Peters & May Returns For 2012
Global boat shipping and logistics provider Peters & May is returning to the H1 Air National Guard Hydroplane Series in 2012 with the inaugural team assembled for the 2011 season and hopes for a “Happy New Year.” In its first season as an independent team running under the Peters & May Racing banner, the Edmonds, Washington-based Unlimited Racing Group (URG) finished a disappointing but encouraging ninth place overall. “We are not happy with that finish at all,” said team URG team owner Scott Raney, “2011 was a discovery year with the new boat and we now feel like we have a pretty good idea how the boat will run and what we need to do.”
Last year, the team made its debut in a new 30-foot hydro, powered by a T-55 Lycoming helicopter turbine producing more than 2600 h.p. and was encouraged by a heat win at the fabled Detroit Gold Cup; growing pains and mechanical gremlins prevented the team from realizing its full potential, with only a consolation heat victory in San Diego near the end of the season to bolster its hopes. “We’ve used this winter to improve our equipment depth, which will give us the ability to run quite a bit harder in 2012,” Raney said. “We are excited that Peters & May will continue to support our program, because none of this would be possible without that relationship. Peters & May is extremely supportive not only of our program, but many other programs in boat racing as well.”
Peters & May CEO David Holley said it was an easy decision to continue working with URG and driver JW Myers despite the 2011 finish. “Obviously, we all would have preferred a winning season in 2011, but it was never a realistic expectation with a relatively new team,” Holley said. “If your team’s not winning, you look for the factors that make a winner: hard work, determination and heart. The URG team from top to bottom has a ‘do what needs to be done attitude’ which fits perfectly with the Peters & May philosophy of business and customer service. We look forward to the coming race season.”
The team has plenty of time to get the 2012 Peters & May unlimited hydroplane dialed-in and ready for the July 1 “Lucas Oil Indiana Governor’s Cup” in Madison, Indiana. The team will campaign under the same U-11 number with “J-Dub” Myers at the helm and as an ownership partner with Scott Raney and his wife Shannon; Peters & May will continue as the transportation sponsor for the Air National Guard Hydroplane series.
The UK-headquartered Peters & May, an international yacht transport leader, has transportation and logistics arrangements with racing classes in several race series, as well as team sponsorships in a variety of race classes in the US and abroad.
Pictures and video of the 2011 SBI World Championships are available on the
Peters & May Racing Facebook Page.
For more information on Peters & May visit www.petersandmay.com.
Peters & May Returns For 2012
Global boat shipping and logistics provider Peters & May is returning to the H1 Air National Guard Hydroplane Series in 2012 with the inaugural team assembled for the 2011 season and hopes for a “Happy New Year.” In its first season as an independent team running under the Peters & May Racing banner, the Edmonds, Washington-based Unlimited Racing Group (URG) finished a disappointing but encouraging ninth place overall. “We are not happy with that finish at all,” said team URG team owner Scott Raney, “2011 was a discovery year with the new boat and we now feel like we have a pretty good idea how the boat will run and what we need to do.”
Last year, the team made its debut in a new 30-foot hydro, powered by a T-55 Lycoming helicopter turbine producing more than 2600 h.p. and was encouraged by a heat win at the fabled Detroit Gold Cup; growing pains and mechanical gremlins prevented the team from realizing its full potential, with only a consolation heat victory in San Diego near the end of the season to bolster its hopes. “We’ve used this winter to improve our equipment depth, which will give us the ability to run quite a bit harder in 2012,” Raney said. “We are excited that Peters & May will continue to support our program, because none of this would be possible without that relationship. Peters & May is extremely supportive not only of our program, but many other programs in boat racing as well.”
Peters & May CEO David Holley said it was an easy decision to continue working with URG and driver JW Myers despite the 2011 finish. “Obviously, we all would have preferred a winning season in 2011, but it was never a realistic expectation with a relatively new team,” Holley said. “If your team’s not winning, you look for the factors that make a winner: hard work, determination and heart. The URG team from top to bottom has a ‘do what needs to be done attitude’ which fits perfectly with the Peters & May philosophy of business and customer service. We look forward to the coming race season.”
The team has plenty of time to get the 2012 Peters & May unlimited hydroplane dialed-in and ready for the July 1 “Lucas Oil Indiana Governor’s Cup” in Madison, Indiana. The team will campaign under the same U-11 number with “J-Dub” Myers at the helm and as an ownership partner with Scott Raney and his wife Shannon; Peters & May will continue as the transportation sponsor for the Air National Guard Hydroplane series.
The UK-headquartered Peters & May, an international yacht transport leader, has transportation and logistics arrangements with racing classes in several race series, as well as team sponsorships in a variety of race classes in the US and abroad.
Pictures and video of the 2011 SBI World Championships are available on the
Peters & May Racing Facebook Page.
For more information on Peters & May visit www.petersandmay.com.