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Results: 2007 San Diego

Qualifying

U-16 Miss Elam Dave Villwock 165.386 100
U-37 Miss Beacon Plumbing Jean Theoret 163.371 80
U-6 Oh Boy! Oberto Steve David 159.798 70
U-10 Miss Ahern Rentals David Bryant 158.951 60
U-5 Miss Formulaboats Jeff Bernard 158.867 50
U-21 Miss All Access Brian Perkins 158.867 40
U-13 Spirit of Detroit J Michael Kelly 151.757 30
U-25 Superior Racing Ken Muscatel 148.079 30
U-48 Lakeridge Paving Dave Williams 147.183 30
U-1 FormulaBoats Mike Allen 150′s?  

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Posted: September 14, 2007 at 10:35 am in San Diego.
Results: 2007 Seattle

Qualifying

U-16 Miss Elam Dave Villwock 156.501 10
U-5 FormulaBoats Jeff Bernard 151.905 8
U-6 Oh Boy! Oberto Steve David 151.681 7
U-37 Beacon Plumbing Jean Theoret 149.971 6
U-10 Hoss Mortgage David Bryant 148.807 5
U-25 Miss Procraft Windows Ken Muscatel 145.451 4
U-21 The Plumbing Joint Brian Perkins 139.876 3
U-13 Miss Car Pros J Michael Kelly 138.448 3
U-9 Miss Tri Arc Chris Bertram 136.038 3
U-48 Lakeridge Paving David Williams 132.577 3

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Posted: August 5, 2007 at 10:15 am in Seattle.
Results: 2007 Tri-Cities

Qualifying

U-16 Miss Elam Dave Villwock 165.687 10
U-6 Oh Boy! Oberto Steve David 160.599 8
U-37 Beacon Plumbing Jean Theoret 158.559 7
U-5 FormulaBoats Jeff Bernard 157.695 6
U-10 Miss Ahern David Bryant 156.052 5
U-3 Hoss Mortgage Jimmy King 155.215 4
U-13 Spirit of Detroit J Michael Kelly 151.911 3
U-25 Superior Racing Ken Muscatel 147.717 3
U-48 Lakeridge Paving Dave Williams 144.392 3
U-100 Mirage Boats Greg Hopp 143.357 3
U-1 FormulaBoats Jimmy Shane 141.182 3
U-21 Meyer Auto Tech Brian Perkins 140.682 3

Saturday
U-13 turned 157.861 but had an N2 violation.

Friday
U-48 forgot their “black box” on their first qualifying run.
U-16 set a new record.
U-13 had an earlier N2 violation, knocking out their speed of 157.944.
U-21 first time out turned 115mph.

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Posted: July 30, 2007 at 10:29 am in Tri-Cities.
2007 Thunder on the Ohio

Wild day at Evansville hydroplane races: Three boats flip in first three heats

Updated: July 20, 2007 04:37 PM

EVANSVILLE, Ind. – Jeff Bernard in the U-5 unlimited hydroplane took the lead from the starting gun and was trying to hold off a charging Dave Villwock in the U-16 when he got caught in Villwock’s roostertail going into the far turn. He rode the wash up in the air and blew over.

The race was stopped as rescue crews went out to bring Bernard out of the cockpit and back to shore. Reports were that he was conscious and being checked out.

Track announcer Mark Allen said the boat is designed to ride on top of the water. It doesn’t know the difference between the river and the roostertail. When it hit the roostertail, there was enough volume of water to lift the U-5 and it traveled right up the roostertail as if it were skimming over the river. With enough lift and air, the boat blew over.

It turned out that both the U-5 and the U-13 with J. Michael Kelley had jumped the gun and were assessed one lap penalties. At the time of the blow-over, more than half the race had been completed so it was certified as an official race. Continue Reading…


Posted: July 20, 2007 at 10:40 am in Evansville.
Results:2007 Detroit

Heat Results

Heat 1A

U-1 FormulaBoats Mike Allen 2nd 300  
U-37 Beacon Plumbing Jean Theoret 4th 169  
U-13 Spirit of Detroit** J Michael Kelly 3rd 225  
U-16 Miss Elam Dave Villwock 1st 400  
U-100 Mirage Boats* Greg Hopp DNF 0  

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Posted: July 15, 2007 at 8:09 am in Detroit.
Results: 2007 Madison

Heat 1A

U-16 Miss Elam Dave Villwock 3rd 225  
U-6 Oh Boy! Oberto* Steve David 1st 400  
U-5 FormulaBoats** Jeff Bernard 2nd 300  
U-1 FormulaBoats Mike Allen 4th 169  

*Fined for lane encroachment
**Fined for N2 violation

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Posted: July 4, 2007 at 1:58 am in Madison.
Results:2007 Evansville

Heat Results

Heat 1A

U-25 Superior Ken Musatel DNF 0  
U-100 Mirage Boats Greg Hopp 3rd 225  
U-5 FormulaBoats Jeff Bernard 2nd 300  
U-37 Beacon Plumbing Jean Theoret 1st 400  
U-10* Miss Ahern David Bryant 4th 169  

*Rookie, will start on outside
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Posted: June 27, 2007 at 8:24 am in Evansville.