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Ruchatel Talk , a podcast dedicated to

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everything related to the sport we all love

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Hydrofine Racing . I'm

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your host , david Newton , and it's time once again . So

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sit back , relax and welcome

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to Ruchatel Talk . It

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is August 1st 2023 and

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this is episode 108 . Well

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, congratulations to the Beacon Plumbing team , as they've won

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their second race of the year Corp

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P-Body 1 , the Columbia Cup last

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weekend , and it's actually the third for

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the dual team there , strong

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Racing , as J Michael Kelly

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was able to win in Madison . So

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three for three for the Strong Racing team this

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year , they've won the first three races and

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we're about to enter a historic

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seafar weekend , as

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the Gold Cup has returned

1:14

to the shores of Lake Washington , and for

1:16

the first time in 38 years . The

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last time the Gold Cup was in Seattle was

1:22

1985 . It

1:24

looked a little differently back then . The

1:26

sport was strong . I have very

1:28

I have no recollections of this race

1:30

as I was under a year old

1:33

in 1985 , but the

1:35

sport looked different . There

1:37

was 12 boats that entered the pits for

1:39

the Gold Cup in 1985

1:42

, various designs and engine power

1:44

plants . It's crazy to think about

1:46

the different boats that were there in 1985

1:49

. There were 12 in attendance

1:51

in the pits , 10

1:53

of which qualified . The two that did

1:55

not qualify were the U5 Tempest

1:58

, and the U33 , miss

2:00

Crown , nissan . But

2:02

listen to the names that were there in the

2:04

pits that year , with the Miller American

2:06

, miss Budweiser , the Squireshot

2:09

Britannica , old Boy , alberto American

2:11

, speedy Printing , executon Telephones

2:14

, cellular One , domino's

2:16

Pizza , miss Rock , kisw

2:19

and the Miss 711 . Some

2:21

great boats , like I said , different power plants

2:24

. They had some turbocharged Allison

2:26

engines , they had Merlin engines

2:28

being used , griffin engines and

2:31

, of course , turban engines and there

2:33

was a couple different turbines being tested . At that

2:35

point there wasn't restrictions

2:37

on limiting it to the T55

2:39

engines , the

2:42

Cellular One . They had a bigger engine

2:44

that had created more horsepower and

2:46

in fact the T55 engines were creating about 2,600

2:49

horsepower and they were experimenting

2:52

with an L11 Turban power

2:54

plant that created 3,700

2:57

horsepower , so about

2:59

1,000 more horsepower being

3:01

used and what they deemed big Wally

3:04

. So they were pushing

3:06

the limits of that whole , of that power

3:08

plant and the rules which eventually

3:10

were changed , or so they could not use the L11 engine

3:12

. But it's crazy to think of all

3:14

the different hydroplanes with the designs being used

3:17

and the power plants being used

3:19

back in the day when it was truly

3:21

unlimited . But I wanted to

3:23

revisit 1985 , and I thought

3:25

it'd be a fun way to do so by listening

3:28

to a radio broadcast and

3:31

you're going to hear probably one of the most famous

3:33

announcers for hydroplane racing , atto Day

3:35

, as he calls out the final heat

3:37

. You can hear the excitement in his

3:39

voice as he talks

3:41

us around the race around Lake Washington

3:44

. And in that final heat you

3:46

have a pretty stacked final heat

3:48

there Jim Cropfeldt with a mispod

3:50

, wiser with that new , brand

