Sunday, August 05, 2007
OH BOY! What a birthday present for Art Oberto!
Steve David and his Madison, IN, based team proved that Art and Larry Oberto's money was well-founded. David guided the new OH BOY! OBERTO to a picture perfect start and took off and hid from the field to capture the Chevrolet Cup at Seafair in Seattle. Jean Theoret in MISS BEACON PLUMBING and Dave Villwock in MISS ELAM PLUS were out of it before it ever got going by bogging down and started way back in the pack. David would have none of it, and ran his own race - turns out he knew what he was doing.
OBERTO led the entire way, followed by David Bryant in TODD HOSS MORTGAGE INVESTORS, J. Michael Kelly in MISS CAR PROS third, and ELAM fourth. Villwock claimed that they had "figured out what had been wrong and we fixed it" but that Theoret "must have been mad for losing the inside to us, so he hosed us down." Sure, it wasn't that you screwed up by going too slow, Dave - it HAD to be someone else's doing. Admittedly, Theoret did cut him off, but, boo hoo. You're still a poor sport.
A great weekend of racing, and an additional note: I hope that the unlimited owners have their eye on 19 year old Kayleigh Perkins! She's a racer - just some more seasoning and she might be ready to make the jump in a few years. We'll be watching ...
Till San Diego ... later!
