Guest Blog by Brett Seubert, president, UMPBA
The Upper Midwest Power Boat Association hosted its second race of the 2024 series in Pelican Lake, Wis., on July 20. A cornerstone stop for the UMPBA racing series, the group has been racing at Pelican lake since 2015. Boats with Mercury Racing Power took the checkered flag in four out of the six classes. With the next UMPBA race only two weekends away, the racers will be scrambling to test and tune trying to move up spots to position themselves for high points at the end of the year. The top three finishers in all classes are below:
65mph class:
- Scott Kunke
- Craig Moore
- Aaron Ashenbrenner
75mph class:
- John Moore
- Marc Gajdos
- Kevin Johnson
85mph class:
- Chad Schram
- Bob Carlson
- John Moore
95mph class:
- Nick Peterson
- Ed Lamb
- Sam Tennessen
105mph class:
- Chris Daniels
- Dan Bulger
- Brett Seubert
Unlimited class:
- Chris Daniels
- Jason Fandre
- Brett Seubert
The Upper Midwest Power Boat Association’s has two more stops in its 2024 series: Bullheads Bar and Grill Drag race in Stevens Point, Wis., on August 10, and a two-day race on the Wolf Ricer in Fremont, Wis., on September 7 and 8.
Mercury Racing, in its commitment to Wide Open and its history in powerboat racing, is proud to serve as a season sponsor of the UMPBA. The UMPBA is a non-profit organization that started in 2005, dedicated to bringing the thrill of high-performance boating to its local communities. It has classes that are open to all types of propulsion systems: outboards, inboards, jets, v-drives, as long as the entrant stays within the MPH limit of whatever bracket they are racing. The brackets are set up at 10 mph intervals and range from 65 mph under to 95-105 mph, with an additional unlimited class where any speed goes. The UMPBA uses a system by LiveTime Scoring to monitor speeds and any boats breaking out of the mph brackets. It is a GPS/Transponder based speed and data accusation system used across many powersport platforms from F1 boats to racing drones.
