H1 UNLIMITED CELEBRATES CHAMPIONS AND YEARLONG AWARD WINNERS | 2024 Season Culminates with Banquet Celebration

Kent, Washington (Nov. 2, 2024) – The H1 Unlimited Hydroplane Series celebrated its 2024 season champions and highlights at its annual banquet, which took place at the Hydroplane and Raceboat Museum.

The 2024 H1 Unlimited Bill Muncey High Points Championship driver, Andrew Tate, who competed for Miss Madison Racing in the U-91 Goodman Real Estate was celebrated by the series along with the APBA Gold Cup winner, Corey Peabody driving for Strong Racing in the U-9 Beacon Plumbing.

“It’s a great opportunity to come together as a sport to celebrate the accomplishments of 2024, not only on the water, but off the water as well,” said Mike Denslow, Chairman of H1 Unlimited. “This season presented a lot of new opportunities for our sport. There are so many of the people we get to celebrate at the banquet that were key to making 2024 successful. I want to thank everyone that played a role in the 2024 H1 Unlimited season and I know we’re all looking forward to taking this positive momentum forward into what is sure to be a successful and exciting 2025.”

In addition to celebrating the series champions, H1 Unlimited also honored the yearlong award winners:

• H1 Unlimited Crew Chief of the Year - Scott Raney, Unlimited Racing Group, Mercury’s Coffee
• H1 Unlimited Race Site of the Year - Madison Regatta; Madison, Indiana
• H1 Unlimited Sponsor of the Year - Mercury’s Coffee
• H1 Unlimited Volunteer of the Year - Brad Luce, H1 Announcer
• Montgomery Media Award - Nick Kish & Brian Montgomery

A special award for outstanding contribution was also given to Bruce and Lorrie Ratchford, owners of Apollo Mechanical, headquartered in Kennewick, WA. They were honored with this year’s award for supporting the Seafair event in Seattle, along with the Water Follies event in Tri-Cities, Washington. In addition, they sponsored the U-27 driven by the winningest driver in H1 Unlimited history, Dave Villwock. Apollo Mechanical has quickly become a primary supporter of the sport of hydroplane racing and H1 Unlimited looks forward to their involvement for many seasons to come.

For more information on H1 Unlimited, visit www.h1unlimited.com.

Andrew Tate, 2024 H1 Unlimited Bill Muncey High Points Champion, receiving the Martini & Rossi trophy from Mike Hanson, crew chief of the Goodman boat.

BLANEY CLINCHES CHAMPIONSHIP 4 BERTH WITH MARTINSVILLE WIN | From Racing America

 Martinsville, Virginia (Nov. 3) — It was déjà vu all over again for Ryan Blaney and the No. 12 Team Penske organization Sunday in the NASCAR Cup Series Xfinity 500 at Martinsville Speedway. Blaney rallied from a massive deficit of more than five seconds to Kyle Larson and Chase Elliott with around 55 laps remaining in the race. Blaney would blast his way past Elliott for the race lead with 15 laps remaining, and he would never look back.

Blaney, the defending Series champion, took the race win by 2.593 seconds over Elliott to secure his berth into the Championship 4 field in next weekend’s NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race at Phoenix Raceway.

Like last season, Blaney secured his place in the Championship 4 after a disappointing runner-up finish at Homestead-Miami Speedway.

The NASCAR Cup Series Championship Race is scheduled for next Sunday, November, 10 at Phoenix Raceway. That race will be televised on NBC with coverage kicking off at 3:00 PM ET. The Motor Racing Network (MRN) and SiriusXM NASCAR Radio will carry the live radio broadcast of that event.

Ryan Blaney celebrating his win at the NASCAR Cup Series Xfinity 500 at Martinsville Speedway, securing his place in the Championship 4.