3:52

new bubble bud , the first

3:55

hydroplane that had an enclosed cockpit . You

3:57

have the executive on telephones , driven by the late Scott

3:59

Pierce , owned by Bill Wooster . The

4:02

Cellular One out of Madison , indiana

4:05

, driven by Todd Yerling

4:07

, the local Squireshop

4:09

, britannica , owned by Bob Stiles , driven

4:12

by Gold Cup champion Tom DeEath . But

4:14

you also had the Miller American

4:17

, driven by Chip Hanauer , and the 711

4:19

, which was driven by Steve Reynolds , which

4:21

were the only two turbines in

4:24

the final heat . So two turbines

4:26

against the reciprocal engines in that final

4:28

heat . And

4:30

it goes without saying that the turbines were the favorites

4:32

back then and their qualifying

4:35

speeds really showed it . Their

4:37

qualifying speeds were significantly higher

4:39

than the rest . The Miller

4:41

American qualified at 140.641

4:44

miles per hour . Well

4:46

, the 7-11 qualified at 139.633

4:50

. So they were close in speeds and qualifying

4:53

. But the other boats weren't

4:55

close at all . The next closest

4:57

was a Squarespace shop at 128.852

5:00

. And the executive zone at

5:02

124.559

5:05

. So almost 16 miles an hour off the pace

5:07

of the top qualifier . The

5:10

Budweiser really struggled that year with that heavy haul

5:12

. They were trying to experiment with the enclosed canopy

5:14

, which a lot of credit

5:16

needs to go out to Jeff Neff who really

5:18

brought that into place to save

5:21

a lot of lives having

5:23

that enclosed canopy on the hydroplane

5:25

. But they were experimenting with . It

5:27

. Didn't do so well race-wise

5:29

but really proved useful

5:32

for safety in the sport . The

5:34

Miss Budweiser only qualified at 119.978

5:38

. So over 20 miles an hour slower than

5:40

the top qualifier Miller American . Crazy

5:43

to think 38 years ago last time the

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Gold Cup was in Seattle . It's been around a

5:47

lot of other places . I'm glad it's back

5:50

this year and I want to

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revisit this race one last time

5:54

. Listen to Pato Day , don

5:56

Poyer , as they announce the exciting final

5:58

heat and with afterwards

6:00

they'll have interviews from Chip Anower , todd

6:03

Yerling , jim Cropfeld and Steve Reynolds

6:05

. Before we listen to this

6:07

, I want to thank John Osterberg for this recording

6:09

which he made off the radio for his personal

6:12

use and if you want to show John

6:14

your appreciation , you should go on to

6:16

Amazon and see John's excellent

6:18

ebook titled Dragon Days the

6:20

story of the Miss Partle and the 1960 kids

6:22

who loved hydros . It's available

6:24

for only $19.99 on Amazon

6:27

or wherever ebooks are sold . It's

6:30

a great book , has a lot of great

6:32

history of the sport , what the

6:34

hydroplanes meant to the Seattle area and

6:36

why it became so popular . So it's a great education

6:39

for new fans or fans who

6:41

weren't around those days to really see

6:43

why hydroplanes meant so much to the Seattle

6:45

area . Alright , well

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, I'm feeling nostalgic . I hope you are

6:50

too . Let's strap in to our

6:52

time machine and travel back to the shores of Lake Washington

6:55

as we listen in to Pato Day call

6:57

the final heat of the 1985

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APBA Gold Cup .

7:11

Both engines , as Hanauer and Reynolds

7:13

, will put the hammer down at Curtin

7:15

Luke . 7000 horsepower

7:17

on this course , this will be the greatest

7:19

carbon battle ever , right here in

7:22

the final heat of the Gold Cup today . No-transcript

7:28

. He's Tommy Deeth in the Squire of Virginia

7:30

. There's the cellular one with Todd Yerling

7:32

, there's the Miss Budweiser and Jim Cropfield

7:34

, there's the executive-owned telephone

7:36

and Scott Pierce . That's the final

7:39

lineup for today with that great , great big

7:41

battle . It is , of course , between the

7:43

dramatic battle coming up between the Miller American

7:46

and the 7-Eleven . He

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is brought to you by Budweiser , proud

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to sponsor the 8DVA Gold

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Cup Unlimited Hydroplane Race . To the

