Two Wing Miss Budweiser Testing 1995

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  • @johnbrennan8611
    @johnbrennan8611 2 ปีที่แล้ว +182

    I remember seeing these awesome turbine powered hydroplanes with my dad (RIP pops) as a kid in the mid 90's. While we are much more into racing cars I'll never forget the sound & speed of these babies. Was a magnificent sight to behold.

    • @davidatovar
      @davidatovar 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Everything BUD RACING was cool at one time, I even built a BUD ESTES model rocket and everything Budweiser from cups too t-shirts and shorts. When they were bought by a foreign company everything went down, but it was fun while it lasted.

    • @Praise___YaH
      @Praise___YaH 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Guys,
      YaH The Heavenly FATHER HIMSELF was Who they Crucified for our sins, NOT jesus, and “HERE IS THE PROOF”
      From the Ancient Semitic Scroll:
      "Yad He Vav He" is what Moses wrote, when Moses asked YaH His Name (Exodus 3)
      Ancient Semitic Direct Translation
      Yad - "Behold The Hand"
      He - "Behold the Breath"
      Vav - "Behold The NAIL"

    • @davidlewis3072
      @davidlewis3072 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Remember this one?? "The same can be said of the Miss Bardahl, which won more races (24) in the decade of the sixties than any other team. Between 1957 and 1969, Miss Bardahl accounted for 27 race victories, five Gold Cups, six National Championships, and was the first to average 116 miles per hour in a heat of competition (in 1965)." Seems slow by today's hydroplanes!

    • @johnbrennan8611
      @johnbrennan8611 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@davidlewis3072 Wish I was around back in those days.

    • @jeremypurcell1211
      @jeremypurcell1211 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I too remember watching these with my dad in Seattle. My dad passed away a few months ago, and this video brought back a lot of the good times.

  • @jamespilbeam209
    @jamespilbeam209 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    I'm 74 now, and really miss these wonderful boats. Thunder on the water

  • @modacare4546
    @modacare4546 ปีที่แล้ว +66

    My uncle Bernie Little was a Miss Budweiser pilot and owner. He and my aunt Jane were truly amazing people. Thanks for the footage showing his name on the boat. Chip was an amazing pilot too. He used to take me dirt bike riding.

    • @jimadcock778
      @jimadcock778 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      I remember at Tri Cities in the 80's a friend and I were talking to Bernie through the chain link fence that enclosed the back of the pit area where the owner's motorhomes were parked. My friend commented on Bernie's gold watch, Rolex I think and he handed it to us through the fence to look at and try on. Fricken amazing memory. If we had turned and ran he probably would have jumped the fence and kicked our asses.

    • @boogeyman44868
      @boogeyman44868 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      What kind of speeds did this boat get up too?

    • @jamesdugan9668
      @jamesdugan9668 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Chip wa a butt pilot!

    • @macmclemore
      @macmclemore 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      @@jamesdugan9668 What…?

    • @Naterz100
      @Naterz100 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      @@boogeyman44868 The first race of the two Wing Bud was in 1995 at Madison Indiana. The track is a 2 1/2 mile oval and the Bud qualified at an average of 160.795 mph.

  • @gregburrows4192
    @gregburrows4192 2 ปีที่แล้ว +58

    I'm 58 yrs old, grew up in Burien, south of Seattle. As a kid I can remember hearing the piston powered boats racing, even that far away from Lake Washington. The back and forth between the Bud and The Pac (Miss Pay-n-Pack) as well as the Atlas Van Lines were epic. The Bud was faster in the corners, but the Pac was faster in the straights... set up classic and exciting racing that tested the skill of both pilots to get the absolute best out of their machines. The racing was exciting, and unfortunately dangerous. Thanks for the memory.

    • @colindgrant
      @colindgrant 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Burien childhood here too (Seahurst). I loved seeing and hearing these as a kid.

    • @davidarend8632
      @davidarend8632 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Don't forget Miss OH Boy O'berto

    • @HarrisFS
      @HarrisFS 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      I remember hearing the V12 Allison engines as far away as Interbay (where I lived). Great memories indeed

    • @matthewdufur5489
      @matthewdufur5489 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      De Moines, Washington. Miss Budweiser kicked butt in our bay with a giant turbo diesel the same year as, "Support your Local Sheriff" with James Garner. 1970? I drank Budweiser for my entire life until last year when they went Queer.

