Welcome Race Fans! 12/18/10 Don't forget to head over to the BoneYard Grill, located at 513 Clifty Drive in Madison, TONIGHT for the U-1 Oberto/Miss Madison 3-Peat National Championship celebration! Live music will start at 7pm with a heated tent and Beer Garden! The Madison Courier will be streaming the event! Make sure to order the new 3-Peat t-shirt going for $15.99! Send an email to U1Tees to find out about available sizes and delivery information! 11/20/10 WE WON THE NATIONAL HIGH POINTS CHAMPIONSHIP AGAIN!!! What an awesome team we have! These guys worked tirelessly to give us the best boat possible, and they did. And Steve David drove the perfect race! We ended up the weekend in Doha with 1725 points from a first in Heat 1B, a first in 2B, a second in 3A, a first again in 4B, then a third in the final! Way to go team!!! 9/17/10 The team and boat made it safely to San Diego this week! The boat went out for some tv footage this morning and turned a 164mph lap! Hopefully those speeds will continue during qualifying! Don't forget to follow the team on Twitter at missmadisonteam for instant updates all weekend long!! 8/8/10 WE WON!!!!! We took 3rd in 2A & 1st in 3A giving us lane choice for the final! We have lane 1, so stay tuned to see how it turns out!! 8/7/10 We took 1st in Heat 1A today! We face some stiff competition in Heat 2A tomorrow, so cheer us on!! If you missed it today Kayleigh's run was awesome!! Her fast lap was 147! Looking forward to seeing this driver in an unlimited in the future. 8/6/10 After qualifying for Seafair today we are 3rd fastest overall! There will be heats tomorrow, so stay tuned for results. Don't forger to watch Kayleigh Perkins Mallory in her unlimited debut tomorrow at 8:30am! 8/4/10 Getting excited waiting for Seafair? Don't forget to check out the Photo Gallery for the latest photos from TriCities! 8/1/10 Kayleigh Perkins Mallory, of UL fame, will be taking our boat out on Saturday of Seafair! She should take to the water just after 9am to get her first taste of an unlimited! We welcome Kayleigh & wish her the best of luck!! 7/25/10 WE WON!!! 3-peat!!! We have had an up and down weekend here in TriCities. We won our first heat of the weekend Saturday. Then we got a fourth place after our lane went away in Heat 2B. We came back for another win in 3A! We have lane 2 for the final. The team has worked hard all weekend long in the heat to try to get the right combination to make the final a 3-peat!! Stay tuned for the final! 7/18/10 MORE Detroit Gold Cup pics just posted for your viewing pleasure! Check them out here! 7/14/10 Just got some AWESOME photos uploaded from Saturday! Check them out here! Should have Sunday up tomorrow so stay tuned! 7/11/10 We took another heat win in Heat 3B! The draw for the fourth flight will be coming up! 7/10/10 We took a second in our second heat of the day! Not a bad day for us! Back at it tomorrow morning! We won our first heat of the day after a very scary accident by the U37 Miss Peters & May. Driver JW Myers hit a wall coming out of Roostertail turn after loosing a skid fin. Last word was he appeared to be okay & was being checked at a local hospital. All of the Oh Boy! Oberto team hope J-Dub is doing well! The second flight of heats have been delayed for roughly an hour. Stay tuned for more updates! And follow us on Twitter @missmadisonteam. 7/4/10 WE WON THE MADISON REGATTA!! What an exciting race! We started in lane 2 with the U7 Graham Trucking on our outside and U37 Miss Peters & May on our inside. It was an awesome race and Steve was finally able to pull ahead of both boats, leaving them to battle for second. This crew worked so hard this weekend with 2 late nights! Nobody in these pits deserved it more! Or maybe we're just biased! AWESOME WIN!! 7/3/10 We won our first heat today! We did sustain a little damage in the heat with a nicked prop and damage to the inside of the left sponson. The 2 were not related. The team had to move the boat off of the trailer in the pits onto barrels in order to fix the inside of the sponson. Make sure to cheer a little harder tomorrow since the team has a late night tonight, let them know you appreciate it! We had some special guests in our boat today, Morgan & Kati Lucas from the title sponsor Lucas Oil! Cindy Shirley, our cockpit crew member, gave them a good idea of what Steve does to drive the boat. Larry Hanson looks on in this shot. 
