2015 H1 Unlimited season

The 2015 H1 Unlimited season is the sixtieth running of the H1 Unlimited series for unlimited hydroplanes, sanctioned by the APBA. It will be the first time since 2009 that the series will have no sanctioning from the UIM.

2015 H1 Unlimited
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Teams and drivers

Currently, all boats will be using Lycoming Engines with the exception of the U-3 Go3Racing team which uses an Allison V-12 engine and the U-18 Bucket List Racing team that uses a smaller T-53 Lycoming turbine engine.[1]

No Engine Team Owner Driver Rounds
U-1 Lycoming T55 Oberto Miss Madison City of Madison Jimmy Shane All
U-3 Allison V-12 Go3Racing Ed Cooper Jimmy King 2
U-5 Lycoming T55 Graham Trucking I Ted Porter J. Michael Kelly All
U-7 Graham Trucking II Ted Porter Jesse Robertson (R) All
U-9 Red Dot/Les Schwab Mike and Lori Jones Scott Liddycoat 4
GBR11 Miss Peters & May Scott and Shannon Raney Tom Thompson All
U-12 Miss Diljulio Jay Leckrone and Denise Garl Patrick Sankuer All
U-18 Lycoming T53 Bucket List Racing Kelly Stocklin Kelly Stocklin 4
U-21 Lycoming T55 Lakeridge Paving Greg and Brian O'Farrell Brian Perkins 4
U-22 Webster Racing Steve and Sue Webster Mike Webster 4
U-27 Wiggins Racing Milt and Charley Wiggins Cal Phipps 4
U-96 Elam Plus Erik Ellstrom Jean Theoret 4
U-100 Leland Unlimited Leland Unlimited Kevin Eacret 4

2015 Schedule
No. Race title Location Date Media
NC† Indiana Governor's Cup (Madison Regatta)[2] Ohio River, Madison, Indiana July 3–5 WORX-FM
1 HAPO Gold Cup[2] Columbia River, Tri-Cities, Washington July 24–26 KNDU-TV
2 Albert Lee Appliance Cup[2] Lake Washington, Seattle, Washington July 31-August 2 KIRO-TV/KKNW
3 UAW-GM Spirit of Detroit Hydrofest[3] Detroit River, Detroit, Michigan August 22–23 ESPN3[4]
4 San Diego Bayfair[2] Mission Bay, San Diego, California, California September 18–20 ESPN3[4]
†: Due to debris in the river as a result of recent rains, the course was shortened and was run as a non-championship exhibition race.[5]

Results and standings

Races
No. Race Winning boat Winning driver Report
Indiana Governor's Cup (Madison Regatta) U-7 Graham Trucking II J. Michael Kelly Report

References
  1. "2015 Teams". H1 Unlimited. h1unlimited.com. Retrieved June 22, 2015.
  2. "2015 Schedule". H1 Unlimited. h1unlimited.com. Retrieved June 22, 2015.
  3. "Hydroplane racing returning to Detroit River". Detroit Free Press. freep.com. June 21, 2015. Retrieved June 22, 2015.
  4. "ESPN3 Platform Headlines H1 Video Streaming". H1 Unlimited. h1unlimited.com. June 8, 2015. Retrieved June 22, 2015.
  5. "2015 Madison Regatta Updated Race Format". H1 Unlimited. h1unlimited.com. July 5, 2015. Retrieved July 15, 2015.
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