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2010

100th race for the Senior Brothers

The season started with our 3rd DNF in 4 years at the Barrie Beehag Classic, due to a brain and equipment malfunction!. Cameron Clydesdale did the observing.

At the Southern 80, we were finally "mowed down" by the younger competitors and faster boats. Our 4th place was our quickest ever Veterans time.

The Presidents Invitational Dash was a milestone for Rodney & Colin Senior as we skied together for the 100th time behind our own boats (Kamikaze and Cigarette), and were again pleased with our 5th place.

In 6 litre, we beat our previous best time by 50 seconds, 36:10, coming 2nd behind Mojo.

At Robinvale, we placed 2nd in Veterans and 3rd in 6 litre.

At Mildura in Veterans, the team received our first disqualification in 29 years of racing, after crossing the line 3rd; and in 6 litre, we came fifth.

Overall results for 2010: No wins, two 2nds, one 3rd, one 4th, one 5th, one DNF, one disqualification.

We had our regular driver, Phil "Ned" Kelly, and were pleased to have our regular observer, Phil Hickey, back in the observers seat for the season.

 

Barrie Beehag
6 Litre - DNF

Southern 80
Veterans - 4th - 7:41
Presidents Invitational – 5th
6 Litre – 2nd - 36:10

Robinvale
Veterans – 2nd - 6:03
6 Litre – 3rd - 35:02

Mildura
Veterans – Disqualified - 5:51
6 Litre – 5th - 40:32

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2009

4 consective Southern 80 Veterans wins

After 3 attempts at the Barrie Beehag Classic we finally finished the race, which resulted in a win & a race record 27:32.
Allan Linke did the observing, as Phil Hickey was unavailable for the season.

At the Southern 80, we chose to sponsor the Greg Atkins Memorial trophy for the Veterans winner, and we were pleasantly surprised to win it.

We were surprised with our 4th consecutive win in Veterans, and we were very pleased with our 4th place in the Presidents Invitational Dash.

Due to a engine problem as we crossed the finish line during the Dash, we had withdrawn from Sunday's race, before the race was cancelled due to the Black Saturday bushfires.

At Robinvale, we placed 3rd in both Veterans and 6 litre and at Mildura we placed 2nd in Veterans & we chose to pull out at the turn around point in 6 litre with some oil pressure problems!

Overall results for 2009: 2 wins, one record, one 2nd, two 3rds, one 4th, one DNF.

Mark Boyer & Shaun Williams shared the observing duties for the Southern 80, Robinvale & Mildura. Thank you, Allan, Mark & Shaun. Thank you also to our driver Phil "Ned" Kelly.

Barrie Beehag
6 Litre – 1st (Record) 27:32

Southern 80
Veterans – 1st - 7:54
Presidents Invitational – 4th
6 Litre – Race Cancelled

Robinvale
Veterans – 3rd 5:54
6 Litre – 3rd 34:42

Mildura
Veterans – 2nd 5:54
6 Litre – DNF

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2008

3 WINS, 1 RACE RECORD

The season started with the Barrie Beehag Classic in Echuca in October.
Our regular observer, Phil Hickey was unavailable, so thanks to John Baumgertel (Mildura & District Ski Club President) who helped us out, with Phil Kelly back in the drivers seat. Due to a small intellectual error, we failed to complete the race (and that’s all we have to say about that!)

Our Southern 80 results were almost perfect, with a win and race record in the 6 litre short course race, followed by our 3rd consecutive win in Veterans, beating Body Count by 0.34 seconds. The main race on Sunday didn’t go according to plan, with a missed start and broken cav plate bolts resulting in a fifth place.

At Robinvale, we again placed 2nd behind Hazy in Veterans and scored our first ever win (in Robinvale) in 6 litre with a time of 33 mins 37 secs
(1st leg: 16:49; 2nd leg: 16:48), placing us 15th outright.

We ended the season with 2 third placings at Mildura, with the boat pulling up well with no major injuries!

Overall results for 2008: 3 wins, one record, one 2nd, two 3rds, one 5th, one DNF (and 3 red faces!).

An interesting statistic in the Kamikaze v Kryptonite “rivalry”:
Kamikaze = 2 wins, Kryptonite = 2 wins!