7/2/10 Wow! First race of the season and we are the top qualifier at 154.575!! This team is amazing! Here we had a boat really torn up in the final race of 2009 in Doha, and the first race out they put the boat, along with drive Steve David, on top! Photos updates will be coming this weekend so stay tuned! And for THE latest updates make sure to follow the team on Twitter @missmadisonteam!! Instant updates all weekend long! Ya gotta Regatta! 6/30/10 I am pleased to announce that you can now follow the Miss Madison team on Twitter! Follow @missmadisonteam ! Testing, qualifying, & heat results, along with anything else that fans want to know, will be tweeted! 6/28/10 Racing starts next weekend at the season opener, and OUR hometown race, the Madison Regatta! Yes it is finally here! If you haven't already, head over to the Madison Regatta website & buy your tickets now! A HUGE thanks goes out to Lucas Oil for picking up the title sponsorship of this years Regatta!! Check out the story on their website here & make sure to drop them an email to thank them! For those that don't know, this is our 50th Year of Racing!! Come out this season and support your favorite race team in her 50th season of racing! And for more fun, head over to Facebook and "like" the Oh Boy! Oberto Unlimited Hydroplane page! They've been doing a fabulous job with all kinds of trivia and information about our racing history. Head over to the Boneyard Grill in Madison on Thursday from 5:30-10:30pm to be served by the unlimited drivers! This is a benefit for the local Boys & Girls Club, so make plans NOW to attend! Checkout Boneyard on Facebook too! This year's parade Grand Marshall's for the Madison Regatta Parade (Friday, July 2 at 6pm) are none other than our very own Art & Dorothy Oberto! Make sure to thank them for their continued support of this fine race team!! And if you're STILL looking for more...follow Steve David's blog over at Powerboat Magazine! 5/23/10 Is it time to go racing yet?? Unfortunately we still have about 6 weeks til the boats hit the water for the first race of 2010 at the Madison Regatta, our hometown race! The crew has been working very hard in the off-season to complete the repairs to boat after the Doha flip back in November. In past weeks we've seen the crew cut away the deck, lay up a new deck, then attach the new deck. The photos now posted from 5/15 show the freshly painted new decking. And notice what a great job the crew did in making it look as though the deck has been there all along! In the 5/15 photos you will see Mike Hanson sanding away to prepare the boat for the clear coat. Once he finished the sanding and applying the new decals, they flipped the boat over to shoot the clear upside down. This helps to avoid getting dust and dirt in the shiny top coat. If you belong to Facebook you can check out the Oberto page for some shots of the hull upside down for the clear coat. 4/19/10 Nearly 300 new photos of the boat getting the deck replaced have been added to the site! Grab a snack (I recommend Oberto Beef Jerky) and check them out here! 3/19/10 Looks for LOTS of new pics from the shop this weekend! The deck is now off of the boat. First we'll have the photos of the team laying up the decking from 3/6. Then we'll have some photos of the boat, deck-less. 2/24/10 This just in! The Oberto gear featured in 2009 is almost gone! Email U1 Tees to find out what is left! Some sad news to report in the hydroplane world...Vic Nelawake, aka "Elam Vic", passed away this week. He was a good friend to many and huge fan of the U-16 Miss Elam Plus. Please join me in wishing his family and friends well in this tough time. He will be greatly missed by all! 2/14/10 Snow hampered our shop plans last weekend, but not this weekend! And after seeing our National Championship boat I have one word to say...WOW! Of course we knew that the boat flipped in the final race in Doha, Qatar back in Novemeber, and that driver Steve David suffered a cracked bone in his leg. But until you SEE this boat you cannot begin to appreciate and respect what our crew did to get her and Steve back on the water for the final race of the year!! Check out these new pics from the shop this weekend and I think you'll agree...we've go the BEST crew in the world!! This boat should've been in pieces. 2/4/10 The National Championship boat is ready to pull out of Jacksonville's port and head back to Madison! The team hopes to start removing the insides this weekend in preparation for the deck replacement. Stay tuned for new photos from the shop this weekend! 1/17/10 Hey race fans! Guess where YOUR favorite race boat is going to be? At the 53rd Annual Louisville Boat, RV & Sportshow beginning Wednesday, January 20 thru Sunday, January 24!! Make sure to stop by and see the U-1 Oh Boy! Oberto during the show!! Click here for ticket and show information! 