With the 12th annual Mark Hahn Memorial 300 ready to go (with the iconic firing of a 12-gauge shotgun), racers from across the globe are flocking to Lake Havasu, Arizona’s Crazy Horse Resort – ground zero for the IJSBA World Finals months later. As the shadow world’s longest continuous race looms high overhead, many last minute changes, modifications and entries are being made.
Unfortunately, as we announced that GL Legendre would be participating in this year’s Hahn 300, a last minute eye-surgery benched the PWCOffshore.com Gunz racer, leaving teammate Tom Cruz without a partner. That is, until recently:
PWCOffshore.com’s Tom Cruz told The Watercraft Journal, “I am sorry for GL’s unexpected misfortune at the last minute and we will miss him. That being said, the race goes on and I’m excited about partnering with world champion Emi Kanamuri on the Kawasaki platform that she knows so well. We will do good things on the race course.”
PWCOffshore.com’s Mark Gerner (former Mark Hahn 300 winner in 2009) followed up, saying, “We will miss GL, he worked hard for this race and we are all sorry for his last minute misfortune. My phone started ringing off the hook when people started realizing we had an open slot for the Mark Hahn. We had many options. We actually reached out to the Kanamori’s and we’re thrilled to have Emi on board. As we all know, she is truly world class. We look forward to a great race and wish all competitors a fun and successful race.”
