2003 Trendwest

 

U-2 Owner and Crew Chief Jim Harvey with Mitch 

and his 2003 Trendwest

 

  Boat Statistics

Boat Name:

 

Year:

Designation#:

 

Trendwest

2003

 

U-2

Owner/Driver:

 

Year Model Built:

 

Mitch Dillard

 

2006

Builder:

 

Construction:

 

 

Mitch Dillard

 

Plywood over Foam

Motor:

 

Speed Controller:

 

Mega 22/30/2

 

Castle Baracuda 80

Prop:

 

Paint Colors:

 

 

Graupner 45

 

Orange, Blue and White

Type of Graphics:

 Radio:

 

 

Homemade decals

 

Futaba

Mitch's Trendwest made a splash in it's initial season, taking a close second place in points in 2006.  The boat is primed and ready to make a run at the title again in 2007.  Mitch has decided to change the motor setup and has got the boat riding much lighter by extending the air trap underneath.  So far it looks like the combination has worked.

The real boat:  The boat debuted in 2003 after a secretive off-season. It sports unique innovations created by designer Ron Brown.  Some innovations include a shaped outside sponson to create down force, a tunnel down the deck to create better straight-line stability and a skid fin mounted way out on the outside of the left sponson