2009 Lakeland - 1st photos

[Original Looper 1]

You couldn't ask for better weather today for the 2009 Orange Cup Regatta at Lakeland, FL. It was absolutely picture perfect. The crowd of spectators was the largest that we have seen in the past 25 years. Cars and people lined the entire south, west and north ends of the lake. We had to park almost a mile away from the pits.

The dry pits were packed with boats from all over the country. Here are some of them, with more to follow.

Hey Frank, here's your pictures.

Enjoy.


Paul A Christner


(Please note: These photos are for your enjoyment and are not to be copied or posted to any other web site without my written permission.)

[Original Looper 1]

Round 2 of photos from the 2009 Orange Cup Regatta at Lakeland, FL. There was everything here today from K Pro & JH to C Stock to Modifieds to Jersey Speed Skiffs.


Enjoy.


Paul A Christner


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[Original Looper 1]

Round 3 of photos from the 2009 Orange Cup Regatta at Lakeland, FL, today. There were lots of first class raceboats and teams at this event, as you can see from these photos taken in the dry pit area.


Enjoy.


Paul A Christner


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[Master Oil Racing Team]

.....you're timing have could not have been better for Frank. I would love to watch those guys run at Lakeland. I've only seen alky and stock run there. It would be interesting to see these boats on that high speed circle.:cool: Thanks for the pics.

[Original Looper 1]

Round 4 of photos from the 2009 Orange Cup Regatta at Lakeland, FL. Some of the teams at this year's event include well known names such as Amsoil, Rinker Racing and Geico. The last few photos from this round are of the C Stock Runabouts.

Several of the teams asked us to say hi to Ron Hill for them.

Enjoy.


Paul A Christner



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[Original Looper 1]

Round 5 of photos from the 2009 Orange Cup Regatta at Lakeland, FL. The last photo in this round is of a new designed Austin runabout owned by Tom Nuccio. Tom's boat took both heats of his class today - he smoked the competition.


Enjoy.


Paul A Christner



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[Original Looper 1]

Round 6 of photos from the 2009 Orange Cup Regatta at Lakeland, FL. Chris Hellsten, a Title Series champion, was in attendance. I also ran into Buddy Tennell, another Title Series champ. His wife, Jean, was busy all afternoon taking race photos. Jean took some really amazing action photos at last year's races and we're all looking forward to seeing her pictures from this year's Orange Cup Regatta. The 2nd photo is of Wendy Eldredge, after winning the 1st heat of K Pro. The 3rd photo in this group is a better shot of the new Austin runabout. The rest of this group of photos are of the C Stock Runabouts.

Enjoy.


Paul A Christner



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[Original Looper 1]

Round 7 of photos from the 2009 Orange Cup Regatta at Lakeland, FL. The 1st photo here is of Wendy Eldredge after finishing 1st in the 2nd heat of K Pro. Wendy had to back off at the start of the heat as she was way early, letting 2 other boats take a big lead. In spite of the bad start, Wendy quickly caught, then passed the rest of the boats and went on to a strong finish. Way to go, Wendy.

The 6th photo here is of one of the boats being lifted by a crane over the top of the palm trees and into the water.

The last 3 photos in this group are of the Jersey Speed Skiffs, which put on quite a show.

Enjoy the photos.


Paul A Christner



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[Original Looper 1]

Round 8 of photos from the 2009 Orange Cup Regatta at Lakeland, FL.

Enjoy.


Paul A Christner



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[Original Looper 1]

Round 9 of photos from the 2009 Orange Cup Regatta at Lakeland, FL.

Enjoy.


Paul A Christner



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[Original Looper 1]

Last round of photos from the 2009 Orange Cup Regatta at Lakeland, FL. The 2nd photo is of Don Eldredge, patriarch of the Eldredge Racing Team and a long time friend.

Well Frank, I hope we posted enough photos from today to make you a happy guy tonight. Hang in there, tax season will be over before you know it.

Enjoy.


Paul A Christner



(Please note: These photos are for your enjoyment and are not to be copied or posted to any other web site without my written permission.)

[Hottrucks]

thanx for taking the time........how about more OB stuff how was the racing in 45 and 120??

[fbref5269]

hi paul,

my weekend is complete with the postings yeaterday and today. i needed to see what warm weather looks like while i'm in my tax cave.

frank

[Amateur Photog]

Paul & Diane - Sorry I missed you guys this weekend!

Lakeland is always a challenge to try to get good racing shots. They have to set up the course so far out in order to be in deep enough water to be safe.

There were several professional photographers there giving me a severe case of lens envy and left me feeling like I brought a peashooter to a gunfight. Needless to say, most of my pics were taken very close to shore........

[Amateur Photog]

more from Lakeland

[Amateur Photog]

more......

[Amateur Photog]

Here are a few more.

[Ron Hill]

Thank you!!!!! Man it looked like a "BARN BURNER" race....

Cool to see everyone pulling together...weather looked great, when I get older, maybe I could take some time off and go to Lakeland!

[John Howe]

Good stuff!!! I`ll be adding more this evening.

[genetjr]

Look At The Number 25 And 33 Inboard Pic's Upper Left Hand Corner Looks Like Another Contender A Water Turkey!!!!!!!!!

[John Howe]

Sorry for not posting sooner, but it has really been a very hectic past few days! I didn`t get up to Lakeland on Friday until way late in the afternoon due to a work related fiasco late Thursday evening. I got to the pits with just about an hour left for testing. The pits were packed with a lot of race boats and the crews were busy trying to get laps in. All weekend long I kept running into friends that I hadn`t seen in a lot of years,..:) :):):)!!! Anywhat, here are some pics from that afternoon with a whole lot more to come!

[John Howe]

Duff Daily had to put his fire fighter training to use when the motor in the boat he was driving, owned by Glenn Koutney, went "kerblewy" while testing.

[Master Oil Racing Team]

Even though you wanted to take pics when you got there....the best part had to be walking through the pits and thinking about what you wanted to shoot, but your friends kept interrupting and pulling you aside.:cool: Looking forward to more pics and comments.