2007 Ahern Rentals U-10

 

  Boat Statistics

Boat Name:

 

Year:

Designation#:

 

Ahern Rentals

2007

 

U-10

Owner/Driver:

 

Year Model Built:

 

Jeff Howard

 

2009

Builder:

 

Construction:

 

 

Jeff Howard

 

Plastic, Fiberglass and foam

Motor:

 

Speed Controller:

 

Scorpion 3026-1900

 

Hextronik 120

Prop:

 

Paint Colors:

 

 

Graupner 45

 

Blue and Yellow

Type of Graphics:

 Radio:

 

 

Water slide decal

 

Spektrum

The model:  New for 2009.  Jeff's latest boat with improved vacuum formed plastic sponsons.  The boat is fast and has good handling.  Look for it near the front.

The real boat: Owners Kim and Debbie Gregory moved into the Unlimited hydroplane ranks in 1998 after success on the Unlimited Light circuit. After winning the 2004 APBA Gold Cup with Nate Brown at the wheel, the Gregorys took a year off, returning to action in 2006 with the newly acquired U-10, the former Budweiser T-3 hull. The boat, piloted by first-year driver David Bryant, missed the 2007 APBA Gold Cup race at Detroit because of damage.

Upon returning to the circuit for the Columbia Cup in Tri-Cities, Washington, the U-10 claimed its first win of the year in Heat One en route to a third-place finish overall. Buoyed by their success, the USA Racing Partners team showed improvement in the Chevrolet Cup, finishing a very strong second-place. Despite a rookie driver and a rough start to the 2007 circuit, the U-10 took home sixth place in the ABRA year-end standings.