    • @gregburrows4192
      @gregburrows4192 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@matthewdufur5489 I'm sorry man but I've got to call you out on the "queer" comment... what, do you think only "straight" people drank Budweiser? That if you keep drinking Bud you're "gonna turn gay"? Seriously, what do you care what brand people drink? Is this how you define yourself? Tell me how ANY of this effects your life, other than to illustrate how easy it is for others to manipulate you. Fearful, prejudiced people GOT YOU TO CHANGE WHAT BEER YOU DRINK... that's the only direct effect other people had on YOU... THEY got you to stop drinking your favorite beer, not "queer" people. Feel less gay now? Please, see this for what it is... un-American hate.

  • @alexlim1275
    @alexlim1275 2 ปีที่แล้ว +29

    thanks bernie little for the memories!

    • @Goldmember66
      @Goldmember66 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      @@alexlim1275 I attended his memorial at the Roostertail. Seems like a million years ago. 🤷‍♂️

  • @neilreid2298
    @neilreid2298 2 ปีที่แล้ว +208

    Even today that is one seriously impressive machine. Wow.

    • @Skidward420
      @Skidward420 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      Good luck making that today with the help that’s around lol

    • @bigmrfnB
      @bigmrfnB 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      And one seriously disappointing beer

    • @52ownsyou
      @52ownsyou 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@bigmrfnB I’ve probably had 200 craft beers that were far worse!

    • @stereolababy
      @stereolababy ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@52ownsyou bud is piss man cmon stop lying

    • @stephenlea5765
      @stephenlea5765 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Hard to imagine this was nearly 30 years ago! Without seeing the old Vette when they arrived, you’d think it’s the latest technology.

  • @DanoFSmith-yc9tg
    @DanoFSmith-yc9tg 2 ปีที่แล้ว +52

    What an insane truck/trailer combo.

  • @timheidel5849
    @timheidel5849 2 ปีที่แล้ว +151

    Miss Budweiser's owner, Bernie Little, was a legend. A Budweiser distributor from Florida. After he passed away, the Budweiser boats were no more.

    • @gsmith207
      @gsmith207 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      was gonna google him. thank you. that sucks hes gone. Bet someone has this missle somewhere! its so cool

    • @johnmarshall4442
      @johnmarshall4442 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Thanks for the information 👍

    • @stevenmorrison4692
      @stevenmorrison4692 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      There's (What I believe to be) a replica of it down the road from me here in Bradenton FL.

    • @hughjass1835
      @hughjass1835 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@stevenmorrison4692 that's not a replica from what I understand. The guy that owns it is a complete asshole, but I'm pretty sure that's the real boat.

    • @cascadesouthernmodeltrains7547
      @cascadesouthernmodeltrains7547 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

      Both the Bud boats from when Bernie died are still racing today. This boat was converted to a standard design because it just didn’t perform as well as expected. It went on to win quite a few races even. Then with the dissolution of the Budweiser team both the boats were bought by Formula Boats, and races for them for a few years. I can’t remember off hand who owns them now but they still show up from time to time.

  • @travertinepico751
    @travertinepico751 2 ปีที่แล้ว +43

    That’s an awesome boat sure, but that custom cab over rig is a thing of beauty.

  • @tripprogers4814
    @tripprogers4814 2 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    I was a pit reporter for our radio station who co-sponsored the Miss Rock 99.9 Seattle along with the sister station Rock 106 Spokane for the two races in Tri-Cities and Seattle Washington for three great years 1993-1996, this brings ALL the memories back, thank you

    • @davidarend8632
      @davidarend8632 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      KISW....Seattle's best ROCK

    • @tripprogers4814
      @tripprogers4814 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@davidarend8632 YES! And I worked for Rock 106 Spokane’s Best Rock!!

    • @tripprogers4814
      @tripprogers4814 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Mark Evans was the driver

  • @redstingraycorvette
    @redstingraycorvette 2 ปีที่แล้ว +50

    I loved when these boats raced on the Detroit River back in the day what a time

    • @Praise___YaH
      @Praise___YaH 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Guys, HERE is The Savior
      HalleluYAH translates “Praise ye YaH”
      YaH is The Heavenly Father
      YaH arrives via the TENT OF MEETING
      YaH was Who they Crucified for our sins
      ** NO FEMALE INVOLVED WHATSOEVER **
      - Hebrew Book of Isaiah
      Isaiah 42:8
      "I am YaH; that is my Name! I will not yield my glory to another or my praise to idols.
      Isaiah 43:11
      I, I am YAH, and there is no other Savior but Me.
      Isaiah 45:5
      I am YaH, and there is none else.

