With the ability to plane faster, for full forward vision, the hydroplaner hydrofoil outboard motor fins improves the. Dallas sartz born july 8, 1983 is a former american football linebacker who is currently an assistant coach for the uc davis football team. This 1973 pay n pak is the same team as the 1968 miss eagle electric boat. The miss payn save debuted in 1958 and ran for two years under that name. Miss seattle too had changed drivers at least temporarily from dallas sartz to bill. Also, legendary driver bill muncey never drove the thriftway too, just the miss thriftway. The story of the miss eagle electric comes to a tragic end with the death of driver warner. Evans would be at the wheel on saturday and sartz would take over on sunday. Unlimited newsjournal interview by craig fjarlie skip. And in another hydroplane accident, bob doros, the relief driver for mira slovak. An interesting mix, because dallas sartz was the driver and an officer and they were all enlisted men.
Ole bardahl, meanwhile, was having his oneyearold green dragon finetuned. In 20, he qualified as an unlimited driver aboard the u21 go fast turn left racing entry and in 2014 posted his first heat victory in madison, in. Cantrell find a grave memorial f1 drivers, grave memorials, indy f1 driversgrave. Mitch a former unlimited driver bought the boat from porter.
Sterett, who lived in owensboro, had been piloting a hydroplane that belonged to longtime. Hydroplaning means loss of traction and sliding on a film of water. Norm evans remembered hydroplane and raceboat museum. Casual fans of unlimited hydroplane racing in seattle can be excused for not knowing about the predicament the sport is in. I u2 dnq bob gilliam fascination ii u44 seafair queens trophy. See more ideas about hydroplane, hydroplane racing, boat race. Aug 17, 20 diamond cup queen petty runge gives dallas sartz the winners kiss following the trophy presentation. Miss payn save miss seattle too hydroplane history. Evcc athletic hall of fame celebration is june 7 buy. Following is an assortment of free hydroplane plans. The growing shadow of professionalism was cast again on the sport of hydroplane. Details about 1958 miss spokane hydroplane 8x10 photo washington inland empire racing boat. With the main threats eliminated, dallas sartz driving miss seattle too was. Other sports driver ready to say goodbye after flip in.
May 02, 2007 3 dallas sartz s grandfather, as many media reports have noted, was a professional hydroplane driver. Hydroplane racing isnt at the bottom, bernstein said. We dont have unlimited hydros downunder but a great field of around a dozen gps so a few skins have been painted. Aug 07, 2011 in april, the driver of the ul72 foster care, an unlimited lights hydroplane, was in the midst of a test run on the lake when her boat exploded and caught fire. Building a hydroplane requires a good knowledge and a lot of experience in woodcraft techniques. Sep 07, 2012 miss seattle too hydroplane shakedown on lake washington 1961. Miss payn save gave a subpar performance since driver chuck hickling hurt his leg while driving heat 1a. In 1960, manchester was named driver of the communitysponsored miss spokane unlimited hydroplane, which had previously been piloted by the likes of dallas sartz, norm evans, and chuck hickling. Hydroplaning hydroplaning means loss of traction and sliding on a film of water.
You need quick reflexes and a lot of experience to be successful. The dedication ceremony that july day opened with a flyover by jet aircraft from the air national guard unit at geiger field near spokane which at the time was commanded by lt. He and alexieve drove the boat in its initial testing runs on idahos hayden lake, and sartz was at the wheel in its debut at the apple cup on washingtons lake chelan in may of 1958 and a month. Petty runge collection coeur dalene press photo saying that he was unable to drive the race the way he wanted because of the traffic congestion at the start, sartz gave much of the credit for his win to chuck hickling. Hydroplaner, llc hydrofoil stabilizers in stainless. As motorboat racing is a dangerous sport, many individuals including drivers, crew members, officials and spectators have been killed in crashes related to the sport, either in a race, in qualifying, in practice or a private testing session.