7:54

winner . This bud's for you Back

7:57

on the race course . Squire shop is

7:59

out of the course and running . As we

8:01

check across the field , we see the Miller

8:03

American in the back stretch coming

8:06

out of the pit . The executive-owned

8:08

is on the course . The

8:10

7-Eleven and Steve Reynolds passes

8:12

by the start-finish line . As we're

8:15

three minutes and 20 seconds

8:17

to the start Now , this is the finale

8:19

, this is the big one , this is for

8:21

all the marbles and this is for the Gold

8:23

Cup . This winning driver

8:26

will come out of his heat with the

8:28

most exciting thing that can happen to

8:30

an unlimited hydroplane racing driver

8:32

the winning of the Gold Cup . Chip

8:34

Hanauer is trying for his fourth Gold

8:36

Cup . Steve Reynolds is trying for his

8:38

first Gold Cup , and what a battle

8:41

it will be . You know that Steve Reynolds

8:43

wants the inside , the number one lane . You

8:45

know he'd like to be there to have an advantage

8:48

over the Miller American . Are our South

8:50

Turn microphones ready to go ? South

8:53

Turn , are you set ? We

8:56

are set . Patrick , ready to go as

8:58

the Miss Budweiser gets up on plane , pulls

9:00

around in front of us and she's there to go

9:02

boat racing , I think , pat , I'm a little worried

9:05

. I saw smoke coming out of the engine of the squire

9:07

. I just hope that Tommy Deep has a

9:09

good engine in there and that boat is

9:11

able to run to its max . You're right , pat . There

9:13

is some smoke or some water coming up off the

9:15

back of that . I can't tell where it's

9:17

there . He's chugging a little bit off of this

9:19

side there . Mark Up that right-hand bank , pat

9:22

, I think you a little sad . It is off the right-hand bank

9:24

or it's just a little bit of smoke . Other than that , everybody

9:26

seems to be running fine . And now we

9:28

have almost just a little over two minutes

9:31

to the start , the all-important start

9:33

, and right now each driver is trying

9:35

to figure out exactly what his position

9:37

will be . We know that Steve Reynolds

9:39

would like the inside more than anything else

9:42

in the world . We know that Hannah O will

9:44

never just give it to him . I think

9:46

this start will be one of the most interesting we've ever

9:48

seen , as the two-turban boats

9:50

get squared away and get ready just

9:52

to roar at each other , each

9:55

one of them with their big engines . These

9:57

engines will be outlawed next year . You

9:59

will probably see right now the fastest

10:02

first lap in the history of unlimited

10:04

hydroplane racing and maybe the fastest

10:06

build-up finale that will ever be held , as

10:08

they'll never allow an engine of that size

10:11

to run again . So now we're down

10:13

, getting close to the one-minute gun . Some

10:15

of the boats are in kind of a weird position at

10:17

this time . The 7-11

10:20

is turning in the middle of the

10:22

infield . They're going to make a giant circle

10:24

. Yes , he's definitely trying

10:26

for that number one . Inside lane , the

10:29

Budweiser is slowly , slowly closing

10:31

down the straightaway . He's

10:34

going to attempt to cut across . I

10:36

think he's going to find himself . Now . Chip Hannaar

10:38

has got his eye on Steve Reynolds and

10:41

he's going to try and take that one number one spot

10:43

away from Steve Reynolds , and it looks like

10:45

he'll do it . Steve Reynolds

10:47

is on the course and Hannaar is cutting across

10:49

the middle of the course . Now

10:51

they move slowly toward that

10:53

entrance buoy at the floating bridge turn

10:56

. This crowd of 350,000

10:58

is on their feet . What a moment

11:00

in unlimited racing , as the two

11:02

turbines will finally go head-to-head

11:04

, right at each other . They're

11:07

going to put down the hammer and try and blow

11:09

the field away in the first lap . Okay

