The Sunday action kicked off with a couple early qualifying heats of Super Stock race action and lined up in the first heat was Rob Devine in the SS6 machine in the outside lane, Dan Bertone in his Broad Minded SS29 entry, Skip Tuttle in the SS711 Kryptonite machine, Hal Jones in the Ray Pauli owned SS501 Pegasus machine, and the SS80 Wild Child machine with a mystery driver. I say mystery driver because the normal driver of the Paul Pfaff powered machine, Dave Bryant, was in the Pacific Northwest driving the U10 Unlimited Hydro. It was also difficult to tell who was driving because the driving suite and helmet were those that are normally worn by Bryant when he is in the seat of the SS80 machine. Team owner Dave Rankin turned the steering wheel and hammered the throttle in the 80 machine on Saturday but he swapped seats and was handling the driving chores for the GN24 Body Snatcher team of Ted Kolby on Sunday. Apparently Joey Cucci was sick and unable to drive on Sunday so Dave, who won in GN two years ago at the beach, was gunning for the Summer Nationals Championship in GN while fielding machines in SS, PS, and the K class. Back to the subject of who was driving the SS80 machine only one of the best, if not the best, drivers in the flatbottom sprint boat classes it was Ty Newton hopping back in the SS80 machine at Long Beach. If you remember Ty drove the SS80 machine a number of years ago for Dave and the Wild Child team for a heat or two when Dennis Rankin was unable to drive as a result of a wild crash up the Long Beach backstretch. Ty also crashed hard in the machine at Irvine Lake while testing props and the machine was damaged beyond repairs. At the drop of the white flag Ty was first to the turn as the pack bunched up close and where literally within inches of each other as the negotiated the opening lap first turn. Ty made a flawless turn and had the shortest distance to travel and grabbed an early lead heading up the backstretch. Hal Jones was almost side by side with Ty and Skip was flying the bow trying to catch the two as he was less than two boats lengths back. It looked like Hal might have enjoyed a slight lead heading up the backstretch but if he did it did not last long as Ty drove hard through the turn and opened up a couple boat length lead. At the completion of lap one Ty was in first, Hal in second, Skip was in third, Rob in fourth, and Dan was in fifth. At the start / finish Rob was challenging Skip for third place. The five drivers on the race course would pretty much stay the course and finish in this order with a couple boat lengths in between each position as Ty was the heat one winner and Hal finished in second. Next up was the qualifier heat number two and Chris Kenner drew the inside lane in Danny and Karen Loveless owned SS741 machine. Greg Shirley began from lane two in his all white SS7 entry. Tony Scarlata was in lane three behind the wheel of the Jeff Brochheseur owned SS68 Loud and Proud machine. The SS8 Mango Madness entry of Mike Darner was in lane four and in the outside lane it was the SS15 Hot Flash machine of Denny Bertone. As the flag dropped at the start of the heat the field spread out quick as Tony and Mike got to the turn first. It was Tony coming out of the turn in first place but it looked like Greg might have beaten Mike out of the turn as the two raced up the backstretch. As Mike tried to take a set to charge up the straightaway his machine could be seen completely out of the water and he had to get off the gas. At the completion of lap one Tony had a good sized lead over Greg who was being challenged by Mike. Chris was in the fourth spot and Denny finished lap one in the number five spot. The SS15 machine of Denny looked to be a challenge to get around the tight turns as the all red machine darted under some good sized splash. Even though Mike and Greg were running what appeared to be just as hard as Tony it was the 68 machine out in front for the remainder of the heat as Tony would claim the win and Greg would finish in second. Chris had to pull off the race course after a couple laps as something apparently went away in the 741 machine and it might have been putting out some smoke in the turns. Mike placed fourth and Denny rounded out the field. In the APBA Summer Nationals final heat six racers team put their drivers in the water with the hope of taking home the win. The favorite had to be the 80 machine with Ty in the drivers seat and he would take the inside lane at the drop of the white flag. Greg was in lane two, Hal in three, Rob in four, Skip in five, and Tony was on the outside in lane six. As the flag dropped Ty took an early lead with Greg about a boat length behind and Tony was charging hard up the outside in third. Ty came through the turn in first as Tony drove hard through the turn way on the outside but looked like he came out of the turn in second. Ty stretched his lead up the backstretch and through turn two while Greg was right behind Tony. At the completion of lap one Ty had the lead, Tony was in second, Greg in third, Skip in fourth, Rob in fifth and Hal was broke on the outside of the course just past the turn one buoys. Out in front with quite a good sized lead there was no stopping Ty and he and the 80 team would go on the take the Summer Nationals Championship. Ty would also wrap the Summer Nationals Pro Stock Championship behind the wheel of the SS80 machine and compete in the K class in the seat of the K66 Blown Brothers machine. Tony would wrap up the second place finish in the Summer Nationals heat and he would also compete in the K class and the Pro Stock class. Greg finished in third, Skip in fourth, and Rob finished in fifth. Speaking of Skip he would also compete in the GN class in the seat of the GN711 machine and he drove to the APBA Summer Nationals Championship win in the 20 lap final on Sunday.