Steve David led heat 1A from Start to finish in the U-1 Oh Boy! Oberto and Dave Villwock in the U-96 Spirit of Qatar won heat 1B just as easily.

Courtesy: H1 Unlimited Hydroplane Series Media Relations

SEATTLE, Wash.-As racing got underway in the Albert Lee Cup at Seafair, the favorites held court in heats 1A and 1B.

Steve David led heat 1A from Start to finish in the U-1 Oh Boy! Oberto and Dave Villwock in the U-96 Spirit of Qatar won heat 1B just as easily.

There was good racing behind the leaders in both heats as Greg Hopp in the U-100 Lay's Kettle Cooked and Brian Perkins in the U-21 Miss Albert Lee Appliance were both among the front runners in heat 1A until Perkins was penalized a lap for stiking a bouy and Hopp had an engine stall while running in second place.

Kip Brown in the U-16 Miss Red Dot was scored in 2nd place with Hopp 3rd..  4th went to Jon Zimmerman in the U-37 Miss Peters & May with Cal Phipps in Miss Jillians 5th and Perkins finishing 6th after the penalty. 

In heat 1B, team mates Jeff Bernard in the U-5 Formulaboats.com and J Michael Kelly in the U-7 Graham Trucking battled for 2nd behind Villwock.  Bernard was given a one lap penalty for changing lanes in front of Kelly and dropped to 5th place.

Kelly was 2nd with Mark Evans in the U-57 Washington Truck Dispatch 3rd.  4th place went to Mike Webster in the U-22 Matrix Systems.

Racing will continue Sunday with heat 2A scheduled for 10:40am PDT and the championship final heat at 4:40pm.

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