Owners: Rick & Shawn Bridgeman
Team Manager: Shawn Bridgeman

Rick began racing hydroplanes in 1990 in 5 Liter stock competition, but quickly moved up to Grand National Hydroplane. When Unlimited Lights were launched in 1995, his team moved up and was a consistently solid competitor while racing only the west coast events. In 2003, they acquired former GP101 hull sporting a dazzling black, yellow and red paint scheme, the Bridgeman's decided to race the entire UL circuit. Rick drove the boat until July of 2005 when he was involved in an accident and retired from driving.  Dustin came on board in 2006 and the boat was rebuilt however at Tri-Cities that year, Dustin was in an accident so they retired that hull. In 2007 they debuted their all white brand new Ron Jones Jr. hull in the Unlimited Light Series and after spending the year dialing it in, in 2008 moved up to the NACCS Class.

Rick & Shawn, best known as Shockwave Racing, owners of the NEW G-17 have been racing for several seasons as Ted's Red Apple Market. Ted's will remain as title sponsor for the 2009 season with Venture Bank and Action Screen Printing returning as associate sponsors.

General Technician/Hull Specialist: Ed Preston

Ed has been in the boat building and repair business for years and has also been involved in Rally Car racing for 20 years and knows what it takes to be involved with a race team. He helps with boat and engine preparations. Ed works for Ron Jones Jr and was one of the key builders of the new 17 hull.

Communications: Bill Thompson

Bill has been involved in boat racing for 30 years with experience as a racer, official and crew member. He has been a licensed amateur radio operator for over 35 years and is responsible for maintaining and organizing the radio equipment

Marketing: Larry Linn

Larry is our marketing go-to guy. He’s not only responsible for recruiting national corporations and local businesses to come onboard as our sponsors but to reach out to the community for positive interaction and helping to increase the fan base for hydroplane racing. During race day he can also be found doing many activities but is primary for ground support to the crew specialists.

Fuel System: Earl Smith

Earl has been involved in drag boat racing for years and is very knowledgeable with all the latest fuel and injection technology.

Pit Crew: Dan Vejar

Dan is a new member to the team but not new to racing. Dan has been on other hydroplane teams and looks forward to working with the GP/G-17 team. He will be inspecting the propellers and changing them if need be. He will assist cleaning the boat and helping out where ever he can.

Truck Driver: Bob Wakefield

Bob Wakefield is the truck driver for the Shockwave Racing Team.

He lives in Aberdeen, WA with his wife Donna and girls, Nicole and Hali. He also has 2 grown sons, Jason and Jeremy and 5 granddaughters. He has worked in the trucking industry for many years he is currently employed by Ted's Red Apple Market in Westport, WA. Bob is looking forward to transporting the 71' thundering billboard for speed around the country