Won't go A-L-L Full Throttle on Yuhs regarding how
'Ol Mother Nature is wreaking havoc in many ways this year with high
temperatures, Forest Fires, etc.
Although I was away from thy Confuzer' over
the past 4th 'O July weekend, I finally got round to finding out what happened
in the H1 Unlimiteds 2015 season opening race at Madison, Indiana (July 4-5th)
late last week - and naturally was quite surprised with what I discovered
As only five of the eleven competitors took
to the water Sunday in a non-points paying modified race format after high
waters left the altered race course being constantly barraged by mud and debris!
After an emergency Team Owners meeting was
held and teams surveyed the course and were given the option to skip running, a paltry five Hulls took to the
waters in an impressive feat to ensure the Fans actually got to witness the
B-I-G' BOATS, nee Unlimiteds' racing. So Y'all gotta give a huge tip 'O thee
Hat to all wishing to risk damaging their equipment or worse yet, possible
driver injury!
In the end, the U-5 Graham Trucking I won
ahead of the Madison's own U-1 Oh Boy Oberto, which would have had a different
outcome had it been a conventional points paying race - when the U-5 would have
been DSQ'ED! (Disqualified)
Thus the season will now commence with the
series Super Bowl showcase event at Tri Cities, Washington, site of this year's
APBA Gold Cup event, July 24-26, followed a week later at Seattle's Seafair
Regatta, July 31st to August 2nd as the Hydros'
make their yearly Pacific Northwest Double-header sweep.
Talk about trial
under fire, as note how relatively new H1 Boss, ex Miss Madison/Oh Boy Oberto
pilot Steve David handled the situation positively, which seems a stark
contrast from IndyCar's Mark Miles heavy handedness towards criticism recently...
