U-1 Oh Boy! Oberto
Steve David hungry for Detroit Gold Cup win

After a Fourth of July holiday weekend full of picnics, barbeques, and get-togethers complete with a lot of eating, there is one-man still hungry.

Steve David, driver of the national champion U-1 Oh Boy! Oberto unlimited hydroplane is hungry to win the only race he has not won on the American Boat Racing Association's schedule.  The 100th running of the Gold Cup on the Detroit River.
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The Wright Brothers of hydroplane racing

There is the Smother Brothers.  Baldwin Brothers.  Blue Brothers. Of course the most famous aviation duo, the Wright Brothers. Hydroplane racing has its own brothers —Mike Hanson (Bonney Lake, Wash.) and Larry Hanson (Auburn, Wash.). 

 

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High fuel prices effect hydro fleet

When the colorful, sleek, and fast Unlimited Hydroplanes take to the blue waters of Seattle's Lake Washington this weekend, teams are feeling the pinch of the high fuel prices just as the fans on the beaches.

 

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U-6 Oh Boy! Oberto 2007 roundup
In 2007, the community-owned MISS MADISON racing team had one of the most successful seasons in its 47-year history.
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