11:12

, they're in the floating bridge turn . The

11:14

number one lane is owned by

11:16

the 7-11

11:19

. The 7-11

11:21

, as Steve Reynolds has the number one

11:23

lane . Hannaar

11:25

moves slowly to the outside . The

11:28

others will be bunched in the middle and

11:32

here they come Hannaar

11:34

on the far outside , reynolds

11:37

on the post . Six seconds

11:39

, it's going to be very close . They're moving

11:41

slowly right now . They can't

11:43

jump the gun in this finale . Here

11:46

they go Reynolds

11:50

, smyr , millie , american jumped to

11:52

the lead heads to the south turn as

11:54

well as with the number one lane . Here

11:56

is Mark and Jack . That's the 7-11

11:58

owns the course . At this point . The Budweiser's

12:00

always giving it the best front of the game that

12:02

she can all day . Right behind them , the

12:05

Bay Queen , smyr , scott and the middle of the

12:07

American Puts it out in the outside . They

12:09

come out to Smyr and it's Steve 7-11

12:11

in the lead . The 7-11

12:14

as Steve Reynolds has the lead and coming hard on

12:16

the outside it's Smyr and Hannaar in the middle

12:18

of the American and on the back

12:20

it's Ray Doe . That lead boat is a 7-11

12:22

and another two boat is a middle American . What

12:25

a battle . As they head for the floating bridge

12:27

turn . Ladies and gentlemen , I don't know what the speed

12:29

is going to be on this lap , but it'll be mind-boggling

12:32

. Steve Reynolds has

12:34

the 7-11 at the top of the turn

12:36

, the middle American on the outside

12:38

and the Budweiser has gone dead in the water

12:40

. And now the

12:42

7-11 has gone dead in the water . The

12:45

7-11 broke and the

12:47

middle American has grabbed the lead . And

12:50

that great battle lasted for only

12:52

three quarters of a lap before something

12:54

gave way in the 7-11

12:56

. And Chip Hanner

12:58

has grabbed the lead . The first lap

13:00

, ladies

13:02

and gentlemen , run under the 27

13:04

, 7 , 8 , 6 miles an

13:07

hour . The number two boat is the Execticone

13:09

. The number three

13:13

boat is the Segata 1 . And

13:17

the squire is there on the course . I can't

13:19

find the squire of the Kenya South turn

13:21

Down

13:23

here . Pat Fummy's on the bow of the boat as

13:25

Chip Hanner goes around him and

13:28

down that backstretch , pat , and

13:30

he's got the squires at about 50 yards

13:32

and a Budweiser back here . As

13:35

you hear , the Execticone going into the south turn

13:37

, followed closely by the event , is I believe

13:39

that's the Segata 1 coming up there on the rear

13:41

. Pat Segata

13:44

1 is the first place both the Execticone and the

13:46

number two in the middle American is having a Kate

13:48

Block and the lead as the squire went

13:50

down in the first turn and the Budweiser went down

13:52

in the first turn and now we

13:54

have at the top of the turn . Of course the 7-11

13:57

is resting in the north turn and what

13:59

a heartbreaking thing for Steve Reynolds , what

14:01

a heartbreak for Steve Wumer and

14:04

that entire 7-11 crew worked

14:06

so hard to get that boat repaired and get it in

14:08

this heat . And now it's Chip Hanner's

14:10

day , as here comes the middle American

14:13

down to complete lap number two . His

14:15

first lap was 127.7

14:17

, the second lap 122.5

14:20

. The Execticone is number

14:23

two and the Segata 1 is number three and into the

14:25

south turn with Jack and Mark and

14:28

the King that did is put an anchor

14:30

on Chip Hanner's pedal . He

14:32

owns this part , he owns this day

14:35

, he's got the best gear , he's running the

14:37

best race and you know Pat as well as I do

14:39

. Many years you've been coming out here . That's what it's

14:41

all about . Coming up right toward us now

14:43

, about 200 yards off the south turn

14:45

, the Execticone running fine . Hopefully

14:47

