Miss DeSoto  H-1
owner Butch Bailey
location Dayton, Ohio
drivers Buddy Byers & Butch Bailey
hull info original 7-Liter hull built in 1956 by Henry Lauterbach
LOA / beam 19' 3" / 8'
motor 1958 Chrysler Hemi -700 hp
392 hemi .030 over, Jans 10-1/2 pistons, Howard flat tappet cam, stock rods - polished & shot peened, entire engine balanced, 1956 chrysler 300 - J high performace heads, 2.25" stainless intake valves & swirl polished 2" big block Chevy exhaust valves, High rev valve springs & titanium keepers, stock Crank, oil system combo of Chrysler & Milidon, 7 qt oil pan, Vertex mag original 60's style, adjustable rocker arms, Isky pushrods.
Engine will be run in two modes: 1 - Hilborn stack injection & 2 - (if I can locate the missing parts), Potvin 6-71 supercharger (the same as when Buddy Byers raced her). 
All machine work done by Pro Comp Engines from Springfield, Ohio. Eddy Flora is one of the best machinist in the nation building every thing from a Modified Flathead for a T-bucket we are building to a 225 Buick, Nascar & drag engines. Miss DeSoto ran either a 392 Hemi Potvin Supercharged engine or in it's last seasons, a Hilborn injected Swede Stromstat 392 hemi.
power transfer Hallcraft gearbox running 39% overdrive
propeller Record 13 x 21.5
years raced 1956 - 1969
1957-58-59 National Champion
1957-58-59-60-61 High Point Champion
1960 World Champion
1957-58-61 Calvert Cup Champion
1957-58-59-60 Orange Bowl Champion
1958, Sept. 27 151.271 MPH straightaway record (1 mile) New Martinsville, WV
1956-1963 Miss DeSoto Frank & Buddy Byers
1963-1964 Crazy Thing Bill Sterrett, Sr.
1964-1966 Calabam Scott Cottrel
1966 Calabam/Long Gone Les Brown
1967-1978 Miss Chicago Pete Mistretta
1978-1990 Miss Dream Girl Pancho Draheim (used as a 130 MPH pleasure boat)
1990-2003 Miss Dream Girl Tony Shivey
2003-current Miss DeSoto Butch Bailey
 
launch crane