Capsule training all drivers and riders of inboard boats with restraint capsules are required to successfully complete an apba approved inboard capsule training program. The delivery date is not guaranteed until you have checked out using an instant payment method. Alumni athletic hall of fame 2019 everett community college. Evcc athletic hall of fame celebration is june 7 buy your. He played college football at southern california sartz has also been a member of the minnesota vikings. At right is the new u25 miss spokane at hayden lake may 10th prior to the rollover. Miss spokane, here on lake coeur dalene, was a hardluck competitor. With no one willing to give ground, the battle continued well into the first turn, where thriftway too collided with miss thriftway, smashing away half of the thriftways distinctive tail in the process. I wanted to take a famous old school nz lauderback hydroplane crc latimer lodge of peter knight jrs that has also traveled and competed at valleyfield and coming home second. A brief history of miss spokane unlimited hydroplane racing. Unlimited newsjournal interview by craig fjarlie skip schott. Kropfelds first contact with competitive power boating occurred in 1961, when he worked as a crew member on a friends limited inboard hydroplane. Team spokanes humble start stirs memories of hydro fever.
This 1973 pay n pak is the same team as the 1968 miss eagle electric boat which was owned by david heerensperger. Hydroplane racing also known as hydro racing is a sport involving racing hydroplanes on lakes and rivers. Gregory also fields the u10 hydroplane for driver mark weber. Sunday, during the unlimited lights final at seafair, her boat cartwheeled and flipped near the end of the first lap. Accutech rc hardware 18th scale hardware newton marine hydroplane plans cmb dealer stu barr email.
Winner of the 1959 apple cup race, miss payn save is powered by a rolls merlin engine and measures 30 feet in length, and has a 12foot beam. Dupont and was scheduled to drive duponts nitrogen on sunday in the st. Miss spokane was a ted jonesdesigned hull, a duplicate of joness highly successful miss wahoo and shanty i. The good news, according to bernstein, is that unlike detroit, hydroplane racing still has a product to sell. When mira slovak took over in heat 2b, the hull ran briefly with the leaders. Lv hydro driver killed in crash las vegas sun newspaper. Five of the six boats crossed the start line decktodeck, with only dallas sartz and miss spokane trailing the field. Interestingly driver bill muncey was met at the seattle airport by a big crowd. That the sport was dangerous can be testified to the number of fine drivers, like dallas sartz, who died in the crash of spokanes eagle electric, rex manchester who once had piloted the miss spokane, and muncey himself died in an accident in mexico.
He was the wing commander at the time so they all worked for dallas. To become fully qualified to race, the new driver must get signatures from four 4 qualified drivers in hisher class and at least one referee heshe has raced under. Miss seattle too hydroplane shakedown on lake washington 1961. He and alexieve drove the boat in its initial testing runs on idahos. I approach the sport as basically a seatofthepants driver.
Dallas sartz, former driver of the miss spokane, miss seattle, and miss seattle too unlimiteds. Williams, the museums director and author of hydroplane racing in seattle, has been driving unlimited hydroplanes for over a dozen years and was the primary stunt driver for the movie madison. Aug 28, 2017 off on the road to chelan captain dallas sartz left wholl drive miss spokane in the apple cup race on sunday, lines up with big hydroplane s crew yesterday before departure. Off on the road to chelan captain dallas sartz left wholl drive miss spokane in the apple cup race on sunday, lines up with big hydroplanes crew yesterday before departure. List of fatal accidents in motorboat racing wikipedia. He hired ron jones, teds son, to redesign the sponsons for miss bardahl and change the length of the afterplane among other things. In addition, it gets the boat on plane in less than half the time it normally takes. For rc 18 scale unlimited hydroplane and classic thunderboats resources. One of those recruited was a young dallas sartz, himself a major in the air national guard. Mark douty collection one of those recruited was a young dallas sartz, himself a major in the air national guard. In april, the driver of the ul72 foster care, an unlimited lights hydroplane, was in the midst of a test run on the lake when her boat exploded and caught fire. The pride of pay n pak u25 the driver mickey remund. He became the first driver of the boat in competition. So now mark evans, 55, is serving as coowner and driver.