the Segata 1 is going to give him a run for the money

14:49

today . Absolutely heartbreaking

14:51

for Steve Reynolds and that crew , that one on

14:54

heat we were seeing . They went through that

14:56

first lap . There was side by side Hanner

14:58

pushing that carbon powered 7-11

15:00

with his big engine . But something snapped

15:03

, something gave way . We don't know what it

15:05

was . And Steve Reynolds now stands

15:07

disconsentably on the bow of his boat in

15:09

the north turn here on Lake Washington . In

15:11

the meantime the flier shot . Tommy

15:14

D wanted it so bad and something

15:16

broke for him . And the Budweiser

15:18

Chip Popsobe was running hard

15:20

after the 7-11 when his engine

15:22

expired . And now here comes the middle

15:24

American . He's in his third lap

15:26

, the third of six times around . This

15:28

is for the bold jump , this is for the most

15:30

treasured prize in hydroplane racing . Chip

15:33

Hanner , complete flap number three

15:35

at 118 , 296

15:37

miles an hour . And I know I speak for

15:40

so many disappointed fans who wanted to see those

15:42

two boats tangled with six big laps . The

15:45

Execticone is still number two and number

15:48

three Lotus Todd Yarding in the Celia 01

15:50

. The lead boats in the south turn

15:52

to Jack Brown , markello and Chip

15:54

Hanner . Again , he owns the Dave Pat

15:56

. There's no doubt about that . Of course the 7-11

15:59

gave it the best shot and it portents

16:01

the future of boat racing on Lake Washington

16:03

. If they can get those boats to run competitively

16:05

solidly for an entire race , what

16:08

excitement we're going to see on the water . Well

16:10

, chip Hanner came into that turn . He

16:12

saw the 7-11 go dead in the water . He

16:15

just put the hammer down and blew the

16:17

field away . And now that great middle

16:19

American is in his fourth lap and

16:21

the middle American on its way to winning

16:23

his first gold cup . But , ladies and gentlemen

16:26

, in the cockpit of that boat has to be

16:28

one of the most deliriously happy young men

16:30

in the world today . His name is Chip Hanauer

16:33

. He replaced Bill Monsey in that driving

16:35

seat and he is doing it all

16:37

his way . Chip Hanauer is about

16:39

to win his fourth road jump If

16:41

he just keeps that middle American running

16:44

, and it's looking good right now . In

16:46

the fourth lap of six times around the

16:48

course Chip Hanauer comes

16:50

down to the start-finish line , completes

16:53

lap number four . He turned that one

16:55

at 160 miles an

16:57

hour , being very careful with that equipment

16:59

. Scott Pierce is looking like he could

17:01

have a second place and Todd Jalining last

17:03

year's hit me the year of third place

17:05

in the 1985 Budweiser

17:08

Gold Cup in the South turn with Mark Ellison

17:10

, jack Brown . The middle American's gonna be again

17:12

the National High Point Leader for hydroplane

17:15

racing . The ATVA Gold comes

17:17

along to Chip Hanauer . He gets the biggest share

17:19

of $125,000 in prizes

17:21

. But the executive phone can't be feeling

17:24

too bad today . If they head it out onto

17:26

the course that'll make some embarrassing changes in

17:28

their boat . They're in second place and they aren't that

17:30

far behind middle American . What has

17:32

to be the number one boat in the country right now

17:34

Coming

17:36

up behind the executive phone ? That's the

17:38

one , and it's their first time on Mike Washington

17:40

, but I'm not mistaken that may have

17:43

competed admirably today For our crew

17:45

in the print . If

17:47

you can get over to the 7-Eleven camp , they

17:49

have radio communications with Steve Reynolds

17:52

and maybe you can find out exactly what

17:54

did happen to the 7-Eleven . I know they can talk

17:56

to him on the radio and if you could go over to their

17:58

