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Have not seen any pictures of this boat that held a top speed record for many

years in the 60s beat all of the Allison powered boats in its day with the Griffin power plant

they used in early Spitfires and Hurricanes, before the Merlins came along please send me some input here.

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Thanks Tony I have a DVD  that one of the members sent me a while ago that covers her racing life

and story but thanks for the info.

Very cool!

Tony Bugeja said:

the picture is of miss supertest lll and maverick from the 1959 harmsworth trophy race in detroit. mr. jim thompson and a mcfarland have websites with some really great photos. i'm sorry but i do not know their addresses. perhaps someone could help.

Miss Supertest III will be appearing in Gravenhurst, Ontario, Canada on July 6, 2013 as part of the Greatest Race Boat Show in Canadian History. The show is being organized by the Toronto chapter of the Antique and Classic Boat Society (ACBS-Toronto) with the theme of 100 Years of Boat Racing. The poster boat for this event is Miss Canada IV, currently under restoration at Tom Adams shop in Muskoka. For more information on this event, please visit our websiteWoody Boater, or our Facebook page. 


Thank you Kathy I will put that on my calendar for next summer and hope I can attend, I build and race 48 inch Rc Gas Hydros and some times I get going on that but I am sure I can fit it in
Kathy Rhodes said:

Miss Supertest III will be appearing in Gravenhurst, Ontario, Canada on July 6, 2013 as part of the Greatest Race Boat Show in Canadian History. The show is being organized by the Toronto chapter of the Antique and Classic Boat Society (ACBS-Toronto) with the theme of 100 Years of Boat Racing. The poster boat for this event is Miss Canada IV, currently under restoration at Tom Adams shop in Muskoka. For more information on this event, please visit our websiteWoody Boater, or our Facebook page. 

Actually the rather ironic rules negated the  U.S. boats that ran Merlins, even though Packard Merlins were built in Detroit! While british built Griffons were ok'd to use because Canada was considered British commonwealth.

 

I to have found the boat attractive. So by July it will have 6 ....48"  R C models. Gasoline & electric powered.

Hi Tony;

I too lived in Detroit in the 50's and 60's and remembe the Supertest. I was on the river in '60 or '61 when it flipped and killed the driver, Bob Hayword in a Silver Cup race. I was with my Dad somewhere in the Roostertail turn when the race sudddenly stopped. We had no idea why until we got home and heard that he had been killed. I was 11 or so then. Please send me your pics - I'm at: dgguido@gmail.com

Thanks!

Doug
 
Tony Bugeja said:

hello, i said earlier that the boat running with miss supertest lll in the maverick. there are many pictures of these boats racing. it was the harmsworth trophy in detroit in 1959. i remember, i was there. i was nine years old and live right across jefferson street. the pits were a wlk to the river. i also have a few pitures from this race. i know how to send them to email addresses. if you would like some send your email address.

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