It was very cool seeing this piece of racing history this weekend. The Miss Budweiser won the race the last time the big unlimited hydroplanes ran on Guntersville Lake in 1969. It went on to win the national points championship in ‘69, 70 and 71. Guys brought it all the way from Seattle to be in Gville this weekend.

I was hoping for something else from the title.

I remember seeing that boat run in '69. We always went to at least one day of racing back then. Always loved those boats powered by the big aircraft engines.

Love watching those boats.

Anheuser-Busch spend a tremendous amount of money to make sure their boats and cars show favorably, even if they don't win. Cool thing to see!

I posted a pic like I always do but it didn’t show.

I left the house today thinking I was gonna put in at Brown's creek and fish. I was surprised.

Yeah, no chit. Dont tease us with a title like that !

I'm not seeing any pictures in any threads and I've had an error message a couple times when trying to open the site. I hope she ain't fixin to blow that recap off the tire that skinny put on a few months ago.

AC, I can't see your pic or even your avatar.

She was owned by a now deceased AB Distributer named Bernie Little who lived several hundred yards from me.
His local claim to fame was crashing his helicopter when returning home due to spilling a bag of M&M’s in his lap. Money was no object for BL

It’s something with Imgur I guess.

Yep, most disappointing thread I've clicked on all day

The guys from the museum said Miss Budweiser sat outside Indianapolis Speedway for several years, but in a covered area. So the original finish stayed intact. The speedway then put it in a warehouse. They described it as like the giant warehouse from Indiana Jones. They searched and searched and finally located it in the warehouse. Then they had to research ownership on it. It still belonged to Little.
They called Little and told him about it. He said “I still own that?” and gave it to the hydroplane museum.
Whole process took like 6 years to find it, research it, get it to museum.

This link should take you to my pic:

Miss Bud

Yeah, a photo with a bikini

How do you just forget you own a boat like that?

me too...

He just forgot cause he was wealthy like they said.
I tell you though, they keep everything pretty much running and have vintage races at the museum. They got me wanting to go to Seattle to visit. One event features wines from nearby wineries and vintage boat racing.
Top speed in qualifying today was 160 MPH. These boats sound like jets going around the course. It’s impressive. They’ll race and qualify all day tomorrow with finals at 5 p.m.

Awesome boat for sure....

Miss Budweiser Bikini Contest.