2007 Spirit of Detroit U-13

 

  Boat Statistics

Boat Name:

 

Year:

Designation#:

 

Spirit of Detroit

2007

 

U-13

Owner/Driver:

 

Year Model Built:

 

Dale Van Wyk

 

2008

Builder:

 

Construction:

 

 

Dale Van Wyk

 

Plywood and foam

Motor:

 

Speed Controller:

 

Aveox Brushless

 

Castle Creations

Prop:

 

Paint Colors:

 

 

Octura

 

Green and Yellow

Type of Graphics:

 Radio:

 

 

Vinyl

 

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The model:  Dale built this beauty and debuted it at the 2008 Silver Cup.  The boat had radio problems and was damaged on its maiden voyage.  Look for better things from this boat as Dale will certainly work the kinks out and get it running the way he wants it to.  The boat looks great on the water.

The real boat:  The real boat is currently driven by J. Michael Kelly and has shown well over the past few years on the ABRA circuit.  It was originally designed by Jim Lucero and is the only hull to win the Gold Cup in 3 different decades.  It won in the 80's as the 88 Circus Circus, won twice in the 90's as the 91 Winston Eagle and 94 Smokin Joes.  It also won in 2005 as the Al Deeby Dodge.