    • @aspalovin
      @aspalovin 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      me too. Family friend in Windsor had a big cabin cruiser and we watched from the river one year. Used to love the sounds of both the Grand Prix and the boats in summer. We still get Indy cars on Belle Isle but the sound isn't the same.

    • @mikepettit4822
      @mikepettit4822 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      my buddy Dave was the rack storage guy at Gregory's Marina right on the start/finish line we never missd a Gold Cup race and then it went to Sinbads for drinks and dinner!

  • @scottsmith4315
    @scottsmith4315 2 ปีที่แล้ว +74

    I was a race mechanic for a few years on lesser teams during this era. Man I miss it! But when I had kids it just required too much time away from them.
    Always loved this boat.

    • @readyreckoner1592
      @readyreckoner1592 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      That's what I'm talking about, before AND after the children. Good on you.

    • @ltv..123
      @ltv..123 ปีที่แล้ว

      ….what does you having children do with hydroplanes?…….who cares……….

  • @billyshay7207
    @billyshay7207 2 ปีที่แล้ว +37

    The commercials with the frogs will always be my favorite.

    • @ThorntonWillie
      @ThorntonWillie 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Don't forget the what's up adds either they were good too

    • @Praise___YaH
      @Praise___YaH 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Guys, HERE is The Savior
      HalleluYAH translates “Praise ye YaH”
      YaH is The Heavenly Father
      YaH arrives via the TENT OF MEETING
      YaH was Who they Crucified for our sins
      ** NO FEMALE INVOLVED WHATSOEVER **
      - Hebrew Book of Isaiah
      Isaiah 42:8
      "I am YaH; that is my Name! I will not yield my glory to another or my praise to idols.
      Isaiah 43:11
      I, I am YAH, and there is no other Savior but Me.
      Isaiah 45:5
      I am YaH, and there is none else.

    • @cadillacnan
      @cadillacnan 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      What were frogs names

  • @streborz
    @streborz 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    That is one of the most beautiful shapes ever made.

    • @mikewest712
      @mikewest712 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Like a f40 or blackbird.

  • @bob1117
    @bob1117 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I remember way back when I was a young man walking into Bernies office, full of trophies that were won with the Budweiser hydroplanes, there were so many trophies that it consumed the whole office, many on shelves, on the floor, everywhere. Bernie had a huge Golden American Eagle standing about 2 feet tall with it's wings spread out sitting on the corner of his large office desk and pictures of several Miss Budweiser Hydroplanes on the walls, I remember the mention of the Miss Budweiser hydroplane having or getting a helicopter turbine engine. My aunt was Bernie's personal secretary for many years and we were given a full tour of the facilities, at this facility Bernie actually had his office on the second floor of a massive warehouse full of cases of Budweiser beer and other Anheuser-Busch brands if memory serves me well., 1000's of them all in a environmentally controlled warehouse, I've never seen so much beer in all my life, I'll never forget that day. RIP Bernie

  • @dwilson2548
    @dwilson2548 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Sometimes you don't realize how much you miss something until you don't have it and then you see a video of it here on TH-cam..... Back in the day the iogp boats used to come and race in Vallejo and benicia California the night before the races they would do a nice parade down main Street good old days indeed. 😎👍

  • @jimsbasslist
    @jimsbasslist 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +11

    Man, I used to watch these races all the time. Miss Budweiser and circus circus were my faves.

    • @adamdurham16
      @adamdurham16 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Good ol Chip.

  • @tripprogers4814
    @tripprogers4814 2 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    The drivers/pilots of these unlimited hydroplanes were beyond cool..
    Dean Chenoweth, Chip Hanauer, Tom D’eath, Bill Muncey, Mickey Remund, Jim Kropfeld.. they could have been astronauts.

    • @Supernumerary
      @Supernumerary 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Chuck Thompson

    • @tripprogers4814
      @tripprogers4814 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@Supernumerary hell yes!! Mark Evans too

    • @ZLwh1ne
      @ZLwh1ne 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Dude didn't say a word, walked up, got in, piloted this ship, exits, goes
      Home. All while everyone else is busting hump. Lol

    • @gregoryhodge9452
      @gregoryhodge9452 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ZLwh1ne I never did like Chip, and heard that he was scared of the boat.

