The sunshine and clear skies came out just in time to view the expansive wind power project south of Joliet, IL. The project must still be in the early stages as none of the massive turbines that were scattered across acres of soybean and corn fields were not yet turning. There must have been nearly 60+ already erected and more on the way. You could see large cranes in the distance piecing together these green energy giants. They seemed so small and fragile in the distance across the farm lands. That was until we bore witness to a single blade being hauled in on an extra long semi tractor trailer, the longest I’ve ever seen. That really put the size of the turbines and the project into perspective.

Down the freeway we learned just how skilled a crop dusting pilot must be. We first saw a small, single engine plane flying very close to the horizon. About a mile later the plane was just over the freeway, facing oncoming traffic. The plane then quickly pulled up and sharply cut back down to the left hand side of the road; making a pass across the length of the soybean field at speeds well over ours and at heights that wouldn’t allow a large truck to pass under.

When that row was finished, the pilot again cut over the freeway, making a large loop over the road, as if all the motorists came to a traveling aerobatics show; then on to the next row. The plane and it’s pilot continued to dance in the sky amidst the highway travelers, as if they were stuck to the pavement with glue and he was making up his own free flowing paths as he goes. Though the skies filled our excitement for the time being, we still had a very long road ahead of us and at the end of it is what’s really on our mind; the green waters of the Lake of the Ozarks.

We made it down just in time for a late dinner at Captian Ron’s where the Shootout is hosted for the second year in a row. Our goal for the next day was to set up our vendor booth, service some local dealers around the Lake of the Ozarks and get the biokleen boat launched to be ready for Friday’s pokerrun.

• Lake of the Ozarks Shootout 2009, Wednesday
• Lake of the Ozarks Shootout 2009, Thursday
• Lake of the Ozarks Shootout 2009, Friday
• Lake of the Ozarks Shootout 2009, Saturday
• Lake of the Ozarks Shootout 2009, Sunday
• Bio-Kleen Shootout YouTube Videos
• Bio-Kleen Shootout Flickr Pictures
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It did clear up a little for the day, but there was also a batch or two of slight sprinkles. The pokerrun had six stops: 1.Big Dicks, 2.The Fish & Co., 3.Dog Days, 4.Captain’s Galley, 5.Captain Ron’s and last and final stop 6.Franky & Louie’s where they would announce the winners. Each team received a card to be punched at each stop. Once everybody is back at Franky & Louie’s, contestants will draw seven cards, playing the best five card hand. Pokerrun committee chair Don Sylva said last years pokerrun attracted 105 boats. Sylva and co-chair Connie Weyer, who along with her husband Dave owns Advantage Marine in Sunrise Beach, hope to have 150-175 boats at the 2009 Shootout Pokerrun.

Biokleen had the honor of a special passenger for the Poker Run, Tamara, Miss Missouri. She was also kind enough to visit us back at the booth and give a helping hand. Be sure to vote for Tamara for Miss America.

Joy Schou and the crew from the Platinum Powerboat Club shacked up with us in the biokleen booth to sell T shirts for the Platinum Shootout Beach Bash that evening. Proceeds from the event support the areas local boy scouts. There’s also live music and free food and drink for attendees. The booth went extremely well for us to get the weekend started. After getting the booth closed up, it’s time to head to Franky & Louie’s to get our last cards and see who the winners are. Then back to Captain Ron’s for the Platinum Beach Bash. Tomorrow: everyone fires up their engines pursuing Top Gun status.

• Lake of the Ozarks Shootout 2009, Wednesday
• Lake of the Ozarks Shootout 2009, Thursday
• Lake of the Ozarks Shootout 2009, Friday
• Lake of the Ozarks Shootout 2009, Saturday
• Lake of the Ozarks Shootout 2009, Sunday
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The first goal for the second day at the Lake of the Ozarks Shootout 2009 was to put up the Bio-Kleen vendor booth at Captain Ron’s. This is the second year the Shootout is put on by Captain Ron’s and spearheaded by the owner, Ron Duggan. Last year was great, so we knew this year would be even better and well organized (always a huge plus). It was easy to find the biokleen booth space, as we’re in the same spot as last year, F21; a cozy spot nestled in front of a large tree, right in front of dock 3, just on the corner of Cannonball Beach.

