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Smokin In The Cove - Malvern, Arkansas How you doing folks~? In a word…Amazing!!  That is the word that comes to mind after experiencing my first Smokin In The Cove event.  What has been wrong with me waiting so long to attend this great event~? In the top class…the 6-second,  If your boat cannot run a 6.08 to the thousand foot… you better leave it home!  That was the number you needed to be in the top 16. There was almost 120 boats that attended to fight for the number one spot and the BIG $$$ This event pay-out was…$42.000.00   Here is the break down~~~ 1000ft. DASH FOR CASH 6 - 9 SECOND BRACKET Top Qualifier: 6sec. $1,000 - 7sec. $600 - 8sec. $500 - 9sec. $400 QUALIFYING FRIDAY & SATURDAY A.S.A.P. AFTER 8:00AM PAYOUTS 6sec...1st $10,000...2nd $2,500...3rd $1,000...4th $500 7sec...1st $5,000...2nd $1,500...3rd $850.....4th $500 8sec...1st $4,000...2nd $1,250...3rd $750.....4th $400 9sec...1st $3,000...2nd $1,000...3rd $650.....4th $350 2nd CHANCE -- if time allows 6sec...1st $1,000...2nd $500 7sec...1st $850...2nd $500 8sec...1st $750...2nd $450 9sec...1st $650...2nd $350 2009 entry Fee $350 Other associations take notice!!!   You better learn from this club…they are doing something right!! Many feel that this is the best event in all of drag boat racing…I would not go as far to say that!   But…you have to give credit where credit is due! I will say that Smokin In The Cove is no dought one of the crown jewels of drag boat racing for sure. Mr. Glen Brashears and staff are friendly and will go out of their way to make the racers feel at home,  just like SDBA. The entire race was very well planned out with evening BBQ’s & Awesome music by Ryan Couron.  which in the future will be a house hold name for those of us that love country music.  The food stands as for flavor…are some of the best of all of drag boat racing!!  I have NEVER had a burger with such great flavor that made your mouth water more with every bite, and their corn dogs were as big as an large ear of corn.  Yes…I am turning drag-boat racing into a family food review ;-) Sorry Rex~~~The Nitro Burger is still the bomb though,  At least I have the best of  both worlds…Rex‘s NJBA Nitro burgers on the west coast & The Smokin Burgers in the mid-west ;-) The sight is Outstanding!!  Nestled in the Hills of…REMMEL DAM LANDING ON BEAUTIFUL LAKE CATHERINE... BETWEEN MALVERN AND HOT SPRINGS, ARKANSAS ON Hwy. 270 …I was taken by the natural beauty of the entire course and surrounding area. No wonder people look forward to this event every year with so much anticipation.  By the time the event came to an end I felt the same way…Excited to return next year for the 25th annual event. My fellow photographer partner Jon Lemoine and I had a blast taking photographs at this event,  Jon & I stood on the finger pier at half track! the boats were going past us at full speed in the left lane less than two feet or times even less.  Yeah…a bit crazy if something was to happen…but what a rush!! this gave us great close up photos which I was using my 19mm super-wide angle lens which at times I could not fit the entire boat in the frame it was so close to the pier at times. Of course I got wet…Actually a Shower! Being this close took me back to 1983-84-85 races in Chowchilla, Ca. where I use to stand out in the right lane in knee to waist high in the water when the Blown Fuel Hydro’s went by me…WILD!!!   This event had no capsule boats,  It is all non-capsule boats running 6-9 second classes to the 1000 ft. Many say that the shut down is to short…But not true!!   NJBA Bakersfield is shorter but not by much! You have to be on the toes and pay attention to your driving chores,  if you are a racer racing at this event for the very first time, make sure and speak to your fellow racers!  