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Hydroplane Racing in Seattle

Hydroplane Racing in Seattle

Hardcover

General United States History

Publisher Price: $31.99

ISBN10: 1531617239
ISBN13: 9781531617233
Publisher: Arcadia Lib Ed
Published: Jun 7 2006
Pages: 130
Weight: 0.91
Height: 0.38 Width: 6.69 Depth: 9.61
Language: English
Hydroplane racing burst onto the Seattle scene in 1950, and local sports fans embraced it with a passion that is hard to imagine. Throughout the early 1950s, thousands of fans flocked to Lake Washington to watch classic races between Seattle's Slo-mo-shun boats and a fleet of East Coast challengers. For over 40 years, hydroplane racing was synonymous with summertime in Seattle. During its golden age, when hydro fever was at its height, drivers like Bill Muncey, Ron Musson, and Mira Slovak were sports heroes on par with today's Ken Griffey Jr. or Ichiro. Seattle became the hydro capital of the nation.

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