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| Mickey Remund pilots the Pay 'n Pak to victory at Madison. |
The 34‐year‐old driver from Palm Desert, Calif., out-dueled Miss Budweiser, driven by Dean Chenoweth of Xenia, Ohio, in the final 15‐mile heat to win the 22d Indiana Governor's Cup.
More than 90,000 spectators lined the Indiana and Kentucky banks of the Ohio River in 90‐degree heat and watched as Pay ‘n Pak retained its lead in the American Power Boat Association standing.
Both Pay ‘n Pak and Miss Budweiser easily won a pair of preliminary races and went into the championship run tied with 800 points. The two thunderboats had run side by side for the 1½ laps of the six‐lap final before Miss Budweiser momentarily lost power in the downstream turn of the second lap and fell behind for good.
It was the second victory of the season for Pay ‘n Pak and snapped Miss Budweiser's string of victories at two.
Pay ‘n Pak's final margin was half a lap. Lincoln Thrift was third with a rookie, Danny Walls of Bellevue, Ky., at the controls. The other two boats in the final heat—Red Man, driven by Jim McCormick of Owensboro, Ky., and Mr. Fabricator, driven by a rookie, Tom Kaufman of Carrollton, Ohio, suffered engine problems and failed to finish.