Also…get rescue to take you out to the finish & shut down area to get a better feel so that you will feel ready to go have an Awesome fun filled weekend :-) For those of you racers that have held back to come to this event because of a short shut down,  Pack your boat & bags and come experience what I would call the World Finals of open boat racing. There are another 6-8 Pro-Eliminators that I would love to see come to this event that would make it by far a race in a class all  by it self. The only race that has a better turn out of open boats is the IHBA World Finals in Phx. Az.  The reason being that everyone from all over the country wants to win the world finals, which gives you bragging rights during the overly too long off season. The 4-5 month off season needs to disappear! Here is another event that I hope that Lucas Oil will seriously consider adding to there list. My only disappointment was that I did not have the opportunity to get in the drivers seat of my P/E at this FANTASTIC event :-(   But…I had Mr. Chip Hughes the past owner of my boat drive for me. At least I got to photograph my boat going down the course.   I would like to thank all the racers that purchased photographs over the weekend that Jon & I took, which Jon & I truly enjoy providing this service for you All! ;-)   I want to share with you all that…Jon & I have a great passion toward the sport of drag boat racing,  and the people that make it such an incredible sport. Jon Peggy Sue “The Peddler” & I…feel very blessed to be a part of this sports history, and to help capture it’s history with each passing year!  We also look forward to many more years as the future of this sport strides forward. Photo Phinishes Ink. Is now…Jon Lemoine-Peggy Sue“ The Peddler” Sparks & I...Joe “Speedfreak” Dutra have teamed up since San Diego to go to selected races to provide the best photographic memorable product possible to You!  The Racers-Sponsors & Racing Organization’s Etc.  We will be providing all of the pit shots as well that you have been seeing me take over the years. If you see any photo’s that you would like to purchase please contact…Peggy Sue at… photophinishesink@gmail.com  For available sizes &  prices & we do custom lay outs! ;-) Keep in mind that the photos that are posted are only a few of many that I take over the weekend,  Jon & I average 4-5 thousand photos over the weekend.  So…ask Peggy Sue to provide you with photo samples of your hotrod. To be added to my Drag-boat Racing e-mail list, send me your e-mail address at…speedfreak439@yahoo.com Jon Lemoine site is at... www.sportsshooter.com/lemoine TO INTER RACING PAGE TO VIEW PHOTOGRAPH'S...CLICK ON THE SMALL ICON/THUMBNAIL PHOTO ;-) Till The Next One!!!  ;-) Joe “Speedfreak” Dutra Date(s): Sept. 25-27-2009. Album by Joe "Speedfreak" Dutra. Photos by Joe S/F Dutra. 1 - 488 of 488 Total. 1569 Visits.
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1 The final in the 6-Second Class for the $10,000.00 "The ACE OF SPADES team say..." View Comments... 2 Welcome!   Smokin In The Cove ;-) Click on the photos to enlarge to view photograph! If you wish to Super Size~ 1) Click on Photo 2) Scroll down to where you see (Other Sizes)...the word Original in Blue at the bottom of the photo,  then click on it! 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 "Go Little Weed Wacker, Go!" View Comments... 21 22 23 "SAVAGE!!!" View Comments... 24 25 26 27 28 Some of the fine ladies that made this event happen! 29 Classic  ;-) 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 "c ya!!!" View Comments... 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 Jon Lemoine relaxing between rounds. The past 4 years Jon has been the back bone...main photographer for Thundering Images! 48 The finger pier... 49 The next 4-photo's are of the race course. 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 61 62 63 64 65 66 67 68 "nice tuck guy" View Comments... 69 70 Speedfreaks... P/E Blown Money! 71 72 BAJ #160 Did just that...He ran the top speed of the weekend...160 MPH to the 1000-ft. Many of the heavy hitters had a hard time qualifying due to running to fast in the 5.80's & 90's... 73 Bill had a great weekend, going to the final in the 6-second class which bill lost by 42000 of a second making it the closest 6-second final in the 24 history of the event. 