Starting from the trailer position is always tough, but Jon Zimmerman kept the U-37 going, finishing in 6th place at Seafair and continuing our unbroken string of nine heat finishes in a row with the Leland hull.

Final heat at Seafair 2010

Courtesy H1Unlimited:

Results for Heat Final

Accumulated Points

Accumulated Points with Qualifying

Jon & JoAnne with the Seafair trophy...

Jon drove the pants off the U-37 with the fastest race laps he drove all weekend to claw his way into the final heat at Seafair.  Starting in Lane 2 against Kip Brown in the U-17 and N. Mark Evans in the U-57, he drove around both of them to bring one of the few bright spots of the weekend to the U-37 Miss Peters & May team…

...while son Jack races hydros in their back yard at home.

Lane 1: U-17
Lane 2: U-13
Lane 3: U-37
Lane 4: U-57
Lane 5: U-22

Results:

1st: U-96
2nd: U-7
3rd: U-5
4th: U-21
5th: U-37
6th: U-13

Sunday started off badly, with damage to the U-37 as a result of Jon getting pinched by the U-17 in Turn 1 on the opening lap. The result was the loss of our main engine due to a broken turbine blade, damage to the rear wing, loss of the mirrors and loss of our onboard cameras.

Results:

1st: U-21
2nd: U-7
3rd: U-1
4th: U-96
5th: U-37
6th: U-17 (penalized for lane violation)

U-37, U-13, U-100 & U-1 ready for the start of Heat 1A

The U-21 of Brian Perkins was penalized a lap for hitting a buoy exiting turn 1, and Jon Zimmerman passed the U-13 heading into the final corner to grab a solid fourth place finish in Heat 1A. We came out of the heat with no damage and will be ready to go when we hit the water again tomorrow.

1st place: U-1
2nd place: U-17
3rd place: U-100
4th place: U-37
5th place: U-13
6th place: U-21

Jamie Nilsen returns from successful test as Bill Moore looks on...

Jamie Nilsen took five laps in the U-37 Miss Peters & May this morning, adding to his Unlimited experience after getting his first chance to drive the boat two weeks ago in Tri-Cities. With good water conditions, Jamie was able to post steady imporovements:

Lap 1: 123.427mph
Lap 2: 133.316mph
Lap 3: 137.706mph
Lap 4: 140.999mph
Lap 5: 142.115 mph

Courtesy H1unlimited.com:

As expected, Dave Villwock put the U-96 Spirit of Qatar at the top of the Friday Qualifying ladder at the Albert Lee Cup at Seafair with a morning lap of 155.888.

But no one expected what happened next. Greg Hopp in the U-100 Lay’s Kettle Cooked outqualified Steve David in the U-1 Oh Boy! Oberto 148.701 to 148.484 to grab second spot on the ladder.

The rest of the field: 4th J Michael Kelly U-7 Graham Trucking 148.026 / 5th Brian Perkins U-21 Albert Lee Appliance 146.368 / 6th Jeff Bernard U-5 Formulaboats.com 146.100 / 7th Kip Brown U-17 Miss Red Dot 145.392 / 8th Jon Zimmerman U-37 Miss Peters & May141.359 / 9th Mark Evans U-57 Washington Truck Dispatch 137.783 / 10th Mike Webster U-22 Matrix Systems 136.423.

Dr Ken Muscatel’s U-25 Car Pros and Cal Phipps in the U-13 Miss Jillian’s are expected to qualify Saturday morning.

U-37 in Seafair qualifying

Jon Zimmerman hustled the U-37 Miss Peters & May to a respectable top speed of 141.359 mph lap in second qualifying on Friday in Seattle.

Lap speeds:
138.931 mph
139.281 mph
141.359 mph

Jon gets into the U-37 for first run at Seafair

Jon Zimmerman took the U-37 Miss Peters & May for his first laps ever on the Lake Washington course this morning, doing some timing laps and a turning a top speed of 134.712 mph.