12/25/09 Merry Christmas and Happy New Year from the Miss Madison/Oh Boy! Oberto team to everyone!! Thanks to all of our fans that have supported us throughout the year. May 2010 be another stellar year! 11/21/09 WE ARE THE CHAMPIONS!! Our FIRST EVER BACK TO BACK NATIONAL HIGH POINTS CHAMPIONSHIP!! Steve's 4TH DRIVER'S HIGH POINTS CHAMPIONSHIP! We flipped in Heat 3A and still won the National Championship! What an AWESOME crew we have! We could never have done it without ALL of our crew, including all those at home right now & not able to make the Doha trip. Every last person...Mike Hanson, Larry Hanson, Jimmy Gilbert, Matt Sontag, Cindy Shirley, Richard Dunn, Charlie Grooms, Bob Hudson, Eric Bell, Randy Gayle, Aubree Hanson, Tyler Hanson (lots o'Hansons!), Marc Hills, Rick Corella, Trevor Hanson, Gary Spanner...got us this win! And we can't forget to thank our AWESOME sponsors, the Oberto Sausage Company and the Oberto family...Art, Dorothy, and Larry Oberto!!! Without their unwavering support we could never have come this far. The U5 FormulaBoats.com flipped on lap 1 of the final heat. Driver Jeff Bernard appears to be okay except for a knee injury. Hope you are better soon Jeff!! As per the rulebook, the U5 will not be allowed to restart the final. Boats inlanes 3-6 will move over a lane.We are IN the final! We will have 5th lane choice and need to finish 2nd to cinch the National High Points championship again. Steve David did a 360 degree flip going into turn 3 and landed right side up! He was able to restart the boat and drive it back to the pits. A call from the team confirmed that Steve is okay. The bottom of the boat is in tact with some cracks on the decking. I will keep you posted as soon as more information becomes available. They believe they can be ready for the final. Good luck team!!! One down, one to go! We took an easy second in Heat 3B. Steve did what he needed to do, finish and get solid points. We have drawn Heat 4A! Stay tuned for results! 11/20/09 We ran in Heat 2A and were able to hold off the FormulaBoats.com for the win!! We are still clinging to the points lead with 2 heats and the final still to go! Make sure that you cheer hard for your team in the wee hours of Saturday morning. Let's make it BACK TO BACK!! Heats 1A & 1B have been run. We took second in our heat against Dave Villwock and the Miss Elam Plus! CHeck back for updates after Heats 2A & B! 11/19/09 We drew Heat 1B, so that race should run at 12:50pm in Doha, 4:50am for the East Coast, and 1:50am for the West Coast. Don't worry, I'll be posting the results if you can't make it to the live streaming! After day one of qualifying for the Oryx Cup in Doha, the Oh Boy! Oberto is 2nd at 145.096. The top qualifier ran 146.427, so we are very close! Heat 1A will run Friday at 4:30am Eastern time. Don't forget to wake up and start your Friday right by watching the live streaming video at the ABRA website! And if you miss it, check here for Oberto results! 11/17/09 The team was in the pits in Doha today setting up the shark (aka our boat) for the final race of the 2009 season. It was sunny and around 80 degrees. Don't forget to tune in to the live streaming on the ABRA website beginning Wednesday night around midnight! 11/15/09 Are you ready for the final race of the season in Doha, Qatar? I delivered crew to the airport as most of them are leaving for Qatar today. They are looking at roughly 25 hours of travel to get from here in the states to Doha via Amsterdam & Saudi Arabia. Don't forget that the ABRA will have LIVE STREAMING coverage of the National High Points-deciding race! Make sure to tune in and cheer on your favorite team! If you need more than just the streaming, and of course updates here throughout the event, then head over to the Hydropage Forum or to the Oberto Facebook page to chat with fans just like you!! Schedule for Doha (Doha is 8 hours ahead of Eastern time)Thursday 11/19 Testing 9:30a-noon (should be about 1:30am if my math is right) Qualifying 1pm-4pm Friday 11/20 Testing 9a-11a Heat 1A 12:30p Heat 1B 12:50p Heat 2A 2:30p Heat 2B 2:50p Saturday 11/21 Heat 3A 12p Heat 3B 12:20p Heat 4A 1:45p Heat 4B 2:05p Final 4pm (about 9am Eastern time, 6am for the West Coast) 10/10/09 While our boat may be sailing across the ocean towards the race in Doha, Qatar, that doesn't mean our crew is taking it easy! They are fabricating new pieces and parts in the shop this weekend. Motor work is also being done.9/29/09 It's that time again! Time for the annual Miss Madison Golf Tournament fundraiser! Come on out and support your favorite hometown boat! If you want more information or to sign up for a team, call 812-265-8334 right away! There were still spots available as of this past weekend, so step up and help raise money to support the team. It takes place THIS weekend!The boat has left the building! Ummm, make that "has left the US"! Our very own Miss Madison/Oh Boy! Oberto was loaded on to a ship yesterday and set sail with 9 other unlimiteds to the final race of the season in Doha, Qatar! Let's hope Steve & the team can hang on to the National Points lead for the entire race to have our first back to back National Championship for the team! And Steve's 4th driver's title! 