“The most beautiful river town in America,” the city of Madison, Ind. own and operate the only community owned professional race team.
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- H1 Unlimited Hydroplane Banquet
The Palms
samedi 6 mars, à 20:00 - Race #1 of 2010 H1 Unlimited H...
Water Works Park
vendredi 25 juin, à 08:00 - Race #2 of 2010 H1 Unlimited H...
Ohio River
vendredi 2 juillet, à 08:00 - Race #3 of 2010 H1 Unlimited H...
Columbia Park-Kennewick, Wash.
vendredi 23 juillet, à 08:00 - Race #4 of 2010 H1 Unlimited H...
Stanley Sayers Memorial Park, Seattle
vendredi 6 août, à 08:00
Oh Boy! Oberto Unlimited Hydroplane Our friend David Bryant may have sat the 2009 season out but he has been tearing up the California desert in his new sand rail he built this past year. We hope he gets a ride in 2010.
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David Calls for a Universal Safety Council...
...It’s been a tragic month for powerboat racing. Saying that, I know it’s
also been a month of celebrating national and world titles for several
racers. However, whenever we experience a tragedy—one that likely could
have been prevented—any championship..."
More can be found at... Powerboat Magazine:
http://www.powerboatmag.com/david-calls-
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"Even though the Thunder on the Ohio Foundation of Evansville continues
to lose money, it’s full speed ahead for another August weekend of
unlimited hydroplane racing."
This according to yesterday's story in the Evansville Courier Press:
www.courierpress.com/news/2010/jan/02/th
Not su...re how this will happen when finances for 2009 race are still in question.
www.courierpress.com
Even though the Thunder on the Ohio Foundation of Evansville continues to lose money, it’s full speed ahead for another August weekend of unlimited hydroplane racing.
Oh Boy! Oberto Unlimited Hydroplane Happy New Year! We are happy to report, the "Champ" is recovering well from his accident in Doha. He said, "Doing really well, back to walking 5 miles per day and biking ten miles each weekend day. Weight training for my upper body never stopped. Not doing any leg weights for another 2 weeks and then final xrays to che...ck if the fracture has healed."
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American Power Boat Association made a big OPS!!!!!According
to H1 Unlimited web site the newly restored Martini & Rossi
National Championship Trophy has the 2009 winner engraved as "O Boy!
Oberto - City of Madison."
Let's hope they didn't put Wisconsin on
there too!!!
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Dewey Norton former Miss Budweiser engine expert in the new Detroit
Piston's plane he converted for the team. See the link below for the
full story.
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Former Miss Budweiser engine man Dewy Norton turned a Spirit Airlines plane into a first-class home in the sky for the Detroit Pistons.
Read the full story at:
http://www.freep.com/article/20091227/SP
www.freep.com
Heck, you could even tack on wives and girlfriends and still have room left over in the DC 9-30 that the Pistons currently use.
Oh Boy! Oberto Unlimited Hydroplane The Peters and May ship M/V Heogh Treasure with all ten unlimited hydroplanes from Doha is making its way through Asia and is currently at the Port of Kobe in the Osaka Bay near the Kobe Airport.
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Remembering some of the great hydroplane personalities we lost in 2009.
Bill O'Mara-TV Broadcaster 3/21/09 92-years old
Terry Troxell-'05 Gold Cup winner 6/13/09 61-years old
George Henley- '74 Gold Cup winner 12/14/09 72-years old
Oh Boy! Oberto Unlimited Hydroplane Merry Christmas from Art and Dorothy Oberto, hope everyone has a great New Year!
Bill This Madison IN boy has great memories of Miss Madison and her competitors on the 4th of July - Thunder on the River. Agree with the "most beautiful river town in America" claim. We always love coming home - me, MHS '57, my wife MHS '59.
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Cool video from Qatar produced by a Britsh film group.
http://vimeo.com/8172544
vimeo.com
First time outside the US for the hydroplanes. They raced on a 2 mile oval in the bay - with speeds up to 200mph, it was quite a spectacle, first time i had seen them. Plenty of action, a couple of 'blow overs' with everyone safe.
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Looking for the perfect holiday gift? Check out Alan Ameel's hydroplane art. Buy two prints get a third free!
http://www.hydroartprints.com/
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Powerboat deaths: racers say rescuers took too long
DUBAI // Powerboat teams expressed new concerns yesterday about efforts
to rescue the two men who were killed when their boat crashed during a
race on Friday.
Mohammed al Mehairi and Jean-Marc Sanchez died
after their boat went airborne, flipped over and crashed into the w...ater
upside-down during the Dubai Grand Prix.
More at: http://www.thenational.ae/apps/pbcs.dll/
www.thenational.ae
Participants and spectators complain the Dubai Grand Prix continued for two laps before the rescue began in earnest.
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Hydroplane legend George Henley dead at 73
Before the Seattle Seahawks and Mariners, hydroplane racing was the big sport to follow in the Puget Sound region. Among its heroes was Eatonville resident George “Smiling George” Henley.Henley’s
magical year was 1974. At the helm of the unlimited hydroplane Pay ‘n
Pak, he won th...e Gold Cup on Lake Washington when the race returned to
Seafair after a seven-year hiatus......
www.thenewstribune.com/news/local/eatonv
Hydroplane legend George Henley dead at 73 | Eatonville - The News Tribune | Seattle-Tacoma News, We
www.thenewstribune.com
Dec. 14, 2009 - Before the Seattle Seahawks and Mariners, hydroplane racing was the big sport to follow in the Puget Sound region.
