- Title: U.S.A. : UNLIMITED HYDROPLANE RACING SEASON OPENS.
- Date: 20th May 1975
- Summary: 1. GV Boats competing in preliminary heats 0.10 2. GV PAN Weisfield driven by Schumacher passing in heat 0.22 3. GV PAN Miss Budweiser passing 0.35 4. GV PAN Schumacher on final run winning 0.53 5. GV PAN another boat passing 1.00 6. CU ZOOM OUT Winner with trophy 1.07 TRANSCRIPT: Weisfield's U-74 from Seattle, washington; Bill Muncey's atlas U-71 quickly established themselves as the boats to beat in preliminary heats. Weisfield's driven by veteran Bill Schumacher scared the opposition during qualifying rounds with a lap of over one hundred, eighteen point four miles per hour. That trend continued in the first two heats as Weisfield's won the first heat going away and held off Munsey's challenge in the second race. Entering the final, only defending champion Miss Budweiser with first or second place finishes had a chance to catch the leader but she stalled on the second turn and finished third overall. Schumacher and Munsey duelled through the first two laps with Schumacher gaining a permanent edge on the east turn. For Schumacher four new course records, including an overall average of one hundred ten point seven-o-nine miles per hour. That snapped the old record by more than nine miles per hour. Munsey averaged one hundred eight for his race in the new boat. Mechanical trouble knocked out four of the nine boats early including defending national champion Payenpak. The thunderboats next compete June first on the Potomac River in Washington D.C. ... In Miami this is Mark Rosenweig reporting. Initials CL/1823 CL/1835 SPORT: HYDROPLANE RACING TELERECORDING This film contains a commentary from TVN reporter Mark Rosenweig. Script is copyright Reuters Limited. All rights reserved
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