Tuesday morning when we were walking the pits, Bob was able to spend a few minutes with us and go over his acomplishment over the last season.

Offshore Super Series Announces New Board of Directors and By-Laws Changes

Indianapolis, IN.

The Offshore Super Series Powerboat Racing Association, (OSS) announced today the election results for the 2010 OSS Racing Season. The Owner Members had two items on the ballot; the first passed item was to adopt changes to the By-Laws of OSS; the most significant change being to allow a different makeup of the OSS Board. Previously, the Board Members were exclusively representatives of the OSS racing classes. With this change, the Board will include persons from outside of OSS Race teams. The objective is to allow for a more diverse spectrum of experience, personalities, backgrounds, and interests to help promote and maintain the high standards of OSS and to further the sport of offshore powerboat racing.   

The second item presented for vote was the approval of the following Directors to the OSS Board; Sherwood R “Woody” Bailey, Jr. from Gulfport, Mississippi.  Mr. Bailey holds a B.A. from the University of Alabama, a Juris Doctorate from the University of Mississippi and is the President of Bailey Lumber and Supply Co. In addition to his business experience, Bailey has extensive knowledge and experience with both profit and not for profit associations, Board member positions and event productions, including the site of the OSS inaugural race and annual season opener, Smokin’ the Sound.

William “Bill” Reitenour, from Miamisburg, Ohio, is the third generation of an auto racing family and is currently the CEO of his daughter’s NASCAR Whelen All American Series team, Megan Reitenour Racing, LLC. Reitenour has an extensive background including technical and leadership experience in all aspects of racing operations and managing, marketing/sales and customer service. His resume also includes promoting races, assisting in race track inspections, the development of new events, fundraisers, and experience with association officer positions, meetings, racing rules and regulations.

C. Richard “Rick” Davis of Indianapolis, Indiana is a graduate of Indiana University’s Law School and also holds a B.S. in Business Finance from I.U. After attending the University of Michigan Law School, where he was editor of the Michigan Law Review, he practiced law in New York City with a preeminent Wall Street law firm.  He is a Managing Director of Oxford Financial Group in Indianapolis. Davis’ unique background in law and financial planning, along with his experience with numerous associations, charitable and philanthropic organizations, should prove to be a valuable addition to the OSS Board. Rick has donated his time and 39′ Cigarette Top Gun for the past several years as Pace One at OSS races.

Michael E. “Mike” Mares, from Troy, Michigan attended Western Michigan University and is General Manager of Cummings Moore Graphite Company (CMGC) in Detroit. Mr. Mares has worked for CMGC for over four decades. He currently serves on two other Boards; one for Grafitos Mexicanos and one with the National Ag-Based Industrial Lubricants Program (NABIL), affiliated with the University of Northern Iowa.  Mike has been with the OSS organization from its inception.  Mike was Team Manager for Airborne / Big Thunder Racing for three years and then joined the staff in 2004 as Crane Referee.  Mike continues to serve as Director of Race Control, a position awarded in 2006.

Randy Schleuss, from Edison, New Jersey is the owner of Quality Air of South Plainfield, New Jersey and co-owner of the Super Vee Lite Team Typhoon. Schleuss will be the Owners’ Member representative elected to the newly designed Board. He has been racing since 1998, winner of 4 World Championships and a member of OSS since its inaugural year in 2004. In 2008, Randy was presented with the Randy Linebach Lighthouse Award, an honor voted annually at the Biloxi, MS. race “Smokin’ the Sound” by the OSS membership for the racer in any category demonstrating exceptional teamwork, sportsmanship and camaraderie.

Offshore Super Series extends its gratitude and thanks to the outgoing board members for their work, dedication and commitment to the both the association and the offshore racing community. Among the first orders of business when the new Board convenes will be to appoint officer positions, review results from team surveys, complete plans with other race organizations to confirm the 2010 schedule and outline their new ideas and vision for an exciting 2010 season of offshore racing.

