1999 Jaspers Engines & Transmissions
Indiana Governor’s Cup
Ohio River, Madison, Indiana, July 4, 1999

Unlimited Lights Championship Final:

SATURDAY:

Unlimited Light Heat 2B:

Madison, IN -- The Alamo Unlimited Light tried to run away with today's heat of racing but the Earl's Performance Product hydro driven by Charley Wiggins stayed just off his transom on the first lap and within the rooster tail the last two laps of Heat 2B.  Randy Haas took third in the Miss CompAir - Coleman Engineering race boat and Jerry Hopp was fourth in the UL 15 Sedam Contracting.
 

Place	Boat #	Boat Name	Driver	MPH	Pts.
1st	UL-16	Alamo	Bo Schide	115.345	400
2nd	UL-10	Earl's Performance Products	Charley Wiggins	111.445	300
3rd	UL-110	Miss CompAir - Coleman Engineering	Randy Haas	103.315	225
----	UL-15	Sedam Contracting	Jerry Hopp	93.633	169
Fast Lap - Lap 1: UL-16 Alamo - 118.391 mph

Unlimited Lights Heat 2A:

Madison, IN -- Phil Bononcini led the way around the race course in the second round of heat racing in the Unlimited Lights class in Heat 2A.  Cal Phipps, driving the Bad Frog Beer UL-23 hit the start line first but it was the UL-72 Pocket Mechanic by the first turn and there was never contention for the win.  Bad Frog Beer finished second and Steve Kuhr in his beautiful "Irishman" suffered engine trouble as did Mike McCormick in the UL-32 "Steinhardt Heating & Air" entry.
 

Place	Boat #	Boat Name	Driver	MPH	Points
1st	UL-72	Pocket Mechanic	Phil Bononcini		400
2nd	UL-23	Bad Frog Beer	Cal Phipps		300
---	UL-32	Steinhardt Heating & Air	Mike McCormick	DNF	0
----	UL-317	The Irishman	Steve Kuhr	DNF	0
Fast Lap -

Unlimited Lights Heat 1B:

Bo Schide in Ned Allen's UL-16 "Alamo" crossed the start line first and never looked back during Heat 1B this afternoon.  In the hunt behind Schide was Cal Phipps in the UL-23 "Bad Frog Beer" entry owned by Bob Larimore after passing the Miss CompAir - Coleman Engineering entry driven by Randy Haas.   Haas kept Phipps close during lap one and then brought him wide on the final turn.   The strategy didn't pay off however as the UL-110 coasted to a stop near the end of lap two. The DNF on the Haas entry gave Steve Kuhr in his UL-317 "Irishman" third place points. 
 

Place	Boat #	Boat Name	Driver	MPH	Points
1st	UL-16	Alamo	Bo Schide	100.752	400
2nd	UL-23	Bad Frog Beer	Cal Phipps	96.797	300
3rd	UL-317	The Irishman	Steve Kuhr	76.015	225
---	UL-110	Miss CompAir - Coleman Engineering	Randy Haas	TNT	-----
Fast Lap: Lap 1 - UL-16 - 105.590 mph

Unlimited Lights Heat 1A:

Drivers from Seattle, WA and Gadsden, AL led the way for three laps of Unlimited Light racing today in Madison.  UL-72 driver Phil Bononcini utilized lane one to his advantage and maintained the leads through the turns with Charley Wiggins in the UL-10 Earl's Performance Products dicing with Pocket Mechanic on the straight-aways. On the third and final lap Wiggins managed to find the advantage and led throughout the final lap taking the checkered flag. Jerry Hopp brought UL-15 boat "Sedam Contracting" in for third place points and Mike McCormick finished fourth with his "Steinhard Heating & Air Conditioning" hydro.
 

Place	Boat #	Boat Name	Driver	MPH	Points
1st	UL-10	Earl's Performance Products	Charley Wiggins	100.418	400
2nd	UL-72	Pocket Mechanic	Phil Bononcini	98.585	300
3rd	UL-15	Sedam Contracting	Jerry Hopp	81.289	225
4th	UL-32	Steinhardt Heating & Air Conditioning	Mike McCormick	42.255	169
Fast Lap - Lap 3 - UL-10 - 104.514 mph

Unlimited Light Heat Draw:

1A: UL-72, UL-15, GNH-32, UL-10
1B: UL-110, UL-16, UL-23, GNH-317

2A: UL-72, GNH-32, UL-23, GNH-317
2B: UL-15, UL-16, UL-110, UL-10
 

FRIDAY:

Unlimited Lights Expected to Compete

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