We got the tent and booth all set up and after some lunch, we’re off to several marinas around lake of the ozarks selling bio-kleen marine & rv products. We took the winding, narrow, down-sloping roads from high ground of highway 54 to the marinas at the lake. We made deliveries to Millers Landing, Bidgeview Marine and Village Marina. We also had some time to demo some new products with Village.  Then we dropped the Biokleen Toter off at Excess Detailin’ for a wash. By the time we picked the toter up it has been a very long day and the evening is fast approaching. We had to first pick up the biokleen boat from Bob Morgan’s shop, then get it in the water.

We proceeded down the even windier, extra narrow and slightly steeper “road” to the launch ramp by the Niagara Bridge.  We knew it may prove to be a difficult landing with the toter and much to our surprise we had some extra help when we arrived. Bob Morgan and the entire crew was there launching the Bad Moon Risin boat. It also started to rain at this point and by the time we got the boat in the water… it was a torrential down pour, with cracks of lightening and high gust winds. It was difficult enough driving a motorhome down a paved road back to the rv park; I was just imagining Tim on the lake, getting the boat to the docks at Captain Rons.

We made it by land, and by water, safely back to Captain Rons. It continued to rain, blowing down branches, washing out roads and pushing all the fresh sand at Captain Ron’s beaches back into the lake. We were all soaked… completely, and were only interested in getting out of our wet clothes, drying out and starting fresh tomorrow. The biokleen boat is a pace boat for the pokerrun and the vendor booths open up as well. The official start of the Lake of the Ozarks 2009 Shootout is finally here.

View more blog posts, video and pictures from the Lake of the Ozarks Shootout 2009:

• Lake of the Ozarks Shootout 2009, Wednesday
• Lake of the Ozarks Shootout 2009, Thursday
• Lake of the Ozarks Shootout 2009, Friday
• Lake of the Ozarks Shootout 2009, Saturday
• Lake of the Ozarks Shootout 2009, Sunday
• Bio-Kleen Shootout YouTube Videos
• Bio-Kleen Shootout Flickr Pictures
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TOP V-Hull Professional Division: 136mph        Matthew Janssen-Driver, Dr. Michael Janssen-Throttle