Southern 80
Veterans – 1st 7:43
6 Litre Short Course – 1st (Record) 15:33
6 Litre Long Course – 5th 40:12

Robinvale
Veterans – 2nd 5:58
6 Litre – 1st 33:37

Mildura
Veterans – 3rd 5:45
6 Litre – 3rd 41:34

These images have been supplied by Dick Minchin at RMI Images
PH: 0427 061 780 www.rmiimages.com.au

2007

After the 2006 season Jonsey (Graeme Jones), driver and part boat owner announced his retirement after 25 years behind the wheel. Phil (Ned) Kelly put his hand up to drive the boat. Phil previously raced his own boat Harrazza back in the early 90's. We entered the inaugural Barrie Beehag Classic in November but failed to finish due to a "rattle" in the gear box. At the Southern 80, we came 3rd in the Short Course 6 litre event for the 3rd year in a row. We won Veterans for the 2nd year in a row coming in 3 seconds ahead of 3 supercharged unlimited boats, in 2nd, 3rd & 4th. Our time was 2 seconds quicker than last year. In the 6 litre Expert class we were heading for our 10th consecutive placing at the Southern 80, but unfortunately we broke the gear drive and failed to complete the course. (Our first DNF for 5 years at the Southern 80). At Robinvale we were beaten in Veterans by a Superclass boat Hazy (previously Moonshot). Our time was one second slower than the previous year. In 6 litre we completed the first leg in 16:41 (40 seconds quicker than our previous best time) but a missed start and major water leak (broken skeg bolt) pushed us back to a 6th place on the return leg. Chris Doonan drove the boat at both Robinvale and Mildura as Ned was unavailable. Mildura was our best result for the season with a win in Veterans, the time of 5:41 was 4 seconds quicker than our previous best in 2005. (This makes 4 wins in the past 6 veterans races). Our Veterans record now stands at 19 starts, 5 wins, 8 - 2nds, 3 - 3rds, 2- 4ths, 1- 5th, No DNFs. Two of our goals were achieved in 6 litre, breaking a leg time of 20 mins and breaking the overall time of 40 mins, 19:30 & 19:57 = 39:27, giving us 3rd place and 12th place outright. RESULTS: Southern 80: 6 Litre Short Course 3rd 16.31 Veterans 1st 7.48 6 Litre DNF Robinvale: Veterans 2nd 5.51 6 Litre 6th 36.45 Mildura 100: Veterans 1st 5.41 6 Litre 3rd 39.27 These images have been supplied by Dick Minchin at RMI Images PH: 0427 061 780 www.rmiimages.com.au

 

 

2006

2 WINS IN VETERANS

The season highlight was the consecutive wins in Veterans at the Southern 80 and Robinvale 80, including breaking the record, which was held by Agrovation since 1999.

The goal of beating turbo charged and supercharged boats with a 6 litre boat was achieved, but aiming for a 3rd consecutive win at Mildura,
Rodney let the team down by missing his start for the first time in a river race in 25 years. (He is now seeking counselling!).

The team again completed all races with no DNFs. Despite the Mildura 100 failure, the five races at the Southern 80 and Robinvale 80 were their quickest ever results.
Not bad for 2 “maturing” skiers.

RESULTS:

Southern 80:
6 litre short course 3rd 16.21
Veterans 1st 7.50
6 litre 3rd 37.20

Robinvale:
Veterans 1st 5.50 (race record)
6 litre 4th 17.23

Mildura 100:
Veterans 5th 7.54
6 litre 4th 42.35

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2005
A win finally at the Southern 80

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The boys from Kamikaze have "lost their marbles". After the Mildura DNF they decided to add some horsepower to the engine. Rod aged 43 & Col 46 should be looking at taking it easier but after 23 years of racing they still want to go faster. The engine now produces 690 hp. The engine man was disappointed not being able to achieve 2 hp per cubic inch. The engine measures 352 cubic inches. The boat was ready to go 5 days before the Southern 80, to achieve the following results: 6 Litre Short Course - 3rd Veterans - 2nd 6 Litre - 1st Yes, after 24 years of trying, this is their 1st win at the Southern 80. Rodney now has a tattoo recording the victory. The boat recorded a GPS speed of 102 mph (no skiers) and 94.8 mph max speed towing the 2 over 100 kg skiers during the Southern 80 - 6 litre short course. At Robinvale, for the first time in 9 veteran races they failed to place, coming 4th, but was only 10 seconds off first place. At Mildura the aim was to complete the veterans course under 6 minutes. Their time of 5:45 was better than expected averaging 91 mph and maximum speed of 93.8 mph. The time was only 11 seconds slower than Agrovation's record. They followed up with their 2nd win in 3 years the following day in the 6 litre inboard, with a time of 41:35 seconds - "Still Improving" The Cigarette/Kamikaze team have now had 5 wins in 23 years at the Mildura 100.

Southern 80 6 Litre Short course- 3rd Veterans - 2nd 6 Litre - 1st Robinvale 80 Veterans - 4th 6 Litre - Equal 5th Mildura 100 Veterans - 2nd 6 Litre - 1st

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The 2004 season saw Kamikaze competing in 5 events, with mixed results. The team showed a consistent performance in Veterans with 4 - 2nd places and one 3rd place.
The only success in the 6 litre event was 2nd at the Southern 80

Southern 80
Veterans - 2nd
6 Litre - 2nd

Murray Bridge 110
Veterans - 2nd
6 Litre - DNF

Bridge to Bridge
Veterans - 2nd
6 Litre - Who Knows?

Robinvale 80
Veterans - 3rd
6 Litre - DNF

Mildura 100
Veterans - 2nd
6 Litre - DNF