Oberto Soars to Back-to-Back Championships

The U-1 Oh Boy! Oberto/Miss Madison (top) overcame a blowover accident to defend it’s National High Points championship Saturday in Doha, Qatar, and win the APBA Martini & Rossi Trophy as the series’ champion. Driver Steve David is congratulated by his new fans in Doha below. (H1 Unlimited photos) Steve David needed a miracle in order to win his second-straight High Points Championship. As it turns out, he got two. David overcame a potentially devastating blowover accident in an earlier heat to drive the U-1 Oh Boy! Oberto/Miss Madison to its second-straight National Championship Saturday on Doha Bay in Doha, Qatar. Monday, November 23, 2009

Refuse-to-lose David Repeats as Points Champ

Steve David needed a miracle to win his second-straight High Points Championship. He got two. (1 comments) Saturday, November 21, 2009

Oh Boy! Oberto/Miss Madison does it again

Steve David overcame a potentially devasting accident to drive the U-1 Oh Boy! Oberto/Miss Madison to its second-straight National Championship Saturday in Doha, Qatar. Saturday, November 21, 2009

Rough water slows speeds in qualifying

Surprisingly rough water kept speeds down during the first international qualification session in Unlimited hydroplane history on Thursday in Doha, Qatar. Friday, November 20, 2009

David's Doha Diary

Wow, this water is rough! Detroit is rough. Turn 1 at Tri-Cities is rough. Seattle is rough. But the difference here is that we have the Persian Gulf one-half mile away and tankers and freighters cruising by at 15 knots throwing huge swells in Doha Bay. That's pretty much why you're seeing qualifying speeds 8-plus miles per hour shy of Seattle. Friday, November 20, 2009

Miss Elam Tops Doha Qualifying

The last time Dave Villwock and Steve David hooked up in a Heat 1B, controversy ruled the day and Villwock finished upside down in the water. There was no such drama on Friday. Friday, November 20, 2009

U-1 Oh Boy! Oberto picks up first win in Heat 2A

Steve David picked up his first heat win of the weekend and increased his lead in the National High Points chase in the process in Heat 2A of the Oryx Cup UIM World Championship in Doha, Qatar this morning. Friday, November 20, 2009

Villwock takes top qualification spot at 2009 Oryx Cup UIM World Championship

DOHA, Qatar (November 19, 2009) - Dave Villwock (Auburn, Wash.) in the U-16 Ellstrom Elam Plus raced around the two-mile course at Doha Bay at an average speed of 146.427 mph (235.651 km/h) to claim the top qualifying position for the 2009 Oryx Cup UIM World Championship, the final stop on the newly renamed H1 Unlimited series. Thursday, November 19, 2009

Hydros shine in the Middle East

DOHA, Qatar (November 17, 2009) The Oryx Cup race site at Sheraton Park in Doha is beginning to take shape on Tuesday. In a city skyline where you can count upwards of 30 sky cranes working on high-rise buildings you can triple that count with workers constructing tents and making the area race ready.. All in the shadow of this Middle Eastern shinning city. Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Friendship takes Grant to Qatar for races

Jim Grant, known for his Hoosier hospitality, is taking his business acumen halfway round the world. A 2006 Indiana Hospitality Award winner, Grant has helped forge one friendship that is taking him to the Persian Gulf this week. Tuesday, November 17, 2009