Since Bud McKay finished second in high points in 2009 after a three-year run as 8-cylinder Lighter-Than-LIGHTS hydroplane champion, he figures he needs a little driving school help. McKay’s Namron Racing Team and Commercial Driver Services, one of the truck driving schools in the state, have joined forces for the 2010 hydroplane-racing season.
“Carrying the CDS logo and colors already makes us a stronger team,” McKay said. “We’ll be able to compete over the entire Unlimited Light Hydroplane Racing Association’s LTL series as well as the local American Power Boat Association races. Now if I can only be as educated behind my steering wheel as the CDS students are behind theirs.”
CDS, the title sponsor for the Namron Racing Team’s 8-cylinder LTL/5-Litre hydroplane, runs a four-week, truck driving school for students wishing to obtain their class A, B, C licenses as well for dump truck drivers and school bus drivers. CDS also assists graduates in job placements — no matter how long ago they have graduated from the program.
“CDS has an impressive and professional staff of teachers and instructors, but their service doesn’t end when a driver graduates,” McKay said. “They go the extra mile in doing whatever they can to get their graduates out on the roads. If you go to the website, www.cdsTruckSchool.com, you see success story after success story.”
“From a sponsorship perspective, we’re excited to join forces with the Namron Racing Team and the sport of hydroplane racing,” Lee Brunk, owner of CDS, said. “Motorsports are exciting, but hydroplanes just grab your attention. I know it grabbed ours when we saw Bud on display at an event at Camp Murray. On the water, the team’s been pretty successful, so we feel we joined up with a winning team.”
While CDS’ sponsorship is for its smaller hydroplane, the Namron Racing Team is using a portion of the sponsorship toward the bigger, new unlimited light hull.
“This will help get CDS some significant exposure at Tri Cities and Seafair,” McKay said, a retired Air Force Reservist and current Air Force civil service employee at Joint Base Lewis-McChord. “That’s the beauty of having a two-boat camp, sponsors can try us out at one level, see what we’re about, and then jump up with us and join us at the next level.”
Spring training is scheduled for April 15th out of Stan Sayers pits on Lake Washington. For more information about the Namron Racing Team and for its complete schedule, visit the website at www.namronracing.com. For more information about a career as a truck driver, visit the Commercial Driver Services website at www.cdsTruckSchool.com or call (888) 558-7120.
