Oryx Cup
 Oryx Cup – UIM World Championship | |
| Sport | H1 Unlimited |
|---|---|
| Founded | 2009 |
| Country |  Doha, Ad Dawhah, Qatar |
| Most recent champion(s) | 2011: Valken.com- Scott Liddycoat |
| Official website | Oryx Cup website |
The Oryx Cup is a hydroplane boat race in the H1 Unlimited season. The race was held in November in Doha Bay on the Persian Gulf in Doha, Ad Dawhah, Qatar. From 2011-2014, the Oryx Cup was designated as the host for the UIM World Championship.
History
The Oryx Cup was founded in January 2009 when H1 Unlimited and the Qatar Marine Sports Federation (QMSF) reached an agreement to have the final race of the 2009 H1 Unlimited hydroplane season in Doha, Qatar.
For the 2010-2014 H1 Unlimited seasons, the Oryx Cup was designated as the host of the UIM World Championship.[1]
List of Oryx Cup winners
| Year | Driver | Boat |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | J. Michael Kelly | U-7 Graham Trucking |
| 2010 | Dave Villwock | Spirit of Qatar |
| 2011 | Scott Liddycoat | U-7 Valken.com |
| 2012 | Jimmy Shane | U-5 Graham Trucking |
| 2013 | Jimmy Shane | U-5 Graham Trucking |
| 2014 | J. Michael Kelly | U-1 Graham Trucking |
List of Prior UIM World Championships
The following list are winners of UIM sanctioned unlimited world championship events.
| Year | Driver | Boat | Location |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1969[2],[3] | Bill Muncey | Miss U.S. | Detroit, MI |
| 2006[2],[3] | Jean Theoret | Miss Beacon Plumbing | San Diego, CA |
Note: While the 2021 Hydro Record Book lists 16 World Championships from 1961 to 2009, only two of these events were actually sanctioned by UIM.
External links
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- ^ "Union internationale motonautique". www.uim.sport. Category: H1 Unlimited Oryx Cup. Retrieved 2021-07-13.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: others (link) CS1 maint: url-status (link) - ^ a b 2021 Hydro Record Book and Statistics. Edmonds, WA: Unlimited NewsJournal. 2021. p. 29.
- ^ a b "Union internationale motonautique". www.uim.sport. Retrieved 2021-07-15.