2012 H1 Unlimited season

The 2012 H1 Unlimited season is the fifty seventh running of the H1 Unlimited series for unlimited hydroplane, jointly sanctioned by APBA, its governing body in North America and UIM, its international body.

2012 H1 Unlimited
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The season will begin in July with the Lucas Oil Indiana Governor's Cup (Madison Regatta), held in Madison, Indiana, United States.

The finale of the season will be in November with the Oryx Cup, held in Doha, Ad Dawhah, Qatar. The 2012 Oryx Cup will be the 21st running of the UIM World Championship for unlimited hydroplanes.[1]

Teams and drivers
  • All boats are powered by Lycoming T55 L7C, originally used in Chinook helicopters, only turbine engine currently permitted in the series.[2]
No Team Owner Driver Rounds
U-1 Spirit of Qatar Marine Technologies-Erick Ellstrom Dave Villwock All
U-5 Graham Trucking Precision Performance Engineering Inc.-Ted Porter Jimmy Shane All
U-6 Oh Boy! Oberto- Miss Madison City of Madison, IN Steve David All
U-9 Jones Racing Jones Racing-Mike & Lori Jones Jon Zimmerman All
U-11 Peters & May Unlimited Racing Group-JW Myers, Scott Raney & Shannon Raney JW Myers All
U-37 Schumacher Racing Schumacher Racing-Billy Schumacher J. Michael Kelly All
U-13 Tubby's Grilled Submarine Sandwiches Unlimiteds Detroit-Dave Bartush Cal Phipps TBA (DET confirmed)
U-17 Miss Red Dot Our Gang Racing, LLC-Nate Brown Kip Brown All
U-18 Bucket List Racing Kelly Stocklin Kelly Stocklin TBA-New in 2012
U-21 Albert Lee Appliance Go Fast, Turn Left Racing-Greg & Brian O'Farrell Brian Perkins All
U-22 Great Scott! pres. Matrix System Automotive Finishes Webster Racing-Mike Webster Mike Webster All
U-25 Superior Racing Superior Racing-Ken Muscatel Ken Muscatel All
U-57 Formulaboats.com Evans Brothers Racing-Mark & Mitch Evans Mark Evans All
U-88 Degree Men USA Racing-Matt & Debbie Gregory Scott Liddycoat All
U-100 Leland Unlimited Leland Unlimited-Fred Leland Greg Hopp All

Season schedule and results
Rd. Race Location Venue Date Winning boat Winning driver
1 Lucas Oil Indiana Governor's Cup (Madison Regatta) Madison, Indiana, United States Ohio River July 6–8 Spirit of Qatar Dave Villwock
2 APBA Gold Cup Detroit, Michigan, United States Detroit River July 13–15 Spirit of Qatar Dave Villwock
3 Lamb Weston Columbia Cup Tri-Cities, Washington, United States Columbia River July 27–29 Graham Trucking Jimmy Shane
4 Albert Lee Cup at Seafair Seattle, Washington, United States Lake Washington Aug 3–5 Oh Boy! Oberto - Miss Madison Steve David
5 Air Guard Championship San Diego, California, United States Mission Bay Sept 14–16 Oh Boy! Oberto - Miss Madison Steve David
6 Oryx Cup – UIM World Championship Doha, Ad Dawhah, Qatar Doha Bay, Persian Gulf Nov 8–10 Graham Trucking Jimmy Shane


References
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