74 75 76 77 Jeff LeBlanc and his machine was the winner in 2007 78 79 80 81 82 "Second Pleasure on its sec..." View Comments... 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 The out-boards put on an awesome show all weekend with a lot of very close racing! ;-) 91 92 93 "Schools in Session!" View Comments... 94 95 96 97 On the edge! 98 99 100 101 102 103 104 105 106 107 108 The lighting for awesome photographs like this one was great all weekend ;-) 109 110 111 112 113 114 115 A Little Creativity ;-) 116 "The worlds fastest outboar..." View Comments... 117 118 119 120 121 122 123 124 125 126 127 128 129 130 131 132 133 134 135 136 137 138 139 140 Do you think Bill read the posted boating rules~? Nahhh! :-))) 141 142 143 144 145 146 147 148 149 150 "That boat looks REALLY fas..." View Comments... 151 152 153 154 155 156 157 158 159 160 161 162 163 164 "ass dragger" View Comments... 165 166 167 168 169 170 171 172 173 174 175 Heather gave me a good rooster-tail shower on the pass :-))) "why does she always hang s..." View Comments... 176 177 178 179 180 181 182 183 184 185 186 187 188 189 190 191 192 193 some great side-by-sides ;-) 194 195 196 197 "winner, winner, chicken di..." View Comments... 198 199 200 201 202 203 204 205 206 207 208 209 210 "Bring back BAJ class !!!!" View Comments... 211 212 213 A few picks of my P/E Chip Hughes drove for me due to a rule requirement. 214 215 216 217 218 219 220 221 John Wright went for a wild ride even though his boat did no go over. The boat did sustain some damage! 222 223 224 225 226 227 228 229 230 231 232 233 234 235 one of many Cool shots! "The outside Lane (red boat..." View Comments... 236 237 238 239 240 241 242 243 244 245 246 247 248 249 250 251 Here is Heather doing another fly-bye!! Got yet another rooster-tail shower ;-) 252 253 254 Here is P/E 208 on his way to the final of the 6-second class. Later he won the $10K over Bill Diez by 42000 of a second. 255 256 257 258 259 "guy, close your helmet vis..." View Comments... 260 "Go on DRIVER!!!" View Comments... 261 262 263 264 265 266 267 268 269 270 "Sassy racing Big Blocks!" View Comments... 271 272 273 "that's my diddy!" View Comments... 274 275 276 277 278 279 280 281 282 283 284 285 This out-board racer was on a wild ride the whole 1000-ft. "Wind was really blowing ha..." View Comments... 286 287 All most in the bushes! "Somebody needs to trim tre..." View Comments... 288 "Question: Is water cooler..." "It really doesn't matter w..." View Comments... 289 290 291 Here is my personal choice for my favorit shot of the race! ;-) 292 293 294 295 296 297 298 299 I jump on the rescue boat for the finals... 300 301 302 303 304 "TMZ" View Comments... 305 306 307 "The Finals in the 6 second..." View Comments... 308 "Thats a happy Prune Picker..." View Comments... 309 310 311 312 "I like the yellow and purp..." View Comments... 313 314 315 316 317 318 319 320 321 6-Second Final... 322 323 324 Both racers looking at each other to see who won~ 325 326 327 328 329 330 331 The winners dunk! ;-) 332 Next series of photos are from Jon Sept 26, 2009; Hot Springs, AR, USA; pro eliminator driver Chip Hughes during qualifying for the Smokin In The Cove on Lake Catherine. Mandatory Credit: Jon Lemoine-US PRESSWIRE 333 Sept 26, 2009; Hot Springs, AR, USA; pro eliminator driver Jon Wright gets out of shape during qualifying for the Smokin In The Cove on Lake Catherine. Wright was unhurt in the incident. Mandatory Credit: Jon Lemoine-US PRESSWIRE 334 Sept 26, 2009; Hot Springs, AR, USA; pro eliminator driver Jon Wright gets out of shape during qualifying for the Smokin In The Cove on Lake Catherine. Wright was unhurt in the incident. Mandatory Credit: Jon Lemoine-US PRESSWIRE 335 Sept 26, 2009; Hot Springs, AR, USA; pro eliminator driver Jon Wright gets out of shape during qualifying for the Smokin In The Cove on Lake Catherine. Wright was unhurt in the incident. Mandatory Credit: Jon Lemoine-US PRESSWIRE 336 Sept 26, 2009; Hot Springs, AR, USA; pro eliminator driver Jon Wright gets out of shape during qualifying for the Smokin In The Cove on Lake Catherine. Wright was unhurt in the incident. Mandatory