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Roostertail Talk , a podcast dedicated to

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everything related to the sport we all love

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. It

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is July 25th

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2023 and this is Episode

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107 . Well

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, this weekend marks another Columbia Cup

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on the racing circuit . Boats

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are getting ready and prepared for this weekend's activities

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. Some exciting news coming out

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from the U40 pits that

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they have a national sponsor for the rest of

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the series . They are going to be sponsored by

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Flavor Pack , which is going to have

1:07

a whole new paint scheme for their boat , so

1:09

it's great to see another sponsor come on board

1:11

. I'm excited that

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they'll be patched and repaired and able

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to race as well as the 91

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. Good thing in real estate it's going to be all patched up

1:20

. We'll have nine boats on the water and

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in fact there's even a boat over in Tri-Cities

1:25

. Now I

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want to call them Cooper's Express because

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that's what they went by in years past

1:31

, but the Go3 racing team

1:33

is over in Tri-Cities doing

1:35

some displays around town . I

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know some of their boats will be heading over

1:40

there soon . They normally do some displays

1:42

on Wednesday before they go over to the pits on Thursday

1:44

. But 50 years ago

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the Gold Cup was

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in Tri-Cities , washington , in 1973

1:52

. And last week we listened to

1:54

the first round of heats back then . So

1:57

you heard heats 1A , 1b and 1C

1:59

, and today we're going to finish out that

2:01

race . We've got an hour and a half . I hope you've

2:03

got some time to spend to listen to this race , because

2:05

it's a great opportunity to listen to some great

2:08

classic names from racing past , as

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you're going to hear interviews from Bob Gilliam , bill

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Muncie , bernie Little , dean

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Chenoweth , along with the likes of the

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announcers Jim Hendricks , phil Cole

2:19

and Pete Gross Now

2:23

I went over the names last week . What

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you're going to hear ? The different

2:27

drivers involved . They had

2:29

a lot of boats on the water , had

2:31

a lot of heats . You're going to hear heats 2A

2:33

, 2b , 2c , 3a

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, 3b and the finals

2:38

. I love just

2:40

listening to these old races because you can hear the

2:42

different engines on the waters and

2:44

you'll hear the announcers talk about the differences

2:46

between the turbocharged allicens like the

2:48

Miss US and the Lincoln Thrift

2:51

, along with the Merlin engines on

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the water and how they differ

2:55

. One thing of

2:57

interesting note as well you'll hear the lap

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times . They're going to talk about the times and the speeds

3:02

of the boats a lot , as the times were

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up in 73 , boats

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were going faster and they were breaking records several

3:09

times throughout the heats and throughout the

3:11

weekend . That qualifier

3:13

for the weekend was the pain pack when Mickey Raymond

3:15

and they did a blistering 124.310

3:19

on that 2.5 mile race course , something

3:21

that was lightning quick back then

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, faster than they'd seen with that

3:26

boat in Tri-Cities . I forgot to mention

3:28

they also have official Bill Newton in

3:31

the booth a few times going

3:33

over some of the penalties and what could be enforced

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and what not . I know a lot of

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people back then at

3:39

least I've talked to since were

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not a big fan of Bill Newton and just

3:44

to get the record straight , no relation

3:46

to myself with that Newton

3:48

. I hope you enjoy this stroll down memory

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lane as we're going to go hop back in that time machine . We're

3:53

going to travel back 50 years to 1973

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on the shores of the Columbia River

3:57

for the 1973

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APBA

4:07

.

4:07

Gold Cup . We're

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going to join them on the Brown White Cincones rocker

4:21

that launched earlier last time

4:31

when they saw progress on their n√£o

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cutting hand damage , on government cold

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to place them for you , no-der-deans up there . Long

4:41

be early because he's gonna go deep . Bill

4:43

Munty figures he can let this field have the

4:45

inside and still whip him into

4:47

that first turn . So he's hanging on

4:49

the outside as the boats move into the scoring

4:52

up area at the upper end of this Columbia

4:54

River race course . Tommy Deese moving

4:56

around there . Jim McCormick's gonna get the inside

4:59

by default as the clock ticks

5:01

away to 25 seconds before

5:03

the start . It's gonna be red man on the number

5:05

one lane , murphy's Marina on

5:08

the little . Look out , us gotta go outside

5:10

to get away from Chuck Higney , phil Spamble

5:12

back there , little problem . On the

5:14

number one lane is red man . Atlas comes up into

5:16

two Murphy's Marine to three lane Atlas

5:39

man on the inside of Bill Munty on

5:41

top by about two links , about four

5:43

more links back as Miss US . Then Jim

5:46

McCormick and red man and Chuck Higley in

5:48

Murphy's Marine Straightening out of the number two

5:50

turn . Atlas man line booms

5:52

off that turn . But Bill Munty really

5:54

getting his money's worth this time he's in

5:56

helping it up the back stretch now on Atlas man line

5:59

at about 150 miles an hour , followed

6:01

by about two seconds back by No-der-deans , but

6:03

I don't believe Ron Larson's gonna give up

6:06

. Ron Larson's getting his way into it a little bit

6:08

and that No-der-deans is looking better We've seen

6:10

him look this year . Miss US running a steady

6:12

third , red man at fourth and US

6:14

, of course , showing us more ways to come down

6:16

on three points in a hydroplane we've

6:18

ever seen before . The boat just isn't riding

6:21

right and they're gonna have to do something to get that

6:23

boat fixed around before it is . It's gonna be

6:25

competitive , but George Simon will work

6:27

like the dickens to try to get that done . Munty went

6:29

sideways in the upper corner . It's rough

6:31

up there . He got it back and he's coming

6:33

down to finish lap number one . Jim , okay

6:35

, munty will be your leader at the completion of lap number one

6:38

, going wide in the second place with No-der-deans , followed

6:40

by Miss US , where comes

6:42

Munty , here

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comes the No-der-deans

6:49

113.9

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miles per hour for Bill Munty

6:56

and Atlas Fanline to lap number one

6:58

, followed by No-der-deans and

7:00

left man , and that order 113.9

7:04

for Bill Munty . Lap number one

7:06

Atlas Fanline Okay

7:08

, the entire field is now complete and lap number one

7:10

as Chuck McGrane brings Murphy's Marine right

7:13

by us . Our leader has set the back shoot

7:15

and has increased his lead by about three

7:17

seconds over the Notre Dame as Bill Munty and the

7:19

Atlas Fanline comes down that back shoot Riding

7:21

beautifully on a Sunday afternoon 113.924

7:26

, officially lap number one as it comes up from our timer . Coming

7:29

down that back shoot right now is the Notre Dame and

7:32

he's sitting . I believe I think Ryan

7:34

Watson will quit charge right now and sit for

7:36

a sure 300 points . If the Notre Dame is , he's riding

7:38

much better than his last time out . Meanwhile

7:41

, the US is trying to get Chase and it's still a mission

7:43

not riding very good down that back shoot coming

7:45

up on that less spot than light and then coming

7:47

back down , while the Redman is setting the charge for fourth , trying

7:50

to catch the US fifth place boat

7:52

just coming down the back shoot after a lap

7:54

and a half . Here's the completion

7:57

of lap number two , the Atlas Fanline

7:59

, with Bill Munty . Munty

8:04

with a wide lead now with another David , the rest

8:06

of the field , bill Munty running at about

8:08

112.5 , 112.6

8:11

that last lap and Atlas Fanline on

8:13

lap number two and he

8:15

has about a seven

8:17

or eight second lead on Ronnie

8:20

Larson in Notre Dame and

8:22

US about seven or eight seconds behind Notre

8:24

Dame and Redman about seven

8:26

or eight seconds behind the

8:28

US . As a matter of fact

8:31

, tim LaFarming has a five to thirty-five and thirty-one

8:33

seconds behind Atlas Fanline . Tim

8:38

LaFarming , the fourth place boat , about a half minute

8:40

behind the leader . So Bill Munty needs

8:43

to be on his way to the bank here at lap

8:45

number two , 113.065

8:47

, officially lap number two for Bill

8:49

Munty and Atlas Fanline . You

8:52

know , bill , we're talking about between eight to

8:54

Bill Munty on a radio network and

8:56

he said that they have changed some combinations

8:58

and I mentioned that we were talking

9:00

about historical last year , historical this year . He

9:02

said it's true , but he believes now that he's put

9:05

a combination together that can be a definite challenge

9:07

for the rest of the year . As much as he goes

9:09

charging up and down this

9:12

Gold Cup race course here at Tri-Cities , washington

9:14

, he's going around in front of the biggest crowd

9:16

ever to watch the race here and he's finished

9:18

lap number three and has a fanline

9:20

right here in the plate . Bill's running

9:23

at 119 miles an hour . Still About

9:25

112 and a half to 113

9:27

miles an hour on lap number three the

9:30

largest crowd ever to watch a hyperplane race

9:32

here in the Tri-Cities area , here for

9:34

the Gold Cup today . Wall to wall people

9:36

Every place you can look and they're watching Bill

9:38

Munty , still dominant

9:40

on the field in each two A's . Ron

9:44

Larson now , if anything , his second lap is

9:46

about 23 seconds now

9:48

behind Bill Munty Larson

9:50

, about 23 seconds behind Bill Munty

9:53

as he goes across the line and

9:55

Jim McCormick is going to move around

9:57

here . He's lost about seven or eight more seconds

9:59

to Munty . He's fourth place in the

10:01

US . Discerned 111.9

10:04

miles in at the fanline on lap number three

10:06

as

10:09

the helicopter returns just follows him

10:11

around this race course . So , jim , as long

10:14

as he can keep everything going down in that engine room , it looks

10:16

like he two A has taken form

10:18

early and it's not going to change . And that would give Bill

10:20

Munty a perfect day so far , winning his first section

10:22

in the heat one . You'd have 800 per big points

10:24

to find a fan pack and of course each

10:26

speed would have to duplicate to keep tight . Here comes Chuck

10:29

Hickley driving the Burby Marine and getting

10:31

a rough ride down that shooting . He's not riding

10:34

right as he completes his third lap and it's about to be left

10:36

by Munty . Here comes Bill Munty . Now he's

10:39

a complete lap number four , leaving two more laps

10:41

for Bill McGowan . Bill Munty's a little

10:43

bit in the wake , left by the slower Murphy Marine , about

10:49

a hundred and seven mile an hour , bill Munty , cooling it down . We're

10:51

getting an official fan for you just a moment , but it won't be

10:53

too far off of that . Here comes our number two

10:55

place vote , off to number four corner to come down and

10:57

complete lap number four , while the Miss US

11:00

is going to get a challenge right now for third place

11:02

. And look at the red man charged up in that third place

11:04

vote . Jim , what's happening to Miss US ? The

11:06

tail of the boat is being thrown out of the water

11:09

by the propeller . You'll notice

11:11

as he goes up that backstretch . The tail

11:13

of that boat blows up out of the water when

11:15

he gets up to a certain speed 106.635

11:18

officially for Bill Munty . Now what's the

11:20

US that comes down here , jim , and

11:22

you'll see the tail end of that boat being blown out of

11:24

the water , probably by the propeller or

11:26

an undefendable power supply and

11:28

Jim McCormick has made him race even on

11:31

implied events At

11:33

Tommy's team , having Natalie's problems with the

11:35

Miss US and Natalie's problems with the race

11:37

. And Jim McCormick's trying to catch

11:39

him and he's just like get the job done . Jim's

11:41

got to try for a fourth place instead of a fifth

11:44

. If he possibly can , he's trying to protect

11:46

that third place . Standing the leaders in the

11:48

upper turn Bill Munty and Atlas Van Lines

11:50

. He'll get the green flag this time around . Second

11:52

place boat is opposite the starting barge

11:55

on the backstretch . Third and fourth place

11:57

boats are both in the same turn with

11:59

Miss US , third and red man moving

12:01

up on the outside at Jim McCormick doing

12:03

the driving . Here's Bill Munty winding

12:05

up lap number five and

12:10

he ran about 106

12:12

miles an hour up that backstretch . Now

12:14

, jim , if you watch the US and the red

12:16

man , red man's going to pass him and Miss

12:19

US still has the feeling that boat's blowing out

12:21

of the water . Yes , he's jumping

12:23

it out of the snow , showing a little porpoise , little

12:26

porpoise by the Miss US . And now the red man

12:28

has finally taken over and look at the boat

12:31

on that US on the inside he's taking out the roof

12:33

water . Well , here comes the

12:35

number two place boat to take the green flag , the Notre

12:37

Dame , what's ?

12:37

going on out of the boat Whoa

12:39

.

12:41

You heard it that Notre Dame cut out for just a

12:43

second , completely dead . But now here's

12:46

that race for third place coming and

12:48

it's going to be the red man 105.882

12:51

for the fifth lap . Jim McCormick's trying to

12:53

make the cut . He'll only cut him down

12:55

to 10 boats . After this rain . Mccormick's

12:57

got to get that third to make the cut and it

12:59

can't be one of the boats that's out of here . Jim

13:08

McCormick takes the green flag in third place . Miss

13:11

US is bubbling very badly now taking on some

13:13

water . When McCormick passed a bit , he bounced a little bit

13:15

and our leader is coming out of the turn to take

13:17

the checker flag for another perfect

13:20

400 points . The National Defending

13:22

Champion of 1972

13:24

, bill Murphy , in the Atlas fan line . Here

13:27

comes Bill Alright

13:33

, our second place boat 108

13:36

. 108 . 108

13:38

mile-hour on that . Last lap for Bill Muncie and

13:41

Murphy's Marine , with Chuck Hickley , will come around

13:44

and take a green flag . One more lap to go

13:46

and then the rest will get the checker flag . And

13:49

let's , here we come . Here

13:53

comes the flag swinging

13:55

out wide as the Notre Dame . He'll get the checker flag in

13:57

second place for 300 points . And

14:04

this here comes the checker flag for

14:06

the Notre Dame . The

14:11

Notre Dame takes over second . Our third place boat is

14:13

the Apex , to the upper turn , and that

14:15

is the Red man Tobacco and

14:17

that is Jim McCormick as he slides

14:19

out . And Bill told you he had to catch the Miss

14:21

US at Basset to try to make that cut

14:23

for the third section of the Gold Cup in 1973

14:25

. Here he comes , jim

14:27

McCormick from Honesboro , kentucky , 1971

14:32

Gold Cup winner . He

14:35

acknowledges with a wave the checker flag . And

14:37

here comes the checker flag . Now for the fourth

14:40

place finisher Miss US , tommy D . Jim

14:42

, let the fans hear . The US that goes by . It's

14:44

worth it . Yeah , it's so quiet . You know , after hearing all this

14:46

engine , here's a turbocharged

14:48

engine . We want you to hear it . Let's listen

14:50

, believe

14:58

it or not . That was it . Now down

15:00

the back shoot . Our fifth place finisher will be Chuck Hickley

15:02

. Last time he did not finish

15:04

. He had zero points going into this heat . He

15:07

will not make the cut . I don't think I would believe it , do you feel

15:09

? No , I don't . Murphy's Marine

15:11

is not going to make it . Us is now in trouble . We'll

15:13

just have to wait to see what happens . Okay , now

15:15

we've got , of course , another heat coming right up , as

15:18

they both are pulling into the pits right now . So the first

15:20

place goes to the Atlas Van

15:22

Lines and right now let's call up to our microphones

15:24

, and I know the folks listening

15:26

to Seattle are interested in hearing from Art Naggar , who

15:29

has much to do with the Seattle race . It'll be two

15:31

weeks hence . We folks

15:34

in Cairo and listening to Seattle want to know what you

15:36

have planned for them to outdo this Gold Cup . Well

15:38

, we're going to try to do it . It's going to be awfully hard , but

15:40

we know we're going to have one or two more boats , because we've got the U-95

15:43

coming up and of course , we operate under

15:45

the Van Plan and we hope we will have quite

15:47

a parade of boats , as you had this last race . We

15:50

hope to have a little more competitive racing all

15:52

the way through . Well , I think you would have to Art

15:54

Naggar , because the thing is

15:56

here , we have the conventional draw , you

15:59

have the Van Plan , so that puts the boats

16:01

pretty even in speeds . Oh

16:04

, what that was , jim , was water . I think they're

16:06

blowing after cooler . That's getting

16:09

common with the old . They're getting old

16:11

and tired .