    • @westsideflyer7559
      @westsideflyer7559 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@gregoryhodge9452 Yeah? Well, people hear lots of things. Chip had a major concern that the Bud team cared more about the performance than the safety of the driver.

  • @af4od02
    @af4od02 2 ปีที่แล้ว +26

    In the early 1990’s the Miss Bud and the Budweiser Clydesdales came to my town. They set up the boat for display and the Clydesdales paraded through town in a parade. It was awesome.

    • @The_HouStoner
      @The_HouStoner 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Those horses are huge!

    • @coloradostrong
      @coloradostrong 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@The_HouStoner Yes they are. Walmart keeps a few in the stock room for the extra large _Women of Walmart_ to ride around on while shopping, when the battery powered scooters can't hold them.

  • @lewisdrake8732
    @lewisdrake8732 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    The part at 5:06 in the video is awesome. You won't see that shot in racing. Chip was having a little fun and showing off. The people that happened to be out on their boats that day were very lucky!

  • @jamesdillard3583
    @jamesdillard3583 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I sure miss those old days when they race the piston power boats and my favorite boat was the Miss Budweiser and I loved the sound it made. I was at the Tri City and saw when it crash and the driver got killed.

  • @Goldmember66
    @Goldmember66 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    We had some great times in Detroit when Miss Budweiser arrived for the races.

    • @Mark-pp7jy
      @Mark-pp7jy 6 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      I remember going into the Stroh Brewery, but not walking out. 🍺 😵‍💫

  • @cliffbeckwith4019
    @cliffbeckwith4019 2 ปีที่แล้ว +201

    The good ole days!

    • @Undeletedgold
      @Undeletedgold 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Fascist Self-report

    • @Praise___YaH
      @Praise___YaH 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Guys,
      YaH The Heavenly FATHER HIMSELF was Who they Crucified for our sins, NOT jesus, and “HERE IS THE PROOF”
      From the Ancient Semitic Scroll:
      "Yad He Vav He" is what Moses wrote, when Moses asked YaH His Name (Exodus 3)
      Ancient Semitic Direct Translation
      Yad - "Behold The Hand"
      He - "Behold the Breath"
      Vav - "Behold The NAIL"

    • @churchyandfriends
      @churchyandfriends 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Hell yeah! This was filmed the same year I was born! Wish I would have been a little older to enjoy the 90’s a bit more!

    • @scrubsrc4084
      @scrubsrc4084 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Undeletedgold ?

    • @chaelodoul9401
      @chaelodoul9401 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@scrubsrc4084 he’s just a dumb ass that needs some drama in his life. Daddy didn’t play with him enough as a child.

  • @Lightnin42
    @Lightnin42 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Love watching Miss Budweiser history 🇺🇸

  • @johnjubie7144
    @johnjubie7144 2 ปีที่แล้ว +24

    I can't believe how close he got to that spectator boat!
    Very cool.

  • @billlamb3842
    @billlamb3842 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    We were in Crescent City California having breakfast and talked to the Bud. team. Got a couple picture's of the Hydroplane and truck sitting next to us. It was shinny bright! They were nice people!!!

  • @davidm6256
    @davidm6256 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I remember watching this racing on tv, very exciting and I always rooted for Miss Budweiser! Those were the days

  • @mtb416
    @mtb416 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Super high quality mustaches all around. Hell yeah.

    • @carpentrybybill7018
      @carpentrybybill7018 หลายเดือนก่อน

      You've probably never built much more than a fart . Shut up and watch the real men

  • @XrayxRich
    @XrayxRich ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Between 1963 and 2002, Bernie Little's boats participated in 354 Unlimited hydroplane races. His team finished in the top-3 a total of 230 times with a record 134 victories.

  • @jeremydiamond8824
    @jeremydiamond8824 2 ปีที่แล้ว +19

    As the resin said before me those were the good old day Budweiser, Atlas Van Lines , Circus Circus ,Oh Boy Oberto’s , Jolly Ranchers , Miller Highlife , and many more !!!!😎👍🏻🇺🇸🦅

    • @milt6208
      @milt6208 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      I worked at Circus Circus back then. William Bennett was the best casino owner in Las Vegas. It was a great time. And a great boat.

    • @gregoryhodge9452
      @gregoryhodge9452 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Mrs Madison, owned by the city of Madison Indiana.

