2014 POPRA Races, Lake Perris, Ca. - pics here

[HB Vic]

I'm not going to lie, this event needs a lot of shoring up before it will draw sizable crowd. In defense of the organizers, break downs are hard to anticipate. I also heard other boats who promised to show, did not show. Two boats finished. Several others broke or had mechanical issues.

I will say this, for my first ever visit to Lake Perris, I was pleasantly surprised. Its actually a pretty large body of water. And the areas surrounding the lake appeared to be very clean and almost inviting (if you wanted to take a swim). The water itself looked pretty clean. Much cleaner than a few of the lakes we currently visited. The spectator areas are vast and the SRA people didn't seem to bother anyone about where they parked or what they were doing.

This event has a lot of potential. This was the first annual, so I really look forward to the 2nd annual. With more racers/participants, this event has a lot to look forward to. Kudos to the P.O.P.R.A. people and SCCA for putting this together and making a very good attempt at it. Again, no one can anticipate breakdowns and/or mechanical issues, so I think this will be less of a issue in the future.

This lake has potential. Mix in some GN's, K's and maybe fuelers and other classes and you'll have a helluva event.

Some pics from Saturday. Enjoy.