According to the plan, norm evans and dallas sartz would split the driving duties. Although a rookie in the unlimited hydroplane category, stratton had been a top powerboat racer for two decades, beginning in flat. The mahogany, light and dark blue boat has hallet or drop type sponsons and was designed and built by les staudacher in 1958 for hydroplanes, inc. In 1960 at coeur dalene, idaho, evans traded off with dallas sartz in miss seattle too to win the diamond cup on lake coeur dalene. Hydroplaners hydrofoil design improves stability and performance by eliminating chine walking, proposing, cavitations, and ventilation. Whatever the number, they watched as dallas sartz and miss seattle. Classic hydroplane footage from the 1962 gold cup race held on lake washington in seattle featuring the epic crash of the miss seattle too that ended the career of driver dallas sartz. We also provide tools to help businesses grow, network and hire. He was drafted by the washington redskins in the fifth round of the 2007 nfl draft. Hydroplane racing league gp series 395 victoria street salaberrydevalleyfield quebec j6t 1b7 p 450 3716144 ext. Off on the road to chelan captain dallas sartz left wholl.
Mark evans, a native of chelan whose unlimited driving career began in 1979, thought his career was over in 2003 after he suffered serious injuries in a flip. Seafair hydros blast from the past puget sound business. A geyser of water, thousands of pieces of wood and metal and the boats driver dallas sartz, who can be seen diving toward the water slightly above and to the. The hydroplane and raceboat museum in kent, washington, is the only national museum dedicated exclusively to unlimited hydroplane racing. Dallas sartz born july 8, 1983 is a former american football linebacker who is currently an. This was on the same race course where, a year earlier, norm had been pitched out of miss spokane, while leading in the final heat. A brief history of miss spokane hydroplane and raceboat. The helmet has a valve on it that allows the driver to breath the natural air in the cockpit. This could result in loss of control and steering ability, as your tires may lose contact with the pavement. It is a popular spectator sport in several countries. Nov 09, 2014 classic hydroplane footage from the 1962 gold cup race held on lake washington in seattle featuring the epic crash of the miss seattle too that ended the career of driver dallas sartz. It was established in 1949 to recognize those who have driven a power boat 100 mph or better in apba sanctioned regattas on a course approved for records. Warner gardner was killed when the eagle electric crashed 100 yards from the finish line and victory in the diamond cup. It ran as the miss seattle too from 1959 through 1962, when it was destroyed in a crash in seattle with dallas sartz driving.
A brief history of miss spokane hydroplane and raceboat museum. Red loomis, driver of miss everett, had a very close call during the. Diamond cup queen petty runge gives dallas sartz the winners kiss following the trophy presentation. The 100 mile per hour club is conducted by the gulf oil corporation. The move was necessitated by the fact that evans was also in the employ of samual f. His hydroplane career came to an end on seattles lake washington in 1962 when seattle too became airborne, nosedived into the water and disintegrated. Brian wygle copyright protected boat race, hydroplane, photo.
The puget sound business journal seattle features local business news about seattle. Hydroplaning is caused by a combination of standing water on the road, car speed, and underinflated or wornout tires. She also had a rolls merlin engine and when hot foot norm evans replaced dallas sartz, the boat came alive. Drivers are restrained with a 5 point safety harness like those used in other motorsports. A geyser of water, thousands of pieces of wood and metal and the boats driver dallas sartz. Second to miss seattle too, in heat 1a, driver rex manchester withdrew her from. Rex manchester remembered hydroplane and raceboat museum. Ending a threeyear retirement to replace dallas sartz as the stoens driver was munceys old nemesis mira slovak. Racing in seattle, has been driving unlimited hydroplanes for over a dozen years and was the primary stunt driver for the movie madison. If your guaranteed delivery item isnt on time, you can 1 return the item, for a refund of the full price and return shipping costs. Dallas sartz in miss seattle too bounced across a couple of waves, dug the right sponson in hard and turned a part of the boat into matchwood in a spectacular combination. If your only exposure to turbinepowered boats that can reach speeds of. For those that are competent woodworkers, the successful completion of the construction of a hydroplane can be a. When the valve senses water in the cockpit, it switches to allow the driver to breath from the air supply tank.