    • @waynebeasley8700
      @waynebeasley8700 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I remember them! It was always hot that August weekend, and many of us watched the races while soaking in the water at the shoreline of Lake Washington…

  • @rusty1898
    @rusty1898 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Back in the 90s I was living in Florida and I got to see Ms Budweiser up close and see her race in Tampa Bay!! My son and I had a great day that day oh Justin got so sunburned even with sunscreen but he never said anything other then how much this boat was so Kool.. so I built a 48" long rc of Ms Budweiser and had a blast at the lake for some years!!.. good times

    • @sass174
      @sass174 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Thats awesome

  • @jdmmike7225
    @jdmmike7225 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    Open faced helmet & no neck restraint LMAO. The pair on these dudes were legendary LOL. Every time it starts to turn I think it's gonna flip over. Can only imagine what it's like to be on the water & have this thing go by at up to 230mph, f'n bonkers.

    • @52ownsyou
      @52ownsyou 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Try it back in the days of the open cockpit, no capsule, no seatbelt and a kapoc life jacket. Even a little 145 class was nuts.

    • @jdmmike7225
      @jdmmike7225 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@52ownsyou Yeah like most older motorsports safety was an after thought LMAO. I mean in F1 back in the day you had driver's dying in competition every year, sometimes multiple. Yet there's always another dude with the need for speed who will take his place.

    • @frankssawdustfactory3872
      @frankssawdustfactory3872 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      I saw an interview with Chip Hanauer where they asked him" what goes thru your mind when the boat blows over?" His answer, 1: my day is over
      2: how bad is this gonna hurt!

  • @gsmith207
    @gsmith207 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    that was awesome! glad it was a strait forward vid with no stupid fails and crap. tired of that. thank you. my god that was 27 years ago. im old now cause I remember that beast. used to watch back in day

  • @gregcouper9240
    @gregcouper9240 2 ปีที่แล้ว +13

    Anyone else remember the miss Pay n Pak or the Squire Shop or Atlas VanLines boats that put on real races along side the mighty Bud. Ah for the good ole days of thunder clap of the waves and real roostertails!!

    • @tripprogers4814
      @tripprogers4814 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Cellular One, Miss Rock 99.9, Smokin Joe Camel..

    • @BrianSanbornToday
      @BrianSanbornToday 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Miss Pay n Pak, was so dominant every time I heard them call a Race! I still remember seeing the Rooster tails as we crossed Lake Washington! Long ago at 11 Yrs. old

    • @Mjr._Kong
      @Mjr._Kong 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      And "Oh Boy Oberto"!

    • @Paul-ls1qo
      @Paul-ls1qo 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Those boats are restored at the Unlimited Museum in Kent Wasahington! They all run, David Williams Curator

    • @rearspeaker6364
      @rearspeaker6364 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@Paul-ls1qo great to know they exist, not ground up into pedalboat bottoms.

  • @marleyboy7732
    @marleyboy7732 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I got to see this boat in Houston once. My dad used to work on the Circus Circus boat that competed against this team. It was beautiful!

  • @diggerplsn8501
    @diggerplsn8501 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Crazy to see vid of a memory. I was in the pits there in Seattle with his nephew. Then over to the oberto with another friend, grandson to the Oberto jerky family.

  • @danieleidet7131
    @danieleidet7131 2 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    Used to watch Miss Budweiser on ESPN as a kid just destroy the competition. Good memories. 😃

  • @user-nk4ot4zh9o
    @user-nk4ot4zh9o 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Wow! Unreal. I was a youngin watching Chip Hanauer in the Miller Amercian vs Miss Budweiser. What a good memory!

  • @alfredhayes4582
    @alfredhayes4582 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Lots of memories of Bernie little in Lakeland Florida seen Miss Budweiser on lake eloise at cypress gardens back in the 90s

  • @slickmuck4312
    @slickmuck4312 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Awesome. Amazing how well it takes the corners at that speed

  • @JohnJohnson-yv5xg
    @JohnJohnson-yv5xg 3 วันที่ผ่านมา

    Remember seeing Miss Budweiser at the races in Evansville Indiana back in the day. So cool to see the turbines and the Allison’s racing at the same time before the turbines took it over. So much power!!

  • @bobdevreeze4741
    @bobdevreeze4741 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    I love that sound... A jet boat on full song. I was lucky enough to be around when the Merlin's gave way to the jets. Unlimited Hydro .... A long time ago.

