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2009 H1 Unlimited season

The 2009 H1 Unlimited season is the fifty fourth running of the H1 Unlimited series for unlimited hydroplane, jointly sanctioned by APBA, its governing body in North America and UIM, its international body. It is the first season to run under its new name.

The season began in July with the Madison Regatta, held in Madison, Indiana, United States, throughout the season, the series will consist of six races.

The finale of the season was in November with the Oryx Cup, held in Doha, Doha Municipality, Qatar. The 2009 Oryx Cup was the seventeenth running of the UIM World Championship for unlimited hydroplanes.

For 2010, Oh Boy! Oberto (Miss Madison) was the National High Point Team Champion, while Steve David was the National High Point Driver Champion.

Name change

The series became H1 Unlimited prior to the Oryx Cup, in a bid to internationalise the series, until then, the series was known as ABRA Unlimited (American Boat Racing Association) for five seasons.

Teams and drivers

All boats are powered by Lycoming T55 L7C, originally used in Chinook helicopters, only turbine engine currently permitted in the series.

No	Team	Engine	Driver	Rounds
U-1	Indiana Oh Boy! Oberto (Miss Madison)	Lycoming T55 L7	Florida Steve David	All
U-3	Indiana Cooper Motorsports	Allison V-1710 Turbo	Michigan Jimmy King	All
U-5	Indiana Formulaboats.com	Lycoming T55 L7	Washington Jeff Bernard	All
U-7	Indiana Graham Trucking	Lycoming T55 L7	Washington J. Michael Kelly	All
U-9	Washington Jones Racing	Lycoming T55 L7	Washington David Williams	4
U-16	Indiana Ellstrom Elam Plus	Lycoming T55 L7C	Indiana Dave Villwock	All
U-17	Indiana Our Gang Racing	Lycoming T55	Indiana Kip Brown	All
U-22	Pennsylvania Matrix System Automotive Finishes	Lycoming T55 L7	Pennsylvania Mike Webster	All
U-25	Washington Superior Racing	Lycoming T55	Washington Ken Muscatel	All
U-37	Washington Schumacher Racing	Lycoming T55 L7	Quebec Jean Theoret	All
U-48	Washington Miss Albert Lee Appliance	Lycoming T55	Washington Brian Perkins	All
U-100	Washington Leland Racing	Lycoming T55 L7	Washington Greg Hopp	All

Season schedule and results

Rd.	Race	Location	Venue	Date	Winning boat
Madison Regatta (Indiana Governor's Cup)	Madison, Indiana, United States	Ohio River	July 3–5	Miss Elam Plus	Dave Villwock
Chrysler-Jeep Superstores Gold Cup	Detroit, Michigan, United States	Detroit River	July 10–12	Miss Elam Plus	Dave Villwock
Tri-City Water Follies Lamb Weston Columbia Cup	Tri-Cities, Washington, United States	Columbia River	July 24–26	Oh Boy! Oberto (Miss Madison)	Steve David
Seafair Cup	Seattle, Washington, United States	Lake Washington	July 31 – August 2	Miss Elam Plus	Dave Villwock
Thunder on the Ohio	Evansville, Indiana, United States	Ohio River	August 21–23	Miss Formulaboats.com	Jeff Bernard
Oryx Cup – UIM World Championship	Doha, Doha Municipality, Qatar	Doha Bay, Persian Gulf	November 19–21	U-7 Graham Trucking	J. Michael Kelly

National High Point Champions

Team Champion

For the 2009 Season, Oh Boy! Oberto (Miss Madison) was the National High Point Team Champion.

Year	Team	Engine	Owner	Wins
2009	Oh Boy! Oberto (Miss Madison)	Lycoming	City of Madison	1

Driver Champion

For the 2009 Season, Steve David was the National High Point Driver Champion.

Year	Driver	Machine	Engine	Wins
2009	Steve David	Oh Boy! Oberto (Miss Madison)	Lycoming	1

References

[http://www.abrahydroplanes.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=blogsection&id=10&Itemid=145 abrahydroplanes.com]
[https://archive.today/20120909183906/http://www.pnwlocalnews.com/south_king/aub/sports/70538172.html American Boat Racing Association changes its name to H1 Unlimited Hydroplane Unveils new international brand – Auburn Reporter]
[http://www.abrahydroplanes.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=624&Itemid=131 H1 Unlimited- What Are Unlimited Hydroplanes?]

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