Saturday will host a 100 mile enduro for the guys who have “the need for speed lasting more than an hour”,,, Following the enduro there will be a 2-hr start clinic utilizing holders and bandstarts. If you are headed to WF’s, you are welcome to practice as much as you want. After the clinic, there will be slalom showdowns, short track oval racing for the standups, and Australian Pursuits for all classes.
After all that, we will host our annual racer appreciation bbq which will be followed by R/C car racing lakeside under the lights, and when thats done – its all about hanging out with some cool people, some exotic beverages, exchanging war stories, (and doing Jagger Bombs at the Ski Clinic Trailer.)
Sunday features a full day of Outlaw Double Point Series Racing with 3 heats for every class. The X-treme 550′s All Out will be racing for a sizeable cash can and gifts, and the Ski Clinic will be showing off the new B.O.B freestyle ski with freestyle exhibitions inbetween heat rounds.
And at the end of the day when the smoke clears…
The top (10) 850 Superstand expert/intermediate racers and the top (10) SCXP Supersit Expert/Intermediate racers from the north and south will face off for a mini rematch of the 2008 Norcal / Socal Shootout.
I have had the 5 1/2 foot tall Shootout trophy sitting in my living room for a year and I want to see it on display by the region who earns it. A few racers came up with the idea of having a “mini shootout” at Jet Effect and thats something we can do, but unlike last time, it can’t be tallied by results of all the classes, and it can’t affect the regular points series racing taking place.
So how do we have a shootout at Jet Effect that doesn’t interfere with ~
A 100 mile enduro, a 2 hour start clinic with holders and band starts, a slalom showdown,
standup short track oval racing, australian pursuits, a rider appreciation bbq dinner, r/c car racing under the lights, and on sunday… 3 heats of double points outlaw series racing, x-treme 550′s all out, and freestyle demos???
I want to see the best of the best go handlebar to handlebar to claim a years worth of regional bragging rights , and using the day’s race efforts to qualify for the startline of the shootout race makes the most sense to me. All season long we have had full startlines of 850 expert intermediate standups at every race and ironically, these are most the guys headed to do battle at the upcoming World Finals so… I’d like to see the shootout consists of 2 classes. The 850 Superstand Experts and the SCXP Supersit Experts.
At the completion of Sunday’s regular racing, I want to do some quick scoring with the girls and determine who the top 5 racers are from both divisions and regions. It has to be an equal number from both regions, so if there are 4 socal guys racing 850 expert and 8 norcal guys, the top 4 norcal standups will go up against the 4 socal guys and do battle. How you place overall during the day determines if you make the shootout, so thats a little extra incentive to let it rip all day on sunday. Same principle with the scxp sits, and if we don’t have enough sit entrys, we will roll that offer to the Sport Sit GP 1100 class. Ideally I would like to see the top 5 socal Standup racers of the day going up against the top 5 norcal guys. Same with the Sits. The results of the Standup race and Sitdown race will be scored and the region with the highest score takes the trophy home for a year.
All this will be dependant upon the number of entries we see at jet effect.
Its a double points race, so the norcal guys in the chase will definately be there for double points. I’ve heard a rumor a few socal guys are headed up here to get some last minute racing in before WF. If they come up in force, this could turn out to be a pretty cool couple of races to watch at the end of the day.
You all know we like to lay out some decent sized courses with at least 2 splits.
This course will be no different, and I am looking for the shootout standup race to be at least 10 laps – and the sitdown shootout race 12 or 14. Aside from some braggin rights, a huge trophy, and maybe some individual bling here and there, I think these 2 shootout races will bring an awesome end to a great couple days of racing.
There is an ongoing thread on the Norcal pages titled DJSA Jet Effect Racers…
If any of you Socal guys who don’t view the norcal threads that often are interested in representing Socal, the red carpet is out to you. The SCXP Supersits are looking like they are going to have a full house and I would like to see an equal balance for the Superstand Expert-Intermediates as well.
There is no charge for the clinic or play racing on saturday
There is no charge for the BBQ or R/C car racing saturday night
Sundays entry fees for 3 heats of racing are already at their usual rock bottom levels
$40 for 650 stands and X2′s
$50 for all other classes
$20 for each additional class with a limit of 3 total classes for the day
X-treme 550′s All Out – no entry. 30 bucks in the can gets you to a vintage startline with 100 % payback.
There is no additional entry fee for the 2 main event shootout races ending the day sunday.
If you are interested in coming up north, please jump over to the norcal thread and put your name under the classes you run, how many crew/guests for dinner, and what region you represent if running a shootout class. (850 Superstand Expert/Intermediate / SCXP Supersit Exp/Int / or Sport Sit 1100 Exp/Int GP as an alternate class) Salt Springs is truely a Jet Ski Racer’s paradise. The lakeside camping and waterside pits are awesome, but the best part of all – is the truely great people who come out to race.
Socal – if you guys wanna battle to have this pretty cool trophy on display for a year at your favorite dealership or sponsor’s display case – all we need is 5 or 6 of your best 850 Standup racers and a few more SCXP Supersits to make it a fair fight. The invitation is there if you want it.
Any questions about classes, our rules, the x-treme 550 class, or anything else, please email or call me.
Full race and lodging info will be posted in a few days on the site. I thank you for your interest.
In the meantime, stay safe, ride smart, and keep it fun!
Jim Lambert
DJSA
djsadelta@sbcglobal.net
(925) 303-0713 (925) 303-0713
To the talented 145 outlaw course racers, 26 enduro racers and 11 freestylers who ran our races in 2009, the fans of n.calif thank you and your crews for all the great racing and good times you gave us. Thanks for an awesome year and we look forward to seeing you soon in 2010!