  • @jeroldpickard947
    @jeroldpickard947 2 ปีที่แล้ว +16

    My dad worked logistics during Seafair 70s 80s Bernie Littels beer wagon was allways a hit ( the RV was spectacular as well ) kegs on tap 🦅🏆🍺

    • @steelbones1911
      @steelbones1911 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Are you from Lakeland any relation to a Judy Pickard?

    • @jeroldpickard947
      @jeroldpickard947 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@steelbones1911 not to my knowledge dad's side from GA

  • @nunyabidness674
    @nunyabidness674 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    remember watching Dean Chenoweth meeting his end driving Miss Budweiser in '82. Was rather different watching fiberglass explode back then.

  • @TheTruthKiwi
    @TheTruthKiwi 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    What an absolute weapon. The way it sits so flat when cornering is nuts. I'd be so worried I'd hit a rogue wave or chop. Takes a special kind of person to do that.

  • @petert3355
    @petert3355 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Notice it's left turns only at speed?
    That explains the placement of the rudder and that metal "dagger board" on the left side that was not matched on the right.

  • @RedLP5000S
    @RedLP5000S 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Ms. Budweiser truly is the greatest of all time.

    • @matthewdufur5489
      @matthewdufur5489 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Yes. For me starting in 1970 at nine years old.

  • @TAllyn-qr3io
    @TAllyn-qr3io 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I remember as a kid in the 70’s..we lived near a freeway that runs through southern Idaho. There was a Stuckey’s about a mile from our house. All of these boats would be stopping there enroute to the Burley (IDAHO) regatta. They were fascinating pieces of machinery. 🤙

    • @Praise___YaH
      @Praise___YaH 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Guys, HERE is The Savior
      HalleluYAH translates “Praise ye YaH”
      YaH is The Heavenly Father
      YaH arrives via the TENT OF MEETING
      YaH was Who they Crucified for our sins
      ** NO FEMALE INVOLVED WHATSOEVER **
      - Hebrew Book of Isaiah
      Isaiah 42:8
      "I am YaH; that is my Name! I will not yield my glory to another or my praise to idols.
      Isaiah 43:11
      I, I am YAH, and there is no other Savior but Me.
      Isaiah 45:5
      I am YaH, and there is none else.

  • @neoncatfish4038
    @neoncatfish4038 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I remember seeing Bernie little at the Texas State Fair! His boat at the time was on display and we talked to him! I was no more than 10 years old so some 50 years ago! Boat racing was always on TV back then!

  • @calvinevans8305
    @calvinevans8305 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    2:43 the coolest Star Wars Speeder ever! Lol

  • @scottrittenhouse3131
    @scottrittenhouse3131 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I use to live in Lakeland Florida. Home of bernie little and the miss budweiser, ❤️

  • @cledisgrimsley5514
    @cledisgrimsley5514 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Still the queen. Beautiful as ever

  • @Gskuhn1958
    @Gskuhn1958 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Growing up in Del Mar, California we used to go every year to Mission Bay in San Diego to watch the Thunderbolts race. These boats would pass by us only a few hundred feet away.... awesome power, shook the ground. Before the races during warmup and trial runs we could hear them from my front porch...30 miles to the north.

  • @xposethatruth1682
    @xposethatruth1682 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I watched a version of this boat testing In San Diego somewhere between 1985 and 1988. Very impressive.

  • @kennyhuskisson2684
    @kennyhuskisson2684 2 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Totally Awesome! Miss this boat!👍✌️

  • @black98rt
    @black98rt 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    What a sweet looking truck and trailer set up.

    • @rearspeaker6364
      @rearspeaker6364 ปีที่แล้ว

      ford cabover, with mack sponsorship.

  • @Lightnin42
    @Lightnin42 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    That is one beautiful, bad ass boat..

  • @Trebuchet48
    @Trebuchet48 2 ปีที่แล้ว +11

    Better days for hydro racing! Last month's Seattle race had five -- count-em, FIVE -- boats. And that's about how many races make a season. Bud vs Muncie was awesome!
    But, Luddite that I am, I've gotta say they sounded so much better before turbines!

    • @52ownsyou
      @52ownsyou 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Jimmy Shane grew up in my town racing boats with his whole family. I’ve been friends with his parents for years. Every one of them have been APBA champions.