16:12

It's like a radiator and they're just giving away

16:14

and then a water

16:16

is in the system .

16:17

so you're putting a supercharger in the engine .

16:21

We had the Van Naggar's out and Phil

16:23

Cole and I were calling the race and we told your friends

16:25

listening on Cairo and Seattle

16:27

and the friends of folks that you had

16:29

in the Pocana and CHP here in Tri-Cities on

16:31

Corbett and they thought a spark plug completely

16:34

popped out and you were getting a lot of fuel off of the cylinder

16:36

.

16:38

Here's water .

16:38

Jim , but that can still . Did you

16:40

get burned at all ? No , alright , everything's

16:43

okay .

16:43

Everything's alright , we'll go again . So

16:45

what do you have to do to get ready for this next cool down ? Put

16:48

in a wrap for cooler off , and how long

16:50

does that take you ? It takes you 15-20 minutes

16:52

, okay , so then you should be ready to go and hear from the value of water

16:54

before this stage is over .

16:55

Oh , yeah , we'll be back . Okay , Bob , thank you very

16:57

much for coming out of line . Thank you , jim , right . Right

17:00

, bob Gilliam says it

17:02

was not fuel , so we'll have

17:04

to stand corrected . He sure looked that way and of course

17:06

, bill Muncie in the interview just powered it up

17:08

. He thought it could be water , so

17:10

they burned up an app to cool it and he

17:12

was getting hot water back there . But he says he's

17:14

alright and should be ready to go . We

17:17

summarized the

17:19

heats 1A , 1b and 1C

17:21

in total points for you .

17:22

But right now let's talk about .

17:26

A couple of weeks ago we had some problems with these boys hitting

17:29

the line , and we had several jumping

17:31

at the clock , as our rules call it , not

17:33

the gun , because the gun can't misfire , and

17:35

they were penalized next to that for doing so . But

17:37

they're hitting that thing right on the money now . Well

17:39

, that's the way they should have it , jim , now

17:42

all in Kentucky . As you recall , we

17:44

had money problems on the start , but

17:47

since then they have really

17:49

straightened up . Okay , we are now waiting

17:52

down at the fifth , bill Muncie . Bill , congratulations

17:54

on a second straight win , thank you . Thank

17:56

you very much , you're breathing off a heart

17:59

.

17:59

buddy , Did you run up the hill ? I

18:01

guess I ran up the hill .

18:02

Yes , Well , you should . Everything seems to be working very good . Like

18:05

you said , you had a new combination going . You were hitting

18:07

speeds of 113 miles an hour , which

18:09

is very good . I don't think you

18:11

had it hanging out all the way , did you , no , I think

18:13

?

18:13

everybody has to save some for people like the

18:16

Budweiser and the Lincoln Trips in the fan pack

18:18

. They're strong boats and they're exciting boats to watch

18:20

and hopefully I really will

18:24

be exciting to chase .

18:24

I don't particularly care to do that , I'd rather have them chasing

18:26

me at this point .

18:28

Bill , take a deep breath . I

18:30

know you're tired , buddy . Yeah , these guys are running their

18:32

ass all over the pitch . That's the reason . They're

18:35

really happy , aren't they ? They're

18:39

doing an awful good job . Well , the thing is , the people

18:41

along the network are lying around the country wanting to hear from Bill

18:43

Muncie . After all , it isn't

18:45

often that we can get you up here right after

18:47

a win and you're a man

18:49

who's won more races than any other driver in history . This sport

18:51

.

18:52

That may prove like sports history , but all I have

18:54

really is longevity . Well , you got it . Maybe

18:56

that just proves I'm not the brightest guy in town , but I'm delighted

18:58

I've been able to race along this long .

19:00

Well , Bill , that's just a disaster . The

19:02

first five races , the sixth race , with

19:04

800 perfect points , you have to feel pretty good .

19:07

Jim , we've got a long way to go . This race is just starting as

19:09

far as I'm concerned , and until we hit our main competition

19:11

, which is , you know , the Budweiser and the PMPAC and a couple of the boats

19:13

that are running strong . We haven't really

19:15

done that and it hasn't been really a true test . We're

19:18

not feeling too strong , we're just feeling competitive at this point

19:20

.

19:21

Okay , Bill , I'm going to let you take a breath and take

19:23

a big drink of Gatorade or whatever you want

19:25

.

19:26

Rest up , buddy . Thank you , jim , okay , bye

19:28

.

19:30

Bill Muncie has come up for the second time and

19:33

really I can see the world bill would be out of

19:35

breath because he raced in one

19:37

seat , dashed up the hill , originally

19:40

stationed . The personnel are really

19:42

on the ball , prid , they're getting . Grab

19:44

the driver out of the cockpit and rush him up there to be first

19:46

so that you and Robin

19:48

Edwards can hear what's going on . And then he ran

19:50

back to his boat and jumped out and ran another win

19:53

, then run back up the hill . I

19:55

don't think Bill would mind running around in circles as long

19:57

as you can keep adding 440 to his total in this 1973

20:01

Gold Cup . We'll be back with more

20:03

Gold Cup coverage 1973

20:05

in 75 seconds .

20:09

Let's get it . You

20:11

see , there's

20:13

always a party of changes

20:16

. You know , with music and grace it's a pie . You

20:19

won't have to worry about watching the

20:21

tune and there'll be two busy watching

20:23

the feeds that get made .

20:25

Here's the boat and he's going to be awful tough

20:27

to catch this afternoon the way he looks and

20:29

the way that boat is going . We might just briefly

20:32

run down the individual

20:34

lap times for you and Atlas

20:37

Van Lines , with Bill Muncie at the helm . In

20:39

the first lap , 113.924

20:42

average miles per hour . Second lap , bill again

20:44

going pretty good at 113.065

20:46

miles per hour . Slow little bit

20:48

down after that dropped out to 111 miles

20:51

per hour average in the third lap and the

20:53

fourth lap , 106 mile per hour average

20:55

and 105 mile per hour

20:57

average in lap number five . And again

20:59

, jimmy was going wire to wire as he

21:01

did during the running of

21:03

Heat 1C earlier

21:06

today . So two wire to wire victories

21:08

for the Atlas Van Lines and Bill Muncie

21:10

Now coming up in the Heat 2B

21:12

, which will be coming up at 230

21:15

the sap . No , we'll have Miss Budweiser Heats

21:17

of Peter , who is winner of the 1B

21:19

Heat Shaky Special , and Mr

21:21

Fabricator , both finishing

21:23

fourth in their respective heats this morning . While

21:25

we have a couple of minutes , jim , we might review what went on

21:28

this morning . In Heat 1A we had Mickey

21:30

Rieman in the pride of Pay-In-Pack , the winner , getting

21:32

those big 400 points and winding up an average

21:34

speed of 110 miles per hour . Second

21:37

in that was Miss Budweiser and Dean Chenoweth

21:39

, third was Lincoln Perth with Danny Walz and

21:41

then of course Miss US brought up the fourth

21:44

spot with Bob Murphy's Molina , with Chuck Kinkling

21:46

failing to finish that race

21:48

. In Heat 1B the

21:51

winner of that was Peter Pete , again with

21:53

400 points to Freddie Alder

21:55

at 102.118

21:58

miles per hour average . Notre Dame was second

22:01

with Ronnie Larson and third spot was Miss Madison

22:03

with Tom Sheehy and Mr Fabricator with Tom Kaufman , finished

22:05

fourth . That was in Heat 1B . Then

22:08

in Heat 1C , atlas Van Lines

22:10

, bill Muncie , again going to wire to wire and

22:12

hitting those starts very , very effectively

22:14

, average 105.75

22:17

miles per hour . Redman was

22:19

second with Jim McCormick . Value mile with Bob

22:21

Gilliam was third and Sheehy special with

22:23

Tom Martin , finished fourth . So that's kind of a brief rundown

22:26

for you on the Heat 1A , 1b

22:28

and 1C as we move now along and

22:31

the way to start of Heat 2B which will be

22:33

coming up , as we mentioned , at 230 . In

22:36

Heat 2C , which

22:38

will be coming up I would imagine

22:41

somewhere around 2.45 , 3 o'clock

22:43

and the pay-and-pack with Mickey Raymond back

22:46

on the course with Lincoln , miss Madison and

22:48

the value mart and pay-and-pack Jim

22:50

has brought out a couple of times and his comments

22:52

should have a pretty easy time of it

22:54

and that Heat 2C because he's going

22:56

against some boats that were pretty

22:59

up to date and , of course , the average speed of each

23:01

boat . Okay , jim , I know you thought

23:03

I ran out on you there , but you ran downstairs to get

23:05

the form sheet so we can bring you up to date on Heat 2B

23:07

. And we're again , miss Budweiser

23:09

, dean Chetowit at the helm , collecting

23:12

400 points for this heat and then totaling

23:14

out 700 for the day . Average speed 104.046

23:19

. We're just checking

23:21

. That's a little bit slower than he

23:23

ran this morning , but not by much this

23:26

morning . Well , no , it's

23:28

a little slower . 105.058

23:30

was the average this

23:33

morning , against the pride

23:35

of You're

23:38

running upstairs . Get ready for your race . I'll complete that

23:40

. As you mentioned , the Atlas Van Lines , bill Muncie , with

23:42

another 400 points Now , with a total of

23:44

800 for the day , with 109.766

23:47

mile per hour average . In first place in Heat 2A

23:50

, second spot with Notre Dame , with Ronnie Larson

23:52

, were 300 points to him and that heating

23:54

a total of 600 for the day , and his

23:56

average speed was 101.771

24:00

miles per hour . Third spot in Heat

24:02

2A went to Redman Jim McCormick . 225

24:04

points for Jim and 525

24:07

total points to his average speed , 96.982

24:11

miles per hour . Now let's

24:13

go upstairs to Jim Hendrick . Here is Dean

24:15

Kennewick . He should

24:18

take the inside . That's the

24:21

place where Gene LaDee likes to start . I

24:23

don't know about you , hendrick , I really don't . Phil

24:26

Cole , I'm tired of running up and down . I'm down there . Pete

24:28

goes in the lower deck and I run up to you

24:30

and I tap you on his shoulder . You kind of look at me

24:32

and I want to do something . Buddy , I'm at least about 10

24:34

pounds to Jim . That's the result of the mission

24:36

planning on your part . Yes , I know

24:38

, I thought I did quite well myself . The boats

24:40

are on the course . A lot of racing taking place inside the

24:42

five minute gun Dlaven about Muncie

24:45

, who is saying he was running something off down

24:47

the fifth . I'm doing the same thing here . I

24:49

feel like Grand Mag to me . Are we on ? Are we on

24:51

? Yes , you're on , phil , you're never off

24:53

. Let's put a bed right . Okay now our

24:55

boats are now jockeying four positions out

24:57

here and down to the back stretch

24:59

goes the favorite for his heat , the pride of paint , back

25:02

with Mickey Rieman . Earlier this week he set a Gold

25:04

Cup qualifying record at 2.5 mile qualifying

25:06

record 124.310

25:08

. I wasn't primmy to this interview

25:11

but I understand that Phil

25:13

Muncie told you you're running more than pounds

25:15

off of him . Yes , he

25:17

said a little bit for that effect . You're absolutely

25:19

right . Phil Newton was listening on the radio

25:21

after I talked to Bill and I thought the referee was

25:24

going to fall over . Shall

25:26

we find him ? No , we can't

25:29

find Bill on that . You're

25:31

losing your voice already . I'm not sure I am . Don't

25:34

holler at these boats . These guys can't hear you with those engines

25:36

in there anyway . Okay , here

25:38

comes the piece of peace the miss Budweiser

25:40

coming down the stretch

25:42

, tommy Kaufman's out there and the

25:45

Mr Fabricator and the fighter pay

25:47

and pass . So we've got to blame

25:49

it . I said the fighter pay is back and I'm

25:51

wrong . They're not till 2C . I'm going to

25:53

stay corrected . I kind of figured you tumbled with

25:56

that before the race started . Well

25:58

, you know , it's this hot sun that kind

26:00

of gets to me , and every time I get a nice cold , soft

26:03

drink , bill Newton , the referee , grabs it and drinks it all

26:05

. And then what he don't drink , you finish my

26:07

tongue's hanging out . I'm going to get folks back in Detroit

26:10

. It is not the hot sun , that James problem

26:12

. It's the problem of trying to figure out what to

26:14

do with two dates the same night . That's his big

26:16

problem . You're going to get me all kinds of trouble . Good thing

26:18

I'm single . Okay

26:20

, down the back seat . Right now we have shaky special

26:22

. They fabricated Miss Budweiser

26:24

and pizza Pete . Those are the four

26:26

boats out in the course right now . Do they have any specials on milk

26:28

here at the grocery stores in town , jim ? Why

26:32

, phil , we're kidding

26:34

. One of our drivers who should remain anonymous

26:36

, was being a lot yesterday

26:38

by another driver who should remain anonymous

26:41

. But they drive the Budweiser , the Madison . Tom

26:44

Shee was yelling at Dean Chenoweth that his wife

26:47

and children were out of milk . It just

26:49

really teased the life and soul out of him . They go after

26:51

each other . A lot like that . It was really funny . A lot

26:53

of camaraderie in the side of playing racing . They help

26:55

each other get ready to qualify , they help each other

26:57

with mechanical problems , but when the race

26:59

day comes they get out there in those slots they try to beat

27:01

each other's brains out without hurting each other . Here

27:04

is shaky special . We're coming up to the one minute

27:06

gun the Budweiser coming up the back seat , followed by

27:08

the fabricator .

