Yeah, lost in A-L-L the thunder over Indy Cars
title fight and Formula 1 resuming racing, the Unlimiteds' put on another
GURR-REAT Show at Detroit!
Apparently it took two former B-I-G BOATZ
Skippers to keep Detroit's race afloat, one being H1 Unlimited series Chairman,
multi-time National High Points Champion Steve David - with Mark Webber doing
the Lion tamer's work from behind the Steel cage of Detroit after the previous promoter
DRRA (Detroit River Regatta Association) folded this February.
NO! That's NOT 'Aussie ex-F1 driver Mark
Webber Mates, but instead ex-Unlimiteds High Points champion Mark Webber who
piloted the sport's winningest hull, simply known as "The Bud" (Miss
Budweiser) to the title in 1997! As Webber's truly a BAD ARSE Boat Jockey -
having amassed 14 Championships and was inducted into Michigan's Motorsports Hall
Of Fame last year.
As Webber, who's been a leading hand of the
American Power Boat Association's (APBA) prestigious Gold Cup, is at the
steering wheel of the Detroit Riverfront Association taking charge 'O Detroit's
Unlimiteds' race this year, which will resume hosting their yearly Gold Cup
event next August.
While much
Attenzione would be focused upon Homeboy Cal Phipps and the upstart U-27 Wiggins
Racing entry...
Thus it wasn't a surprise to hear that Jean
Theoret in the U-96 Ellstrom Elam Plus was fastest qualifier again, which was
all for naught when he and his fellow competitors, excluding the lone piston
powered hull, Jimmy King's U-3 Home Street Banking had A-L-L jumped the gun in
their respective Heat 1C, effectively
handing King his second Heat win of the season - the second Heat win this year
since 2009!
After all, the U-3 is somewhat, albeit loosely
associated with the Pacific Northwest, as they're the official bank of some professional
teams named the Seahawks and Sounders FC...
Heat 1A saw National High Points Championship
protagonists Jimmy Shane and J. Michael Kelly racing against each other, with
Shane piloting the U-1 Oh Boy Oberto to another victory over Kelly's U-5 Graham
Trucking. while Heat 1B saw Brian Perkins in the U-21 Miss Al Deeby
capture his first win of the season.
Jean Theoret suffered a Narly Blowover
accident when leading Heat 2A! And
although the U-96 Elam Plus landed right side up and Theoret was fairly
unscathed, the Ellstrom hull suffered major damage and due to lengthy repairs
missed the day's final heat.
But even without Theoret and the U-96, the
day's final was another Barn-burner
between rivals Shane and Kelly, once again going Deck-to-Deck the entire race
with the Oh Boy Oberto being victorious over Graham Trucking, as Jimmy Shane
takes the points lead into the season finale at San Diego this weekend ...
