Detroit 2000 Full Event CoverageSunday in the pitsChrysler Jeep Unlimited Lights Final
A look back on Sunday's full coverage5:39 PM update... Here are your results for the Dave Czerwinski Memorial Heat from earlier this afternoon: 1st ... GP-7 Casino de
Montreal with Gene Theoret driving 3:30 PM update... An update on Charley
Wiggins... 3:04 PM update... The Dave Czerwinski Memorial Heat is underway at this time. Unlimited
Lights Final... 1st ... UL-72 Budweiser/Pocket Mechanic The Unlimited Lights Final was one for the record books. Enough laps had been run for it to count before the incident. Jerry Hopp will now drive the U-6 Miss Madison in the Gold Cup for Charley. The Unlimited Light heat ran so close to Unlimited 3B that I remained in the pits to cover both at once. The UL-10 did flip during the heat, but I want to immediately explain that Charley Wiggins is fine. The UL-10 Earl's Performance Products was running in second place behind the UL-72 Budweiser/Pocket Mechanic charging toward the lead going into the first turn when the UL-10 cart wheeled, did a full 360 and landed right side up. Charley's brother-in-law Mitch Moore immediately heard from him over the radio and Charley was up and out of the boat just moments later. He is currently in the middle of the river on a rescue boat sitting up talking with medical personnel. Let me again stress that Charley is fine. I will return with the full results momentarily. 1:35 PM update... The storm broke up before it made it to us and we are back on the clock! 1:00 PM update... We are on an indefinite hold at this time. 12:46 PM update... The UHRA patrol boats have been pulled back in. We've heard that there is some nasty weather headed our way and they are clearing the river. 12:30 PM update... Nothing new to report. The autograph session has ended and the drivers have made their way back to the pits. Fans are enjoying photos with the boats and drivers as the teams relax and everyone is taking a wait and see attitude toward the afternoon. 11:59 AM update... That noon evaluation of the course has taken place and, regrettably, things look a bit worse. We are now on an additional one hour delay and there will be another course evaluation at 1:00 PM. Be sure to stop by Madison, Indiana's WORX 96.7. Jeff Ayler, Tim Torrance and the entire WORX crew are doing an on-line radio show covering today's event. Jeff Ayler just called in to the media room here in Detroit and is hoping to line-up a few driver interviews later today. Current wind speed here on the course... 19 mph. The vintage boats are out again keeping a show on the water. 11:31 AM update... The race committee is on the move to see if they can't get the Playboy/Cigarette boat out onto the water. 11:10 AM update... We are under a delay. The drivers are on their way to sign autographs. The delay is in effect until further notice and the situation will reevaluated at 12:00 PM. 10:29 AM update... During a morning driver's meeting, the Unlimited Lights have been told to remain within fifteen minutes of "ready to run". We may be forced to only run a final today. The 5-Liters have been out on the water. No word yet on how the schedule for the morning will be adjusted based on course conditions. 7:53 AM update... Conditions are rough on the course. No rain at this point, but the wind is up. Here's your draw for the Unlimited Light Heat 2A & 2B... Unlimited Light Heat
2A: Unlimited Light Heat
2B: * The UL-6 withdrew overnight with engine problems following yesterday's race. Saturday in the pits Chrysler Jeep APBA Gold Cup Unlimited Light Heat 1A
Chrysler Jeep APBA Gold Cup Unlimited Light Heat 1B
A look back on Saturday's full coverage 12:27 PM update... Final order of finish... 12:10 PM update... Here are
your results from Unlimited Light Heat 1A... Final order of finish... The UL-6 went down in lane six late in the race 9:42 AM update... Here's the draw for Unlimited Lights Heat 1A and 1B: Heat 1A: Heat 1B: Friday in the pitsUnlimited Lights Results:
A look back on Friday's full coverage 11:53 update... We have a bit of
additional information to share on the Automotive Gold Cup... The UL-72 started back from the pack and actually trailed the UL-141 for the first two laps of the race. As the UL-72 worked to catch Greg Grenier in the UL-141 Authorized Cellular, the UL-141 made a hard left turn and powered back into the turn it had just exited. What happened? The hull missed a buoy and had to go back and catch it to avoid penalty. Be the time the boat made it back into the race, Greg found himself trailing the UL-15 and taking home a third at the end. The UL-102 was out on the course, but was off the pace and didn't make it to the start/finish time in the required 30 seconds. As such they were disqualified. A herd break for Scott McGregor and the UL-102 team. Did you know that the UL-102 is Charley Wiggins former High Pressure hull? Scott acquired the hull from the Wiggins family to race with the fleet last year. Here are some lap speeds from the race...
7:06 PM update... We will return with photos and some additional wrap-up on the day's action this evening! 6:30 PM update... Here is you full final order of
finish, The UL-23 did make it away from the dock, but was not able to make the start. 5:32 PM update... Here is your order of finish for this year's Chrysler Jeep Automotive APBA Gold Cup! The UL-72 Budweiser/Pocket Mechanic takes the win. It was Charley Wiggins in the UL-10 Earl's Performance Products and Randy Haas in the UL-110 Miss CompAir at the start with a solid deck-to-deck fight. Phil Bononcini and the UL-72 was back off the lead. This worked to his advantage as both the UL-10 and the UL-110 jumped the gun and were penalized a lap. Shortly after the announcement of the penalty, the UL-110 Miss CompAir blew an engine and went down in the water. Your final order of
finish, 4:57 PM update... The Automotive Gold Cup has been pushed back five minutes and will run at 5:20 PM. 3:42 PM update... At 5:15 PM we are scheduled to run the Chrysler Jeep Automotive Gold Cup. 3:30 PM update... Both the UL-10 Earl's Performance Products and the UL-15 Happy-Go-Lucky have had some testing time on the water. 3:12 PM update... JW Myers in the UL-23 Bertolini Construction took to the water.
2:33 PM update... Patrick Sankuer's UL-6 Andiamo/Showtime has joined us this afternoon increasing the Unlimited Light hull count to eight. Patrick's team hails from Chesterfield, Michigan. The Unlimited Light Driver's meeting just took place. The meeting itself was brief and somber. A newscast running in the background mentioned the tragic wreck in NASCAR this afternoon that cost the life of diver Kenny Irwin. The announcement had a clear impact on everyone in the room. We send our thoughts and prayers to the Irwin family and friends. 11:57 AM update... Here are some times for the UL-72 Budweiser/Pocket Mechanic...
11:54 AM update... The UL-72 Budweiser/Pocket Mechanic is out testing/qualifying at this time. 11:07 AM update... Here's a list of the
Lights that are with us so far this weekend... Thursday in the pits!11:18 PM update... In terms of the Unlimited Lights, we are expecting about ten hulls here this weekend. The UL-141 Authorized Cellular, the UL-15 Graham Trucking and the UL-110 Miss CompAir were here throughout the afternoon. The UL-110 is parked on Bell Isle. As we were calling it a day, the repaired UL-23 Team Pegasus pulled into the pits. Scott McGregor and Charley Wiggins were here this afternoon and the UL-10 Earl's Performance Products and the UL-102 McGregor Propulsion hulls are on the way. We know that Phil Bononcini and the UL-72 Pocket Mechanic is headed this way as well. We'll keep you updated as the hulls continue to arrive tomorrow morning. |
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