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The rest is history, as Chip Hanauer became the greatest llydroplane racer in the world.
"I was in love with racing from the first, but I'll admit car racing was my first love," he says. Budweiser, the largest brewery in the world, has been sponsoring this boat for 30 years. He won a record eighth Gold Cup at Detroit, setting an all-time record of seven race victories in a single season.
I've gotten more than I ever have hoped for."
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Suddenly, the five-minute gun heralded the start of Unlimited hydroplane racing's 1992 season at Miami Marine Stadium.Under the new flag start procedures, the drivers try to align the boats for a picture-perfect, line- abreast position.
Our thanks to Don Jones, commissioner of the Unlimited Racing Commission; to URC media directors Steve Turcotte and Ralph and Merry Beth Lewis for their unending assistance and cooperation; and to the Florida Inboard Racing Club for their continued support of boat racing.
The Grand Finale had the fans on their feet, all cheering and screaming as the five starters left the hot pits. We'll never know.
As 3A roared past the grandstand, it became clear that American Spirit would not be able to put the pressure on. One lap hence, the Eagle went down of power, and Hanauer brought in the win at 118 mph.
"When you race for a living," he says, "you have to leave your baggage at the door."
Not unlike his hero Jim Clark, he is also a man of great contrasts, and finds that racing satisfies only one dimension of his personality: "I know there is more to my personality than someone who thinks about racing all the time." A cum laude graduate of Washington State University with a degree in Special Education, Hanauer spends much of his free time helping children with behavior disorders brought on by abuse.
1992 Budweiser Miami Regatta
Biscayne Bay, Miami, Florida, June 7, 1992
Hydroplane History : Miami, Circa 1992
By Capt. Interestingly enough, record course breaking titles went to Mark Tate in the Winston Eagle. Arby's/Thor was again first to succumb, followed by Miss D.O.C. Into the third lap, it looked as though Steve David's T-PLUS had found the right combination and the lead.
The next four laps would tell the story.
Heat 2B was, more or less, just a routine procedure, with the Allison thunder boats unable to once again meet the Lycoming turbine challenge. During the five-minute warmup, Arby's went down on power. Also set in 1990 by Chip Hanauer at the helm of Circus Circus was the fastest heat average of 117.426.
Tate upped the ante to 135.054. The first lap, though, was their fastest at 134.979.
For Chip Hanauer and Miss Budweiser and owner Bernie Little, it was another glorious day, with an average speed of 120.463 miles an hour.