Hawaii 1997

1997 JN Automotive Hydrofest
Pearl Harbor, Honolulu, HI, October 12, 1997

The first day of the eighth annual JN Automotive Hydrofest (Friday) involved five Unlimited Lights testing.

UNLIMITED LIGHT RACING SERIES, HEAT NO. 1
(Three laps, five miles)

1. Bo Schide, Dayton, O., Alamo, 105.797
2. Randy Haas, Toledo, O., Miss Leroi, 104.496
3. George Stratton, Las Vegas, Nev., Wild Fire, 99.730
4. Phil Bononcini, Redmond, Wash., Pocket Mechanic, 99.333
DNF-- Dennis Macy, Garden City, Mich., The Menace

(fast lap, Schide, second, 109.569).

For purposes of season high points, points are doubled in this event, thus Schide and the Alamo collect 800, Haas and Leroi get 600, Stratton and Wild Fire 450 and Bononcini and Pocket Mechanic 338.

UNLIMITED LIGHT RACING SERIES (Saturday)

Dennis Macy, contrary to earlier reports, is through for the weekend. A rod blasted through the side of a brand new motor in Saturday's Heat 1 for the Unlimited Lights. Phil Bononcini, after losing a prop while en route to the course for Heat 2, came back to finish second in Heat 3 when Randy Haas' Miss Leroi expired late in that preliminary, won by Las Vegas' George Stratton in the Wild Fire.

Points awarded (double points for Hawaii, remember) so far:

George Stratton, Wild Fire, 1,850
Bo Schide, Alamo, 1,600
Randy Haas, Miss Leroi, 1,050
Phil Bononcini, Pocket Mechanic, 938
Dennis Macy, The Menace, 0.

Schide and the Alamo team clinched the ULRS season championships in San Diego four weeks ago.

UNLIMITED LIGHT RACING SERIES, HEAT NO. 2

1. Schide, Alamo, 115.253
2. Stratton, Wild Fire, 114.973
3. Haas, Miss Leroi, 106.329
DNS-- Bononcini, Pocket Mechanic; Macy, The Menace
(fast lap, Schide, 3rd, 119.064);

UNLIMITED LIGHT RACING SERIES, HEAT NO. 3

1. Stratton, Wild Fire, 107.592
2. Bononcini, Pocket Mechanic, 105.949
DNF -- Haas, Miss Leroi
DNS -- Schide, Alamo
(fast lap, Stratton, 3rd, 113.125)

UNLIMITED LIGHT RACING SERIES, FINAL

1. George Stratton, Las Vegas, Nev., Wild Fire, 107.688
2. Bo Schide, Dayton, O., Alamo, 104.973
3. Randy Haas, Toledo, O., Miss Leroi, 96.399
DNS--Phil Bononcini, Redmond, Wash., Pocket Mechanic
(fast lap, Stratton, 2nd, 110.145)

George Stratton of Las Vegas, Nev., started on the inside of chief rival Bo Schide of Dayton, Ohio, and led from start to finish of the Unlimited Light Racing Series final heat Sunday afternoon on Pearl Harbor. The race was the supporting feature of the JN Automotive Hydrofest.

In winning, Stratton's Wild Fire entry -- owned by fellow Las Vegan Kim Gregory -- capped the ULRS season with three straight victories here and, earlier, in Seattle and San Diego. Schide, however, off the strength of early season victories back east, had clinched the season championship in San Diego.