San Diego Union (Free subscription) | 09/21/2008
Boat racing scoreboardSeptember 21, 2008September 21, 2008YESTERDAY'S RESULTSUnlimited HydroplanesFinal Qualifying 1. U-6 Oh Boy Oberto (Steve David, 161.406 mph); 2. U-5 Formulaboats.com (Jeff Bernard, 160.628); 3. U-37 Miss Beacon Plumbing (Jean Theoret, 159.769); 4. U-3 Grandview Resorts (Jimmy King, 159.741); 5. U-7 Formulaboats.com (Mike Allen, 157.227); 6. U-13 Graham Trucking (J....
San Diego Union (Free subscription) | 09/22/2008
Ed Hochuli was working an NFL game in Baltimore yesterday, so he couldn't have been the referee of the Unlimited Hydroplane race on Mission Bay. But thanks to some rulings that were almost as unfathomable as Hochuli's call in Denver last week, Jeff Bernard was named the winner of the Bill Muncey Cup – 90 minutes after Steve David appeared to win the race and Jean Theoret was named the...
San Diego Union (Free subscription) | 09/22/2008
... Ken Muscatel). 2B: 1. U-37 Miss Beacon Plumbing (Jean Theoret, 149.601), 2. U-6 Oh Boy Oberto (Steve David, 149.427), 3. U-13 Graham Trucking (J. Michael Kelly, 144.131), 4. U-50 Spirit of the Navy (Brian Perkins, 131.281). 3A: 1. Theoret (Lery, Quebec, Canada, 148.473), 2. Perkins (Seattle, 137.025; DNF–Hopp (Snohomish, Wash); Did-not-Start–Allen (Destrehan, La.), Muscatel (Seattle)....
San Diego Union (Free subscription) | 09/22/2008
The rulings that led to Jeff Bernard's Formulaboats.com being named the winner of the Bill Muncey Cup yesterday also altered the results of the final points standings. Not first place. Steve David and the Oh Boy Oberto boat owned by the community of Madison, Ind., celebrated both national championships – David's third driver title in four years and Madison's first boat title in...
Seattle Times (Free subscription) | 09/22/2008
SAN DIEGO — Kent's Jeff Bernard in the U-5 Formulaboats .com captured the San Diego Bayfair unlimited race Sunday and ended the 2008 season as the only two-race winner.Driver Steve David in the U-6 Oh Boy! Oberto/Miss Madison clinched first in the national points race, the first overall title for the Madison, Ind.-based team in 47 years of racing.Bernard, who won in Madison in July, was...
San Diego Union (Free subscription) | 09/21/2008
... a shot at the championship this year. But I've got to go for what's out there.” Which is second. Steve David all but clinched his third driver's title – plus the first boat championship for the Oh Boy Oberto boat owned by the community of Madison, Ind., – by winning his first heat yesterday. To clinch both championships, David needs only to finish his first heat today. “We're...
San Diego Union (Free subscription) | 09/21/2008
... it would have been like for everyone if the boat had been trapped in Madison by the storm,” driver Steve David said. Although it was no longer a hurricane, Ike's path passed right over Madison, knocking out power and causing considerable damage in the Ohio River community of 14,500. Offshores inshoreThe offshore powerboats of the Pacific Offshore Power Boat Racing Association ran...
