Hydros: News

Oh Boy! Oberto hydro wins appeal, declared San Diego winner

Wednesday was great for Steve David and the U-6 Oh Boy! Oberto team. Oberto learned its appeal of losing the San Diego Bayfair race in September was upheld by a committee assigned to hear the appeal.

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Lamb Weston stays onboard with Columbia Cup

KENNEWICK, Wash. -- The Water Follies Board of Directors announced Thursday that ConAgra Foods Lamb Weston would remain the title sponsor for the 2013 Columbia Cup unlimited hydroplane races.
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Columbia Cup champs Shane, U-5 Graham declared winners in San Diego

SAN DIEGO -- Jimmy Shane continued his monster U-1 hydro season in the U-5 Graham Trucking on Sunday at Bayfair in San Diego, beating out hydro heavyweights Dave Villwock and Steve David for his second major title this season.
HYDROS: U-1 SPIRIT OF QATAR 96

Villwock, Qatar lead qualifying for San Diego hydroplane race

Dave Villwock cranked out the top qualifying time of the day at Bayfair in San Diego, guiding the U-1 Spirit of Qatar 96 to a time of 162.118 mph, which topped Steve David in the U-6 Oh Boy! Oberto (157.98) by nearly five seconds.
HYDROS: U-11 MISS PETERS & MAY

Bayfair race next on H1 hydroplane schedule

Bayfair in San Diego runs Sept. 14-16, with 11 teams scheduled to appear. Driver Steve David and the U-6 Oh Boy! Oberto will head into the event leading Dave Villwock and the U-1 Spirit of Qatar by 193 points in the H1 Unlimited Series high points championship chase.
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David, Oberto win Seafair hydro race for third straight year

SEATTLE -- A week later, Steve David made sure he was also just a second or two later.
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Shane's quick thinking in U-5 helps avoid hydro disaster at Seafair

SEATTLE -- Jimmy Shane is only 26 and technically a rookie on the unlimited hydroplane circuit.
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Villwock seeks 11th Seafair title today

SEATTLE -- Steve David's relationship with Lake Washington is similar to Arnie Cunningham's affection to his Plymouth Fury in "Christine."
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Tri-Cities Water Follies a family affair

While watching hydroplane races from Columbia Park in Kennewick on Sunday, Tim Kenney was wistful about the days he and his brothers watched their own boats making roostertails on the water.
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HYDROS: Shane wins Columbia Cup

Apparently football isn’t the only sport described as a game of inches. You can also add unlimited hydroplane racing to that list after what happened Sunday in the Lamb Weston Columbia Cup. Jimmy Shane, driving the U-5 Graham Trucking, used one last burst of speed to eke past J. Michael Kelly...
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HYDROS: Rough day for Qatar team

Sunday wasn’t the best day for the U-1 Spirit of Qatar 96 team. The team that had won the first two races in the Air National Guard H1 Unlimited Hydroplane Series had to settle for a third-place finish in the Lamb Weston Columbia Cup final. Earlier in the day, the team failed to finish one...