Hydroplanes: King, U-3 win heat in Detroit race - Mid Columbia Tri City Herald
Without a piston-powered unlimited hydroplane racing on the Detroit River since 2009, hometown favorite Jimmy King’s heat win in the Allison-engine U-3 Miss HomeStreet Bank drew the biggest cheer from the fans on the shoreline Saturday during the... , driver will take the victory any way he can get it. King was the lone driver to make a clean start in Heat 1C and won with an average speed of 138. 694 mph. Jean Theoret in the U-96 Ellstrom Elam Plus started the day leading the 12-boat field in qualifying for the third consecutive race with a one-lap speed of 161. 568 mph on the 21/2-mile course. “When I heard over the radio all the boats jumped, I just wanted to make sure I did what we needed to make it through the heat without an issue. In other preliminary heats, Brian Perkins in the U-21 Miss Al Deeby Dodge drove to his first heat win of 2015, taking Heat 1B. Two-time Gold Cup champion Jimmy Shane in the U-1 Oberto held off his main nemesis on the circuit, J. Michael Kelly in... There will be two more sets of preliminary heats Sunday before the championship winner-take-all final at 1:10 p. m. PDT. Source: www.tri-cityherald.com
