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Dave Bartush’s U13 Spirit of Detroit team has signed another sponsor.  Ambassador Magazine of Metro Detroit joins the Detroit Yacht Club as the presenting sponsor for the 101st running of the APBA Gold Cup.

Team Manager, Scott Allen reports that Denise Ilitch and Dennis Archer, Jr. owners of the Ambassador Magazine have joined the U13 race team as presenting sponsor along with the Detroit Yacht Club.  “Dennis and Denise are amazing people with deep community roots.  Their support for our Spirit of Detroit team creates a local, state and national credence.”, Allen said. “Ambassador Magazine promotes to the young, active and stylistic energy of Metro Detroit and we are proud to carry their banner with the DYC.  I thank Lisa Ilitch-Murray for her insight and excitement for this event.”

Ambassador Magazine is an increasingly popular magazine which relates directly to the socially and stylistically active audience in the Detroit area.  Its founders are Denise Ilitch (of the Little Caesars Pizza, Detroit Tigers, Detroit Red Wings, Fox Theatre and Olympia Entertainment family) and Dennis Archer, Jr. (son of former Mayor Dennis Archer).  Published bi-monthly, it boasts celebrity cover models, high fashion and highlights the social network in the Motor City.  They are on line at: http://www.ambassadormag.com

U-13 Spirit of Detroit will be titled, “Miss Detroit Yacht Club” for the APBA Gold Cup Race in Detroit this year. “We could not possibly be more proud than to carry the DYC burgee and we look forward to bringing the Gold Cup back to the Club for a big celebration on July 11. The team and I are going to give it all of our effort to make this a very special event for the Yacht Club and the entire Detroit area.”, said Cal Phipps, U-13 driver.

It is traditional for the Detroit Yacht Club to sponsor an unlimited team for the Detroit event. The Miss Detroit Yacht Club won the coveted Gold Cup with the U-10 which was owned by Kim and Debbie Gregory in 2004. That was the 100th anniversary of the oldest active trophy in motorsports. The DYC was founded in 1868 has played a major role in the rich history of hydroplane boat racing and the Gold Cup event. Hydroplane pioneer, Gar Wood, was a past Commodore of the Detroit Yacht Club.

In 2005, David Bartush (of Bloomfield Hills, MI) purchased what is now known as the U-13 from the Gregorys, received delivery in the Gold Cup pits and promptly won the Gold Cup in his first unlimited race ever. The Spirit of Detroit team did not race in 2008 but instead moved its operations from Seattle to its current location near the Detroit River. “We are rebuilding this team to be highly centered around the community and resources of Detroit and this great State of Michigan. Our owner, driver and the majority of our crew are all from the Detroit area and we intend to present ourselves as competitive and proud ambassadors of our sport, our City and our State to the rest of the United States and abroad”, said the team manager, Scott Allen.

The Unlimited Hydroplane race season begins in Madison, Indiana July 2-4, continues in Detroit July 9-11, Tri-Cities, Washington July 23-25, Seattle, Washington August 6-8 and then concludes in Doha, Qatar for the Oryx Cup International Championship November 18-20. The Spirit of Detroit race team is seeking sponsor support for all race events. The team contact for sponsorship and promotional opportunities is Paul LaMarre III, (419) 260-9985, paul@detroitunlimited.com or Scott Allen, (248) 841-3656, scott@detroitunlimited.com.