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After an emergency meeting of the Miss Madison Board of Directors, the team has leased the U-9 hull from Jones Racing and will run the boat as the U-1 Oh Boy! Oberto in the Gold Cup. The boat will leave Seattle Tuesday morning for the trip to Detroit.
Jon Zimmerman will drive the replacement Miss Madison while Steve David recovers from cracked ribs.
Madison crew chief Mike Hanson is very familiar with the boat, having driven it to a Gold Cup victory for Mike and Lorie Jones. Hanson also spent some time working on the boat and motors in the off season in Jones Racing’s Enumclaw, Washington facility. The Madison team’s current boat, which was damaged in a collision with the U-96 on Sunday, has gone to the shop in Madison for repairs.
The U-96 Spirit of Qatar is in the Evansville shop of Ed Cooper undergoing repairs and will be ready for the trip to Detroit in time for the Gold Cup. The U-21, also damaged on Sunday, is also in Cooper’s shop.
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After an emergency meeting of the Miss Madison Board of Directors, the team has leased the U-9 hull from Jones Racing and will run the boat as the U-1 Oh Boy! Oberto in the Gold Cup. The boat will leave Seattle Tuesday morning for the trip to Detroit.
Jon Zimmerman will drive the replacement Miss Madison while Steve David recovers from cracked ribs.
Madison crew chief Mike Hanson is very familiar with the boat, having driven it to a Gold Cup victory for Mike and Lorie Jones. Hanson also spent some time working on the boat and motors in the off season in Jones Racing’s Enumclaw, Washington facility. The Madison team’s current boat, which was damaged in a collision with the U-96 on Sunday, has gone to the shop in Madison for repairs.
The U-96 Spirit of Qatar is in the Evansville shop of Ed Cooper undergoing repairs and will be ready for the trip to Detroit in time for the Gold Cup. The U-21, also damaged on Sunday, is also in Cooper’s shop.