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2005 IJSBA
World Finals, Lake Havasu, Havasu City AZ, October
11th – 16th
The 24th annual IJSBA World Finals – the world’s largest watercraft event
will include closed course ski and runabout racing,
slalom and the popular freestyle competition. The
Skat-Trak World Finals draws the sport’s elite
competitors, competing for more than $100,000 in
prize money and awards.
The 2005 Skat-Trak World Finals will attract more than 800 world-class
racers and athletes from across the globe and
feature auxiliary events and mini-moto racing in a
world-class venue. In addition, the event will have
live concerts and an interactive lifestyle festival
spread over 12 acres.
More than 50,000 spectators enjoy Performance Alley – a PWC aftermarket
and consumer interactive festival featuring
large-scale displays from the top manufacturers of
watercraft, parts and apparel, and other lifestyle
brands, as well as food and beverage concessions
including the Budweiser Beach Bar. Other activities
include daily athlete autograph signings, DJs, guest
emcees and prize giveaways. Live regional and
national musical acts will perform on the Skat-Trak
World Finals Concert Stage
Freddy Vaca
from Dallas Texas qualifies for the 2005 IJSBA world
finals in two classes, Amateur R/A 1200 Open and
Novice R/A 1200 Limited. Only 13 other riders
qualified for the main race in Novice R/A 1200
Limited and 16 in Amateur R/A 1200 Open. This is
Vaca’s second year qualifying for the mains in two
classes at the World Finals.
Vaca
suffered an unfortunate mechanical difficulty
costing him the world championship. During moto one
in Novice R/A 1200 Limited class, Vaca was towed off
the water as his race craft lost fuel pressure
during the final lap trailing race leader
Mitchell Newlin in second
place. In moto two, Vaca takes back the lead
finishing in 1st place. With the
combined scores in moto one and two, Vaca finishes 6th
overall in the world.
On
Thursday, October 13th Vaca qualified for
Amateur R/A 1200 Open race against some of the
biggest names in PWC racing. Novice, Expert and
Pro-Am classes where combined for the first time
into one race, Vaca was the only registered Novice
rider for this race. During the qualifying heat
race, Vaca collided with Billy Deerman going into
the first turn. Vaca finished 4th
securing his position into the main race. Only the
top 6 riders from each heat race transfer to the
main race along with the top four racers from the
last chance qualifier (LCQ) race, Vaca finished 14th
overall competing against expert and pro-am riders.
Vaca will be attending the 2005 Kings Cup in
Thailand this coming December. Vaca will also
be going on a US tour this coming March which will
include stops in Florida, Ohio, California and New
York.
Freddy
would like to thank the following sponsors and
individuals for making this race season possible:
Title
Sponsors: Kenny Sims (Sims Racing), Pinnacle
Technical Resources, American Airlines, Excelsior
Services, Coca-Cola, LogistiCorp, Full Throttle
Energy Drink, Judge Motor Sports and The Houston
Real Estate Group, Inc.
Rider
Support: RIVA Racing, NOVI, Enterprise rent-a-car,
AP Designs, Stadium Yamaha, Utopia Optics and UMI
Racing.
Media:
Univision, Propeller Magazine and Ride Magazine.
Individuals: Jeff Wright (team mate), Jeremy Styno
(holder), Jimmy Parsal and Brian Suitt.
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