TOP Cat Non-Professional Division: 171mph        Bill Pyburn

TOP V-Hull Non-Professional Division: 115mph        Jeff Becker

Top Cat Manufacturers Division: 159mph        Richard Prince

TOP V-Hull Manufacturers Division: 53mph        Mike “Gordo” Gordon

CLASS WINNERS     SPEED     DRIVER
PWC1     50     Alex Ashcroft
PWC2     67     Ron Wosel
PWC3     62     Louis Finigan
PWC4     63     Matt Clark
PWC5     79     Dan O’Keefe
MC4P2     159     Richard Prince
MP1S1     62     Carolyn Dorris
MP2S2     70     Jim Dorris
MV1M1     53     Mike “Gordo” Gordon
NC1P1     117     Larry Wiser
NC2F1     79     Phil Tremaine
NC2F2     99     Bruce Taylor
NC2M1     91     Danny McKinney
NC2P1     115     Warren Neighbour
NC2P2     139     Art DiNick
NC2S2     88     Aldo Waters
NC3F2     121     William Johnson
NC3M2     133     JD Onken
NC3P2     143     Greg Olson
NC4P2     171     Bill Pyburn
NC4S2     101     Bill Renzenberger
NC5P2     157     Gino Gargiulo
NC5S2     31     Timothy McNitt
NC6P2     153     Ronald Szolack
NCO1S1     81     Ralph Allison
NCO1S2     114     Zack Devier
NCO2M2     118     Jim Melley
NCO2S2     115     Steve Wallace
ND3S2     75     Lona Alexander/Bob Alexander
NP2P1     91     Ken Gouty
NV1F1     72     Jim Whittemore
NV1M1     84     Richard Pikul II
NV1P1     104     Leo Wiseman
NV1S1     67     Mark Fera
NV2F1     78     Howard Huntley
NV2M2     85     Brad Harrington/Jeremy Ressler
NV2P2     92     Jason Smith
NV2S2     73     John Humphrey
NV3F2     92     Don Sylva/Dave Weyer
NV3M2     115     Jeff Becker
NV3P1     94     Shawn Mercer
NV3P2     111     Ivan “Buck” Stracener
NV3S2     74     Randy Zehr
NV4F2     91     Al Brodbeck
NV4L2     110     Mark Tuck
NV4M2     101     John Malecky
NV4P2     114     Mike Lovergine            (Sponsored by Bio-Kleen)
NV5F3     90     Mike Schlup
NV5P2     94     Morechell Pryer
NV5P3     102     Scott Shogren            (Bio-Kleen Dealer)
NVO1S1     50     John Crabtree
NVO4S3     74     Terry Janssen
PC4S2     130     Bryan Haupt/Dennis Hillhouse    (Sponsored by Bio-Kleen)
PC5P2     177     Bob Bull
PC5P4     171     Bob Morgan            (Sponsored by Bio-Kleen)
PC6P2     196     David Scott/John Tomlinson
PD2P1     116     John “Kap” Caparell
PP1S2     91     Brad Rowland
PV2F1     91     Jeni Dunbar
PV4F2     102     Dan Davies
PV4P2     136     Matt Janssen
PV4Y2     96     Preston Moore
PV5F3     88     Tina Adler

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Team Amsoil Offshore Wins in Ocean City

Team AMSOIL attended the OPA season opener in Ocean City, Maryland which is the first race of the Geico Triple Crown series. Saturday testing required several setup changes including switching gear ratios to accommodate the rough conditions of the Atlantic Ocean.

After some severe weather, the conditions on Sunday were even rougher, presenting challenging conditions for the offshore teams. Team AMSOIL started in the first start of the main event with the other top class catamarans. Team AMSOIL’s arch rival in the Northeast, Motley Crew, was unable to make the start, which enabled Team AMSOIL to run unchallenged in the Super Cat Lite class. Team AMSOIL ran hard anyway, finishing fifth overall against the higher class Turbine powered, Extreme, and Super Cat 750 boats.

During the race, the severe sea conditions provided for a lot of super air time. Team AMSOIL’s Skater performed flawlessly, enduring the brutal conditions. This was a great run to prepare for the upcoming attempt to beat our own endurance record from Miami to Bimini and back, which will be attempted on June 12th off Sunny Isles Beach, Florida.

After the Sunny Isles record run and race, Team AMSOIL will be headed to Sarasota, Florida to compete in the annually well attended race on the 4th of July weekend.

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Team Amsoil Takes the Checkered

The AMSOIL Offshore Racing Team led both of its races from start to finish in the fierce OSS Cat Lite competition in both Cat Lite heats held at Lake Cumberland, KY on Sunday, May 10th. The Team AMSOIL 368 Skater was re-fitted with new Mercury 525 EFI engines and components just prior to the trip from California.

The new equipment was tested on Saturday by Bob Teague and Paul Whittier logging over 160 miles trying different set up combinations. The extensive testing combined with the newly prepared boat paid off by a dominant performance during the Sunday’s two races in which the finish points of each race were combined to determine the final winner.

Team AMSOIL started on the pole position in each Cat Lite heat and battled in beginning of each race with Team Propstop through the first couple of turns until gaining the lead. In each race, Team AMSOIL continued to extend the lead. At the end of the second race, Team AMSOIL established a lead on the rest of the fleet of nearly one-half lap.

