this PM-Just One More launch ;-) 130 131 This was most of how Joe Links weekend went. 132 133 134 135 "Brian Sanders is a tough a..." View Comments... 136 137 138 139 140 TFH-Problem Child came back out after repairing there problem, and made a great pass! The crowd saw what they came to see ;-) 141 Daryl Madd-Maxx Erhlich & Eddie are a fine match!  and just what Eddie has needed since Dale. 142 "Don't forget Russell..he c..." View Comments... 143 144 SMOKIN...  ;-) 145 Remainder of the FINALS... 146 I like this shot with the water ripple shadowing on the boat! 147 148 "16 Year Old Dillon Munson...." View Comments... 149 150 151 152 153 154 155 Your TAF-Winner! ;-) Habit Forming... One Bad Azz Hotrod!! 156 New record...6.53 @ 163 ;-) 157 In the Pits... 158 "This is One Bad A$$ Lake &..." View Comments... 159 160 161 Eddie working on the boat 162 163 164 165 166 Here's...Tommy ;-) 167 Eddie-Beverly-Tommy & Tim Just a few of so many great people that make up our wonderful sport! "Great to see Tim back at t..." View Comments... 168 169 170 171 Heading Friday to the Show & Shine ;-) TAF out running the monster rig even on the pavement! :-))) 172 Roger & some of Chouteau's finest! 173 There was a great turn out of boats at the Show  & Shine! 174 175 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 The Show & Shine Judges! 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 194 195 196 197 198 199 200 Roger cracking the crowd up! :-))) 201 202 203 204 What a Trio ;-) 205 206 207 208 209 210 This young fella was thrilled when he was told that he would be pulling the kill switch... 211 212 213 214 A look at the race track... 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 Robert & Eddie 222 A few of the racing fans stayed after racing was over on Sat. just to enjoy the relaxing venue ;-) 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 Everyone had a Fantastic time at Tommy's BBQ event that he put on for all the race teams on Sat! Tommy himself was involved in serving his fello racers & friends ;-) 245 The back-bone of the wonderful BBQ feast~~~> 246 247 248 249 250 Sunday Service had an Awesome turn-out! ;-) 251 252 253 254 I bet the dog is thinking...I hope that is not me any time soon! :-))) 255 "That a rare moment..! Dary..." View Comments... 256 Don...Always gives his Hotrod a Kiss of thanks after each pass! 257 258 259 260 261 Jim cooked an amazing dinner for us all on Sunday for dinner ;-) 262 263 "Dale better hang on, that ..." View Comments... 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 271 272 273 274 275 276 Closing Prayer~~~ 277 278 279 280 281 282 Roger & the Mrs. 283 Elbie & Peggy catching up~ 284 Just Awesome!! ;-) 285 Click on the next three photo's to up-load video! It may take a few minutes pending on your PC 286 Sorry! The next two videos you will have to turn your heads side-ways but well worth it! ;-) 287 288 Till the Next One~~~   S/F   ;-)
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