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It's Peabody's first H1 Unlimited victory. J. Michael Kelly, driving the U-8 Miss Tri-Cities boat, finished second. Jimmy Shane, driving Miss HomeStreet, was forced to grab lane 5 on the outside before the race began and finished third. [7] The fourth and final race of the season was the San Diego Bayfair on September 17–19.
First turn after the race started at Seafair during the final race. The H1 Unlimited class is sanctioned by APBA, [17] its governing body in North America and UIM, its international body. Unlimited Hydroplanes are fast boats capable of more than 320 km/h (200 mph) on the straights and running average lap speeds of 209–266 km/h (130–165 mph).
This was a "wildcat" race, administered by the Ohio Valley Motor Boat Racing Association of Cincinnati. The largest class present was the 225 Cubic Inch Class. The first Unlimited race took place in 1950. The Unlimited races at Madison from 1950 to 1953 were one-heat multi-class free-for-all affairs. They didn't count for National High Points.
The race was not run not run in 1967 or 1968. [1] Unlimited hydroplane racing returned to Guntersville with a test session in 2017 and a full-fledged national high point race in 2018. [1] [2] Since 2018 the Guntersville Lake Hydrofest has opened the H1 Unlimited season, [3] and the unlimited class competes for the Southern Cup.
2:20 p.m. — Parr Lumber H1 Unlimited hydroplanes Heat 1B. ... The hot weather is going to factor into this weekend’s race. “To me, the biggest thing is that the team is drinking and ...
This will be the 56 th running of an unlimited hydroplane race in the Tri-Cities. With Peabody essentially out for the season, Shane has a stranglehold on the drivers national high points title.
The truth is the 2023 season for the Miss Madison race team was a rough one. At least for Charlie Grooms it was. Grooms, 69, is the president, team manager and owner’s representative for the ...
The APBA Gold Cup (originally known simply as the Gold Cup, a speedboat race) is an American hydroplane boat race, named for the American Power Boat Association. It is now run as part of the H1 Unlimited season. [1] First run in 1904, it is the oldest trophy in motorsports. [2]