Reprinted from The New York Times, May 24, 1971
MIAMI, May 23 (AP)—Dean Chenoweth drove Miss Budweiser to first place and $10,000 in prize money today in the Champion Spark Plug unlimited hydroplane regatta at Miami Marine Stadium.
Miss Budweiser averaged 94.543 miles an hour in the championship heat on the 2.5-mile course, finishing well ahead of Miss Madison, driven by Jim McCormick of Owensboro, Ky. Miss Timex, a boat racing for the first time under Tom Sheehy of Miami, was third.
Hallmark Homes, driven by Leif Borgersen of Seattle, was dueling with Miss Madison for second place when the Hallmark thunderboat's 1,200 horsepower engine died only one lap from the end of the six-lap championship heat.
Billy Schumacher of Seattle escaped serious injury when his boat, Pride of Pay 'n Pak, did a 360-degree spin and ejected Schumacher into the water at about 150 m.p.h.
