View Full Version : Miss Budweiser to visit NorCal
LeE ss13
03-08-2004, 10:21 AM
Any of our Northern fellow V-Drivers familiar with this area?
Budweiser media release:
WHAT: The U-1 Miss Budweiser team will attempt to break the World Speed Record for a Kilometer run set April 17, 1962 in Guntersville, Ala., by Roy Duby in the Miss U.S. I. The record of 198.17 mph for a kilometer run in an Unlimited Hydroplane boat has stood for 42 years.
The Miss Budweiser is the most recognized and respected Unlimited Hydroplane boat in history and will begin its 42nd and final season later this year. The Miss Budweiser uses a T-55 L-7 turbine engine rated at 2,650 horsepower.
WHO: Driver Dave Villwock, the Miss Budweiser and the Miss Budweiser crew along with team owner Joe Little, president of Hydroplanes, Inc.
Villwock is the most successful driver of the Miss Budweiser in 41 seasons; 2004 will mark his eighth consecutive year in the cockpit for the team. In seven past seasons with the team, he has brought home six series championships. Villwock has seven World Championships, 41 race wins and five APBA Gold Cups to his credit. Villwock began his boat-racing career in 1970 at the age of 16 in the Cracker Box class.
WHEN: Saturday, March 13, 2004 _ Beginning at 8:30 a.m. Pacific Time
Sunday, March 14, 2004 (if needed).
WHERE: Thermilito Afterbay Orville (Sacramento) California
(The Thermilito Afterbay can be found at the Junction of Hwy. 99 and Hwy. 162 just outside of Orville, California)
For full details about this event to occur at the The Bud David Memorial Kilos-Oroville100 Marathon, visit the APBA Race Schedule page
Jetboatguru
03-08-2004, 10:24 AM
Miss Budweiser to visit NorCal
Do we get to see pics of her? Is she single? Whats the scoop?
Is this the afterbay Hud & k-flat frequent???
Just up the road about 2 miles morg. They had drags there once about 10 years ago or so. I will get photos of this for sure!:D
I may be able to talk Paul into taking a break on Saturday & come check this out.
I'll let you know
sanger mike
03-08-2004, 05:54 PM
:D I guess im NOT going to work on saturday:p
126driver
03-08-2004, 09:53 PM
Good luck to Villwock and crew. I say they'll get it.
V-DRIVE VIDEO
03-08-2004, 10:15 PM
Originally posted by 126driver
Good luck to Villwock and crew. I say they'll get it.
Some of these guys claim straight-a-way speeds nearing 220!
Imagine how fast they would be without all of thier restrictions! :eek:
Hey Jim Anderson king126, are you sending someone up to tape this?
Kindsvater Flat
03-08-2004, 10:23 PM
Wish I could go but I will be getting Her454 favorite boys to clean the fire house for the annual fish fry this saturday.:(
sanger mike
03-09-2004, 08:44 AM
FOOD:D AND WHERE IS THE FISH FRY.
LakesOnly
03-09-2004, 01:15 PM
Am I missing something here? 42-year old record at 198 mph in the Kilo Pass?
Best quarter-mile times for a boat today are now under 5.0@220mph. This is what I think is going on:
The Kilometer Run is an obscure record that is not normally used as a measure of speed/distance. This is why it has stood for forty two years.
Seems the race team has found a record that is so outdated by way of lack of interest, they can use it as a major publicity stunt and exit their final seanson with a HUGE bang. They will be able to say something like, "Villwock and the Miss Budwiser boat not only placed a new record, they shattered the old record by an astonishing 48 mph!"
Its' an ingenious idea, whoever thought it up for the final season. It will sell a lot of beer for sure.
And to end up in the Afterbay? I bet they seached high and low to find this locally-only-known stretch of shallow, calm-calm water, where by the way, they will beat the record with their first pass and continue to test and tune and then repeatedly break their own record.
I AM THERE FOR SURE.
If anybody knows something that I don't (like maybe I'm way off base with my conjecture), then I'm all ears.
LO
126driver
03-09-2004, 01:18 PM
A kilo run isn't obscure in the relm of APBA. There are record attemps all the time in the other classes. I'm not sure why the Unlimited record has stood for so long.
I'd like to see a BFH make an attempt at a kilo = driftwood.
Razors Edge
03-09-2004, 01:59 PM
Kilo trials are the only fair and true way to measure a boats outright speed (or flying miles if you prefer) especially for speed records of circle boats or anything bigger.
1/4 mile drags with a standing start, altho' awesome aren't a way to measure top speed as I'm sure most boats are still accelerating as they go threw the finish lights, and haven't yet hit top speed.
