We left the dock with a boat pole still hooked to rear of my right sponson. Somehow the pole stayed attached for the entire four lap heat and came back to the pits with us. The handle was broken off and we had some scratches on the side of the boat, but no further damage.
We get the win after the S-12 and S-77 jump the gun. We raced the S-12 tight even with a pole attached to our sponson!