Steve David was a successful hydroplane pilot, most recently for Oh Boy! Oberto/Miss Madison. He returns to Seafair this year in a different role, as the chairman of H1 Unlimited, the sport’s governing body.
Steve David has tried to walk away from hydroplanes before.
He retired as a driver in 1999 only to return in 2001 to begin one of the most successful runs in the sport’s history as the pilot of the Oh Boy! Oberto/Miss Madison.
He retired again as a driver in 2013, intending to spend his race weekends on endeavors he’d missed out on through the years.