27:11

And .

27:12

I am looking for Miss Budweiser . Okay

27:14

, there's the pizza Pete . There's Miss Budweiser . There's

27:16

the fabricator all up the back seat heading toward

27:19

our left , looking at your radio dial

27:21

. They're coming up to the left of your radio dial right now . I'm going

27:23

to go right back down to the right . There's the one minute gun

27:25

. The light flag is up . They jockey for position

27:27

, phil Cole , I'm going to watch that upper turn this

27:29

time , jim , to see what happens . Oh , freddie

27:32

Alder is in there first . He's going to get

27:34

the inside if he wants it . Dean Chenow is not

27:36

going to have it , but maybe Dean

27:38

doesn't want it . She never can want it . This time

27:40

. They're moving into the upper

27:43

turn area . Now Alder goes by the entrance

27:45

boy to the number three turn with

27:47

35 seconds left to the start , and

27:49

now Tommy Kaufman is sticking his

27:51

nose in like he wants the inside . Tommy's

27:54

got about as much business being on the inside

27:56

as anybody I can imagine in that mode At least

27:58

sticking his nose in there . Anyway . We have 20 seconds

28:01

till the start and here's the way they're going

28:03

to line up . Mr Fabricator

28:06

on the number one lane Nope , megan Shaggy's pizza on

28:08

the number one lane . Mr Fabricator

28:11

on the number two Miss Budweiser , number

28:13

three , pizza Pete , number four . And

28:15

here they come for the start with five seconds

28:17

left before the start and by Golly , mr

28:19

Fabricator is going to take him across

28:21

the line in the first place . He's

28:23

got him by , mr Fabricator , and

28:26

on the inside , shaggy Creason

28:28

. So it's Mr Fabricator

28:31

, miss Budweiser and Shaggy Creason . One , two , three . Now

28:34

Miss Budweiser goes by Mr Fabricator and Dean Chenow gets

28:36

to that turn First . Betty Olt is in the awful tight

28:38

Boy . They're tight in that corner . Budweiser's

28:41

on top and Pizza

28:44

Pete is right on his hip and Mr Fabricator

28:46

is inside the Budweiser . So

28:48

Tommy Kaufman's all of a sudden saying hey , fellas , I

28:50

can't hear the race . And he's right along with Dean

28:52

Chenow as they start that back stretch . On

28:54

the outside Pizza Pete , in the middle Miss

28:56

Budweiser , and on the inside and slowing

28:58

down now is Mr Fabricator . Now the two-boat race

29:00

, budweiser and Pizza Pete Up that back

29:03

stretch and Budweiser now begins to move away ever

29:05

so slightly and have Pizza

29:07

Pete as they move up that back stretch . If

29:09

Miss Budweiser , by about two or three boat

29:11

lanes and Dean Chenow in the engine room of that Budweiser

29:13

pushing down hard

29:15

with that right foot , he reaches the

29:17

green and yellow stripes entrance Boy . Freddie Olt is

29:20

right on his hip with the Pizza Pete . Freddie's

29:22

giving it as hard as he can give him . Freddie's got

29:24

a heavier boat , a little older boat , but Freddie's

29:26

also got a lot of experience around these rivers

29:28

in the United States . Here's Dean Chenow with your

29:30

leader out of the number one corner in first place . Freddie

29:33

Olt is right on his hip moving right out of

29:35

there . With him Miss Fed Olt is in Pizza

29:37

Pete . So at the end of lap number one and Miss

29:39

Budweiser on top Pizza Pete's second

29:41

about two seconds back and

29:43

then a little bit of that , miss

29:46

Fed Olt is coming off . So Miss

29:48

Budweiser and Pizza Pete are one and

29:50

two and , if I'm not mistaken , jim

29:52

, I think we'll find a way to stay in shape right here

29:55

. Yes , it is , and I'm surprised that Tom

29:57

Coffin here has been a beautiful start and

29:59

in that heavy 8,300-pound boat

30:01

. If he was in rough water he'd give

30:03

Marl a battle . There's an exception

30:05

maybe a Pizza Pete who is also a rough water sled

30:08

. All right , it's still the

30:10

Budweiser , following by the Pizza Pete as they come

30:12

out of the number two corner in down that back stretch

30:14

in the straightaways . Here's the time for lap

30:16

number one for the Budweiser 110.565

30:21

. 110.565,

30:24

. The Budweiser taking a beautiful ride each channel with

30:26

down the back shoot , coming around to complete lap

30:28

number two with about a two-second lead

30:30

over the Pizza Pete

30:32

with Freddie Olt . Another third place boat of Tom

30:34

Coffin in the Mr Fabricator from

30:36

Carleton , ohio , while Tom Martin getting a

30:38

rough ride coming out of that number two corner bouncing

30:41

in the shaky special . Here

30:43

we go now , as we go into the number three corner with

30:45

our lead boat and it's Freddie Olt charging

30:48

. It's closed up some room . It's the number

30:50

one boat , dean Sherwood , hugging close to the buoy

30:52

staying in slot number one , coming around to

30:54

complete lap number two . It's here . It's Wakin' Roosterfield

30:56

spotting wide . Comes the Pizza

30:58

Pete with Freddie Olt and here

31:00

they come . This is the war of the engine . Completion

31:03

of lap number two . Here

31:08

comes the Pizza Pete 109.5,

31:11

. Jim and I kept my eye on my glasses on Dean Chenilas

31:13

all the way through . That I've returned . He

31:19

is not using his nitrous oxide in the turns at all . He

31:22

came around to turn under power with no

31:24

nitrous , no evidence of the nitrous being used and

31:28

moved wide around there smartly . His average is 109

31:30

, 110 miles per hour of slow lap without

31:33

using his nitrous oxide but

31:35

for some reason or other he slowed down coming

31:37

out of that number two corner more than he does

31:40

coming out of the other one . 109.223

31:43

on lap number two for Dean Chenilas and Miss

31:45

Budweiser , dean moving up

31:47

that backstretch and Freddie Olt has

31:49

begun to slow down in Pizza Pete . Freddie

31:52

has begun to slow down in Pizza Pete . Suddenly

31:54

coming out of the number two corner he began to

31:56

get quite a bit slower , although he has a

31:59

half the straightaway lead on Tommy

32:01

Kaufman and Mr Fabricator . Well , on

32:03

lap number three of the sixth lap of it , miss Budweiser

32:06

is on her way to her first victory here in the

32:08

1973 Gold Cup race and

32:10

Pizza Pete has dropped off quite

32:13

a bit . But last time they came out of the number four turn Pizza

32:15

Pete was right on the Budweiser's hip but

32:18

now the Budweiser is a good half a turn ahead

32:20

of Pizza Pete , with Mr

32:22

Fabricator pulled turn

32:24

behind the Pizza Pete as well . Here's

32:27

the end of lap number three . This

32:30

is Budweiser every about 108 miles

32:32

an hour for that lap . So Dean Chenilas is quite a

32:34

down to about 108 , and

32:36

the second place both Freddie Alder and Pizza

32:38

Pete , which won his first race here today

32:40

, and

32:43

I think we'll find out that Freddie's both sound sick

32:45

on the left side , jim , when he goes up that back

32:47

stretch . Okay , the third , the second

32:49

place . The boat has just passed and he said Pizza

32:51

Pete . Here comes Tom Kaufman out of Carrollton

32:54

, ohio and Mr Fabricator getting a better

32:56

ride than we've seen in a run since he entered

32:58

the circuit . Well

33:01

, our last place vote , or fourth place , if you prefer

33:03

. Shaky Special just comes out of corner number three . He'll

33:05

complete the third lap , the lap number

33:08

three for Budweiser 107.656

33:12

. About

33:17

two and a quarter laps to go and the Budweiser will go

33:19

to the back . Let's point out , jim , the first

33:21

lap speed we give you on the radio here on the

33:23

PA is unofficial . On the watch we

33:25

have . The second lap is official . The second

33:28

speed is official . We give those two . We

33:30

get them from the stores downstairs this

33:32

is the only station , by the way , you get that information

33:34

on . We give the official speed shortly

33:37

after the boat goes across the line . So Dean

33:39

Chenoweth is finishing lap number four in the

33:41

Miss Budweiser . Dean is a depending

33:43

a farmer , national champion , farmer , gold

33:46

cup champion . In the Miss Budweiser , bernie Little

33:48

from Lakeland , florida . And

33:50

here's Dean Chenoweth going across the first

33:52

three lines . That's the

33:54

end of lap number four . We average around

33:56

105 , 105.2

33:58

miles per hour on lap number four

34:00

with two more to go . Fred Alter comes out

34:03

of that turn . Tommy Kaufman has made

34:05

up about a second and a half in the Mr

34:07

Fabricator on pizza

34:09

feet , but Freddie Alter

34:11

doesn't seem to be having any great trouble . Let's take

34:13

a look at his boat as he goes by the

34:15

line . Freddie's

34:19

got some oil smoke on the windshield and

34:21

Tommy Kaufman's beginning to saw on him a little

34:23

bit 105.140

34:25

. Jim , as you noticed , freddie

34:28

Alter has some oil smeared on

34:30

his windshield . He's getting oil out of his engine . If

34:32

you'll take the microphone , I'll watch him on the back to

34:34

see if we can see it . Okay , phil , take

34:36

a good look at him because Tommy Kaufman , the Mr Fabricator

34:39

, is starting to close the lead in on pizza feet and

34:42

Freddie would like to have that 300 points and

34:44

has 700 going into the third section . Here

34:47

comes Shaky Special right now with Tom Kaufman . Well

34:50

, 11 and a half to go , 11

34:52

and a half to go , pizza feet trying to hold on to that second

34:54

place . And here comes

34:56

the green flag out for our lead boat for this flood wiser , with Dean Sheddoweth

34:58

. That Sheddoweth comes out of the number four corner . Dean

35:02

Sheddoweth comes out of the number four corner , takes

35:05

the green flag and he will have one more lap to go and

35:08

he's got 700 points total for the second and

35:10

now a first . Well , dean averaged around

35:12

105 miles an hour for that

35:14

lap , and that's the problem with Freddie

35:16

Alter . It could be his instrument cluster up

35:18

there . It could be . He has some instruments up there that

35:20

reflect against that windshield and make it

35:23

look like oil . But

35:25

Tommy Kaufman has really picked up a lot of racing room on

35:27

Fed Alter . Alter

35:30

in the pizza feet and Tommy

35:32

Kaufman in the Mr Fabricator . We have our glass bottle here

35:34

, oil

35:36

. It is the reflection of the instrument

35:38

panel on the dash . 106.383

35:42

, officially Lap

35:44

number five for Miss Budweiser , and Tommy Kaufman Moving

35:46

right along now might have

35:49

a chance to catch Fed Alter , but

35:51

he's going to have to hustle to do it . Everybody's getting

35:54

the green flag now . It's going

35:56

to be a great lap . And he's going to be

35:58

a great lap . And he's going to be a great lap

36:00

, but he's going to have to

36:02

hustle to do it . Everybody's getting the green flag

36:04

now . Dean Kenilas really has things cooled

36:07

off in the Budweiser . He's really going slow

36:09

there . Jim , yeah , he's got a troll for some

36:11

of the fish that are here on the Columbia River . Since it's been

36:13

lowered they have low water here out

36:15

west in the northwest Back in Detroit

36:18

. We want to give some away . We got sandbags . He

36:20

caught a marlin out here yesterday . Here's

36:22

got to . Thank you , specialist . Thank you

36:24

for your flag . One more lap for the fourth plate

36:26

slow .

36:27

Now we pick up our leader .

36:29

He's in the apex of the final turn , miss Budweiser

36:31

, the fastest beer wagon alive , the Miss

36:33

Budweiser with Dean Shenoweth Coming

36:36

out of that final corner to come down and take the checker flag

36:38

and pick up 400 points for a total of 700

36:41

. That will get him into the

36:43

third section of Gold Cup 1973

36:45

. Here's

36:48

the checker flag and here's the winning boat , miss

36:51

Budweiser , with Dean Shenoweth Only

36:59

about 90 mile an hour . Boy , he was really cool

37:01

. That engine off Favoured it . For the win he

37:03

has to face the hot dog . Try to pay it back or

37:05

have a fan line or a boat in the next draw

37:07

here coming out of the final corner

37:09

right now to take also the checker flag , will

37:12

be the pizza feet and

37:15

700 points for Freddie Alder . After taking

37:17

it first , now he takes the second . He's way

37:19

up there in the high ranking . Here

37:24

comes Tom Kauffland to take 225 points for third place

37:26

, and Tommy is

37:29

doing a fine job of the rookie this year . Tommy

37:33

gives a hand signal that he sees the flag . Referee Bill Newton acknowledges

37:36

and we have our first three boats in Our

37:39

fourth place . Boat still out in the corner will be Shaggy Special here

37:41

. Come around to pick up 169 points

37:43

. We'll be back in 60

37:46

seconds with more Gold Cup coverage 1973

37:49

.

37:52

Before you settle for less car than you

37:54

wanted because your budget isn't as big

37:56

as you'd like . Compare your four days Gold

37:59

Cup 1973 continues

38:01

on the Columbia River .

38:04

This is Jim Hendrick Long

38:06

with Pete Gross and , of course , bill

38:08

.

38:08

Cole .