camp and see if they know what took place In

18:00

the meantime up and down the shore . I

18:02

want you , at the completion of lap six , to

18:05

stand and give a big salute to a man

18:07

who this afternoon looks like he's going to win his

18:09

fourth Gold Cup Seattle's Chip

18:12

Hanauer . This is the completion of lap

18:14

number five . The green flag

18:16

is up . Here comes the last lap

18:18

for the middle American . The executive

18:21

phone is still running beautifully , with Scott Pierce

18:23

at the wheel . It's running number two

18:25

and Todd Yardin is number three and his last lap

18:28

around . The first Sal Tern , california

18:30

. And in the Sal Tern , chip Hanauer

18:33

just cruises by comfortably

18:35

easily without any problems

18:37

at all . Beautiful , your first retails

18:39

shooting out as he heads down the back stretch . What

18:42

a sight for a race fan here on Lake Washington

18:44

and their hometown boy . You're at the very

18:46

best shot that you can expect from a full racer

18:49

Boy . He just looks wonderful . And here comes the

18:51

executive phone , headed down toward the South

18:53

Tern with a good . But we have to go , thank

18:55

you . Now here's the story , ladies and gentlemen . With

18:57

one half lap to go , the 1985

19:00

Budweiser ABBA Gold Cup in Seattle

19:02

and Lake Washington looks like it'll

19:05

be won by Chip Hanauer . In

19:07

the middle American , built by Jim Lucero

19:10

, owned by Jim Lucero and Fran Muncie

19:12

, driven by one of the finest

19:14

young hydroplane drivers who ever set

19:16

foot inside the cockpit of an unlimited

19:18

, he's at the top of the turn . Here

19:21

he comes , less than a quarter

19:23

of a lap to go . He's

19:25

at the exit of the folding bridge

19:27

into the course . The crowd

19:29

is on its feet as we hear

19:31

a big cheer for Chip Hanauer , the

19:34

middle American , your winner of

19:36

1985

19:38

Budweiser Gold Cup . Beautiful

19:41

, beautiful race for Hanauer . He

19:44

did it all the day 1200.6

19:47

, 100 points total for the day

19:49

and the winner with a gold cup . And

19:51

now here comes Scott Pierce , who has to

19:53

be so happy , along with his owner

19:56

, bill Worcester , and everyone from Executive

19:58

Dome Telephone , as the Executive

20:01

Dome is going to , after some real

20:03

tough luck out there today , is going to

20:05

come in , is going to pick up another

20:08

300 points for that national

20:10

point chase . And there

20:12

he is , scott Pierce . Jim

20:14

go champ at the 7-11 champ . And

20:18

now here comes the number three boat for

20:20

the day and congratulations to last

20:22

year's rookie of the year , rod Yarlane

20:25

, driving the Toyota one . Congratulations

20:28

to Jim Seedham , the owner . Congratulations

20:30

to the sponsor , toyota one . There's

20:33

your third place boat . That

20:35

boat is the Toyota one U-22

20:38

. Now I don't know the order of finish

20:40

of the other boats . It depended on when exactly

20:42

their engines quit . But the other boats in

20:44

that heat were the Squire , of course

20:47

, where the , which was the Budweiser

20:49

and was the 7-11 , and Steve Reynolds

20:51

. And we saw such a beautiful race

20:53

for the first three quarters of a lap . It

20:56

was a dandy . But the winner and

20:58

all the marbles go to Chip and

21:00

ours and that great crew on

21:03

the 7-11 . And

21:05

as soon as Chip comes in

21:08

we will be bringing

21:10

Chip to the , to the microphone and

21:13

talking to our brand new champion

21:15

. What a

21:17

great afternoon a race it's been . I think

21:19

we all came to see the turbines go side

21:22

by side . It's a shame

21:24

that we were really denied that opportunity to

21:26

see them run all that much together today

21:28

. But both camps tried , they gave

21:30

it everything and the turbines are fragile

21:33

like any other boat . They , they

