Slick Racing, a drag boat race team based at Lake Tahoe, moved into the No. 1 points position in the International Hot Boat Association's Division 1 Top Eliminator class last weekend.
The IHBA held its fourth race of the 2007 season where Paul Fontenot, resident of Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, owner of Slick Racing and driver of I'm Back-Hot-n-Bothered, a Deaver Pickle Fork Hydro, with a 474 Chevy alcohol injected motor, was able to take the number one position by eliminating the reining 2006 world champion.
This year, Slick Racing has been competing in the Top Eliminator class, which is a 9-second, quarter-mile bracket, with the goal of obtaining the IHBA - Division 1 - World Championship.
The IHBA Division 1 season consists of seven races per year which takes them to Arizona, California, Oregon and Texas.
With the help of the crew, Nancy Lillywhite, Ron Muetzenberg, Phil Johnson, Jack Kincaid Johnson, and Peggy Fontenot, Slick Racing is determined to accomplish their goals.
Slick Racing thanked its sponsors, White Sands Construction (Hawaii); Percival Construction (Nevada); Hatch Electric (California); Carson Valley Transmissions; Kona-Hilo Harley Davidson, (Hawaii); Hawaii Motorhead Magazine, (Hawaii); Big Al's Cycles & More, (Hawaii); Auto Parts Depot, (Carson Valley); Inn Suites, (Arizona); The Lodge at Rolling Hills Casino (California); and Vagabond Inn (California).
Slick Racing will attend the remaining season races including the World Finals in Phoenix in November 2007.