At the risk of being accused of repeating myself here, I posted the following on the Sandbar and have had no response, maybe someone here will know.
What is the deal here with these records.
Didn't Russ Wicks set a new record in June 2000 at 205.494mph. Driving Ken Muskatels "Miss FreeI"
The info I've seen says Wicks broke the record of 200.419mph set in '62 by Roy Duby in the "Miss U.S.1".(differs here also 198.17mph).
Nothing on the APBA or UIM websites makes any sense regarding these records. Are these two different records that these guys are chasing?
According to Wicks website both APBA and UIM ratified his record, and the boat was a legal Unlimited class Hydroplane. He calls it a prop driven record as opposed to Unlimited hydro record, is this the difference?
But as a legit Unlimited wouldn't this also stand as the class record? or do "Miss Bud" and APBA etc not recognise this run? If not why not? Can anyone shed any light on this.
Anyway it will be an awesome sight I'm sure and good publicity for the sponsors and fast boats alike especially once the brewery publicity machines get rollin', and I hope it all goes good!
Kindsvater Flat
03-09-2004, 05:42 PM
Originally posted by sanger mike
FOOD:D AND WHERE IS THE FISH FRY.
Fish Fry @ Butte City Fire House. Tickets 15.00 each. Just about sold out already. We get the fish from Fort Bragg the day before.
BTW the Afterbay is about 10 minutes from the house!
79TahitiCBB
03-09-2004, 05:52 PM
I am gonna be out there would be cool to meet some people. I will be the guy without the boat in the Blue/Grey lifted 89 Suburban with Yakima racks.
Mike
LakesOnly
03-12-2004, 12:08 PM
Who will be at the AFTERBAY tomorrow?
LO
79TahitiCBB
03-12-2004, 08:11 PM
LakesOnly,
My buddy and I are planning on heading out there tommorow, be cool to meet some other board members. Not going to have the suburban like I said in the previous post cause I got a new set of heads for it and well.... Im goin to the lake instead of throwing them on.
Are they going to be allowing other boats on the lake? I think we might cruise the parking lot and the beach and meet some people but then we were thinking of taking the girls over to the levee and sitting there that way we can watch everything from the shore and still get a little faded and wet.
Mike
Give me a call,
831-277-3435
I'm sure they won't let anything but race boats on the water. The afterbay is just down the road 2 miles, and a great place to boat!
Just got back from the afterbay. Miss Budweiser U-1 is there. I was talkin to the driver they said boats star running at 7:00 am. He was 7th in line and should run about 8:00am. Also a capsule boat and a couple of mystery boats under boat covers, no other boats allowed on the water, the lake is closed...Hud I hope get a chance to get up here and get some pics.
I'm on my way, are they @ the afterbay, or the forbay?
Originally posted by Hud
I'm on my way, are they @ the afterbay, or the forbay?
They @ the afterbay...
Thanks AJ, see you there!
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/119Image001bud.jpg Well, Miss Bud broke the record @ 220, then broke the boat.
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/119Image002bud.jpg This boat had a Hemi with webers, ran good!
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/119Image004bud.jpg Miss Bud broke the rudder & then the prop on the final pass!
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/119Image008bud.jpg
This little boat ran hard!http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/119Image010bud.jpg
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/119Image012bud.jpg
Kindsvater Flat
03-13-2004, 12:34 PM
Cool Hud!!!! And yes the convicts are still cleaning. Wish i was there.
1Bahnerjet
03-13-2004, 01:07 PM
GN 333 is that "Oh Mona" Duff Daily ?
You Valley guys have all the Cool Stuff. :cool:
Razors Edge
03-13-2004, 01:24 PM
Congrats to the Miss Bud team, 220mph is mighty fast threw a kilometer.
Who knows about the SS400 boat with a capsule?
Does anyone know who runs it? Is it brand new?
Check out that turning fin hanging off the side! And as for the length of the cav plate with two sets of turnbuckles. I've never seen anything quite like that either. I have thought about turn fins on the side of a flattie before, just never seen it done.
Hud you say it ran hard, does it do everything right while turning and hook up well?
I would love to know more about it, anyone here know anything about it
V-DRIVE VIDEO
03-13-2004, 01:50 PM
Originally posted by Hud
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/119Image002bud.jpg This boat had a Hemi with webers, ran good!
This is Duff Dailey's GN boat.
Hud what were the speeds for Duff or the SS boats???
Jerry, I was out of the pits by the time they ran, so I don't know.
R.E., they didn't turn the boat @ speed. They just ran straight down, then turned around slow & straight back for the backup run.
