Sunday July 4

The final heat was set to be some of the best racing of the day. The U-6 Oh Boy! Oberto was in lane 1, the U-100 was given lane 2, the U-8 lane 3, and the U-1 in lane 4. The U-10 and U-16 were both trailers. The front runs were 4 wide going in to the first turn. Coming out the U-6 clipped a bouy and was penalized a lap. The U-1 Miss Bud coasted away from the rest of the field to take what will be their last victory in Madison. Second place went to the U-100 with the U-16 Elam ending in 3rd. The hometown boat, the U-6 oh Boy! Oberto came in fourth. Both the U-8 Llumar and the U-10 Emcor lost escape hatches during the race and did not finish. Both drivers were ok, with bumps and bruises.

Check out our photo gallery with more than 80 pictures from this weekend's Madison Regatta World Championship.

Final Results

** 1 Lap Penalty (Striking a Buoy)

Final Lane Assignments

Heat 3B Results

Mike Weber and the U-10 had a bad start after cutting the course twice just after the one minute gun. As the U-25 and the U-100 both had a decent start, Weber had to play catch-up for much of the race. Greg Hopp and the U-100 went on to an easy win while Weber managed to run down Muscatel to take second.

Heat 3A Results

Once again the Miss Bud takes home a win, a perfect day for the U-1 so far. Steve David secured a spot in the final with his second place finish from lane 3. **Post heat information: the points for the U-1 were taken away after a flagrant N2 violation.

Heat 2B Results

Greg Hopp in the U-100 Mariann Travel Inn cut thecourse and grabbed lane one just before the 1 minute gun. Ken Muscatel in the U-25 Mr. Home Loans was pushed into lane 2, Steve David in the U-6 Oh Boy! Oberto into lane 3, and Mark Weber in the U-10 Emcor into lane 4. The U-6 pulled ahead of the pack in turn one and gained a respectible lead over the rest of the field. The U-10 settled in to second and the U-100 pulled ahead of the U-25 to take 3rd.

Heat 2A Results

Drivers jockeyed for position in the second flight. J.W. Myers maneuvered the U-8 Llumar into lane one, leaving Dave Villwock in the Miss Bud with lane two and Terry Troxell in the U-16 Miss Elam Plus in lane three. Once again the Miss Bud shot out to an early lead and Villwock never looked back. Myers was able to hold on to second with Terry Troxell finishing third.

Heat 1B Results

J.W. Meyers, in his second race of the year including the unsanctioned Evansville race, timed the start of Heat 1B perfectly. Llumar lead wire to wire. But the real race of the heat was for 3rd place between the U-25 Mr. Home Loans driven by Ken Muscatel and the U-10 Emcor with Mike Weber. Muscatel and Weber swapped back and forth throughout the heat. Rounding the last turn it was a drag race to the finish with Muscatel edging out the U-10.

Heat 1A Results

Lanes were assigned by Hydro-Prop for the first flight. Going into the start the U-16 Miss Elam Plus with driver Terry Troxell was out front in lane 1, followed by the U-6 Oh Boy! oberto with driver Steve David, and the U-1 Miss Budweiser with driver Dave Villwock bringing up the rear. Miss Bud shot out into the lead going into turn 1 and began pulling away down the backstretch. As the boats came out of turn two, Villwock had increased his lead over the U-16 and the U-6. Villwock's lead would build up to nearly a half lap by the end of the heat.

Heat 1A

Heat 1B

Saturday July 3

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Third Qualifying Session

At the first Hydro-Prop sanctioned race of the year, the third round of unlimited hydroplane testing was red-flagged after the sanctioned rescue and patrol boats allowed a pleasure boat to wander in to the course while the U-6 Oh Boy! Oberto took a warm-up lap. The session continued after the pleasure boat was escorted off of the course.

Second Qualifying Session

Friday, July 2

Testing and Time Trials

Results for today's time trials are as follows:

Steve David took the Oh Boy! Oberto out again, recording a lap speed of 146.106 and damaging a new prop in the process. That would put the U-6 in 3rd place.

Madison Regatta World Championship

Seven Unlimiteds will be competing in the Budweiser Madison Regatta World Championship this weekend. Those include the U-1 Miss Budweiser driven by Dave Villwock, the hometown favorite U-6 Oh Boy! Oberto driven by Steve David, the U-8 Llumar Window Film driven by J.W. Myers, the U-10 Miss Emcor with driver Mike Weber, the U-16 Miss Elam Plus with driver Terry Troxell, the U-25 Mr. Home Loans driven by Ken Muscatel, and the U-100 Miss Mariann Travel Inn with driver Greg Hopp.

This is the first official race of the 2004 season although it is the second stop for the Budweiser, Llumar, and Mariann Inn teams who competed last weekend in Evansville's unsanctioned Thunder on the Ohio.

Let's Go Racing!!!

Thunder on the Ohio

To see the results from last week's race, click here. There are tons of photos and videos of the Thunderboat action in Evansville, IN.

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