Chrysler Queen &
Miss DeSoto
Buddy Byers on deck of the
Chrysler Queen and Bill Sterett, Sr. in the Miss Desoto.
Billy and Terry Sterett
in the water.
Photo provided by Mike Tucker |
Mr. Softee H-3
(L-R) Bill Ritner (owner of all the Wa Wa's),
Danny Walls - driver, Clyde Fox - owner, Phil Kunz - crew member. The pits
were too small for the big boats and they had to park on the street and
tow down to the crane at race time. When Bill Ritner talked, everybody
listened.Charleston, W.VA 1961 |
Restless III
Art Maynard was the second person to officially break
the 100 mph barrier in a limited class hydroplane - accomplished August
11, 1952. Restless III was a Wickens 225 cubic inch hydro running
a Ford Six. Read about that and some of the his other boats in his biography. |