Credit: Jon Lemoine-US PRESSWIRE 337 Sept 26, 2009; Hot Springs, AR, USA; pro eliminator driver Jon Wright gets out of shape during qualifying for the Smokin In The Cove on Lake Catherine. Wright was unhurt in the incident. Mandatory Credit: Jon Lemoine-US PRESSWIRE 338 Sept 26, 2009; Hot Springs, AR, USA; pro eliminator driver Jon Wright gets out of shape during qualifying for the Smokin In The Cove on Lake Catherine. Wright was unhurt in the incident. Mandatory Credit: Jon Lemoine-US PRESSWIRE 339 Sept 26, 2009; Hot Springs, AR, USA; pro eliminator driver Jon Wright gets out of shape during qualifying for the Smokin In The Cove on Lake Catherine. Wright was unhurt in the incident. Mandatory Credit: Jon Lemoine-US PRESSWIRE 340 Sept 26, 2009; Hot Springs, AR, USA; pro eliminator driver Jon Wright gets out of shape during qualifying for the Smokin In The Cove on Lake Catherine. Wright was unhurt in the incident. Mandatory Credit: Jon Lemoine-US PRESSWIRE 341 Sept 26, 2009; Hot Springs, AR, USA; pro eliminator driver Jon Wright gets out of shape during qualifying for the Smokin In The Cove on Lake Catherine. Wright was unhurt in the incident. Mandatory Credit: Jon Lemoine-US PRESSWIRE 342 Sept 26, 2009; Hot Springs, AR, USA; pro eliminator driver Jon Wright gets out of shape during qualifying for the Smokin In The Cove on Lake Catherine. Wright was unhurt in the incident. Mandatory Credit: Jon Lemoine-US PRESSWIRE 343 Sept 26, 2009; Hot Springs, AR, USA; pro eliminator driver Jon Wright is attended to by safety personnel during qualifying for the Smokin In The Cove on Lake Catherine. Wright was unhurt in the incident. Mandatory Credit: Jon Lemoine-US PRESSWIRE 344 Sept 26, 2009; Hot Springs, AR, USA; pro eliminator driver Jon Wright is attended to by safety personnel during qualifying for the Smokin In The Cove on Lake Catherine. Wright was unhurt in the incident. Mandatory Credit: Jon Lemoine-US PRESSWIRE 345 Sept 26, 2009; Hot Springs, AR, USA; pro eliminator driver Heather Metiza during qualifying for the Smokin In The Cove on Lake Catherine. Mandatory Credit: Jon Lemoine-US PRESSWIRE 346 Sept 26, 2009; Hot Springs, AR, USA; pro eliminator driver Jerry Hardwick during qualifying for the Smokin In The Cove on Lake Catherine. Mandatory Credit: Jon Lemoine-US PRESSWIRE 347 Sept 26, 2009; Hot Springs, AR, USA; pro eliminator driver John Elliot loses his blower belt during qualifying for the Smokin In The Cove on Lake Catherine. Mandatory Credit: Jon Lemoine-US PRESSWIRE 348 Sept 26, 2009; Hot Springs, AR, USA; pro eliminator driver John Elliot paddles his boat during qualifying for the Smokin In The Cove on Lake Catherine. Mandatory Credit: Jon Lemoine-US PRESSWIRE 349 350 Picture of the dam just past the finish line~ 351 352 353 My Pit Shots -> -> -> 354 355 356 357 358 359 360 361 362 363 364 365 366 367 368 369 370 371 372 373 374 "JELLO SHOT ANYONE!?!?!?!?!..." "Second Pleasure crews good..." View Comments... 375 376 377 378 379 380 381 382 383 384 385 386 387 388 389 390 391 392 393 394 395 396 397 398 399 400 401 402 403 404 405 406 407 408 409 410 411 412 413 414 415 416 417 418 419 420 421 422 423 424 425 426 427 428 429 430 431 432 "Plenty of time for a nap d..." View Comments... 433 434 435 436 437 "The crew of Second Pleasur..." View Comments... 438 439 440 441 442 "Aftermath of Second Pleasu..." View Comments... 443 "I hope everyone that gets ..." View Comments... 444 "The crew for Second Pleasu..." View Comments... 445 446 No Comment on these two! :-))) 447 448 449 Me & Jon 450 451 Preping for the Butt Dart Races! Not what you think :-))) Go to Bill Deiz pits on Sat. Night for the Butt Dart Race Finals...You will have a great time & laugh till you cry!! ;-) 452 453 454 455 456 457 458 459 460 461 462 463 464 465 466 467 468 469 "My name is Mike Russell an..." View Comments... 470 471 472 473 474 475 476 477 478 479 480 481 On the road back home to the west coast! 482 483 484 485 486 487 488 From Right to Left~ Jon-Peggy Sue & I...We will see you in Phx. Az. World Finals ;-)
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