This was the first offshore race ever held at Lake Cumberland. The spectators loved the event and Team AMSOIL was very popular with the fans as well as a number of AMSOIL dealers in the area.

Team AMSOIL credits the winning performance and reliability of its boat to the outstanding lubricants used in the engines and all systems in the boat. The new 15W50 Dominator Racing Oil allowed Team AMSOIL to log over 4000 racing miles on its Mercury Racing engines last year with not one engine problem. The Team has also proven that the absolute best oil for a Mercury dry-sump VISSM drive is AMSOIL “MCF.” After two years of racing, Team AMSOIL’s VISSM drives are still in new condition.

Team AMSOIL captured virtually every title possible in the Cat Lite Class during the 2008 racing season. The Team is the current OPA Cat Lite High Points Champion, OSS National and High Points Cat Lite Champion, and SBI Super Cat World Champion. Team AMSOIL is also the holder of the OSS World Endurance record for Miami to Bimini and back, and captured the POPRA World Kilo Record in its class with an official average speed of 131.981mph. Team AMSOIL is now headed to Ocean City, Maryland to compete in the first race of the Triple Crown Series on May 31st. As the defending champion of the Triple Crown Series, the Team intends to keep its title in the Northeast circuit.

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PB has now forged a strategic partnership with Fox Sports Network to produce two episodes on offshore boat racing. These segments will highlight the season-opening race in Biloxi, Mississippi, as well as recent race in Lake Cumberland, Kentucky.

Each exciting half-hour show will focus on the race and be enhanced with in depth interviews with the teams. In addition, viewers will get a unique perspective by getting a racer’s eye view from behind the wheel of these powerful machines.

The Biloxi race will air on Fox Sports Network on June 15. This will be followed by coverage of the Lake Cumberland race, set to air on June 22. Although air times were tentative at press time, they are expected to be broadcast between 3 and 5 p.m. Eastern Standard Time. Viewership is expected to reach a minimum of 50 million homes and a potential of 80 million.

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In an effort to raise money for the nonprofit organization Tread Lightly!, BioKleen has become involved in The 2009 Tread Lightly! Charity Auction on eBay June 1-11.

BioKleen strongly supports Tread Lightly!’s mission to promote responsible recreation through ethics education and stewardship.  All money raised will go to programs that will help keep the great outdoors beautiful, healthy and open to the public.  Over 175 products have been donated for the cause from companies throughout the industry, including BioKleen.

 “There has never been a more important time to give back to the outdoors,” said Tread Lightly!’s executive director Lori McCullough.  “In order to protect recreation access in these dynamic times, we have to act immediately to implement special communications, education, and restoration programs now.  This auction will make that possible.”

 For more information go to www.treadlightly.org or straight to the auction page.

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The popular street party on McCullough Blvd. kicked off the festivities on Thursday with a record number of vendors displaying the hottest race boats, pleasure boats and tow vehicles. For the second year the Bio-Kleen Team was there to showcase their Poker Run cigarette boat and marine and motorcycle cleaners. Bio-Kleen cleaning products can now be found all over the place in the Lake Havasu area including: Absolute Marine, Savage Marine, HTM2, Ron’s Custom Detail, Prestige, Car Toyz Car Wash, Hy-Tech, Pure Performance, High Torque Marine, Red Line Speed, Absolute Speed and Lake Havasu RV & Boat Storage. Way to go Havasu on keeping the waters clean.

The poker run on Friday turned out to be a beautiful 90 degree day. In this challenging economic climate it was phenomenal to have 170 boats participating. Each boat classed by speed from A-G paraded through the packed channel, under the London Bridge and on to the card stations. Lunch was hosted at the Nautical Resort, as well as the Friday night card turn in, which included munchies, brews and a live band.