  • @supercuda1950
    @supercuda1950 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thanks Bernie for the great racing even though I preferred the old piston powered boats.

  • @DirtTrackDave
    @DirtTrackDave 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    The sound of that thing at speed, amazing and mean!

  • @burl_
    @burl_ 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Man that takes me back to the 80's. I remember Berny Little he was good people.

  • @lobsterhound1387
    @lobsterhound1387 14 ชั่วโมงที่ผ่านมา

    this boat is the reason i fell in love with all things racing! i loved it as a kid!

  • @richardgordon2325
    @richardgordon2325 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    We used to go every year to Mission Bay to thunder on the bay and we used to get the party with these guys boy are they fun at night they're fun during the day I miss those days

  • @eddier3435
    @eddier3435 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Brings back memories when we used to watch this class race at Lake Tahoe

  • @ericgriffin397
    @ericgriffin397 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That is a beautiful boat, looks astonishing and is a beast in the water!!

  • @robertkaspert4092
    @robertkaspert4092 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Growing up in Detroit my friends and I would get a ride to Belle Isle and watch the Hydroplanes race on the Detroit River that was when they were powered by Allison engines before the Jet engines.

  • @kriskeilholz8900
    @kriskeilholz8900 8 หลายเดือนก่อน +5

    Nothing sounds like an unlimited hydroplane. Truly impressive.

  • @jamesburns2232
    @jamesburns2232 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    It was nice to see Chip Hanauer piloting the 1995 Miss Budweiser again for Bernie Little and Budweiser Racing. 🤓

  • @just_one_opinion
    @just_one_opinion 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I remember Wilwock grinding and polishing on his own propellers when he rode for Pico American dream. We used to cut them on our (back then fancy 5x mill. )

  • @57rcpilot
    @57rcpilot 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Remember when they were powered with rolls Royce Merlin V-12 from p51 never seen any races live but did see them on tv

  • @deanzynda2992
    @deanzynda2992 19 วันที่ผ่านมา

    What an awesome and amazing hydroplane!
    The entire setup is topnotch. From the custom truck, the custom trailer and the incredible hydroplane.
    Budweiser never does anything half-assed.
    ❤️🇺🇲❤️🙏🏻❤️🇺🇲❤️

  • @alanjm1234
    @alanjm1234 2 ปีที่แล้ว +25

    Different purpose, but it's amazing how small Ken Warby's "Spirit of Australia" was by comparison. Still the fastest boat ever, remarkably a record that's stood for 45 years.

    • @stinkyfungus
      @stinkyfungus 2 ปีที่แล้ว +12

      Spirit of australia was a slightly different animal.
      It was built for straight line speed, and not circuit racing
      And she didn't have a gearbox like the unlimited - the U class uses a T55 Lycoming turboshaft engine out of a chinook helicopter and a gearbox to drive a cavitating surface drive propeller (hence the MASSIVE roostertail)
      Spirt of Aus used the thrust of the westinghouse J34 engine (the same engine used in a pair in the F2H Banshee jet fighter)
      The form factor of the j34 turbojet engine was quite a bit slimmer than the Lycoming T55 turboshaft mill in the Unlimiteds.

    • @ferrarif1360
      @ferrarif1360 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      The man was an avails genius that spent years and years chasing that record. Brilliant and brave.

    • @stinkyfungus
      @stinkyfungus 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@ferrarif1360
      The man had some big hairy Cojones for sure.

    • @alanjm1234
      @alanjm1234 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@BillCoxoutfit it's in the Sydney Maritime museum. It's remarkably small for what it accomplished.

    • @alanjm1234
      @alanjm1234 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@stinkyfungus as I said, different purpose...

  • @jessejuliano5336
    @jessejuliano5336 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I saw this bad ass when she was on display at Busch Gardens of Tampa.
    Absolutely a monster

  • @funkalicious2002
    @funkalicious2002 2 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    The boat is awesome, but the truck that brought it there is the one I really want.

    • @genefogarty5395
      @genefogarty5395 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      We bought that IH at an estate sale 4 years ago, it's still in nice condition.

    • @gregoryhodge9452
      @gregoryhodge9452 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@genefogarty5395 The truck in the video is a Ford cl 9000.

  • @milt6208
    @milt6208 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I used to work at Circus Circus back when we were beating the Bud team. Fun times.

