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Mise En Place Places First in 2010 Bi-State Race (with a Twist)
Captain Paul Thompson III and his crew Boyd Jarrell, Brian Grove, Ken Harris, Bradford Hickman raced from Chicago to Michigan City and from Michigan City to Chicago Labor Day weekend. The Tri-State Race was initially to begin Friday night to St. Joseph, Michigan, but was cancelled due to bad weather. The race was modified for Sunday through Monday. Thompson placed 2nd in section and 2nd overall on the way to MC and 1st in section and First Place in his section, Section 5 on the way back...a three flag weekend!
Captain Ted Graves of De Da's Toy placed 5th in Section 5 and Captain David Ward of Unknown Lady placed 10th in the Section.