Year: 2003

Owner: Ron Daum (Woodinville, Wash.)

Driver: Ron Daum

Model Builder: Roger Newton/Howard Price/Craig Bradshaw

Construction: Carbon fiber composite

Year Built: 2004, rebuilt in 2008

Motor: Himax 3630-1500 brushless

Radio: Spektrum

Electronic Speed Control: Castle Creations Baracuda 80 with water cooling

Propeller: Modified Octura X447R

Paint: Yellow, Red & White.

Graphics: Screen printed vinyl by Precision Screen Graphics of Woodinville, Wash.

Notes about the Model: The Courtways purchased Roger Newton's Miss Budweiser at the end of the 2004 season and converted it to the LLumar Window Film for 2005. Steadily plagued by mechanical difficulties during the 2005 season, the Courtways were unable to get the boat to finish a single heat and sold the boat to Ron Daum in 2005 for his entry into the modern class. The craft has since undergone extensive internal, running gear and sponson modification in the Such Crust III/Miss Pepsi shop in preparation for the 2007 season. A rejuvenated 7 pound LLumar debuted at the 2007 Diamond Cup Finishing fourth overall in her first race and later winning the Apple Cup demonstration race at Lake Chelan. At the ened of the 2007 season, Ron determined that the Roger Newton-built plywood and fiberglass hull was no longer structurally sound and with the assistance of Howard Price and Craig Bradshaw, turned the old hull into a plug. Mold making for a new carbon fiber composite hull began in 2008, and the new boat was christened during the 2009 season.

Notes about the real boat: Built as the futuristic concept two-wing T-4 Miss Budweiser. The boat was tested, with Chip Hanauer at the wheel, in Seattle. It competed in just one race (at Madison, Ind.), with Mark Evans as the driver in 2002. The boat made an impressive debut, being the fastest at a qualifying speed of 160.795 mph. Mark won every heat he finished in the boat however; the boat was then withdrawn for further development.

The U-8 Racing Team purchased the boat, which underwent major design changes in the winter of 2003 and became a force to be reckoned with on the2003 circuit. Under the hands of the U-8 Racing Team, the LLumar Window Film Hydroplane won in Tri-Cities in 2003. The team again made extensive rebuild/design changes prior to 2004. Additional hull changes were made in preparation for the 2005 season and the team then won again in both Seattle and Nashville in 2005. Additional hull changes were made in preparation for the 2006 season, when Billy & Jane Schumacher purchased the team from Bill Wurster.

Notes about 2009: A new and lighter hull debutre in 2009 at the Stan Sayres Memorial and ran in the final four events of the 2009 schedule. Llumar's best finish was fourth at the Sahara Cup. Once her handling and stability issues are resolved during the offseason, she should be a very competitive boat for 2010.