JULY 2017

     Another team that made some major hull changes was the U-9 Jones Racing team, led by Jeff Campbell. The most visible changes were a new split front canard wing with the capability to change the angle of the left and right sides  separately. The intent is to allow driver Andrew Tate to keep the wing at a neutral position in the corners.    

 continued...Columbia River testing

[Top} Kelly Stocklin’s Bucket List Racing entry makes a run on the Columbia River.
Formerly carrying the U-18 designation, it now has the number 440.  
[Middle] The crew of the U-1 HomeStreet Bank check out the skin fin on their boat.
[Above] The Miss HomeStreet Bank getting ready for a test run.

     The other major change was
made to the left sponson in front of the skid fin, which was dropped to match the right sponson. “We are all really happy with the changes to the boat,” said Tate. “The water was like
glass, pretty smooth. We will have to see what it does in race water, but the team is happy, I’m happy, we are looking forward to it.”

     Go Fast Turn Left Racing’s U-21 Darrell Strong presents  
PayneWest Insurance debuted its new “design the boat” color scheme, which features green sponsons. The team also tried some different gear, propeller, and engine combinations as they prepare for the HAPO Columbia Cup in July.

     “The test went awesome,” said
driver Brian Perkins. “This was such a valuable experience for us. We made four runs with three or four different combinations, took a lot of notes, and we are ready for the Tri-Cities race.”

     The newly renumbered and
repainted orange and yellow 440
Bucket List Racing made its first
laps since blowing a gearbox during qualifying at last year’s HAPO Columbia Cup in the Tri-Cities. The hull, owned by Kelly Stocklin and driven by Dustin Echols, made six laps and seemed to have fixed the gearbox issue before going dead
in the water at the west end of the racecourse.