79TahitiCBB
03-13-2004, 04:04 PM
They were puttin a new engine in the Capsule boat when I was there. The U-1 had some trouble, I couldn't get a straight answer out of them maybe someone knows but from what I heard something happened with the prop and it just tore the hull apart and took a chunk out of the starboard wing.
What a cool boat too.
circleboatKIDD
03-13-2004, 07:29 PM
Hey Hud what other SS boats were there
gottaminute?
03-13-2004, 08:13 PM
word is (via the northern cal to florida to so. cal cell phone network) Duff ran 116 with the newer restricted GN class Rules.
Impressive considering the old (no CI limit) record was 117.
havent heard ablout the SS
stoker2001
03-13-2004, 08:59 PM
could not believe the speed he carried into the first left hand turn!!!diffenitly worth the price of addmission!!http://forums.screamandfly.com/forums/attachment.php?s=&postid=420978
I only saw 2 ss boats there!
jet4fun
03-13-2004, 11:21 PM
all i have to say is wow, holy shit that was awesome... still cant figure out how out of all the thousands of bodies of water in this country they found, and decided to use ours:confused:
CircleJerk
03-14-2004, 09:38 AM
Originally posted by Hud
This little boat ran hard!http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/119Image010bud.jpg
SS400 was Dave Villwocks former world record setting 1980 something Jones that swept the SK, SS, and PC classes in 1984 at Floridas St Petes Regatta. It was currently driven by Kelly Stocklin who also drives an Unlimited Light hydro. This boat crashed violently in its debut race when it hooked on the new outrigger style fin, borrowed from a hydro design, and the driver barely escaped when they could not open the capsule while being upside down! I wasnt there but that is the rumor. jErK
SANGER-RICH
03-14-2004, 05:25 PM
Where are the action shots of the boats??
CircleJerk
03-15-2004, 09:45 AM
I stand corrected, The SS400 boat is Kelly Stocklins and only has Villwocks former SS #. Villwocks boat is supposedly still in his posession and has not had a oxygen tent conversion! I am told that the fella in the Orange jacket is Paul Casura who campaigned the SK orange Jones in the 80s. Thanks Sked and Boatguy, now I dont look so jErKish. Anyone know what they ran for speed? I know Kelly is on the committee helping form the new Wa. state legislature law required race boat registration! We now must register and license all race boats over a certain length or the race is stopped! That's all I know Goodbye........:)
mfrey
03-15-2004, 05:29 PM
Originally posted by Hud
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/119Image001bud.jpg Well, Miss Bud broke the record @ 220, then broke the boat.
Thanks HUD for the pics and info. I was curious...Was the 220 pass on the first run? Was a back up run required under this format? If so, did she make a back up run before she broke? Wish I could have seen it.
BILLY.B
03-15-2004, 06:29 PM
Originally posted by Hud
http://www.***boat.com/image_center/data/500/119Image012bud.jpg Hey HUUUUUUUUUUUD is that Morg in the back ground with the hawiian shorts and the driv'in boots?. Looks like he's negotiating for a ride or something.:D
Lol's Billy! Yes they had to make a backup run! They broke just pass the lights to get the record @ 220! It was awsome!!
Jim Anderson
03-15-2004, 08:28 PM
Originally posted by BILLY.B
Hey HUUUUUUUUUUUD is that Morg in the back ground with the hawiian shorts and the driv'in boots?. Looks like he's negotiating for a ride or something.:D darn it. we's were doing a katerd taco deal for a close frind this weekend in coursegold ca. i wish id known about this here event as the water looks plenty flat and would of been close enough to of made a pass. do you guys think that airplane motor would put me over the 170 mph range.:eek:
jet4fun
03-16-2004, 12:08 AM
http://www.detnews.com/2004/motorsports/0403/16/motorsports-91404.htm
V-DRIVE VIDEO
03-16-2004, 08:12 PM
Its rumored that the ss boat went 107 or 108 and about the same with a ps engine??!! Can anyone confirm or deny???
Just curious??:confused:
circleboatKIDD
03-16-2004, 11:38 PM
Wow 108mph with a Pro Stock motor hope thats not true cause if it is then that was a wasted trip for kilo run, hey Jerry you think they need a lillte more oats than that for a record run
V-DRIVE VIDEO
03-17-2004, 12:38 AM
Originally posted by circleboatKIDD
Wow 108mph with a Pro Stock motor hope thats not true cause if it is then that was a wasted trip for kilo run, hey Jerry you think they need a lillte more oats than that for a record run
Whats up posse leader?
I'm sure these guys were playin with different things and they possibly fell victim to some mechanical difficulties.
One things for sure... those little Jones boats are definately fast, and that one looks aero-dynamic!:)
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