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Seafair Saturday  Heat 1B                       Photo-Chris Denslow

As racing got underway in the Albert Lee Cup at Seafair, the favorites held court in heats 1A and 1B.

Steve David led heat 1A from Start to finish in the U-1 Oh Boy! Oberto and Dave Villwock in the U-96 Spirit of Qatar won heat 1B just as easily.

There was good racing behind the leaders in both heats as Greg Hopp in the U-100 Lay's Kettle Cooked and Brian Perkins in the U-21 Miss Albert Lee Appliance were both among the front runners in heat 1A until Perkins was penalized a lap for stiking a bouy and Hopp had an engine stall while running in second place.

Photo-Chris Denslow H1

In her first opportunity to pilot one of the fastest boats in the world - the U-1 Oh Boy! Oberto - she did much more than just run a few easy laps.

Her third lap speed of 146.368 tied her brother Brian's best qualifying lap from Friday in the U-21 Miss Albert Lee Appliance.  She then ran one faster at 147.058 which would have qualified her 5th on the unlimited ladder, just ahead of her brother.