38:13

We're waiting now for heat to be , which

38:15

will feature Miss Budweiser , pizza

38:17

Pete . Check that heat

38:20

to see the Friday back the Lincoln trip , miss

38:22

Madison , and the value mark . So

38:25

turn it into a certain afternoon as we went

38:27

their way down toward the faster boats

38:29

in faster competition

38:32

with each other . So far it's been an easy time for

38:34

the winners . Surprise enough , pete's a Pete is right up

38:36

there with 700 points , tied with

38:38

Miss Budweiser . Referees

38:42

are taking a little breather now Harry

38:45

Wood , assistant referee , and Bill Newton

38:47

, head man . So

38:52

, right now as we await the

38:54

five to five minute

38:56

gun . Right

39:00

now we're , of course , waiting . Let's

39:03

see what we're looking at down here . We're

39:06

looking at one of the bullies

39:09

as well in Lucia . I thought for just a minute you want

39:11

to make a few comments , pete Jim

39:13

, on that last race , one which was actually

39:16

very close , at least for the first half

39:18

lap or so , because off that start , mr Fabricator

39:20

, miss Budweiser and Pete's a Pete all off very quickly

39:23

. But as they hit that first turn , and as

39:25

you pointed out why , miss Budweiser

39:27

grabbed the lead with Dean Chenoweth , you never relinquished

39:29

it throughout the race . Apologies

39:31

to the station of the network . We weren't sure when we rejoined

39:34

, but somebody , instead of turning the on-off volume on

39:36

our tuner , turned the tuner and we were listening to the wrong

39:38

station . Okay , so I wasn't too

39:40

sure if we were on Pete , but I understand that Dean Chenoweth is

39:42

standing by . Dean

39:45

, are you down the pits ? Okay , dean , it looks like you were

39:47

using nothing in the way of nitrous

39:49

oxide . I don't think you touched that button once , did you

39:51

?

39:52

Oh , I might have tapped it at the start and maybe coming off

39:54

the first corner , but there and now I'm running for

39:56

the dollar , jim .

40:00

Bill Muncie was telling me that we were

40:02

running him ragged down there , bringing

40:05

him after he won a heat and driving him out of the boat . How

40:07

do you feel about coming to our microphone ?

40:09

Oh , I feel pretty good about it . I tell you the truth . I

40:11

just hope I'm here at the end .

40:13

Finally , that counts , dean . You

40:15

know it's amazing that the way the draw

40:17

is gone it's been pretty favorable for

40:19

the hot dogs . You guys , with the exception of

40:21

you running against the Pride of Pay-and-Pack in the very first

40:23

section of the first seat , there hasn't been too

40:26

much competition . I would say the Atlas , band-aids , the

40:28

Budweiser and the Pay-and-Pack . So

40:30

things are going to get worse before they get

40:32

better . Oh , I think so , jim . I think this is

40:34

building up to a heck of a final .

40:36

as you can see from here , the

40:38

way it looks now is going to be an Atlas Band-Pack

40:40

and Budweiser final , and I think

40:43

it's really going to be a real go-getter there

40:45

in the final .

40:46

We can't neglect it . Right

40:56

on the money here , and we're standing right beside . Right

40:59

on the money here and we're standing right beside . We

41:02

have Bill Newton and he's on our left and I write the flag man

41:04

and we're overlooking . And it's so great we get

41:06

to try and face the factual first . So

41:09

Kyra will be the official voice of

41:11

the unlimited races when

41:13

we get there two weeks from now . Of course , k's Cusebook

41:15

. Canada has done a fantastic job this year and

41:18

helping us cover unlimited high defying races . Let's

41:20

get back to the Corde lane , idaho area someday

41:22

so that we can , of course

41:25

, get out there and see a race and make it to Seattle . Alright

41:27

, they're going to the upper turn . Let's plot it right now

41:29

as Phil Cole gets out from

41:31

under his mustache , gets his Bifolk , is ready

41:33

and slots the votes . Well , we'll have number

41:35

two of the race . Now , with 20

41:38

seconds to go . It's not hard to tell you how

41:40

much strategy there is , because Bob Gillum

41:42

is on the number one lane , mickey Riemann's

41:44

got the number two , tom Sheehy and

41:46

Miss Madison number three , and on the outside

41:48

is Danny Walton , lincoln Thrift . Now

41:51

Mickey Riemann's coming up fast on the inside

41:53

, although right now it's Tom Sheehy in this

41:55

matter . So you see those two and Tom

41:57

Sheehy goes across the line in first place but

42:00

Mickey Riemann's coming up on the inside

42:02

into paying back and he's going to eat Tom

42:04

Sheehy alive . As they go into that

42:06

first corner Paying back and

42:08

Lincoln Thrift is down , gone past the Miss Madison

42:10

as they reached that number one corner for the first

42:12

time , mickey Riemann sticks his nose in

42:14

there in that rear stabilizer

42:16

, hides her plane from Seattle and begins

42:18

to move around there in good shape and tucked it on the

42:20

inside in a solid . Third place

42:23

now is Bob Gillum , although Danny Walton

42:25

is moving rapidly around the outside in

42:27

Lincoln Thrift , calling them one , two , three and four

42:29

as they straight down hit up the back shoot . It's

42:31

a paid back , first Miss Madison

42:34

, second Lincoln Thrift and Valumart

42:36

, just it uptied for third place as

42:38

they move up the back stretch here in lap number one

42:40

, lincoln Thrift just down moved past

42:43

the Valumart and now Danny Walton is

42:45

moving on to Miss Madison . So Danny

42:47

Walton really picked up some racing room as

42:49

he's moved up that back stretch . Meanwhile

42:51

Pay-In-Pack is in first place in my

42:53

gracious . But you look at Danny Walton up there

42:55

, jim , in the Lincoln Thrift he's gone by Valumart

42:58

, he's gone by Madison and by Golly . He's

43:00

set this right on Pay-In-Pack . Yes , he is

43:02

. He came right up from fourth and now it's challenging for

43:04

second . As we come to the completion of lap number

43:06

one , here comes the Plata Pay-In-Pack

43:08

and those votes are going way wide and we have a lot

43:11

of swimmers down there . I hope they

43:13

don't go a few wide . There's

43:15

the Plata Pay-In-Pack and here comes a place for second

43:18

place , side by side . The completion

43:20

of lap number one is Lincoln Thrift and Vanadium

43:22

.

43:24

I don't know if my Valumart is .