The OSS is a not for profit association dedicated to the advancement of the further development and growth of offshore powerboat racing in North America. For more information, please visit our web site at www.offshoresuperseries.com

Overall winners

Supercat -Renegade

Supercat lite- In The Red

Performance Classes

Class 1- AVR XP100

Class 2- Who’s Racing

Class 3- Doing Big Things

Class 4- Team Coyote

Class 5- Torcarr

Class 6- American Flag

Congradulations to all winners; as always you all make us proud to be part of POPRA

POPRA would like to welcome the folks at Tracking International that will be joining us this weekend in San Diego. They will be live streaming video and tracking our races live. You will be able to watch the coverage of the race as it happens. http://www.trackinginternational.com/tracking/

Fundraiser benefiting  POPRA

September 18^th from 7 - 11pm.

Come join us for a fun evening of cards and with your best poker face as you test your skills with fellow racers and friends.   The evening will start with Registration around 6:30pm, we will kick things off at 7pm, Paradise Point Spa and Resort.

The cost per seat will be $50, you will be given 500 chips to start. 

We will have a second optional buy in at 8:30pm for $25, for 250 chips.  We will be playing for chips, top three chip leaders at 10:30pm will be awarded prizes.

• 1^st Place -  Boat, RV or Truck washing by team AVR in their Daisy Dukes!
• 2^nd Place - 1 hr massage by Rob “RODDD” Hunguss!
• 3^rd Place - Free “Cup Check” from Rawin courtesy Team Pig Iron!

 **Ok, just kidding,  all of the above will be made available for the right price**

We will also be having a raffle for various prizes, we have already collected some great items that everyone will have a use for!  The raffle tickets will be sold at the door and prizes will be awarded through out the evening.

 We will be playing by Texas Hold’m rules

• Large and Small blinds will be identified, adjusted accordingly.
• Dealer marker will be identified, large blind to the left of dealer marker, small blind to the left of large blind.
• Table will be dealt two cards and balance of five community cards will be dealt, betting will occur upon card turn of each community card.
• Winner shall be awarded based on standard poker hands, there are no wild cards, no jokers.
• Should a tie occur, pot is split equally.
• Players may go all in at anytime
• There will be a running clock that will signal when the anti will go up.
• There will be a 20 minute recess at approximately 8:50 - 9:10 pm. At this point we will do the raffle and the auction as well as offer a second buy in.

 Per Seat Buy In

Per Seat Cost - $50 = 500 chip count

Mid Point Buy In - $25 = 250 chip count

Prize Purse

1^st Place - $500.00

2^nd Place - $250.00

3^rd Place - $100.00

First Four of Kind - will be awarded a $100 prize.

First Royal Flush - will be awarded a $100 prize.

First Looser - will be awarded an “ass healing” - 4 pack Toilet Paper &          Preparation H, (must be applied by self)!

Raffle Tickets

• Each Registered participant will receive 5 raffle tickets.
• Additional tickets may be purchased for $20 (5).
• There will be some items that will be auctioned off. There will be a licensed / registered Auctioneer from the State of Iowa on hand to do the auctioning.
• Some of the items that will be auctioned off will be kept secret until the night of the event. The reason being some of the participants may be directly involved or affected by the item. Curious? We are too.
• Please keep in mind, all of the money that is collect will be donated to Pacific Offshore Powerboat Racing Association

 Raffle and Auction Prizes

• Three Wine cooler/Bottle Wine - Valley View Casino
• Two VIP Pens - Valley View Casino
• Two Picture Frame Clocks - Valley View Casino
• Four Shirts - Poker Dogs - Valley View Casino
• One Pair Tickets, Four Tops & Temptations, 5^th row - Valley View casino
• Two Virgin Mobile X-TC handsets w/ 1K pre-paid minutes - Kyocera.
• Two BlueTooth headsets - Superior Communications
• Beauty Basket/Hair Products - Sarah Wong, Stylist
• Marine Products - Advantage Marine
• Products - Pure Power Marine Products
• Marine Products - Temecula Marine
• Marine Products and Apparel- Teague Custom Marine
• 1 Case Energy Drink - VIP Energy
• Marine Product - Race Pak
• Gift Cards - Team In The Red
• 1 Case of Beer - Sierra Nevada
• Shirts - Rock N Roll Couture
• Poker Chips - International Paving Solutions

…………Just to name a Few

We really appreciate all of you who have contributed. We had no idea that the response would be this big. I look forward to seeing you all on Friday Night.

Thanks,

George & Troy

Don’t miss all of the action this weekend, the POPRA Offshore boats are thundering into the premier spotlight for the weekends events.