Dave Villwock appears to have left his misfortunes in Tri-Cites behind him as his U-96 is atop the qualifying ladder after day one of Seattle's historic SeaFair.

Courtesy: H1 Unlimited Hydroplane Series Media Relations

As expected, Dave Villwock put the U-96 Spirit of Qatar at the top of the Friday Qualifying ladder at the Albert Lee Cup at Seafair with a morning lap of 155.888.

But no one expected what happened next.  Greg Hopp in the U-100 Lay's Kettle Cooked outqualified Steve David in the U-1 Oh Boy! Oberto 148.701 to 148.484 to grab second spot on the ladder.

The rest of the field:  4th J Michael Kelly U-7 Graham Trucking 148.026 / 5th Brian Perkins U-21 Albert Lee Appliance 146.368 / 6th Jeff Bernard U-5 Formulaboats.com 146.100 / 7th  Kip Brown U-17 Miss Red Dot 145.392 / 8th Jon Zimmerman U-37 Miss Peters & May141.359 / 9th Mark Evans U-57 Washington Truck Dispatch 137.783 / 10th Mike Webster U-22 Matrix Systems 136.423.

Dr Ken Muscatel's U-25 Car Pros and Cal Phipps in the U-13 Miss Jillian's are expected to qualify Saturday morning. 

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