43:27

Just as we complete lap number one , it's Danny Walton

43:29

, lincoln Thrift , taking over second 113.9

43:32

. Are there votes for Mickey Riemann

43:34

and the pride of Pay-In-Pack on lap number one ? Tom

43:38

Sheehy whoops for this Madison just blew something . Big

43:40

Sheet of Flame came out of that engine 113.924

43:43

. Tommy Sheehy

43:46

backfired to the carburetor . The engine backfired

43:48

to the carburetor on the Miss Madison but

43:51

he's kept it going . But we did see a tongue

43:53

of flame come out of the supercharger sector

43:55

of that engine . On the back stretch is Mickey Riemann

43:57

and the pride of Pay-In-Pack , with about a 10-second

44:00

lead over the Lincoln Thrift and the Miss Madison

44:02

in second place . The Lincoln Thrift of course

44:04

has his DeWon of Cab over the votes , rides

44:06

very light on the front end and

44:10

we expect that out of this vote he's now moved

44:12

into a nice second place . Well , lap number

44:14

two and Mickey Riemann , who set a heat record

44:17

the first time around this race course , isn't

44:19

going to have to do it this time , unless he wants to . But then he

44:21

might want to . You don't know . Mickey riding

44:24

beautifully , trying to rate him to points , going

44:26

into the third section of our limited

44:28

heat . He goes past the start

44:30

city climb at the end of lap number two , moving

44:33

about 150 miles an hour and

44:35

a speed of about 112 miles

44:37

an hour . Mickey Riemann in pride of Pay-In-Pack

44:39

, the second place voters

44:41

, lincoln Thrift and Lowe's Association . With Danny Walsh he

44:44

goes across the line 12 seconds

44:46

behind the Pay-In-Pack and

44:49

Miss Madison is a couple of seconds behind him . Counts

44:52

. He's trying to make that cut too , and

44:55

Mickey Riemann the

44:57

Pay-In-Pack . Down in the lower corner . Mickey

44:59

has one of the number two votes . Thank

45:02

you , the number two vote , lincoln Thrift . Look

45:04

just a little bit there . 111.663

45:07

, lap number two for the Pay-In-Pack

45:09

. So Lincoln Thrift had

45:12

a little problem going into that number one corner and

45:14

now Jim , miss Madison is moving up on the inside

45:16

rather rapidly . Yes , I'm interested in that play

45:18

for second place because Danny Walsh and the Lincoln Thrift

45:20

has been very , very erratic . That

45:22

boat is walking on a spot , the spot that he comes by

45:25

, and he really lost some time there . Here

45:28

he goes again , coming down there back . You can see the

45:30

bottom half is burnt . A lot of times Phil

45:32

Cole put the glass on him and watches him do that turn and see what

45:34

happens . He's oscillating . It's very simple . The boat is

45:36

out of balance a little bit and he'll hit on the left spot and

45:39

he comes back to the right spots it and begins to aggravate

45:42

itself and then air gets under and it really

45:44

starts going up in the air and he has to back off of

45:46

it . Here comes the completion of lap number three . It's the

45:48

Friday Pay-In-Pack with Mickey Leaman coming rolling

45:51

by our study line and

45:57

that's why for second place he continues to go on about 108

45:59

mile an hour for Mickey Leaman on his

46:01

way to the bank with a second straight

46:03

victory in the heat . That

46:05

of course all it separates

46:07

them in from the boys . Here comes the Lincoln trip

46:09

and two and

46:11

a half seconds later it comes to the Madison and Thurston front . It's

46:14

a complete lap number three , while

46:16

the value of Bob Gurion is coming out of the turn and

46:19

he'll come down in fourth place to complete

46:21

the lap number three . It's six times

46:23

around a two and a half mile oval , 108

46:25

, as Phil called it , 108.173

46:29

, to be exact . Well

46:32

, lap

46:34

and a half to go and the Friday Pay-In-Pack will

46:36

be tied at the Amazon stand line for

46:39

800 points and 100 points ahead , at the feet

46:41

of the Spudwifers . You know what , jim , I was thinking

46:43

the other day . If I could build whatever I wanted

46:45

to build and I remember the hydroplane today you know

46:47

what I'd build ? I'd build me a Pay-In-Pack

46:49

hull with a Lincoln trip engine . But

46:53

then they would not hear you coming . No

46:55

, but they'd sure see me going . Boy , I'll tell you

46:57

that . Because

46:59

this Lincoln trip engine is so into that

47:01

power and they'd only have to Pay-In-Pack's ride . I

47:04

don't think anybody'd catch it . Here's Mickey

47:06

Riemann coming down the main chute now out of number

47:08

four down the main chute and moving

47:10

toward the starting line at the end of lap number

47:13

four . Here he

47:15

is , and he averaged

47:17

about 110.4 miles

47:19

an hour for that lap . So

47:22

Mickey's not backing off too much , moving

47:24

right along , although he's not really being pushed . Meanwhile

47:27

Lincoln trips in long . Danny Wolves , moving

47:30

along in that cab over hydroplane , goes

47:32

by the starting line about 17

47:35

seconds behind the leader

47:37

. Third-place photosystematic , tom

47:40

Shee . The

47:44

boats would seem like they might be cut right now

47:46

or Murphy's Marine , mr Fabricator

47:48

and probably Miss US , or

47:51

Value Mark , one of the two , I'll have to figure that out . But

47:53

at 10.024 , mickey

47:55

Riemann , lap number four . He's on lap number

47:57

five right now and

47:59

he'll get the green flag this time around . He's

48:02

about a half a lap ahead of Bob

48:04

Gillum at the Value Mark . And

48:06

, incidentally , I would say the boats

48:08

that are in danger now being cut are Mr Fabricator

48:10

, value Mark and Murphy's Marine

48:12

. Perhaps Miss US , one of those three of those

48:15

four boats , or one

48:17

of those four boats is not going to make the cut when

48:19

we cut this field down to 10 boats . Now the green

48:21

flag , five feet square , goes

48:23

out at the starting line , signifying

48:26

the pay-in-fact is on its last lap

48:28

of this heat and on its way to

48:30

400 more points and 800 points for the

48:32

day , and Mickey Riemann , going

48:34

by the starting line this time , is coming alive and

48:38

has created a little over 107 miles

48:40

an hour in that lap . He's going to be a little above

48:43

107 miles an hour on lap

48:45

number five . So Mickey Riemann with

48:47

800 points , bill

48:49

Muncie with 800 points , dean Chenoweth with

48:51

700 points and Freddie Alter

48:53

with 700 points . That's the way

48:55

the four boats should be right now for

48:58

the 1973 Gold Cup . Lincoln

49:00

Thrift will be back there with 600 points or 525

49:03

, I guess He'll be your fifth-place boat at

49:05

that time . Miss Madison , running

49:08

along in here will have about 450 . 107.914

49:12

miles per hour on lap number five

49:14

for the pay-in-fact , and

49:16

up the back stretch goes that beautiful winged

49:18

wonder of Dave Herron's burger from Seattle

49:20

Washington , mickey Riemann , the pride of pay-in-fact . Dave

49:24

said we'd never be able to call that boat a bird again . We

49:26

used to call it the eagle , or eagle-elected screaming

49:28

eagle . He said you'll never be able to relate it to a bird

49:30

again . So now we have the winged wonder

49:33

from Seattle U-25 . Here comes the value

49:35

of mine now , completely his fifth

49:37

lap , bob Gilliam . Folks

49:43

, like a butterfly , it stings like a bee . Yeah

49:46

, there's no doubt about it . He's got the ashes

49:48

today to haul . And our favorite now after

49:50

this heat it's going to be tighter bird

49:52

, tougher and tighter competition , because everything

49:54

but the hot dogs will be sold together from now

49:56

on . Here he comes and they can sit and play

49:58

Pride

50:01

of Pay-in-fact . Pride

50:04

of Pay-in-fact is now perfect with 800

50:06

points tying Bill Munk and the Atlas Bandlines

50:08

, 700 points to Miss Budweiser

50:10

and the Peeps-a-Peeps and , of course , the rest of the field

50:13

to follow . But those would have to be your

50:15

four favorites and I think now you'll agree with me , bill , that it's going to

50:17

be tougher competition . Well , I hope to draw

50:19

for 3A and I'm going to be

50:21

very honest with you , jim . In the interest

50:23

of all the people around this race course and hundreds

50:25

of thousands of people listening to us on the radio , I'd

50:28

like to see 3A wind up being Budweiser

50:30

and the Atlas Bandlines , pay-in-fact

50:33

Peeps-a-Peeps and Lincoln Thrift , but

50:35

that can't happen . Well , I don't

50:37

know . I've seen a lot of things

50:39

happen in this course . You never know . Here comes the third

50:41

place finisher to take the Chagger Flag , as the Lincoln Thrift

50:43

has already taken . Second . Here's our third place

50:45

boat , miss Madison , with arms shee as

50:48

he gives us a wave . And our fourth place finisher

50:50

will be the value mark , with Bob Gilliam

50:53

coming out of that apex of the upward turn right

50:55

now . He'll come down to take the Chagger

50:57

Flag . I remind

50:59

you that

51:01

throughout this day , klrd , official

51:04

voice of the Gold Cupers BDI

51:07

Network , which has now spoken in Seattle , but

51:09

later on today we go all over the country

51:11

. Here comes the value mark

51:13

right now , with Bob Gilliam taking second

51:16

place . Let's take with our referee

51:18

, bill Newton . Now

51:23

, bill , are we scheduled for 3A

51:25

? At what time ? 4 o'clock

51:28

, jim ? 4 and 430 won't

51:30

be the next heat , okay ? 4 and

51:32

430 , pacific Coast time . And

51:34

finally , we're still scheduling for 530

51:37

. 530

51:39

broadcast time on the network , the

51:41

most viewers seen on a radio , and

51:44

as we look right now down

51:47

toward there , we can see that the red . Oh

51:49

, there we go . I think the Notre Dame just gets underway

51:51

, but Notre Dame is underway . That leaves Red man

51:53

Tobacco . Notre Dame is plowing a little

51:56

bit , but he's got it going . He's on the prime and

51:58

down by the bridge , the Notre

52:00

Dame with Ronnie Larson just underway

52:02

, shirley Mentor , sir

52:05

McDonald and of course , dr McDonald was in Seattle . We

52:07

wish that you were here and we're looking forward to

52:09

seeing you in Seattle and hoping that your boat keeps

52:11

a steady improvement as she has . The

52:14

Notre Dame is underway , but very

52:16

slowly , while drifting down toward

52:18

the bridge with the current . It has to get underway . Before

52:21

the one-minute gunner is disqualified is

52:23

Red man Tobacco with Jim McCormick

52:25

. Here comes that one-minute gun and that one-minute

52:28

gun , one-minute gun is fired . Red man is out of the race . The

52:30

alternate is now in there officially and that'll be

52:32

Miss US and Lincoln trips out of the race too

52:34

, because we don't find him on the race course . So

52:37

Lincoln trips and Red man . Neither one gets

52:39

started . As a matter of fact , lincoln trips Doesn't

52:41

even put it in appearance , at least we don't see him

52:43

and haven't seen him . Four boats up the backstrips

52:46

now , and they are Atlas

52:48

Van Lines , miss Budweiser , miss

52:51

US and Notre Dame , and

52:53

they're moving up that backstrip right now getting

52:56

ready to come down here for the start . With 30

52:58

seconds to go . We're holding hands with the

53:00

referee 25 seconds . Notre

53:03

Dame's going to try for the inside here . Suddenly Ronnie

53:06

Larson moving toward the inside , and

53:08

so is Dean Chenoweth . Now Chenoweth's going

53:10

to give up and settle for a wide lane . He's

53:12

going to go out there and make Bill Muncie alter his

53:14

course a little bit . Muncie has wrecked up

53:16

Four and two boats just

53:18

about hit up there . Now Muncie comes

53:20

into the inside quickly . Bill

53:23

Muncie comes into the inside and he's

53:25

three seconds two seconds and a little

53:27

surprise , he puts Notre Dame and Miss

53:30

Budweiser and Atlas Van Lines across the line . Miss

53:32

Budweiser going across there first as

53:35

the rangers underway . Miss

53:37

Budweiser goes in there first , atlas Van

53:39

Lines second , notre Dame third and Miss US

53:41

is fourth . Lincoln's rift just

53:43

got started down there , went back to the pit area

53:45

, I believe . Miss Budweiser on the outside

53:47

, atlas Van Lines on the inside . This

53:50

is lap number one of a sixth lap of it and Atlas

53:52

Van Lines now moves smartly past the

53:54

Miss Budweiser , dean Chenoweth loses

53:56

his lead and Bill Muncie moves

53:59

smartly right on past him Up

54:03

that backstrap . It's Bill Muncie and Atlas

54:06

Van Lines first , dean Chenoweth second

54:08

and Miss Budweiser and Jim . Atlas

54:10

Van Lines and Miss US just about

54:12

hit up there . At the start , yes

54:14

, it was legal and the delivery took place

54:16

before the Apex Green Boy and

54:18

the slots were then maintained . But

54:20

it was a hairy situation as they jucked

54:23

forward position . And now , as we come in the

54:25

apex of the turn , here comes the Miss Budweiser

54:28

on top , on side-by-side of Muncie . Muncie

54:30

goes in lane number one , cuts it short to the boy

54:32

, forcing Dean Chenoweth on the outside . Muncie

54:35

by one boat late . Muncie by two

54:37

. Dean Chenoweth is down to the next , to the

54:39

outside . There'll be only a

54:41

half a second . Here's the completion of round number

54:43

one . Almost side-by-side Muncie

54:49

, by a boat length that Miss Budweiser has been combined

54:51

. Here comes the third place boat . It'll

54:54

be the Notre Dame , followed by

54:56

Miss US as they go into that turn . Completion of

54:58

round number one . It's

55:02

Bill Muncie keeping the Budweiser on his hip and

55:04

a tremendous race here for first and second

55:06

between Atlas Van Lines and the Miss

55:08

Budweiser . Muncie comes flying off their

55:10

new record 116.883

55:13

miles per hour . Look at

55:15

the Budweiser Go by the Atlas Van Lines . He

55:18

went by like he was tied to a post and now

55:20

Muncie gets back in it 116.883

55:23

, lap number one . And now it's Budweiser by

55:25

about a half a boat length ahead of Atlas Van

55:28

Lines and they're really hauling up

55:30

that back stretch . Budweiser

55:32

moves away by two lengths . It's the Lines of

55:34

second . Dean Kenevis slows down , sets up for that corner

55:36

, starts that long slide through the

55:38

right hand porch , through the turn , moving around the

55:41

apex boy . Here they come , they're going to be side-by-side

55:43

as they come out of there . Kenevis moving in

55:45

on the bullet line now and cutting

55:47

off that bullet line , leaving not a lot of room

55:50

, but Bill Muncie comes right off of it too . Muncie

55:52

comes right around that boy , bill

55:55

Muncie . A tremendous job of turning inside

55:57

of Dean Kenevis . Kenevis , baby

55:59

turn and Muncie turns 116.883

56:05

, lap number two for Dean Kenevis

56:07

of this Budweiser . So Kenevis really

56:09

hauled down that back stretch and I think

56:11

Muncie will keep trying to push him , or

56:14

at least another lap before he'll settle for a second . And

56:16

it's going to be Kenevis going into that third

56:18

. Here comes your third place , both with no-to-dame , followed

56:21

by this US Boy

56:27

. You know that , dean Kenevis , without that nice

56:29

of a soft side you could just see it coming

56:31

out there . He said I'm going to go or blow . Well

56:34

, this was it . He had to do it and he left him down in that corner . What

56:36

Dean finally did now , and he moved into the corner

56:38

, this time with an overlap . He moved in and made

56:40

Bill Muncie go across his way . The last

56:42

speed that time was 115.979

56:44

. We called it at about 116

56:47

. So , going into the number one turn on lap

56:49

number two , dean Kenevis moved to the

56:51

buoy line and Bill Muncie had to go across

56:53

his way and it's now trickling by about

56:56

four or five seconds . But Kenevis

56:58

really moved on him . He really moved

57:00

coming out of that turn and

57:02

I guess he figured he had to stretch his neck

57:04

out sooner or later . So he chose to do

57:06

it . On lap number two of heat

57:08

number 3A in the 1973

57:11

Gold Cup and now Dean Kenevis on lap

57:13

number three , coming down here to finish lap

57:15

number three . So that's a real fast but going

57:17

far . This time that

57:20

lap was 114 miles per hour

57:22

by Dean Kenevis and Bill Muncie , an atlas

57:24

man line about eight seconds

57:26

back and running a little

57:28

slower than he was first . The third

57:30

place voted the Notre Dame , was Ronnie Larson

57:33

in Notre Dame and the fourth place voted

57:35

Tommy Deyves in this US Lincoln

57:37

dribs unfortunately got started after the one-minute gun

57:39

and returned to the pit area down there

57:41

. So now it's a matter of Dean Kenevis

57:44

can keep that engine together the

57:46

way he pushed it on lap number one and two

57:48

. To stay in the race , jim . And

57:54

as the Notre Dame goes by us right now on

57:56

third place , I think Bill Muncie will very

57:58

wisely 113.924

58:01

, 113.924 in the third

58:03

lap , as our leader is coming

58:05

down to take the fourth lap , which means two more laps to

58:07

go after this one , and Muncie

58:10

now will sit in second place , take no chances and

58:12

he will have a total of 1,100 points

58:15

to be tied with the Buclizer Right . So why should

58:17

he try to pull it right now when he knows he'll

58:19

go into the final only 100 points

58:21

, the back of the pride of paying

58:23

back , should the payback , of course , win the

58:25

next section , which would be 3B . Well , it's going to be a winner take-all

58:27

and the final he gets around Jim

58:30

, just the way it usually is in a gold cup race . Here's

58:32

Dean Kenevis and this Buclizer coming

58:34

off that number four corner on lap number four

58:36

, with a lead over Bill Muncie

58:38

the last seven or eight seconds

58:40

. Kenevis goes by

58:43

the start finish line , 108 miles

58:45

an hour , all

58:48

that number four , and he is about seven seconds

58:50

ahead of Adam's man line and suddenly Bill

58:52

Muncie decides to start running after him . Bill

58:55

Muncie suddenly has decided to start after Dean

58:57

Kenevis . He began to pick it up very rapidly

59:00

there . Evidently he figures maybe

59:02

Kenevis might have something wrong . So Muncie

59:04

is suddenly taken off after the Miss Budweiser

59:06

and he cut that lead down quite markedly

59:09

there as the boats went down the main chute . And

59:11

now he is . Let's check it for you as a matter

59:13

of fact 107.914

59:16

miles an hour and last lap 14 , and Miss Budweiser

59:19

One

59:21

, two , three

59:23

, four , five

59:26

, six seconds for Atlas Van

59:28

Lines behind Miss Budweiser . So he's cut a

59:30

couple of seconds off that lead here on lap

59:32

number four and the green flag will be out

59:34

the next time around for Dean Kenevis in

59:36

Miss Budweiser . And boy

59:39

, you'll see two drivers driving closer together

59:41

at higher speeds than that . Jim and those two boys were the first

59:43

couple of laps . Well , we told the fans

59:45

that we're listening to radio here on the PA system that

59:47

the race would get better , and it has

59:49

. The green flag just went out for the Miss

59:51

US currently riding in fourth place . Here

59:54

comes our leader to take the green flag and one

59:57

more lap for Miss Budweiser and Dean

59:59

Kenevis comes down . Here

1:00:05

comes the Atlas Van Lines with Bill Munsey

1:00:07

Munsey's

1:00:13

engine , that's starting to well

1:00:15

, not up the par , let's put it that way Our third-place

1:00:17

voters just going into the number three-quarter to come down and take the

1:00:19

green flag and complete five

1:00:21

laps . We are on our sixth lap with our

1:00:23

leader , and the leader happens to be at this

1:00:25

time Miss Budweiser

1:00:28

, with Dean Shennoweth driving as he comes

1:00:30

out of the number two corner and Bill Munsey , the second-place

1:00:32

voter of the apex , 107.914.107.914

1:00:39

for lap number five . Here comes

1:00:41

the Notre Dame third-place vote . He'll have one

1:00:43

more lap to go . Well

1:00:50

, it'll be 1100 points for the Budweiser , 1100

1:00:53

points for Atlas Van Lines , and

1:00:55

the FIATA Pay-It-Back already has 800 . A

1:00:57

first or a second for the FIATA Pay-It-Back

1:00:59

will make it , as you said , a winner . Take all heat . It's

1:01:02

going to be jam up and win them . That's final heat . Fiata

1:01:04

Pay-It-Back ought to win its heat . There's no two ways

1:01:06

about that . There's no use saying anything else than

1:01:08

that . So it should be a

1:01:10

three-boat final heat . But you know what , if these

1:01:12

two feet would happen to sneak through and win one , it

1:01:14

would really be a final heat for both sides

1:01:16

and points . Here comes the winner , miss

1:01:18

Budweiser , with Dean Shennoweth coming

1:01:20

down here to take the second flag . Dean

1:01:23

Shennoweth , miss Budweiser , takes

1:01:25

the second flag and the last circuit that

1:01:28

race for it . Dean Avery's 104.6

1:01:31

miles per hour and he gets

1:01:33

the checker . Phil Muth , he gets the checker for

1:01:35

a second wave and Atlas Van Lines

1:01:37

. So those two boats are now tied in high points

1:01:39

at the end of three heats , 1100 points each . Miss

1:01:42

Budweiser's going to Avery's around 109

1:01:44

, 110 miles an hour for that last heat

1:01:46

, and Dean Shennoweth goes right back

1:01:49

to the pit area right through Tommy the East Spray

1:01:51

, which indicates to me that Uncle Dean

1:01:53

must have something down in that engine room

1:01:55

. He wants to have looked at by Tommy Frankhouser

1:01:58

and the Budweiser crew . So he's just

1:02:00

turning up because he knows we're waiting to interview him on the

1:02:02

radio network because he won again . That's what he's

1:02:04

trying to do , that's what he has to hurry

1:02:06

in for . Here comes our third place finisher for 225

1:02:09

points . Another day , driven by

1:02:11

Ronnie Larson , and

1:02:20

fourth place points . We'll go to the Miss US with

1:02:22

Tommy Deese when he gets around here

1:02:24

. Now that means , ladies and gentlemen , that we

1:02:26

have just one more illumination each to go , which

1:02:28

will be in just a few minutes with 3B . Then

1:02:31

they'll take the five fastest boats

1:02:33

to run for the championship and

1:02:35

we may have a consolation which is the

1:02:38

second five fastest before the championship

1:02:40

heat . But I guarantee you that you're

1:02:42

about to see one of the most thrilling spectacles and

1:02:44

those of you on the network here are one of the most thrilling

1:02:46

high-speed spectacles when we put all these hot

1:02:49

dogs together in a very short time and

1:02:51

we're going to have a high-definition winning . Stp

1:02:53

has tested on high-performance engines on

1:02:55

the water and on land and it's a sign that you

1:02:57

stop by your local service station . See Andy

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in the winner's circle . Well

1:03:19

, we're going to look forward now to Heat 3B

1:03:21

, which is our final . We'll have 45

1:03:23

miles of racing completed right after

1:03:25

Heat 3B . We'd

1:03:30

like to also thank , of course , the couple

1:03:32

of fine companies that have been traveling with us Also

1:03:34

throughout the United States for many

1:03:36

, many years and , of course , the Penns Oil people

1:03:39

who actually work

1:03:41

with our unlimited hydroplane fraternity and

1:03:43

put up contingency money . Also the Champion

1:03:46

Spark Plug people I know Skip Mason

1:03:48

is here from Champion Spark Plug . Champion

1:03:50

also , although they received

1:03:52

really little credit , have been very instrumental

1:03:55

in our radio network that has progressed

1:03:57

in the last couple of years . So we

1:03:59

welcome Champion Spark Plug representatives and we

1:04:01

welcome , of course , the Penns Oil people to

1:04:04

the unlimited pits because without

1:04:06

them we couldn't run as fast as we do

1:04:08

. They help our sport immensely , along

1:04:11

with STP and the rest of our contingency sponsors

1:04:13

. We'll be checking out more

1:04:15

coverage of the 1973 Gold Cup

1:04:17

in 60 seconds .