21:35

, they take every piece of equipment to its absolute

21:37

maximum . The turbine was expected

21:40

to be the dependable engine . Sometimes

21:42

it is , sometimes it isn't . And I'll

21:44

do it in his parade lap , and let's listen

21:46

to that turbine as he goes by our microphone here

21:48

at the start , finish line , chip

21:50

Annahar in the middle of America . Oh

21:57

, what a beautiful ship that is . And

22:00

now we head back into the pits then , or

22:02

pit microphones ready to go . All

22:05

right , mike , you there with him now . He's on the

22:07

way . Now he's making his way through a couple

22:09

of cruisers . He's hugging somebody

22:12

here . Well , we hope that we can see him . As a matter

22:14

of fact , we're watching that part today he's making his way up

22:16

. The next portion

22:18

here will be that of Chippanoa . Well

22:20

, that's my major . I'm

22:23

undeserving , I just don't know . I

22:25

just got Michael closer , yeah , just a short period

22:27

of time and here you are with some of the emotion that we haven't

22:29

seen all day long . It finally came . Yeah

22:32

, it was a long week and I was so much pressure

22:34

and there was so much hype and everybody wanted to see

22:36

it done and I was scared . I

22:39

was scared bad , and I'm just glad

22:41

it's over . You didn't manage to show it , did you ? Ok

22:44

? Well , it probably showed . If you know me

22:46

, it probably showed . We do know you , but

22:48

at least you did it . Congratulations . A wonderful race

22:50

and , of course , a wonderful go-kup

22:52

victory . The crew gave me the best

22:54

machine out there and

22:57

I just again only for the congratulations

22:59

again . All right , let's get ready for it . Thank you very

23:01

much . You know , when Bill Muncie

23:03

died in that boat

23:05

race in Alcapurco in 1981

23:07

, fran Muncie and Jim Laseau

23:09

everyone knew who Bill would want

23:12

for his replacement and that would be

23:14

Chip Hanauer . And now Chip Hanauer

23:16

took Bill Muncie's seat , and what a great tradition

23:18

he's continued . But Hanauer

23:20

right now , with a new sponsor , feels

23:23

like that he's racing in his own right . He

23:25

is not racing in Bill Muncie's footsteps

23:27

any longer . Chip Hanauer has become

23:29

his own guy and he certainly is . But

23:31

I can tell you today now , because I knew

23:33

Bill Muncie so well . Bill Muncie

23:35

would be enormously proud of

23:38

Chip Hanauer here this afternoon , as

23:40

Chip Hanauer has set the record

23:42

and won his fourth

23:44

gold cup . And

23:46

the second place winner is Scott Pearson . Who do

23:48

we have ? We've got Todd Yerling , pat from the cellular

23:51

one . He's down there with Mike . Todd

23:53

, you have the headset on . Yes , I do . God

23:55

, this is Pat . All day . Congratulations

23:57

, mike's . A lot , pat . But that

23:59

third place is just as sweet

24:02

as the wind does . Well , I'm unraveling . Remember

24:04

we said earlier today that these are long

24:06

days and you never know what will happen . Yeah

24:09

, that's the gold cup , it's the survival of the fittest

24:11

. We used a little game

24:13

plan , a little strategy and it paid off . I

24:16

ran as hard as I could there for three or four laps

24:18

and I just couldn't keep up with

24:20

the executive tone . So I just started

24:23

really watching my gauges and brought

24:25

it on in all one piece . Todd , you have

24:27

far less horsepower than the rest of the guys

24:29

. You have a lighter boat . You've

24:31

campaigned on the circuit this year just brilliantly

24:34

. You've come to Seattle . You've impressed everyone

24:36

with your driving . You've got third place in the gold cup

24:38

for 1985 . And

24:40

you must be mighty proud of yourself

24:42

. What are the folks back home cheering

24:44

for right now ? They ?

24:45

happy for you .

