F1 Boats Joining the Arkansas Fun

Arkansas Crystal Cup logo 2 960x320Our friend Frantz, from Arkansas continues to make progress on what is normally a tight schedule to bring Unlimited Hydroplane Racing to the State of Arkansas. You may know that he gained so much ground – so quickly – the State of Arkansas and Lake Dardanelle couldn’t react as quickly as he was plowing through details.

The man can pull together some action.

His latest accomplishment?  The F1 Powerboats on planning on being there!  If all goes well, the 2014 schedule will not only host Unlimited Hydroplane Racing on the Lake, the F1 boys will be joining in the fun.


With a new Information and Resources section, Frantz has added some F1 information on the Arkansas Crystal Cup site.  Check it out – it should prove to be a great addition to what is already shaping up to be a fine event.

That is if everyone can keep up with Frantz!

Dave

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  • March 9, 2013 at 7:54 PM
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    I’ll drive in from Dallas for a 3 day family vacation.

  • March 6, 2013 at 9:58 AM
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    First I would like to give a “BIG” congratulations to Doug in Idaho for a job well done. I am so happy for him and his efforts that now offer us a new race site. Dave here at UHR has been asking me how this all came about. Well, now that a have a bit of a lull, I can take a moment to explain.

    I used to watch the boats on TV, and loved them. I absolutely love the hydroplane design, the rooster-tails, the sound, and everything that goes with this sport.

    Then they seem to have gone away when the Bud quit racing, away from TV that is. I haven’t thought of the boats for years. They might have been on certain programming that I was unaware of, or I didn’t have that particular tier with my TV package.

    I went to a local hobby shop one day looking for a particular item I thought they might carry. While there, I asked if they carried RC boats? They answered no, but it just so happened there was a nitro Formula Boat 1/12 scale replica hydroplane, sitting on the floor, in a corner. The owner of the store picked it up, and informed me it was there on consignment.

    I probably looked like a kid in a candy store, this thing was just beautiful. I asked him what he thought was a fair price because I thought the one on it was a little steep, considering I didn’t know squat about the boat or price. He suggested a price, and I thought it was fair. He said he would make the offer to the owners, and let me know the outcome.

    After a few days, I got a call and they accepted the offer. After picking the boat up, and running it a few times, I decided I didn’t want my boat looking like everyone’s, so I went to a graphics designer, and had some new decals of a Miss Arkansas, and Razorback themes done for the boat. It turned out great (a real eye catcher). Being most in the state are Razorback fans, the new decals are a real hit.

    During all of this, I was trying to finish up my “man cave.” So, just for the heck of it, I thought I would contact Formula Boats to try and get some posters etc. from them. I explained to them I had one of the replicas of their boat, and could I get some posters or pictures from them to dress up the man cave. They were very helpful to send me some cool pics to dress up the walls.

    I can’t say for sure what happened next but I remember saying something to the wife about how cool it would be to have a race here. One morning while in the shower, the Lord asked me if I wanted to do this (get a race for Arkansas.) I said “yes, sir I would.” He told me, “let’s do it then!”

    I remember calling Formula Boats back and asked them who I needed to contact for such information. With that information I contacted H1. They sent me some info, and I poked around on the web some, and “bada-bing” I was off and running.

    Never had I done anything like this before, and didn’t have a clue of where to start, so I just winged it. If you have kept up with my adventure on this site, you can see it has been a daunting one. I encourage anyone who would like to have their own race, too, to just get out there and start the process.

    For me, it has been a very rewarding experience so far. Thanks to the Lord, Dave at UnlimitedHydroplaneRacing.com, and a multitude of wonderful people, my heart’s desire and dream is coming true.

    So, as Paul Harvey use to say, “that’s the rest of the story.”

    We can blame all of this on an RC boat.

    Frantz

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