1:04:22

Before you settle for less car than you

1:04:24

wanted because your budget isn't as big as .

1:04:28

The rest of the cord broadcast crew are originating

1:04:30

station for this , the 1973

1:04:33

version of Gold Cup APBA of

1:04:35

the banks of the Columbia River here in Tri-Cities , Washington

1:04:37

. And the last seat is an indication

1:04:39

of a battle between Budweiser and Atlas side

1:04:41

by side at over 116.8 mile

1:04:44

an hour . That last five , which means they're hauling

1:04:46

over 160 mile an hour and they're

1:04:48

going to go around telling you that's moving . Looking ahead to 3B

1:04:51

, the , prior to paying back with 800 perfect

1:04:53

points , would like another first place win , which

1:04:55

would give them 1200 . Right now the Budweiser

1:04:57

and Atlas Van Lines are tied , with 1100

1:04:59

total points going into the final . The

1:05:02

Budweiser and Atlas Van Lines have now completed

1:05:04

all their elimination heats . They will now

1:05:06

just wait for the championship

1:05:08

. Mickey

1:05:10

Riemen of course , will be out to at

1:05:12

least get us first or second place and

1:05:15

with either tie , if he comes in second , there'd

1:05:17

be a three way tie with 1100 points . If he comes

1:05:19

in first , you'll have a 100 point advantage going

1:05:22

into the finale for the Gold Cup

1:05:24

, which is the most prestigious cup in

1:05:26

the history of unlimited hydroplane racing , and right

1:05:28

now Dean Schenerweth is on the line with us right

1:05:30

now and a victory for the second

1:05:32

time in two out of three , two

1:05:34

firsts and a second . Dean , how do you feel ?

1:05:36

Yeah , I'm tired . I'll tell you how tired I've

1:05:38

ever been in my life , but I'm starting to feel better . Really

1:05:41

, I was telling the crew all day . I

1:05:43

said I can't wake up , I just can't .

1:05:45

I can't get my composure . What do you

1:05:47

mean ? What do you mean you're tired ?

1:05:48

Yeah , no , no , not now . I'm not . I'm feeling better

1:05:50

now , I don't know . But the first couple of heats I just

1:05:52

felt drug addict , just didn't feel physically

1:05:55

like I was having any energy and I

1:05:57

just made up my mind at final heat that , you know

1:05:59

, either I get my energy up or just

1:06:01

forget . Today I said , well , we're going to go now .

1:06:03

Okay , now , dean , let me ask you this you

1:06:05

and Bill Muncie and the Atlas and you driving the

1:06:07

Budweiser , really had the battle right

1:06:10

, right , and all of a sudden you came off of

1:06:12

corner number two at the in the beginning

1:06:14

of the second lap , coming out of the first turn for the second time

1:06:16

, and you poured the cold tour and walked

1:06:18

away from Muncie like he was standing still . How'd

1:06:20

you do it ?

1:06:21

Well , I just hit the nitrous , I just put

1:06:24

it on the wood and I said well , I know

1:06:26

I've got all the confidence in the world in my boat . And I said

1:06:28

, if I've got that much confidence , I'm just going to have to see

1:06:30

how fast it'll go . And from

1:06:32

one end of the shoot to the other I had it on the floor

1:06:34

.

1:06:34

But don't ask me how fast I was going . Well

1:06:37

, I'll tell you . At the end of lap number

1:06:39

one , both of you and Atlas Fan Line

1:06:41

were over 116 mile an

1:06:43

hour , which is a new record .

1:06:45

Do you know that ?

1:06:46

No , I didn't . Well , you do know , buddy , and I'll say

1:06:48

, and your second lap left , you took the lead with over

1:06:50

115 . Oh boy , so you were

1:06:52

traveling out there , so the water conditions must be good

1:06:55

.

1:06:55

Yeah , they are , dean , they're excellent .

1:06:56

Okay , now you say you were tired . You've

1:06:59

got your adrenaline flowing , you've got all

1:07:01

of your elimination heats out of the way

1:07:03

. You have 1100 points and a tie with Atlas

1:07:05

Fan Line . No matter what happens to the Pan

1:07:07

Pack with our first or second , with Pan Pack , if

1:07:09

he's 30s a second , you're all free time with

1:07:12

1100 . Right , 100 . If

1:07:14

the Pan Pack wins , as is expected , if he doesn't

1:07:16

have any malfunctions , he goes in with 100

1:07:18

point advantage , but it still breaks down

1:07:20

to a winner . Take all final , which

1:07:22

is going to give these fans one heck of a

1:07:24

thrill .

1:07:25

Yeah , yeah .

1:07:26

I don't believe it . It's going to be a final . I'm not going to

1:07:28

forget for a while again . Okay Now , Dean

1:07:30

Chenoweth driving the Miss Budweiser . What about your

1:07:32

crew ? Are they going to change engines for the final heat

1:07:34

? I'd rather doubt it .

1:07:36

This engine is strong and I just don't

1:07:38

know , I really don't at this point

1:07:40

. I just came from the boat to talk to you and I really

1:07:42

have no idea what they're talking about .

1:07:44

Well , I appreciate you coming directly out of a hot cockpit

1:07:46

. A thrilling win . Come on our network and

1:07:49

be first and factual on our network . Oh

1:07:51

Dean , thank you very much , it's a pleasure to be with you

1:07:53

on your network .

1:07:54

Are you going to fly home with me ? I

1:07:56

don't know , it just depends on how this ride will go down

1:07:58

, how tired I am .

1:07:59

Well , you better fly home with the referee Bill Newton

1:08:01

tonight . I'm out , don't go off tonight .

1:08:03

Okay .

1:08:04

I'm going to celebrate a little bit tonight on your flying driving . Then

1:08:06

we'll all go back east and have a couple of weeks of rest

1:08:08

before we hit Seattle .

1:08:09

Good enough , jim . Thank you , and .

1:08:10

I hope to be talking to you again .

1:08:11

I hope you are too . Thank you .

1:08:13

Dean Bye . Okay , that was Dean

1:08:15

Chenoweth , the winning driver , and one

1:08:17

heck of a nice guy . He hails from Zinio , ohio

1:08:19

. He calls himself the pig farmer in Zinio

1:08:21

, which is just a suburb of Dayton , and he's just

1:08:23

a great guy . Here is the

1:08:26

results of Heat 3A just handed to

1:08:28

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1:09:42

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Now can I go for a while , okay

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.

1:09:54

Oh , we're back again . I'm sorry . I was talking . I

1:09:56

found out that Bernie Lindell , the owner of Ms Budweiser , is

1:09:59

making his way toward our microphones

1:10:01

down in the pips so that we can talk to him

1:10:03

. But here it is . Heat 3A Ms

1:10:05

Budweiser said a new Gold Cup heat record

1:10:07

of 110.929 . Breaking

1:10:11

Mickey Riemann's pan-fat record of 110.905

1:10:13

, said earlier in Heat 1A . Atlas Van

1:10:16

Lines said a new lap record 116.883

1:10:19

miles an hour in lap 1 , breaking Riemann's record

1:10:21

of 114.796

1:10:23

in Heat 1A . The winner of

1:10:25

Heat 3A , dean Shenoweth 400

1:10:28

points Giving him a total of 11

1:10:30

for the day 1A at speed , 110.929

1:10:33

. I'm running in the

1:10:35

Gold Cup . The boats are on the course for

1:10:38

Heat 3B the Pay-In-Pack Pizza

1:10:40

Pete , miss Madison , value Mark , mr Fabricator

1:10:42

Now let's go back upstairs to Phil and

1:10:44

Jim . Time for Heat 3B here

1:10:46

in

1:10:50

the 1973

1:10:53

APBA Gold Cup . And a

1:10:55

Value Mark driven by Bob Gillum Pushes

1:10:58

away now from the pit area . So

1:11:00

all five boats scheduled to run Heat

1:11:02

3B are on the race course and running

1:11:04

. Let's take a look around the race

1:11:06

course now and spot the field

1:11:09

for Heat 3B . Pay-in-pack

1:11:11

with Mickey . Riemann is

1:11:13

one of your five boats in the race

1:11:15

course and Mickey , of course , held

1:11:17

the lap at Heat Record until Bill Munsey

1:11:19

ran 116.883

1:11:22

, a mile an hour lap and Heat 3A

1:11:24

to set a new lap record and

1:11:26

Dean Shanawood ran 110.929

1:11:30

for a Heat Record . So Mickey Riemann

1:11:32

is no longer the holder

1:11:34

of records on this race course for the Gold

1:11:36

Cup race and he afford to go on to

1:11:38

Phil and try to set another record at

1:11:40

Busted Engine and be so far behind it

1:11:42

. You think you'll play it safe . I don't know . Dave

1:11:45

Harrisberger is an indefinable

1:11:47

quantity when it comes to that

1:11:49

. Dave just might elect to go over the records . He well

1:11:51

could do that . Ready , author of Pizza

1:11:53

Pete , has won a Heat in 72nd

1:11:55

. He has 700 points

1:11:57

. Tommy Sheehy and

1:11:59

Miss Madison out there have

1:12:02

not finished well up to this . Yet Neither

1:12:04

Tommy Calfman nor Bob Gillum are all

1:12:06

in there on the basis of finishing their heats here today

1:12:08

. So we have five boats on the race

1:12:10

course and running jammer coming up to the one . Ok

1:12:14

, the Pizza Pete and Miss Madison now come by

1:12:16

us , as a lot of the racing , as we've said many times

1:12:19

, takes place right here , because it's

1:12:21

more important to where they are . Here comes a lot

1:12:23

of Pay-In-Pack followed by a value bar . This

1:12:25

is the final elimination . This

1:12:29

is the final heat before

1:12:32

we go with a five passes

1:12:34

boat . This is the value mark . We're

1:12:41

close to cutting across the course right now . Close to

1:12:44

cutting across the course right now , and leading them in

1:12:46

. There is Pizza Pete , followed by the Miss Madison . Cutting across

1:12:48

the infield right now is the value mark , followed by

1:12:50

the Fassins . He'll right

1:12:52

now is the value mark , followed

1:12:54

by the fabricator and

1:12:56

also the Pay-In-Pack comes up to the backstretch

1:12:58

. Now , real fast . Five

1:13:01

seconds to the one minute gun . Here

1:13:03

comes the one minute gun . One

1:13:07

minute gun is fired , the weight flag is out , the boats

1:13:09

are up the back shield and all are at their junkie

1:13:11

position . Here still , mickey Riemann , the

1:13:13

pride of Pay-In-Pack , join the fleet

1:13:16

late . He's just a wee bit

1:13:18

late , but he'll take it up and no problem whatsoever . As

1:13:20

the fleet moves up the backstretch into the starting

1:13:22

area , the value mark is going to lead him in there

1:13:24

, followed by Miss Madison . Mr Fabricator right

1:13:27

now is on the outside and Mickey Riemann

1:13:29

is going to do exactly what he tried to do in the first team

1:13:31

. He's going to come around there late . If

1:13:33

somebody leaves him a hole , come right down

1:13:36

into that inside lane . Now he begins

1:13:38

to pick up smartly and

1:13:40

moves into the starting area with the field . So

1:13:42

, with twenty

1:13:45

seconds left to go before the start it's

1:13:47

going to be Mickey Riemann and Pay-In-Pack

1:13:49

. On the number one lane

1:13:51

, tommy Sheehy

1:13:54

makes that Freddy Alter in piece-a-piece-two

1:13:56

value mark . The number three lane , madison

1:13:58

, the number four lane and on the number five

1:14:00

lane , tommy Cuffman and Mr Fabricator

1:14:02

. And this Madison has a great start . He's

1:14:05

got a key header right on the nose and Mickey

1:14:07

Riemann and Freddy Alter are moving

1:14:09

right up there with him , and

1:14:11

Tommy Cuffman wasn't wasting any time either

1:14:13

. Now Madison suddenly slows down and

1:14:16

the field goes by Tommy Sheehy and

1:14:19

the Miss Madison . The front runners move by Sheehy

1:14:21

there as he slowed down for

1:14:23

a moment . So on the inside it's Pay-In-Pack

1:14:25

in first in piece-a-piece in this Madison

1:14:27

. On the outside , mr Fabricator and

1:14:30

the number four voters value mark . Moving

1:14:32

out of that lower corner , the number two corner , mickey

1:14:34

Riemann gets the Pay-In-Pack loose , gets

1:14:37

down into that engine room , begins to work on

1:14:39

it . The way he goes , mickey Riemann , on

1:14:41

the pride of Pay-In-Pack , the winged one that floats like

1:14:43

a butterfly , sings like a bee

1:14:45

from Seattle . He's on his way again

1:14:47

. He's hoping to have a lot of racing room between

1:14:49

himself and Pete Capita's Red Alter

1:14:51

. And after Freddy Alter it's Tom Sheehy

1:14:53

in the Miss Madison , just about to roost the tail

1:14:55

away . Jim Hendrick . Okay

1:14:58

, freddy Alter is taking and

1:15:00

I'm sure he is the piece-a-piece

1:15:03

with a second place finish would have 1,000 going

1:15:05

into the final , which isn't too bad . We'd be

1:15:07

bunched up . If they finish this

1:15:09

way , we'd be fine to fan back with 1,200

1:15:11

, the Atlas with the 1,100

1:15:14

, and 1,000 for Pete Capita . Those

1:15:16

would be your top four votes . We'll

1:15:19

have to finish this . We'll figure out who

1:15:21

the fifth place vote would be . Here's the completion of lap

1:15:23

number one the part of Pay-In-Pack with a 10 votes

1:15:25

makes 3 . There's the part of Pay-In-Pack

1:15:27

. Here comes Freddy Alter

1:15:29

, third place vote .

1:15:32

Miss Madison coming by Freddy

1:15:35

.

