Walt Otttenad’s gallery of the 2008 ABRA Chevrolet Cup at Seafair: A very LONG weekend…

As a member of the U-13 Graham Trucking/Spirit of Detroit crew, we had high hopes coming into Seattle after a disastrous Tri-Cities outing where we broke another prop and hurt the back of the boat again (though not as bad as Evansville). (continue reading…)

Walt Ottenad’s gallery of the 2008 ULHRA Graham Trucking Cup in Seattle, WA.

Chris Denslow’s gallery of the Unlimited Lights at the Graham Trucking Cup at Seafair.

Walt Ottenad’s gallery of the airshow at Seafair.

U-13 Graham Trucking/Spirit of Detroit – Final Heat at Seafair.  J. Michael Kelly had to retire the U-13 due to a faulty lid latch…

Chris Denslow’s gallery of the Unlimiteds at the Chevrolet Cup at Seafair.

Chris Denslow’s gallery of the airshow at Chevrolet Cup at Seafair.

Michael Flaherty narrowly avoids disaster in the final at Seafair when (at 5:48) another boat turned directly in front of him, forcing Mike into the air as he runs over that roostertail, straight into another one to his right – scary stuff…

U-13 Graham Trucking/Spirit of Detroit in Heat 2B at Seafair from multiple angles.

Saturday morning test session of the U-13 Graham Trucking showing the stresses on J. Michael Kelly.

Heat 1A at Seafair from the cockpit of the U-13.

Friday morning test session from the cockpit of the U-13 Graham Trucking showing prop shaft breaking near end of video.

Chris Denslow’s gallery of the christening of the U-50.

Chris Denslow’s images from the Vintage Unlimited test on Lake Washington, April 17th, 2008

Lisa Courneya’s images from the Unlimited Lights test on Lake Washington, April 17th, 2008

Lisa Courneya’s images from the Vintage Unlimited test on Lake Washington, April 17th, 2008

Walt Ottenad’s images from the Vintage Unlimited and Unlimited Lights test on Lake Washington, April 17th, 2008

This view of J. Michael Kelly in the U-13 at Seafair shows how violent a modern Unlimited Hydroplane ride really is! JMK took the U-13 to a third place finish in the five lap final heat…

J. Michael Kelly in Heat 1C at Seafair

Walt Ottenad’s gallery of the 2007 ABRA Chevrolet Cup at Seafair.

The right side tail brackets broke during the Final Heat at Seafair, making this video very jerky. Michael Flaherty finished a disappointing 7th place after a 1 min. penalty for improper scoreup.

Walt Ottenad’s gallery of the 2007 ULHRA Graham Trucking Cup at Seafair held on Aug. 3-5, 2007 in Seattle, WA

Walt Ottenad’s gallery of an amazing series of the U-21 burning to the waterline at the 2006 ABRA Chevrolet Cup at Seafair

Walt Ottenad’s gallery of the 2006 ABRA Chevrolet Cup at Seafair