Race Results Summary

1. Lake Havasu City, AZ - Lake Havasu
EARL'S PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS, Charley Wiggins

2. Barrie, Ontario - Lake Simcoe
EARL'S PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS, Charley Wiggins

3. Evansville, IN - Ohio River
EARL'S PERFORMANCE PRODUCTS, Charley Wiggins

4. Madison, IN - Ohio River
THE ALAMO, Bo Schide

5. Detroit, MI - Detroit River
THE ALAMO, Bo Schide

6. Norfolk, VA - Willoughby Bay
THE ALAMO, Bo Schide		 7. Tri-Cities, WA - Columbia River
FREDDIE'S CLUB, Charley Wiggins

8. Seattle, WA - Lake Washington
MISS COMPAIR, Randy Haas

9. Kelowna, BC - Okanogan Lake
THE ALAMO, Bo Schide

10. San Diego, CA - Mission Bay
THE ALAMO, Bo Schide

11. Honolulu, HI - Pearl Harbor
MISS COMPAIR, Randy Haas

1999 National High Point Champion Team:
THE ALAMO
Owner: Ned Allen		 1999 National High Point Champion Driver:
Bo Schide, driver of THE ALAMO

Lake Havasu

  1. UL-10 Earl’s Performance Products
    Charley Wiggins
  2. UL-72 Pocket Mechanic
    Phil Bononcini
  3. UL-38 B&B Racing
    Dave Bender

DNF: UL-23 APEX Laser
Steven Weber
DNF: UL-16 Alamo
Bo Schide
DNF: UL-110 Miss CompAir
Randy Haas

Notes: The season started off with a bang, literally. UL-10 and UL-16 collided. UL-110 flipped, but Randy was okay. Then six teams worked on the boat and put it back on the water for the final! UL-23 sustained heavy damage due to the rough water and did not make the next race.

Barrie
  1. UL-10 Earl’s Performance Products
    Charley Wiggins
  2. UL-16 Alamo
    Bo Schide
  3. UL-72 Pocket Mechanic
    Phil Bonincini

DNS: UL-110 Miss CompAir
Randy Haas

Notes: Once again, two ULs hit while racing, UL-10 and UL-16, but it did not impede the UL-10’s win. As soon as Wiggins returned to the dock, he checked for damage.

Evansville
  1. UL-10 Earl’s Performance Products
    Charley Wiggins
  2. UL-16 Alamo
    Bo Schide
  3. UL-72 Pocket Mechanic
    Greg Hopp
  4. UL-110 Miss CompAir
    Randy Haas
  5. UL-23 River House Apex Laser
    Cal Phipps
Notes: At the beginning of the weekend, the UL-23 could be found at the River House still repairing the damage sustained in Lake Havasu. The final heat saw Wiggins grab the inside lane and hold off Schide in a very tight race. Cal Phipps in the UL-23 had the entire crowd behind him as he struggled and eventually made it across the finish line for fifth place.

Madison
  1. UL-16 Alamo
    Bo Schide
  2. UL-10 Earl’s Performance Products
    Charley Wiggins
  3. UL-110 Miss CompAir/Coleman Engineering
    Randy Haas
  4. UL-15 Sedam Contracting
    Jerry Hopp
  5. GNH-317 The Irishman
    Steve Kuhr
  6. UL-72 Pocket Mechanic *
    Phil Bononcini
  7. GNH-32 Steinhardt Heating and Air

*assessed one-minute penalty

Notes: This was the first win of the season for the UL-16.  Schide was jubilant as he jumped from his boat to the dock.

Detroit

Points Final
  1. UL-16 Alamo
    Bo Schide
  2. UL-10 Earl’s Performance Products
    Charley Wiggins
  3. UL-110 Miss CompAir
    Randy Haas
  4. UL-72 Pocket Mechanic
    Phil Bononcini
  5. UL-38 BASF *
    Dave Bender

DNF: UL-23 Bad Frog Beer
Cal Phipps

*assessed 2 one-minute penalties

Automotive Gold Cup

  1. UL-10 Earl’s Performance Products
    Charley Wiggins

  2. UL-110 Miss CompAir
    Randy Haas

  3. UL-23 Bad Frog Beer
    Cal Phipps

  4. UL-72 Pocket Mechanic
    Phil Bononcini

  5. UL-38 BASF
    Dave Bender

  6. UL-16 Alamo *
    Bo Schide

*assessed one-minute penalty

Detroit had two "finals" for the ULs. First there was the race for points and then there was the Automotive Gold Cup.