24:46

Oh yeah , they're just ecstatic . We've

24:49

got cellular one phones here and they're all around the

24:51

pit and we've been calling home and they're

24:53

just really happy . All right , super

24:55

Todd , congratulations , and may

24:57

you do so well in the rest of the circuit and we

25:00

look forward to seeing you back here in Seattle next

25:02

year . Thank you , we'll be back to Seattle with a lot

25:04

more power next year . They're on their way over to

25:06

grab Steve Reynolds , as he's kind

25:09

of taken the long way back to the pits , unfortunately

25:11

. Today We've watched him as he was pulled by

25:13

. We have Jim Cauffield here . Oh

25:16

, you've got Jim with you now . Yeah

25:19

, hi , pat , I'm here , jim

25:22

. Yes , sir , congratulations , you went out

25:24

, you flipped the boat , you did your very , very , very best

25:26

and we're proud of you . Well , thank you

25:28

. We had a good start and I was surprised that I

25:30

could run with the guys into the first turn

25:32

, but it worked out very well and we got

25:34

down in there and I lost the blower and that's as far as we went

25:37

. Well , listen , the best of luck to you the rest

25:39

of the way around the campaign . We know there'll

25:41

be better days . You'll have quicker boats . Bernie

25:43

will never let you down . We'll always give you a

25:45

fast ride , won't he ? Well , we're going to keep

25:47

working on it , and Bernie's got a handle

25:49

on it and we're doing a lot of new things this year

25:51

and , as everyone knows , we've had our problems , but we'll

25:53

be back . Pat , jim , you've had brilliant days

25:55

. You'll have many more . Thanks for putting on

25:58

such a great show for everybody in Seattle and your Budweiser

26:00

. We're proud of you and we'll see you

26:02

next year . Okay , Thanks a lot , pat Jim

26:04

Cauffield , the driver of the Budweiser . Hello

26:07

Steve .

26:08

Hello Steve .

26:10

I'll tell you , he's staying all the way . All

26:12

right , he's putting the headphones on , I think . There we go

26:14

. He's got the headset on now , pat . Hello

26:17

, steve , pat , is that you ? That's me

26:19

. How are you , my friend ? Hey , I wanted it for

26:21

you badly , partner . Well

26:23

, I'll tell you , we were hell-holy lasted

26:25

. Well , you were . Now , steve

26:27

, I want to tell you something , and we've told the crowd

26:29

this that was as fine a start

26:31

as I have ever seen . How did

26:33

you smoker that number one lane away from everybody

26:36

? Well , this is Gold Cup , pat , I had no

26:38

intention of losing this race . I wanted the inside

26:40

. I wasn't going to be denied , it was mine . You

26:43

know , hanauer began his career

26:45

by showing everybody how he could have that number

26:47

one lane , but that was as slick a start as I've seen . That

26:49

was a beauty . Thank you , my friend

26:51

. Thank you , was it an engine coupler ? Yeah

26:54

, you know , it's nice to be the fastest guy in town

26:56

, but you got to go all 500 miles . That's what

26:58

Sneeta says . We got to go all six laps

27:01

. I'm sorry to the 7-11 fans . We Well

27:03

, really , at this close as I've come to winning a Gold

27:05

Cup , I was only running about 92%

27:08

. I just pulled a crew chief on the radio going into

27:10

the corner , but I had a lot more power

27:12

if I needed it . And what was it that gave

27:14

way ? Well , it was the coupler , pat . Just exactly

27:17

the same thing that happened over in Pasco . We've got

27:19

some real re-engineering to do with that coupler now . Well

27:22

, steve , you came out . You gave everybody

27:24

a great show . You pulled a brilliant , brilliant start . Your

27:27

crew did a masterful job of getting

27:29

the boat back together . I said before

27:31

you're a great tribute to this sport . Congratulations

27:33

, we're proud of you . Thank you , pat . I'd like to say

27:35

thank you to all the 7-11 fans . They supported

27:38

us all day long , and the nice part about the 7-11

27:40

fans is they support us just as strong

27:43

when we don't have as good a luck as we do when we win . Thank

27:45

you everybody . Thank you Steve Reynolds

27:47

, the driver of the 7-11 . There

27:52

you are , jeff . You've given us a great week

27:55

of racing . We really enjoyed watching you

27:57

around the court . And finally

28:00

, here is the right to hear from us this

28:02

month for you and

28:07

you're not able to see this right now but

28:09

a giant bottle of Budweiser being

28:11

presented to us To the Miller American

28:13

Drive . Yes , pretty great places

28:15

. We're two companies that compete as

28:17

hard as we do Can't come off and have fun

28:19

and race and put on a good show for these people . Thank you very

28:22

much . We enjoyed watching it . And

28:24

, of course , for all

28:26

of you who've done today for

28:29

the full side ship , this cup

28:31

is for you . We

28:33

did it just like our Miller High Life

28:35

has made the American way . We

28:39

have two beers getting their plugs in the presentation

28:42

of the boat , but both in a row for a ship

28:44

. That's the battle of the beers going on

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