At The Shop – Porter Racing
The red base coat for the new color scheme is on the boat.
With defense of the team’s 2013 H1 Unlimited National Championship and its three-consecutive UIM World Championships still fresh on their mind, Porter Racing is working hard this offseason at the team’s boat shop.
J. Michael Kelly will do the driving
The goal, obviously, is to defend their titles in 2014.
Under the direction of team owner Ted Porter and crew chief Tom Anderson (from Seattle), the 1 Graham Trucking (T-6) is being prepared in detail – attention the hull hasn’t had in a couple of years – for the 2014 season.
With J. Michael Kelly returning to the team and ready to settle into the cockpit of the T-6, crew members Goober and Michael have been busy in the Porter Racing shop over the first full offseason in some time.
Goober and Michael have been diligently going over all aspects of the boat the boat in Decatur. All of the team’s turbine engines, gearboxes, hardware and other racing equipment is also being prepared for the upcoming season. Back up and extra parts are also being readied for the coming season. Even the hauler and trailer are being gone over in close detail.
New paint and graphite going on the bottom
It’s even expected that the 1 will have a new paint scheme in 2014, and it likely won’t be the vinyl wrap like the boat carried in each of the last three years.
The excitement goes all the way to the team’s sponsor, as Rob Graham of Graham Trucking extended his sponsorship of the team on November 8, 2013, shortly after Kelly was named as the team’s new driver and just six weeks after clinching “the 1” in San Diego in mid-September.
“In 26 years of sponsorship I have never been more confident in an ownership and crew,” Graham said in his extension announcement. “I would like to thank Ted Porter and his family for giving us the opportunity to be a small part of this amazing organization.”
Turbine engines are ready.
The crew from 2013’s championship season remains intact, and the team’s outlook for 2014 is positive as they prepare to start the season battling for the home state’s Governor’s Cup in Madison.
Story by – Nelson Holmberg
Photos by – Porter Racing
At The Shop – Porter Racing
The red base coat for the new color scheme is on the boat.
With defense of the team’s 2013 H1 Unlimited National Championship and its three-consecutive UIM World Championships still fresh on their mind, Porter Racing is working hard this offseason at the team’s boat shop.
J. Michael Kelly will do the driving
The goal, obviously, is to defend their titles in 2014.
Under the direction of team owner Ted Porter and crew chief Tom Anderson (from Seattle), the 1 Graham Trucking (T-6) is being prepared in detail – attention the hull hasn’t had in a couple of years – for the 2014 season.
With J. Michael Kelly returning to the team and ready to settle into the cockpit of the T-6, crew members Goober and Michael have been busy in the Porter Racing shop over the first full offseason in some time.
Goober and Michael have been diligently going over all aspects of the boat the boat in Decatur. All of the team’s turbine engines, gearboxes, hardware and other racing equipment is also being prepared for the upcoming season. Back up and extra parts are also being readied for the coming season. Even the hauler and trailer are being gone over in close detail.
New paint and graphite going on the bottom
It’s even expected that the 1 will have a new paint scheme in 2014, and it likely won’t be the vinyl wrap like the boat carried in each of the last three years.
The excitement goes all the way to the team’s sponsor, as Rob Graham of Graham Trucking extended his sponsorship of the team on November 8, 2013, shortly after Kelly was named as the team’s new driver and just six weeks after clinching “the 1” in San Diego in mid-September.
“In 26 years of sponsorship I have never been more confident in an ownership and crew,” Graham said in his extension announcement. “I would like to thank Ted Porter and his family for giving us the opportunity to be a small part of this amazing organization.”
Turbine engines are ready.
The crew from 2013’s championship season remains intact, and the team’s outlook for 2014 is positive as they prepare to start the season battling for the home state’s Governor’s Cup in Madison.
Story by – Nelson Holmberg
Photos by – Porter Racing