After a full day of great racing it all came down to one last heat with 5  boats, 5 drivers and one traitorous race course.  After 50 minutes of delay due to high winds, the decision was made to run the final 5 laps to give Madison Indiana a thrilling finish to the Governor’s Cup.  All 4 boats took the water apprehensive about the crosswinds and rough chop that are so common and difficult to navigate on the Ohio River. 

This final heat was all about hookup and keeping the hull in the water.  From a tight start to close calls with buoys Villwock’s Spirit of Qatar commanded and handed Steve, Scott, Kip, and JW all a lesson on how it’s done.  The season opener goes to Dave, “Super Dave” as the other drivers kindly refer to him. 

The hometown favorite was certainly a crowd pleaser Steve David / Oh Boy! Oberto boat after the first turn could not get the momentum to catch Villwock as David’s boat was setup for acceleration not top speed.  None the less, taking second leaving room for Scott Liddycoat who was way off pace from his earlier times, an almost 10 MPH gap.  Today’s real factor was water conditions.

 

Final – Sunday July 8th

2012 LUCAS OIL Indiana Governor’s Cup Madison Regatta                                                                                                                          

Position    Points              Avg. Lap Speed    Boat #    Driver       Hometown                       Sponsor

1                 400               136.105  1           Dave Villwock         Monroe, WA                     Spirit of Qatar

2                 300               132.132  6           Steve David            Lighthouse Point, FL         Oh Boy! Oberto

3                 225               127.780  88         Scott Liddycoat        Suffolk, VA                      Degree Men

4                 169               105.785  17         Kip Brown              Ravensdale, WA   Miss Red Dot

5                 127               111.718  11         JW Myers              Burien, WA                      Peters & May

                                                                       

Fastest Lap:     4                                                         

Boat:    6                                                         

Speed: 150.933                                                          

                                   

Final Results- Sunday July 8th

2012 LUCAS OIL Indiana Governor’s Cup Madison Regatta 07/08/12                                                                        Accumulated Points

Number – Boat                                     Driver                           Points

U-6      Oh Boy! Oberto                       Steve David                 1500

U-1      Spirit of Qatar 96                     Dave Villwock               1500

U-88    Degree Men                            Scott Liddycoat            1250

U-17    Miss Red Dot                           Kip Brown                    1169

U-11    Miss Peters & May                   JW Myers                    1027

U-100 Leland Unlimited                      Greg Hopp                   825

U-9      Jones Racing                           Jon Zimmerman           675

U-5      Graham Trucking                     Jimmy Shane               638

U-57    Formulaboats.com                   Mark Evans                  563

U-22    Great Scott!                             Mike Webster              450

U-37    Miss Beacon Plumbing J. Michael Kelly            400

U-13    Spirit of Detroit                        Cal Phipps                   0

 

Accumulated Points with Qualifying

Number – Boat                                     Driver   Points

U-1      Spirit of Qatar 96                     Dave Villwock               1600

U-6      Oh Boy! Oberto                       Steve David                 1580

U-88    Degree Men                            Scott Liddycoat            1310

U-17    Miss Red Dot                           Kip Brown                    1209

U-11    Miss Peters & May                   JW Myers                    1077

U-100 Leland Unlimited                      Greg Hopp                   855

U-5      Graham Trucking                     Jimmy Shane               708

U-9      Jones Racing                           Jon Zimmerman           705

U-57    Formulaboats.com                   Mark Evans                  563

U-22    Great Scott!                             Mike Webster              480

U-37    Miss Beacon Plumbing J. Michael Kelly            400

U-13    Spirit of Detroit                        Cal Phipps                   30
U-57    Formulaboats.com                   Mark Evans                  480

U-22    Miss Broadway             Mike Webster              394

U-100 Leland Unlimited                      Greg Hopp                   319

U-37    Degree Men                            J. Michael Kelly            0

 

2012 Air National Guard H1 Unlimited Series schedule:

 

The first of 6 North American races are scheduled for:
July 6-8 in Madison, Indiana
July 13-15 in Detroit, Michigan
July 27-29 in Tri-Cities, Washington

August 3-5 in Seattle, Washington
August 31- September 1 in Coeur D’ Alene, Idaho

September 14-16 in San Diego, California

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