**1959
U-188 Miss Buffalo ( USA )
Owner - HACE Corp. ? (Buffalo)
Designer - Builder - Les Staudacher
Length – 32 ft
Beam – 12 ft
Hull - 3 pointer
Colors - Mahogany, Yellow & Black
Weight - 6,000
Power - V12 Allison
Crew Chief - Ace Englert
Driver - Bob Schroeder B/F - 5th
| "Built by Les Staudacher, she is a new boat for 1959, and is owned by the same men
who owned
Wildroot
Charlie, Schutt-Aikens-Hardt. She is powered by a two-stage Allison, and her
first race was the 1959 Detroit Memorial, where she suffered damage in a qualifying run
and was unable to continue."
(Reprinted from This is Hydroplaning by Paul Lowney [1959]) |
1960
Driver - Bob Schroeder B/F - 4th
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1962
U-99 Miss Detroit
(4th)
Owner - Thompson Electric (Detroit)
Colors - Coral deck with Yellow sides
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1963
U-99 Mariner Too
(1st)
Owner - Jim Herrington (LaPeer, Mi.)
Detail - step-tab extension on tail fin
Colors - Red with Blue & White
Power - V12 Rolls-Royce Merlin
Drivers – Fred Alter, Roy Duby & (Henrick) DNF