In 1982 at 'Thunder In The Park' on Seneca Lake H1 Unlimited Hydroplane race at Romulus, New York, John Walters (r-l) accepts the trophy at Sampson State Park with crew chief Jim Lucero, turbine engineer Stan Hanauer and crewman Gary Walters. The was a first. First time a non-internal combustion-powered hydroplane scored a victory etching John Walters name boldly in the hydroplane record book.