1:15:35

Alter has the moral coming out of his engine . It's

1:15:38

coming over , it's

1:15:40

coming over his water over for it

1:15:43

. Now A lot of oil . On the side of Freddy

1:15:45

Alter's vote , the piece-a-piece

1:15:47

that may felt trouble for him before the

1:15:49

50 miles over . You can't bump too

1:15:51

much of that stuff out of there before something lets go

1:15:53

. So the Pay-In-Pack has about a buoy

1:15:55

lead . It needs about 500 feet

1:15:57

on Freddy Alter and the piece-a-piece . And

1:16:00

Pay-In-Pack moves up that back stretch with

1:16:02

Fred Alter coming along behind him about

1:16:04

three or four seconds later . Miss Madison

1:16:07

, tommy Sheehy , the yellow and mahogany

1:16:09

voted second 110.837

1:16:11

for Mickey Riemann in

1:16:14

the pride of Pay-In-Pack on lap number one . Madison

1:16:17

is third , mr Fabricator is fourth

1:16:19

, valium Art is fifth

1:16:21

as they move around the race course here on

1:16:23

lap number two , tommy Kaufman

1:16:25

, by the way , from Carrollton Ohio passed Bob

1:16:27

Gillum in the main stretch just a little

1:16:29

while ago the day before the fourth place

1:16:31

in Mr Fabricator . Moving out of

1:16:33

the upper corner now and moving beautifully is

1:16:36

the pride of Pay-In-Pack from Seattle . About a

1:16:38

three or four second lead over Fred Alter

1:16:40

in piece-a-piece . Here

1:16:43

we'll get a speed for you . We'll also check that side

1:16:45

of that piece-a-piece boat

1:16:47

. Here's the completion of lap number two to find

1:16:49

a pay-in-pack . Here comes Freddy

1:16:53

Alter . And we have the glasses on

1:16:55

him now to check and see if he has the

1:16:57

Earl problems in piece-a-piece

1:16:59

Third place boat

1:17:02

just coming down in complete lap . Number two is Miss

1:17:04

Madison , followed

1:17:07

by Tommy Kaufman . This

1:17:10

is a Tom Kaufman . Yes , it is . Tom Kaufman

1:17:12

is the abracator and Bob Gillum in value mark

1:17:14

. That's the way to spread out , no

1:17:16

contest here . But

1:17:19

you're going to spread up a whale

1:17:21

of a final field . Our

1:17:28

lead boat is now down the back stretch and that is the pride

1:17:30

of Pay-In-Pack . From lap

1:17:33

number two , italy will be Madison

1:17:35

and Notre Dame as the fifth boat in the final One of

1:17:37

the two . No , kedoki , we'll

1:17:40

just have to see if the Madison completes . If the Madison stays

1:17:42

in third place where she is now , phil , how would that go

1:17:44

? Well , let's see , notre Dame right now has 600

1:17:46

points . I don't know what Madison

1:17:48

has , to be frank with you , but we'll figure it out sooner

1:17:51

or later . Probably Notre Dame , I think , jim , up

1:17:54

the back stretch it's the Pay-In-Pack Piece-a-piece

1:17:56

. Well

1:17:58

, madison is not . Notre Dame is

1:18:00

going to be the fifth boat in the final

1:18:03

heat . The way

1:18:05

it will work out , notre

1:18:09

Dame has 825

1:18:11

points . Notre Dame is just going to the fifth boat

1:18:13

. Mickey Riemann finishes lap number three at

1:18:16

108.4 miles an hour . He's

1:18:18

just tooling along in good shape , piece-a-piece

1:18:21

Fetty Alter has settled into

1:18:23

a 72nd place and saved his founder

1:18:25

to fight for later . So the Gale

1:18:27

entry just made it to the final

1:18:29

heat , although that oil on the side of that piece-a-piece doesn't

1:18:32

look like that boat's running to Sanitary here . On

1:18:35

lap number four , here's the

1:18:37

Madison , the third place boat , philly Sea . Lap

1:18:39

number three Mickey Riemann starts

1:18:41

up the back stretch . On lap number

1:18:43

four . Mickey Riemann sticks up a lot

1:18:45

of racing 107.143

1:18:47

officially . We're

1:18:50

paying back on lap number three . We have

1:18:52

two and a half more laps to go and then we'll

1:18:54

have a finale set up here . And we'll have

1:18:56

a finale set up here . On lap number four , paying back

1:18:58

was 1200 . Budweiser and

1:19:00

Handler's stand line was 1100

1:19:03

. Piece-a-piece is 1000

1:19:05

and Notre Dame is 825 . That's

1:19:08

the way they'll rack up here , pulling

1:19:10

into the final heat . And Mickey Riemann is flying

1:19:13

the things down quite a bit in the engine room

1:19:15

of the pay-in pack here on lap number four . He's

1:19:18

taking a leisurely Sunday afternoon cruise right now , followed

1:19:20

there by Piece-a-piece , which is also

1:19:22

not stretching anything . He probably knew he had

1:19:25

a chance to get in that final and he'd probably

1:19:27

get his foot in it just

1:19:29

a little bit harder . But I guess he doesn't figure that he wants to

1:19:31

stretch it that hard . Here's Mickey Riemann finishing

1:19:33

lap number four . He's flying a pay-in

1:19:35

pack in Seattle , washington , at

1:19:39

a speed of just down 107

1:19:41

miles an hour , jim . Okay

1:19:43

, it lets the two more laps to go , but

1:19:46

if I have to pay it back , you know you have a perfect

1:19:48

day of 1200 points , leading the Budweiser Handlers who have 1100

1:19:50

points and a Piece-a-piece remains here in second . He'll

1:19:52

go in the final with a thousand points , followed by

1:19:55

the Notre Dame with 800-cell-odd points . That'll

1:19:57

round out your field . Third place boat

1:20:00

is just coming up in at Smith-Madison 107.914

1:20:03

107.914

1:20:05

, lap number four . Here

1:20:08

goes this Madison bias , followed

1:20:10

by Tommy Kaufman and just coming

1:20:12

the apex to the upper turn , is the value mark

1:20:14

by the leader as

1:20:17

11 1 , 1 , 2 to go before

1:20:19

she goes to the bank and has a lot of pay-and-back down the

1:20:21

back chute , a lot of pay-and-back with

1:20:24

a lap and a quarter to go . Now , as

1:20:27

these boats are pretty well spread

1:20:29

out of this two and a half mile level here in the Columbia River

1:20:31

and two weeks hence a World Championship 50,000-dollar

1:20:33

event . The fan plans were

1:20:35

all boats that are easily qualified when

1:20:38

against each other all day and the winner take

1:20:40

all at the second flag That'll

1:20:42

be . That'll

1:20:44

be on Lake Washington in

1:20:47

Seattle and the green flag is

1:20:49

put out here for Mickey Riemann inside

1:20:52

of Pay-and-Back from Seattle Washington . Mickey

1:20:55

, moving down that main stretch at about 140 to 145

1:20:57

miles an hour , has been well

1:21:00

under control down to the inter-urbanal

1:21:02

right of Pay-and-Back at 105.8

1:21:05

miles an hour , officially on lap number five and

1:21:08

he's a half lap ahead of the fourth

1:21:10

place boat , mr Fabricator , and

1:21:13

I don't think he will last the value

1:21:15

mark , but he will go to it if the race had another

1:21:17

lap to go . The green flag is now up

1:21:19

from Detroit , driven by

1:21:21

Fred Older , and it's also out from Miss

1:21:23

Madison , from Madison , indiana , driven

1:21:25

by Tom Sheehy , and Mr Fabricator

1:21:27

from Carrollton , ohio , driven by Tom Plumman

1:21:31

. That's the beat to beat . Going by the line

1:21:33

. You hear the background right now 106.383

1:21:35

, lap number five for Pay-and-Back and

1:21:38

now the Miss Madison gets the green flag signifying

1:21:41

she's on her last lap . Coming right

1:21:43

up to the back of the line is Tommy

1:21:46

Kaufman in the Mr

1:21:48

Fabricator and he will get

1:21:50

the green flag now , signifying that he too

1:21:52

is on his last lap . And at the back stretch

1:21:54

Goal Sheer Leader

1:21:57

try to say , in fact Mickey Lehmann from Seattle , washington

1:21:59

, winner of the Miami

1:22:01

race and winner of the Indiana Governor's Cup

1:22:03

race this year and trying to win the first Gold

1:22:06

Cup ever for Dave Heronsberger

1:22:08

. Owners who won the Gold Cup here before include

1:22:10

Shirley Mendelson and Shirley Sheeneth

1:22:12

, who's won it twice with the Gales , bernie Liddler

1:22:15

, who's won it twice with the Miss Budweiser

1:22:17

, jim McCormick , who won it in the Miss

1:22:19

Madison . Here's value of our Bob Gilliam getting

1:22:21

the green flag and Mickey Lehmann

1:22:23

comes right on behind him to take the

1:22:25

checker , putting he's freebie

1:22:27

and setting up a big winner , take-all finale

1:22:30

here for the 1973 Gold

1:22:32

Cup . So Mickey Lehmann wins it and

1:22:34

, jim , it'll be a winner , take-all finale here

1:22:36

in just a little bit . Okay . So , cole , thank you

1:22:38

for your expertise in

1:22:41

the application

1:22:43

that

1:22:45

you have in broadcast in 75

1:22:47

.

1:22:49

Congratulations .

1:22:50

I was pretty losing

1:22:53

the voice . You want to say something about that , bill .

1:22:54

There is Just one time I can say right

1:22:56

now , jim . Okay , froggy , here

1:22:59

comes your second place . Both a piece of beat with a total

1:23:01

of a thousand points with a second place

1:23:03

finish today . Right here he's

1:23:06

. The beat will be in the final with one thousand points

1:23:09

. Here comes this Madison , who will be the alternate

1:23:11

should any of the first five sales

1:23:13

have done , or she takes third place here in her

1:23:15

final 15 mile heat . Here's

1:23:18

Tommy Kauffman I look at you who joined us late

1:23:20

but is coming along real

1:23:23

well in Shifter

1:23:25

.

1:23:25

Fabrication .

1:23:28

He'll take over fourth place for the C3B and

1:23:30

the value might will come around and

1:23:33

take fifth place points . We'll

1:23:35

have the leaders for you and the breakdown in the final

1:23:37

field will be back with more cold

1:23:39

coverage . 1973

1:23:41

in 60 seconds . It's

1:23:46

a way to waste time , but what I look for is the flight

1:23:48

of hands back and the Budweiser trying

1:23:50

to put up each other on the inside . I think Bill

1:23:52

Muncie would be satisfied on the outside to get a worrying

1:23:54

start , and that's the way it looks

1:23:56

to me . Beat the beat . I don't know where

1:23:58

Freddie will settle in , but all those votes have a chance

1:24:01

to take it all with the second play . How

1:24:03

much of a team race do you think we're going to see here

1:24:05

between the feet to feet and the Atlas

1:24:07

band lines ? Since they are a team , I

1:24:10

don't think we'll see any team race . I think it's going to be the best

1:24:12

vote and the best man to get out , but let it

1:24:14

be had . I don't see any teaming up . The

1:24:16

Atlas band lines are fighting for respectability

1:24:19

after winning last year's national championship , and she'll

1:24:21

want to go out . Listen to the engine and

1:24:23

it's hands back come by . There's

1:24:26

a lot of racing going on right here in

1:24:29

the great northwest town of Tri-Cities , washington

1:24:31

. Here is the Notre

1:24:34

.

1:24:34

Dame .

1:24:36

And of course we mentioned earlier we welcomed

1:24:38

Chino LS or KINY to our

1:24:41

network for the first time this year , going kind of trans-continental

1:24:43

Bill , like to remind them . Also

1:24:45

, this program is brought to you in part by STP

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, the Racers Edge . Stp has

1:24:50

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1:24:52

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1:24:54

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1:24:59

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very happy to have with us this weekend Joe

