The 2012 H1 Unlimited season is the fifty seventh running of the H1 Unlimited series for unlimited hydroplane, jointly sanctioned by APBA, its governing body in North America and UIM, its international body.
The season began in July with the Lucas Oil Indiana Governor's Cup (Madison Regatta), held in Madison, Indiana, United States.
The finale of the season will be in November with the Oryx Cup, held in Doha, Doha Municipality, Qatar. The 2012 Oryx Cup was the 20th running of the UIM World Championship for unlimited hydroplanes.
Teams and drivers
All boats are powered by Lycoming T55 L7C, originally used in Chinook helicopters, only turbine engine currently permitted in the series.
No Team Owner DriverRounds U-1 Spirit of Qatar Marine Technologies-Erick Ellstrom Dave VillwockAll U-5 Graham Trucking Precision Performance Engineering Inc.-Ted Porter Jimmy ShaneAll U-6 Oh Boy! Oberto- Miss Madison City of Madison, IN Steve DavidAll U-9 Jones Racing Jones Racing-Mike & Lori Jones Jon ZimmermanAll U-11 Peters & May Unlimited Racing Group-JW Myers, Scott Raney & Shannon Raney JW MyersAll U-37 Schumacher Racing Schumacher Racing-Billy Schumacher J. Michael KellyAll U-13 Tubby's Grilled Submarine Sandwiches Unlimiteds Detroit-Dave Bartush Cal Phipps TBA (DET confirmed) U-17 Miss Red Dot Our Gang Racing, LLC-Nate Brown Kip BrownAll U-18 Bucket List Racing Kelly Stocklin Kelly StocklinTBA-New in 2012 U-21 Albert Lee Appliance Go Fast, Turn Left Racing-Greg & Brian O'Farrell Brian PerkinsAllU-22 Great Scott! pres. Matrix System Automotive Finishes Webster Racing-Mike Webster Mike WebsterAll U-25 Superior Racing Superior Racing-Ken Muscatel Ken MuscatelAll U-57 Formulaboats.com Evans Brothers Racing-Mark & Mitch Evans Mark EvansAll U-88 Degree Men USA Racing-Matt & Debbie Gregory Scott LiddycoatAll U-100 Leland Unlimited Leland Unlimited-Fred Leland Greg HoppAll
Season schedule and results
Rd. Race Location Venue Date Winning boat Winning driver 1 Lucas Oil Indiana Governor's Cup (Madison Regatta) Madison, Indiana, United States Ohio River July 6–8 Spirit of Qatar Dave Villwock 2 APBA Gold Cup Detroit, Michigan, United States Detroit River July 13–15 Spirit of Qatar Dave Villwock 3 Lamb Weston Columbia Cup Tri-Cities, Washington, United States Columbia River July 27–29 Graham Trucking Jimmy Shane 4 Albert Lee Cup at Seafair Seattle, Washington, United States Lake Washington Aug 3–5 Oh Boy! Oberto - Miss Madison Steve David5 Air Guard Championship San Diego, California, United States Mission Bay Sept 14–16 Oh Boy! Oberto - Miss Madison Steve David 6 Oryx Cup – UIM World Championship Doha, Doha Municipality, Qatar Doha Bay, Persian Gulf Nov 8–10 Graham Trucking Jimmy Shane
National High Points Standings
+Team StandingsPlaceBoatDriverPoints1Oh Boy! Oberto - Miss MadisonSteve David9,3772Graham TruckingJimmy Shane81933Spirit of QatarDave Villwock68454Jones RacingJon Zimmerman63705Degree MenScott Liddycoat51306Beacon PlumbingJ. Michael Kelly49547Miss Peters & MayMyers/Thompson45338Miss Fox PlumbingGreg Hopp39709Miss Red DotBrown/Bernard346810FEDCO/Formula BoatsN. Mark Evans312711Albert Lee ApplianceBrian Perkins125212Bucket List RacingKelly Stocklin69013Fox Plumbing TooRyan Mallow58214Great Scott!Mike Webster51015Spirit of DetroitCal Phipps0
References
External links H1 Unlimited Website