9/20/09 It's official! The shark is at the loading terminal in Jacksonville awaiting transport to the race in Doha, Qatar! Check out these photos by Scott Patton! Thanks Scott! I'm sure most of us have not seen the staging that takes place for a trip like this. And Peters & May (the transport co) seem to really know what they are doing. I believe the boats will leave around September 28th for the long journey across the ocean. 8/23/09 We came out of the final with a third! And that was from the outside! We were disqualified from heat 1A for a lane violation against the U16. Our next heat was 2A, where we took a first! Heat 3B saw us take a second in lane 2 to the U3 in lane 1. Now we are headed to the final!! 8/19/09 Wow! Who can believe it is finally time for The Evansville race?! We've had the display boat (aka former hull) out and about in Evansville this week in anticipation of the Thunder on the Ohio! Show the Evansville folks how much this race means to you by coming and cheering on your favorite green, red, and silver team! Don't forget this will be the last US race before heading to Qatar in November to defend our High Points title. Come out and support your team! 8/9/09 To help tide everyone over these 2 weeks waiting for the Evansville race, I've posted LOTS of TriCites and Seattle photos! Don't forget that we are still leading the National High Points by 249 points! Be prepared to cheer your heart out on the weekend of August 22-23! 8/2/09 We were running well in the final, going after Elam from lane 2. After a bad hop in turn 2 sent Steve and the boat into the air the motor overheated. Steve was able to baby it, but not without dropping back to 6th place. Steve's handling of the boat prevented the damage from being worse. We still have a small points lead going into the Evansville race in 3 weeks! 8/1/09 What an awesome heat we ran today! It was a fight to the very end, with the Elam edging us out at the finish line. That may be the best heat we've seen all season! Hats off to both teams! We almost took back top qualifier but had an n2 violation! Maybe we'll get another shot! 7/31/09 We had the top qualifying spot for a good part of Friday until the Miss Elam went out and broke it by about a tenth of a mile per hour. We have more qualifying and testing on Saturday, so we'll see if we can grab that top spot back! Stay tuned for more updates throughout the weekend. They won't be as frequent as I do not have a good internet connection at the race. 7/30/09 The team got the boat settled into the pits today and ready for awesome racing this weekend! Make sure to check back all weekend to see how we are doing at the Seattle Seafair! 7/26/09 We won TriCities for the second year in a row!! What a great race Steve ran today! The entire crew really came together to bring this one home. I know all of our crew that couldn't make this race are cheering right along side us! 7/25/09 We ran in one heat today here in TriCities and took first place! We did receive a penalty in that heat for pushing out in a turn that cost us 150 of our 400 points. Stay tuned for more updates throughout the weekend! 7/24/09 We took the top qualifying slot today with a lap of 161.957mph! Then we took first in the Dash for Cash! Not bad for a day's work. 7/23/09 The boat had a very successful showing in Spokane yesterday! Thanks to all that came by and said hello to Larry, Tyler and the boat. Today Cindy and the boat were on the morning news on the local ABC affiliate here in TriCities! The boat should be on its way to the pits about now. 7/16/09 We now have a ton of photos up from the Gold Cup! Check them out here! 7/12/09 The 100th Gold Cup is finished and we took a respectable 2nd place! Thanks to all the fans both along the shore and online for cheering the Miss Madison/Oh Boy! Oberto on during today's racing! We are in the final of the 100th running of the Gold Cup! We've scored the most points this weekend. Don't forget that you can listen to the race LIVE online at WORX and watch the race LIVE at supercatracing.com!! Send both of these groups a big THANK YOU for bringing the race to your home. Stay tuned for the final!! Another great race in Heat 3B! We took our 3rd heat win for the weekend! We should have 1 more heat, then the final, so check back often! We've had a great start to the day taking 1st in Heat 2B! We have drawn for the next flight & will be in 3B. Stay tuned for more! 7/11/09 The officials have decided to call the racing today due to high winds and rough water conditions. We will start testing tomorrow at 8am and may begin racing as soon as 9am! Make sure to check back ALL day tomorrow as we will have some serious racing action! We took first in Heat 1A! U5 gave us some great competition until he came unhooked in roostertail turn and slid out behind us. Steve went on to hold off the U7 as well! Great win!! We took 2nd in qualifying yesterday with an awesome speed of 157.379mph! 7/6/09 We have drawn Heat 1A, which looks like a fantastic heat as we face the U5 & U7! Stay tuned for results all weekend long! There are a TON of new photos up from this weekends Madison Regatta! And make sure you check out the photos of the lucky recipients of some free Oberto tshirts shot into the crowd on Saturday! 