1:25:21

Ranastelli and the Granitelli's older brother

1:25:23

of the STP Corporation down in

1:25:26

Santa Monica , and also Ralph Salvino

1:25:28

, director of racing for the STP

1:25:30

Corporation here this race , along with Skip

1:25:33

Mason , the champion spark plug company , who

1:25:35

came out to Salido we get a lot of help from the

1:25:37

champion people and Bob Smith from the Sins

1:25:39

Oil Oil Company . All the boats you see here

1:25:41

, jim , as you know , use STP . They start their engines

1:25:43

and ignite them with champion spark plugs

1:25:46

and use Sins Oil to keep them running well too . Okay

1:25:48

, right now , here comes the flood blighter

1:25:50

out of the Tampa Bay area owned by

1:25:52

Bernie Little and Gene

1:25:54

Sinema , from the Bind . The

1:25:58

Notre

1:26:03

Dame is on us . Seattle and Detroit is kind

1:26:05

of a split deal and Shirley Minnows McDonnell resides

1:26:07

in both towns and I know they're

1:26:09

listening on Cairo and Seattle . We wish them every

1:26:12

bit of success and of course , we can see them at the

1:26:15

race two weeks from now in the World Championship

1:26:17

for $50,000 at Lake Washington

1:26:19

in Seattle , and

1:26:21

also the quite a big impact is out of Seattle , while

1:26:23

they have a sand line to do a must-see based

1:26:25

out of Detroit and

1:26:30

we have on sound dimension scenarios . This

1:26:34

Madison is on the race course . As

1:26:37

the alternate , this Madison is

1:26:39

on the race course and

1:26:42

any of these boats fail to start , victory becomes

1:26:45

fire and a fight of pay-back . All jockey watching

1:26:47

their stop watches . These boats take a flying

1:26:49

start . They see that five

1:26:51

minute flag go out and they check their stop

1:26:53

watches . They have to hit that course . White

1:26:55

on the money , pizza Pete . Pizza

1:26:58

Pete is coming by now . It's sponsored

1:27:00

by a Seattle business firm

1:27:03

. It's owned by Detroit's Joe Sheinert

1:27:05

and company and part of the care of

1:27:08

the racing team , and they've done a win with a job , with

1:27:10

two boats in the final fill . That's right . Pizza Pete also is in

1:27:12

Miami Florida too . They have a

1:27:14

store down there also , pete Utter . And incidentally

1:27:16

, I watched Mickey Rima go warming

1:27:18

up , go way up that river and

1:27:20

come down here very slowly as if he's looking for

1:27:22

something to make a long run . Mickey cannot

1:27:25

outrun the Budweiser on the straight away , but

1:27:27

he does out turn him , so he's thinking of something

1:27:29

already . Jim , they do a lot of planning , a

1:27:31

lot of strategy right now and we're getting close to that one

1:27:34

minute gun , close to the one minute

1:27:37

gun as the boat Pizza Pete's got the inside

1:27:39

if he wants it . And there's the half of

1:27:41

the stand line going up the back , shoot , that's the one

1:27:43

minute gun . As the Notre Dame leads the pack

1:27:45

in there and all of a sudden here comes Budweiser

1:27:47

and the pilot paying back are shocking , also for

1:27:50

position , and if we spot him in their particular

1:27:52

spot there's a dip . Whoever takes the

1:27:54

checker flag is the 1973

1:27:57

cold cup champion . And as they go up to the upper turn

1:27:59

, let's have Phil Cole spot him for you . It

1:28:01

started back in 1904 . The average

1:28:03

speed was 22.3 miles an

1:28:05

hour and now the engines won't even idle

1:28:07

that slow and they're coming down for the start

1:28:09

watching them and Budweiser's going to want the inside

1:28:12

with Dean Chenoweth moving

1:28:14

on that buoy line . We're

1:28:16

watching for Mickey Riemann . Mickey is right up there with him . Ronnie

1:28:18

Larson is coming very wide in

1:28:20

the Notre Dame . Now Freddie Altar starts

1:28:22

to turn for home with Pizza Pete

1:28:24

, dean Chenoweth coming late into that starting

1:28:27

area . Now in Budweiser he's

1:28:29

going to be on the number one lane . Now Pizza Pete

1:28:31

moves in on it . Budweiser takes the two

1:28:33

lanes , paying back in the four

1:28:35

lanes . Adler's fan lines to the four

1:28:37

lanes , paying back in the three

1:28:39

lanes . Adler's four , notre Dame five

1:28:42

, three , two one . Here they go and

1:28:44

it's Budweiser's and it's

1:28:46

paying back right

1:28:48

out on top . Now Phil Muncie begins

1:28:51

to move up to the Adler's fan lines and Freddie

1:28:53

Altar is a little bit slow in Pizza Pete

1:28:55

watching that first turn as they

1:28:57

move into that first turn area . Somebody

1:28:59

went on their nose just a little bit there . But in paying

1:29:01

back is there first with Budweiser . They're

1:29:04

side by side as they move to that quarter . Budweiser

1:29:06

and paying back are side by side

1:29:08

with Adler's fan lines in third place Off

1:29:10

that turn . Now it's Mickey Raymond coming off

1:29:12

there like a scalded cat and now Dean Cheneylet

1:29:15

moves up alongside of him and it's Budweiser

1:29:17

. In paying back it's for the gold jump , it's

1:29:19

for all of them and Adler's fan lines is

1:29:21

third Jim . Okay , what I'll

1:29:23

tell you . To stand now . Those first turns are rising

1:29:25

. There's only a half a second between the first and second place

1:29:27

boat , but part of fan back in first

1:29:29

, the Budweiser in second and

1:29:32

moving up fast to jam it up as the three-bow races

1:29:34

the Adler's fan lines , followed

1:29:36

by Pizza Pete and Notre Dame , and that's the way

1:29:39

they go . As they come into that upper turn for the first

1:29:41

time in the completion of lap number one , inside

1:29:43

is Budweiser with Dean Cheneylet and

1:29:45

grinding on the outside trying to catch up . It's

1:29:48

Cheneylet trying to catch up on the part of

1:29:50

fan pack and the part of fan pack stays inside

1:29:53

Part of fan pack by about eight . Both

1:29:55

lengths as they come out to complete lap

1:29:57

number one but then to

1:29:59

these edges .

1:30:03

That was the payback .

1:30:04

Here's the Budweiser , that's

1:30:06

the new record , mickey

1:30:10

Riemann . Over 120 miles an hour

1:30:12

on lap number one . Almost 120

1:30:14

miles an hour for Mickey Riemann on

1:30:16

lap number one , that's gonna be a new

1:30:19

lap record . Dean Cheneylet's along behind

1:30:21

him now in this Budweiser and Bill Mutzie in

1:30:23

third place in Adler's fan line

1:30:25

. So Mickey Riemann took him on it to start

1:30:27

outgund him and ran outgund him . Mickey

1:30:30

Riemann has slowed down , the fan pack

1:30:32

has slowed down . The fan pack

1:30:34

has slowed down and it's

1:30:36

coming to a stop and the Budweiser's

1:30:38

going ahead of him . Dean Cheneylet

1:30:40

goes ahead of the fan pack . Mickey

1:30:44

Riemann slowed down and teams are stopped . 119.6

1:30:47

. Now is anybody's gold cup again

1:30:49

. Budweiser now first and

1:30:52

in second place is Mutzie in Adler's

1:30:54

fan line . Second

1:30:56

place is Mutzie . Third

1:30:58

place is Pete's a Pete . Fourth place

1:31:00

is Notre Dame . Watch the fan pack Jim to

1:31:02

see if he gets started . Now Mutzie's moving on

1:31:05

to Budweiser , bill Mutzie moving

1:31:07

up on the Miss Budweiser here on lap number

1:31:09

two Bill Mutzie first

1:31:11

, adler's fan line second

1:31:14

and Budweiser's gotta turn it on . Bill Mutzie

1:31:16

coming off that boy very tight . Now Bill Mutzie

1:31:19

, kenny went in sixth gold cup

1:31:21

. Let's see Jim

1:31:23

and then the Budweiser at the end of lap number two

1:31:27

let's

1:31:29

see the time that

1:31:34

first lap to the plan of fan pack was

1:31:36

119.68 . What

1:31:38

a record . First

1:31:40

place is Budweiser , second is Adler

1:31:43

, third is Pete's a Pete . And here comes the

1:31:45

Notre Dame . Mutzie

1:31:50

. Second

1:32:05

is Mutzie . Mutzie's won it five

1:32:07

times . No-transcript To

1:32:09

win the gold cup six times . That would

1:32:11

save the entire season for Atlas Van

1:32:13

Lines . It's Budweiser and Atlas Van

1:32:16

Lines up the back stretch , about three seconds

1:32:18

separating them . 100 and 9.489

1:32:22

, lap number two , miss Budweiser . They're

1:32:24

on lap number three and here comes Mussy . Mussy's

1:32:27

moving up in that corner . He's moved

1:32:29

up on channel up dramatically in this corner

1:32:31

he's really coming . Mussy's decided

1:32:34

to go for the downs . You can tell that here

1:32:36

he comes out from behind channel of Schroosterdale

1:32:38

. It's Budweiser and Atlas Van

1:32:40

Lines coming down the main stretch of less

1:32:42

than a second separating them .

1:32:44

Dean Genowith and Bill Muntzee missed it

1:32:46

one second separating them two stretch of almost

1:32:48

112.5 miles

1:32:50

an hour .

1:32:52

Lap number two again . Okay

1:32:54

, bill Muntzee is really pushing . Bill Muntzee

1:32:56

is going to press the Budweiser to the end and

1:32:58

he's starting to close that gap again . Bill

1:33:00

Muntzee , after the completion of three laps , is really closing in

1:33:02

on the Budweiser . Dean Genowith

1:33:05

has his foot into it at the apex of the number two

1:33:07

corner . He comes out now , starts to shake it loose

1:33:09

and Mussy starts to move up again . Here comes

1:33:11

beat-to-beat , our third place vote . Our

1:33:14

fourth place vote is for Notre Dame , but our

1:33:16

leaders are the back shooter . Look at Muntzee

1:33:18

come . Here comes Bill Muntzee . He's

1:33:20

in the rooster tail of the Budweiser

1:33:22

. We can't even see

1:33:24

Bill Muntzee . He's blinded by the

1:33:27

rooster tail . 111.663

1:33:30

, lap three Jim Watch Muntzee . Genowith

1:33:32

is holding him off . Genowith is holding

1:33:34

him off , but Muntzee has given it all he's got

1:33:36

. He wants to become the only man in history

1:33:38

to win this gold cup six times . We're

1:33:41

on lap number four . This is the fourth

1:33:43

lap . Two more laps to go after this one and

1:33:45

if still anybody's raised , those two votes are dueling just

1:33:48

about as close as you can do . The slightest

1:33:50

mistake by Dean Genowith and Bill

1:33:52

Muntzee is going to eat him alive . Here

1:33:54

comes Muntzee outside , genowith inside . Can

1:33:56

the Budweiser hang together for a gold cup win . We'll

1:33:59

see in a little bit the

1:34:02

end of lap number four , bill .

1:34:04

Muntzee is sailing these

1:34:06

Genowiths 110

1:34:12

miles an hour .

1:34:12

That lap , jim . This Budweiser

1:34:15

. Two more laps to go and a disconsulate

1:34:17

Mickey Riemann sitting over there in the back stretch At

1:34:20

the setting of lap record of 119

1:34:22

points . Let's check

1:34:24

119.681 . The

1:34:28

platter paying back is signaling that he may need

1:34:30

help , but

1:34:32

he's out on the boat . We'll have to watch

1:34:34

him . Our first place boat

1:34:36

is the Budweiser , coming down the back shoot at his fourth

1:34:39

lap at a safe by Bill Muntzee

1:34:41

. Here comes Pete Zafiq riding in

1:34:43

third place . The

1:34:46

paying back is thinking going down Mickey

1:34:48

Riemann standing on it . The green flag

1:34:50

will be out this next time . One

1:34:59

more lap to go and the gold cup will be history

1:35:01

, jim , stay with it . I'll stay with the paying back . Okay

1:35:03

, say the payback . If that driver goes in the water , it's

1:35:05

a restart . We're watching now

1:35:08

to see if Mickey goes while the Budweiser

1:35:10

is holding off . We

1:35:12

have a green flag . We have one more lap to go . I

1:35:14

don't know that paying back is thinking in the water settling

1:35:16

down on our number one boat . Yellow

1:35:19

comes up 112.782

1:35:22

. Here comes

1:35:24

Woodward , who has one more lap

1:35:26

to go . Let's

1:35:29

see his second place at Bill Muntzee and they have a fair line

1:35:31

. Here he comes . The paying

1:35:33

back is dangerously low in the water . Mickey Riemann

1:35:35

is still staying on it . He jumped

1:35:37

off . He'll have to restart this championship

1:35:39

heat . He has not jumped off and Dean

1:35:42

Chenilas in the lower turn right now , less

1:35:44

than a lap away from the gold cup victory . We're

1:35:46

watching Mickey Riemann . He has not jumped

1:35:48

off the boat . He is on the bow of the boat

1:35:50

. He has not jumped off . He is as important

1:35:52

as the rest of the race . There are patrol

1:35:54

boats on the way to him . I thought Now

1:36:00

there goes Chenilas by Riemann . He's really got his foot in

1:36:02

it . Half a lap to go

1:36:04

and the paying back is going now fully

1:36:06

by the bow . The driver has not jumped

1:36:08

off as yet . Less than a half a lap to

1:36:10

go now and the foot wiser is

1:36:12

less than half a lap away from winning . Mickey

1:36:14

Riemann still has not jumped off the boat . Dean

1:36:17

Chenilas enters the number three corner for the last

1:36:19

time . Mickey Riemann still standing

1:36:21

on the boat . Dean Chenilas

1:36:23

has about a tenth second lead on Atlas Sandline . Jim

1:36:26

, you watch the foot wiser . Dean Chenilas coming

1:36:28

around the upper turn , mickey

1:36:31

Riemann still standing on the boat . He

1:36:33

has not jumped off of it yet . But when the foot wiser is

1:36:35

coming out of the turn . We're watching Mickey

1:36:37

Riemann to see if he goes off that boat . He

1:36:39

has not gone off of it as yet . He's still

1:36:41

standing on it . And the foot wiser comes

1:36:44

across here to take the second flag

1:36:46

. In the gold-cut winner , this

1:36:48

foot wiser takes the second flag . The race is over

1:36:50

. The race is now officially over . That's

1:36:53

Mickey Riemann Left his boat in the water . He would

1:36:55

have called for a restart . You have to give Mickey

1:36:57

Riemann credit for his sportsmanship . He hung on

1:36:59

to that boat as much as he could . Here's

1:37:02

your second-place winner . Second-place finisher the

1:37:04

Atlas Sandline . And third

1:37:06

place will go to piece-of-peach , I'll

1:37:08

tell you Mickey Riemann . Mickey

1:37:11

Riemann did not jump into that water until

1:37:13

that race was over . He needs help

1:37:15

. They're getting to him right away . First place is this

1:37:17

foot wiser . Second place will be Atlas

1:37:19

Manline . Third place , pete

1:37:21

Sappeat . Fourth place will be Mickey

1:37:24

Riemann and the pan-packed

1:37:26

fifth place will be Notre Dame Jim in

1:37:28

the final . That's the way it'll work out . Okay

1:37:31

, we'll be back with more gold-cut coverage 1973

1:37:34

in 60 seconds pelig

1:37:41

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1:38:20

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1:38:27

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Okay this is Jim Hennick , back along on the banks

1:38:42

of the Columbia River . Bill , and

1:38:46

what a race we had in that final . Now Bill

1:38:48

Newton is the referee , bill the plan of paying

1:38:50

back 119.6

1:38:52

mile an hour , which is a record . And all of a sudden

1:38:54

he must have hit something because something blew

1:38:56

in the bottom of his boat and we're all

1:38:58

waiting to see what would happen

1:39:01

. That Mickey Raymond jumped in the

1:39:03

water . We would have to have a restart . But

1:39:05

I think it's fine sportsmanship on the part of that driver that's

1:39:07

hanging there . So that race would not be held up . Certainly

1:39:10

was Jim . From what I could

1:39:12

see , I kind of think maybe it's a

1:39:14

reoccurrence of the problem

1:39:16

they might have had in Detroit

1:39:18

when they lost their

1:39:20

strutterer or rudder or

1:39:22

a choice blade . And

1:39:24

you've got to give a lot of credit to Mickey

1:39:27

, however , because we could have stopped that

1:39:29

race If Mickey wanted to jump in the water and

1:39:32

we wouldn't have had to restart

1:39:34

the whole league , no matter where you stopped

1:39:36

it . So our hats

1:39:38

go off to Mickey . Okay

1:39:40

, the Budweiser wins the 1973

1:39:42

Gold Cup and we're waiting now to get that driver back

1:39:44

in , and they

1:39:46

said they would get him up to us as soon as they can because they had that

1:39:48

five minute delay to hurry him up , and

1:39:51

I'll see if our free Bill Newton can hurry him up by

1:39:53

picking up that phone down in the fifth and getting hold of the

1:39:55

Talking to the

1:39:57

winner driver , just so that we can get him up here . I'd

1:39:59

like to remind you that STP , the race is

1:40:01

rich . Well , I'll bring these broadcasts

1:40:04

to you . Gordon John-Cock won the Indy

1:40:06

500 for having a Grand Isle A-Team . Fourth

1:40:08

time NASCAR winner , richard Pettie , a

1:40:10

national and limit champion , joe Munsey and , of course

1:40:12

, the Miss Budweiser driver . Gene Shadow has depend on

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