Oh Boy! Oberto repeats as champ; ready for Seafair action this weekend

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  • Tuesday, July 28, 2009 7:35pm
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An Oberto hydroplane races across Lake Washington in 2007 Seafair action. This year the Kent-based hydro team is at the top of the charts

An Oberto hydroplane races across Lake Washington in 2007 Seafair action. This year the Kent-based hydro team is at the top of the charts

The U-1 Oh Boy! Oberto defended its title on Sunday afternoon at the 2009 Lamb Weston Columbia Cup in the Tri-Cities.

Behind driver Steve David, the U-1 Oh Boy! Oberto delivered one of its finest weekends to date, fending off Kent’s Jeff Bernard, driving the U-5 Formulaboats.com, and traditional power Dave Villwock of Auburn, behind the U-16 Ellstrom’s Elam Plus, to capture his second straight Lam Weston Columbia Cub title.

In addition to winning the title, David also secured a near flawless weekend, winning all four heats, the only setback coming from a lane infraction on Saturday. The Oh Boy! Oberto will head into the Chevrolet Cup at Seafair on Lake Washington this weekend among the favorites.

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David scored 1,450 points over the course of the event, well ahead of Villwock’s 564.

Last year, the Oh Boy! Oberto won its first national championship in its 48-year history. It was David’s third. In addition David was the top qualifier at more than half of the races.

Final order of finish: 1st-Steve David, Oh Boy! Oberto, 2nd-Jeff Bernard U-5 Formulaboats.com, 3rd JW Myers U-37 Hoss Mortgage Investors, 4th-Dave Villwock U-16 Ellstrom’s Elam Plus, 5th-Kip Brown U-17 West Pasco Family Dental, 6th Brian Perkins U-48 Whirlpool Presents Miss Albert Lee.


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