7/5/09 We took a THIRD place in the final! We started as the second trailer but made our way up to the 3rd spot! Great job by Steve and the entire team for a GREAT weekend of racing! We came in 2nd in Heat 3C! We have made the final as the 2nd trailer. We met the U16 again today in Heat 2C! Steve was pushing that boat to stay ahead of the Elam, and was doing just that until he hit a hole in turn 1. But Steve ran an AWESOME race! And we've drawn the 16 again for Heat 3C!. Stay tuned for photos coming up from all of the weekend's festivities. 7/4/09 We took 3rd in Heat 1C after hitting buoy in the apex of turn one. Happy 4th of July to everyone! We stayed 2nd in qualifying even after this morning test session was changed to another qualifying session. We are in Heat 1C and Steve chose lane 1 after Dave Villwock chose lane 2. Stay tuned for the results later today & updates all day long! 7/3/09 Steve ran 3 separate turns during qualifying and came up with 154.551mph, putting us second in qualifying! Great job by the crew getting that boat dialed in so fast! We have drawn the 8th spot on the qualifying ladder for Pole Position Friday that starts at 3pm today & ends at 5pm. Stay tuned for our speeds after we hit the water! Steve has taken the U-1 out several times today and is consistently hitting 153mph with some 154's thrown in! The boat looks beautiful on the water here in Madison. Stay tuned for more updates and photos all weekend long! 7/2/09 If you are heading to Madison for the Regatta, make sure to watch out for these cards! There will be a limited number of them available, so get them while they last! 6/30/09 Check out these cool new cards that we'll be giving out this season! Don't forget to have Steve and the team sign them for you! Check back tomorrow for another update...the Madison Regatta is only a few more days away!! 6/29/09 Ever wonder how a 55 year old boat racer prepares himself for race weekend? Check out this great article about our very own Steve David. And I wouldn't go calling him "old" if I were you... 6/26/09
6/8/09 Check back often now as we are preparing to bombard the U-1 fans with everything Oberto! You'll also notice a mold in the pics (link is the photo below). This mold is of the right nontrip, the back section of the boat below the stabilizer. This part takes a beating going through the turns, so the team repaired it completely in this offseason and the made a mold. Now if this part fails in the future, it'll be a lot easier to fabricate the new part with the mold. As always a big thanks to Larry Hanson for walking me through this! 4/27/09 Have YOU bought some jerky to get ready for this racing season? What about the inflatable boat?? If not then YOU definitely need to head over to the Oberto stores! This link will take you to all of the great products that the Oberto company makes AND the race gear! Then head over HERE to check out the new Eat Like An Alpha site! Race season is fast approaching so make sure that you have everything you need to cheer the U-1 returning National Champion on to another season win! 2/15/09 Last nights banquet was AWESOME! Our team not only took the National High Points for the boat and the driver, but we also came away with the Crew Chief of the Year for Mike Hanson! Our local paper, The Madison Courier, took the Best Newspaper Coverage for the Season! Local radio station WORX took top Radio Coverage for the Season!! What a great evening for the entire city of Madison! I know we are all so proud of the work all of these folks have done for the team and the sport. I know you all join me in a big THANK YOU!! 2/11/09 The crew had another motor on the test cart! Larry Hanson said they've been working on them all this winter and are preparing to send them off to be "dynoed". They have a part coming in for the motor than got damaged in Evansville last year and then they will be ready to be taken out west to be put on the dyno! Lots of testing goes on there with different setups to make sure they are getting the most out of the setup they put in the boat. 2/1/09 Attention fans & friends...we are having a PARTY to celebrate our National Championship!! Plan to attend the celebration on February 13th in Madison at the Madison Moose Lodge. Tickets are available through the Madison Area Chamber of Commerce(contact info) for $40 per person. Doors will open at 5:30 with the party starting at 6pm! 1/19/09 Some photos from the previous trip to the shop...
1/12/09 This weekend I stopped by to see how the U-1 crew is doing during this offseason! I met up with Richard Dunn, John Ashby, & Larry Hanson and got the latest. They've been spending some time on the left sponson doing some repair work leftover from the championship season in the skid fin area. Some new parts are being made to replace those that cannot be repaired.
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