  • @robormiston2841
    @robormiston2841 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Back in the early 90's I was a speedboat designer. I had drawn up a wing on the front of my tunnel Hull boat and was the 1st to ever come up with this type of design. They neighbor used to come over and see what we were up to, Jeff Knudsen and he stole my idea. I owned Hurricane Performance Boats then, he worked for Jennings Corp then. It was an adjustable wing in between the front picklfork tunnel and I could set the night to fly above the waves and the bow would fly steady at any altitude I wanted. It was originally designed so they would not flip over. I feel pretty ripped off. And it would be cool to get credit were credit is due. I wish Jeffy would have never been let in the door....

    • @markdinkel-uh2je
      @markdinkel-uh2je 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

      My brother knew that feeling. He thought up the 1968 Indycar lotus turbine body. Somebody else unfortunately did too

  • @createaccount974
    @createaccount974 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I met Chip at the Pike Placer Market when I worked there, he was the nicest guy in the world!!!

  • @GEN-X-
    @GEN-X- 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

    My dad used to take us to watch miss Budweiser and miss kisw at seafare in Seattle when I was a kid in the early 80s. This brings back great memories.

  • @boon197999
    @boon197999 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Stood next to this boat at the brewery in Houston when I was a kid. Awesome machine.

  • @rockoutglockout2014
    @rockoutglockout2014 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That whole set up today would be badass

  • @claywoods2576
    @claywoods2576 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Remember attending those races in Clear Lake,Tx back in the good ole days for sure.

  • @agrisea.original
    @agrisea.original 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    What a young Chip.. Bernie was a class act. Personally, I miss the Thunderboats with their piston engines.

  • @donaldoc
    @donaldoc 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Damn! I sure as all hell, miss her, on the Detroit River... 😔

  • @Buellsox
    @Buellsox 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hands down the sexiest thing on the water without a pulse. Growing up in the NW I’ve seen these beauties on the water at Seafair many times in this era. This was the pinnacle. RAD!

  • @pacificmountainrange6666
    @pacificmountainrange6666 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I Remember the boat on a trailer stopping at my dad's Body shop . Friend of my dad's worked at Cougar boats and asked the driver if he could show it to my dad. Shuswap Lake, mid 90's maybe?

  • @Jimmyboy1674
    @Jimmyboy1674 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Saw her in San Diego a couple of times! Awesome!

  • @kenparnell4297
    @kenparnell4297 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wow! And that was back in ninety-five.

  • @mallard206
    @mallard206 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Lived on Lake Washington and loved seeing these things.

  • @johnmusick1486
    @johnmusick1486 4 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I always enjoyed watching these boats launching and racing at lake of the ozarks. Never knew how big and beautiful these monsters are!

  • @vitale6633
    @vitale6633 5 หลายเดือนก่อน

    What an amazing work of Art & Engineering!!!

  • @zabercrombie24
    @zabercrombie24 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    That Hauler is awesome . All that chrome..

  • @northwestrider369
    @northwestrider369 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    My dad used to build wire harness and some other small electrical stuff for Fred back in the Pico American Dream days and the sister boat that would have KISW on it for the Seattle round. I got to go with him to the shop a few times as a kid.

  • @gregorynagy8500
    @gregorynagy8500 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Nice to see,red rocket!! Detroit Loves you guys!!! G

  • @michaelmyers3892
    @michaelmyers3892 2 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    And now you know why some folks back in the '80s used high-powered machineries to go from Cuba to Florida you know to deliver packages 🤣

  • @gtgodbear6320
    @gtgodbear6320 9 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I seen that boat displayed at Buckeye Lake Ohio in the 90's. I remember it being bigger but i was a kid.

  • @kevinhawley1934
    @kevinhawley1934 18 วันที่ผ่านมา

    I lived in Lake Placid Fla, down the road in Sebring. Was Bernie's distribution center and about 200 yards from my house was lake June, they would run Miss Budweiser up and down that lake all the time. It was a damn cool and loud machine to see. Miss those days !!

  • @rodlamont3736
    @rodlamont3736 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS ❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

  • @matthewdavidmunson
    @matthewdavidmunson 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    As someone who works in marketing it makes me sad that this isn’t how the Budweiser budgets are spent anymore.

  • @gregdiatelevi3677
    @gregdiatelevi3677 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Awesome to watch live nothing like go to tri cities every time i can Awesome experience

  • @keyonataee1863
    @keyonataee1863 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Old school lane Washington racing, love to see it is still around today