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 Archives - 1999

The following are articles collected from the 1999 Worrell 1000.

Sunday, May 9, 1999
Updates From The Course
Lost Boat Arrives
The Start
The Day Before The Race

Monday, May 10, 1999
Team Big Bros/Big Sisters rips spinnaker
Turtle and Lions International Rivalry
Robert Onsgard Replaced
Chicks Beach and Rudee’s Restaurant in Downwind Duel
Entegra Cracks Hull
The leaders get away cleanly

Tuesday, May 11, 1999
The Top Finishers Are In - Day 3 – Daytona Beach
Worrell Bros. Crew Change Causes Problems
Turtle and Lyons International Renew Rivalry
Cape Canaveral Security
The Surf Makes For Special Rules
The Third Leg Begins

Wednesday, May 12, 1999
Team Extreme Capsizes
Entegra Drops Out at Daytona Beach
12 Boats Start in Light Winds

Thursday, May 13, 1999
Michigan Capsized
Thunder Storms Pursue Finishers
1:00AM Update
9:00PM Update
Rudee's Restaraunt finished first at Tybee Island
Tybee Island has been called Georgia’s best kept secret

Friday, May 14, 1999
NBC Covers Start
Michigan Looses Boat - Withdraws
Team Michigan Rescued
Lions Intl. Arrives Tybee Island

Saturday, May 15, 1999
Uncharted Shoals Strand Racers
Outer Banks in Sight
Team Taipan Withdraws
Tybee Island Comes in Second

Sunday, May 16, 1999
Chicks Beach Wins Race to Myrtle Beach - 10:00 PM
10 Boats Start at Isle of Palms
Inter 20 Boats For Year 2000 Race
Michigan Found Boat
The Weather
10 Boats Start at Isle of Palms
Inter 20 Boats For Year 2000 Race
Michigan Found Boat
The Weather
10 Boats Start at Isle of Palms
Inter 20 Boats For Year 2000 Race
Michigan Found Boat
The Weather

Monday, May 17, 1999
The Race to Wrightsville Beach
Peanut Johnson Replaced Due To Swollen Hand
Ten Boats Get Away at the Start
Rounding Cape Fear - Myrtle Beach

Tuesday, May 18, 1999
Pomodoro Wins, Rudees Rest. Regains Lead
Turtle Has Trouble Up Wind
Lions Breaks Rudder Casting At Start
Lions Intl. Sponsors' Logos Blow Off In Winds
"Peanut" Johnson Feeling Better
Extreme Drops Out – Rudder Problems

Wednesday, May 19, 1999
Pomodoro Finishes Third - Hatteras
The Start At Atlantic Beach

Thursday, May 20, 1999
This Race Course Has Character
The Wind is Kicking Up -- Cape Hatteras
Turtle Knocked Out at Hatteras
The Wind is Kicking Up -- Cape Hatteras
Turtle Knocked Out at Hatteras
The Wind is Kicking Up -- Cape Hatteras
Turtle Knocked Out at Hatteras

Friday, May 21, 1999
From The Inside Looking Out / Life As Worrell 1000 Race Official
Rudee’s Finishes First In Light Winds - Kill Devil Hills
People are Hurting - Kill Devil Hills
This Morning’s Wind - Kill Devil Hills

Saturday, May 22, 1999
Chick’s Beach Wins - Virginia Beach


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