1972 Seafair Trophy
Lake Washington, Seattle WA, August 6, 1972

Hydro Standings
Seafair Trophy

bullet Another Chapter Being Written in Seattle’s Hydroplane History
bullet Roostertail of Memories
bullet Muncey Wins Easily
bullet Atlas Crew Solves Engine Troubles; Sterett Criticized
bullet Hydro Standings
bullet Statistics
HEAT 1A — 1, Van's P-X, Leif Borgersen, 300 points, 102.195 m.p.h. 2, Pizza Pete, Bob Gilliam, 225 points, 101.313 m.p.h. 3, Miss Timex, Jim McCormick, 169 points, 97.262 m.p.h. 4, Valu-Mart, Bill Wurster, 127 points, 87.862 m.p.h. 5, Smythe's Smoother Mover, Chuck Hickling, 95 points, 82.467.

HEAT 1B — 1, Miss Budweiser, Terry Sterett, 400 points, 110.159 m.p.h. 2, Atlas Van Lines, Bill Muncey, 300 points, 110.024 m.p.h. 3, Notre Dame, Dean Chenoweth, 225 points, 107.057 m.p.h. 4, Lincoln Thrift, George Henley, 169 points, 106.299 m.p.h. 5, Pride of Pay 'N Pak, Billy Sterett Jr., DNF.

(Atlas Van Lines clinched national championship.)

HEAT 2A — (points are cumulative) --1, Van's P-X, Leif Borgersen, 600 points, 104.046 m.p.h. 2, Pizza Pete, Bob Gilliam, 450 points, 99.962 m.p.h. 3, Miss Timex, Jim McCormick, 338 Points, 96.188 m.p.h. 4, Valu-Mart, Bill Wurster, 245 points, 91.587 m.p.h. 5, Smythe Smoother Mover, Chuck Hickling, 190 points, 87.638 m.p.h.

HEAT 2B — (points are cumulative) -1. Atlas Van Lines, Bill Muncey, 700 points, 114.213 m.p.h. 2, Miss Budweiser, Terry Sterett, 700 points, 107.569 m.p.h 3, Notre Dame, Dean Chenoweth, 450 points, 96.531 m.p.h. 4, Lincoln Thrift, George Henley, 338 points, 92.529 m.p.h. 5, Pride of Pay 'N Pak, Billy Sterett, DNF.

FINAL HEAT — 1, Atlas Van Lines, Bill Muncey, 1,300 points, 113.876 m.p.h. 2, Notre Dame, Dean Chenoweth, 900 points, 106.257 m.p.h. 3, Van's P-X, Leif Borgersen, 938 points, 105.882 m.p.h. 4, Miss Budweiser, Terry Sterett, 954 points, 105.757 m.p.h. 5, Pizza Pete, Bob Gilliam, 641 points, 97.262 m.p.h. 6, Lincoln Thrift, George Henley, 481 points, 94.604 m.p.h.

National Standings
Final
Atlas Van Lines 8,300
Pay'n Pak 5,725
Miss Budweiser 5,023
Pizza Pete 4,182
Miss Timex 3,097
Towne Club 2,552
Notre Dame 1,821
Go Gale 1,694
Miss Madison 1,394
Lincoln Thrift 1,358
Van's P-X 938
Valu-Mart 648
Miss Miami 300
Smyth Smoother Mover 190
Sweet Thing 169
Country Boy 0

(Reprinted from The Seattle Times, August 7, 1972)

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