It was a pretty good Seafair weekend for brother and sister hydroplane racers Brian Perkins and Kayleigh Perkins Mallory.

Mallory, who married July 31, became only the second woman in the history of the sport to drive an unlimited hydroplane. The Black Diamond native and Kentlake High graduate took out the U-1 Oh Boy! Oberto for a test run the morning of Aug. 7.

In fact, she did so well, had she been attempting to qualify in the boat she would have had a better spot than her older brother, Perkins, who is also a Kentlake High graduate.

Mallory’s third lap speed clocked in at 146.366, which tied Perkins best qualifying speed from Aug. 6 in the U-21 Miss Albert Lee Appliance, which was in fourth in the National High Points heading into the Albert Lee Cub at Seafair.

A national champion in the unlimited light class, which is one step down from the big boats her brother runs, Mallory described her UL-72 boat as “the little red boat” before Seafair after working in the U-1 Oh Boy! Oberto.

After her test run on Aug. 7, according to www.h1unlimited.com, she was “surprised how easy it was to turn.”

“It’s much heavier,” she said. “It’s such a great boat. It’s really easy to drive. I didn’t feel a big difference in speed. But, in the turns, all the forces on you are tremendous.”

Steve David, who won the Albert Lee Cup on Aug. 8, said he was impressed with Mallory and described her as “a very talented boat racer.”

Mallory then took second in the unlimited light Graham Trucking Cup on Aug. 8.

Meanwhile, Perkins won heat 2A, which forced David and Auburn native Dave Villwock to race for third and fourth behind him as the pair battle for the national high points championship. David won it in 2009.

The teams now prepare for the final race of the season in November in Qatar.