Saturday the Lake of the Ozarks style Shootout was back again this year at Desert Storm. Hundreds of boats and spectators gathered at Rotary Park and watched the boats roar through the one mile course. Extremely fast boats in every size competed including Rick Bowling in Gone Again; a 38 foot Talon with a top speed of 141 mph. The King Of The Desert with a top speed of 174mph in 17.53 seconds was Greg Olson from Alliance, Nebraska in a 2007 thirty three foot Daytona called Fatal Attraction (video below). The awards banquet was held at the Lake Havasu Aquatic Center. The winners of the poker run hands were announced: 1st place was Jesse Lovato from Corona , CA with 4 of a kind aces, 2nd place with 4 of a kind jacks was Gunnar Strunz from Anaheim, CA and 3rd place went to Shelby Seder with 4 of a kind tens. $20,000 in cash and prizes were given away to the participants.

On Sunday the POPRA were in Thompson Bay with exciting close up offshore racing. One of the P2 boats rolled completely over, check the video below. The MTI CRC racing team took home the honors of the day. The 4 day spectacular was a successful, nearly incident free, safe event with all of the proceeds donated to the Soldiers Angels to help support the troops in Iraq and Afghanistan.

View all of Bio-Kleen’s Photos from the Desert Storm Pokerrun in Lake Havasu 2009

King of the Desert 2009, Greg Olson’s 174mph Run

Sunday POPRA Race Boat Roll

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Team AMSOIL Offshore Racing made the trek to Biloxi, Mississippi for the Offshore Super Series (OSS) Smokin’ the Sound Biloxi Offshore Kickoff, held March 26-29. OSS estimates that about 45,000 spectators enjoyed the races by watching from the beaches or hotels that line the Gulf Coast strip. Local radio station 104.9 FM broadcasted the racing coverage with the popular Talk Offshore radio show all afternoon. The races were also filmed for television and will air on Fox Sports Network later this year.

The road to Biloxi was not an easy one, as the Team had to complete many preparations prior to arrival at the race site, including complying with the new OSS regulations for 2009 which require each race boat to have a class-specific color painted on the tips of the sponsons. The AMSOIL boat debuted its flashy new look with the tips of both of its sponsons painted a bright red, the color that designates a Cat Lite entry. Team AMSOIL’s crew also went through and thoroughly inspected both outdrives, which have been running AMSOIL MCF oil all last season. Virtually no wear was detected on the internal drive components after 100 hours of racing.

The OSS racing at Biloxi followed a Heat Racing Format for the first time in the series. Seven separate races were held on Sunday, March 29 since Saturday’s conditions were too rough to race, so racing commenced around Noon and ended around 5pm. The Cat Lite class raced in two separate heats, each consisting of 4 laps. Cat Lite proved to be the most popular class at the Biloxi event, with a total of 6 boats entered to race.

During the first heat, the AMSOIL boat was hit by the Popeye’s boat on the first straightaway. After this minor collision during the mad dash for the first pin, AMSOIL was left in last place. With the shorter race format, it was difficult to make up all of the lost time, so the Team finished 3rd in the first heat. The second heat provided to be just as manic for Bob Teague and Paul Whittier. During the second lap, Team AMSOIL was pinched at the turn and had to run through the rooster tail of Team Prop Stop, while simultaneously running over the turn buoy. AMSOIL was able to grasp the 2nd place finish position in the second heat, but due to being penalized a lap for taking out the turn buoy, the Team had a final finish position of 5th place. In spite of the final outcome, Team AMSOIL put on a great show for the spectators with the tight racing format.

Team AMSOIL captured virtually every title possible in the Cat Lite Class during the 2008 racing season. The Team is the current OPA Cat Lite High Points Champion, OSS National and High Points Cat Lite Champion, and SBI Super Cat World Champion. Team AMSOIL is also the holder of the OSS World Endurance record for Miami to Bimini and back, and captured the POPRA World Kilo Record in its class with an official average speed of 131.981mph.

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