Norfolk
  1. UL-16 Alamo
    Bo Schide
  2. UL-23 Miss SCI
    Cal Phipps
  3. UL-72 Pocket Mechanic
    Phil Bononcini
  4. UL-110 Miss CompAir/Universal Air Products
    Randy Haas

DNF: UL-10 Earl's Performance Products
Charley Wiggins
DNF: UL-102 Propulsion Missile/Rocket
Scott McGregor

Notes: In the light final, Schide in the UL-16 took control early as the UL-23 stayed right there. UL-10 had problems at the start and shut down in the first corner to save the equipment.

Tri-Cities
  1. UL-10 Freddie’s Club
    Charley Wiggins
  2. UL-16 Alamo
    Bo Schide
  3. UL-110 Miss CompAir
    Randy Haas
  4. UL-72 Pocket Mechanic
    Phil Bononcini
  5. UL-3 Miss Vnode.com
    Doug Brow
  6. UL-38 Shield’s Autoglass/Miss Aqua Tropics Pets
    Dave Bender
  7. UL-15 Miss Graham Trucking
    Jerry Hopp

DSQ: UL-23 APEX Laser *
Terry Troxell

* assessed multiple penalties

Seattle
  1. UL-110 Wizard’s Casino/Miss CompAir
    Randy Haas
  2. UL-10 Freddie’s Club Light
    Charley Wiggins
  3. UL-17 Ted’s Red Apple Markets
    Rick Bridgeman
  4. UL-38 Shield’s Autoglass/Miss Aqua Tropics Pets
    Dave Bender
  5. UL-72 Pocket Mechanic
    Phil Bononcini *
  6. UL-15 Miss Graham Trucking
    Jerry Hopp

DNF: UL-16 Alamo
Bo Schide
DNF: UL-3 Miss Vnode.com
Doug Brow

*assessed one-minute penalty

Notes: Quote by Randy Haas, "We keep tearing stuff up. I tore the canard off of it, I tore the cowling off of it, and I tore the wings off of it. It's been a hard road to go, but everybody keeps pitching in and working. We've finally done it."

Kelowna

  1. UL-16 Alamo
    Bo Schide
  2. UL-10 Earl’s Performance Products
    Charley Wiggins
  3. UL-110 Miss CompAir
    Randy Haas
  4. UL-72 Pocket Mechanic
    Phil Bononcini
  5. UL-38 Milestone's Restaurant/Shield’s Auto Glass
    Dave Bender
  6. UL-3 Miss Vnode.com
    Doug Brow
  7. UL-15 Professor Bee.com
    Mike McLellan

Notes: UL-10 was on the inside, but lacked the power to hold off the UL-16.  Schide took the Alamo to the win and the points race seesawed the entire day with UL-16 coming out ahead at the end.

San Diego

  1. UL-16 Alamo
    Bo Schide
  2. UL-10 Earl’s Performance Products
    Charley Wiggins
  3. UL-110 Miss CompAir
    Randy Haas
  4. GNH-136 Carefree Water Technologies
    Scott Schatz
  5. UL-3 Miss Vnode.com
    Doug Brow
  6. UL-72 Pocket Mechanic *
    Phil Bonocini

    * one-lap penalty for lane encroachment

Notes: Bo Schide and Charley Wiggins put on an outstanding show in the final. UL-10 Earl's Performance Products and UL-16 Alamo were side by side for most of three laps. Charley had the inside and Bo had the outside. A great race for the UL final in San Diego. The UL-16 pulled ahead and took the race in the end.

A point worth noting is the exceptional effort of the UL-110 team and the other crews that jumped in to get the UL-110 Miss CompAir back on the water. After flipping the boat, it's a feat to see them take a strong 3rd place.

Hawaii

Here are the results of the UL final. Randy Haas in the UL-110 Miss CompAir took off and never looked back, securing his second win of the season. The boats behind him had some problems, though. The GNH-9 Aloha Hyundai, with Paul Droullard, had to shut down after the first lap due to the rough water. The UL-23 had serious problems as JW Myers shut the boat down and then it started sinking. They did get the boat back to the dock and JW was fine, but when it was lifted out of the water, there was a hole about 18 inches wide and 5 feet long in the bottom of the hull.  Due to a flip earlier in the day, The UL-72 Pocket Mechanic was unable to make to final.  Phil Bonocini was uninjured in the accident.

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