DOHA, Qatar -- Dave Villwock drove the U-16 Ellstrom Elam Plus around the 2-mile course at Doha Bay at an average speed of 146.427 mph Thursday to claim the top qualifying position for the 2009 Oryx Cup UIM World Championship, the final stop on the newly renamed H1 Unlimited series.

It's November, deep into football season and just before the holidays.

EVANSVILLE, Ind. — Jeff Bernard drove the U-5 Formulaboats.com to its first win of the 2009 season and his second career championship, taking the 31st annual Thunder on the Ohio in Evansville, Ind., on Sunday.

EVANSVILLE, Ind. -- Steve David in the U-1 Oh Boy! Oberto posted the fastest qualifying time for today's heat races at the Thunder on the Ohio in Evansville, Ind., going 155.215 mph.

EVANSVILLE, Ind. -- The battle for the national high point championship continues this weekend when American Boat Racing Association teams gather on the Ohio River for the 31st annual Thunder on the Ohio unlimited hydroplane race.

SILVERDALE -- Kayleigh Perkins won't have a perfect season after placing second Sunday at the Silverdale Thunder 2009 race for unlimited lights.

Here are two views of the flip of the U-7 Graham Trucking during Sunday's unlimited hydroplane races on the Columbia River in Kennewick, Wash. These were posted on YouTube.

Steve David gave Art Oberto a victory at Seafair two years ago for his 80th birthday present.

Desiree Cameron cried Sunday looking at the makeshift memorial for her father in Columbia Park created by his boat-race buddies of more than 30 years.

By the time J. Michael Kelly knew he was going to flip over in the U-7 Graham Trucking on Sunday, he had the common sense to bring his body parts - his arms, his legs - as close to him as possible.

The U-3 Sun River Electric presents Grandview on the Lake had to withdraw from the race Sunday morning after a crack was found in the boat.

Kayleigh Perkins is still perfect in 2009.

If Sam Cole has his way, every unlimited racing team member will need to keep an active passport.

Steve David won his second consecutive Columbia Cup championship on Sunday, earning his fourth consecutive heat of the weekend on the banks of the Columbia River.

KENNEWICK -- The future of unlimited hydroplane racing could hardly have been bleaker 43 years ago when the first race was held in the Tri-Cities.

KENNEWICK -- Witnesses say they were stunned by seeing so many grown men with tears in their eyes that day, cheering and crying for Ed Cooper Sr. and Jr.

KENNEWICK -- Unlimited hydroplane racing has had its share of controversy over the years, and Saturday's Lamb Weston Columbia Cup added to that legacy with another chapter of the soap opera called As the Turbine Turns.

Results of Heat 2B of the 2009 Columbia Cup in Kennewick, Wash.

KENNEWICK -- Here is Sunday's schedule for the Lamb Weston Columbia Cup, staged on the Columbia River.

KENNEWICK -- There really weren't any surprises Saturday in the first two heat races of the Graham Trucking Thunder Cup on the Columbia River.

Here are the results of Heat 3A of the 2009 Columbia Cup in Kennewick, Wash.

Here is the final order of finish of the championship heat for the 2009 Columbia Cup in Kennewick, Wash.

Results of Heat 2A of the 2009 Columbia Cup.

Results of Heat 3B of the 2009 Columbia Cup in Kennewick, Wash.

KENNEWICK -- It was the same old story on the unlimited hydroplane circuit Friday at Lampson Pits.