Episode 164: 1983 Indiana Governor's Cup Radio Broadcast

Step back in time to the thrilling 1983 Indiana Governor’s Cup! Experience this unforgettable race through rare, preserved original race audio that captures all the drama, speed, and excitement of the era. A huge thank-you to Laurie Marlow for sharing this incredible piece of hydroplane history! 

Chapters

• 0:00 Weather Chaos Halts the Heats
• 7:30 Qualifying Speeds and Lineups
• 12:30 Officials, Winds, and Safety Calls
• 19:40 Heats Recap and Standings
• 27:10 Final Field Takes the Water
• 30:10 One‑Minute Gun: Lane Games Begin
• 32:40 Jump Start, Washdown, and Lap One
• 35:10 Budweiser Builds a Gap

Transcript

SPEAKER_06: 3:46

Reason number five the nineteen eighty three funding boat in the memorial and the governance of Indiana here on the two and a half mile course of the Ohio River.

SPEAKER_08: 3:56

I'm qualified Alabashan lines, second half qualified as mud wise and third this morning, and we're running into the huge band flat, which I'll explain in just a moment. What is the order of the Alabazan Line boat? What are we talking about? Why about that work? It was Fran Mudley standing beside me here on the banks of the Ohio River. I noticed your boat was looking a little light on the front end this morning going down the shooting.

SPEAKER_03: 4:18

Oh, of course it was working, but they've now made a uh final change and they feel that it's ready for the race, but they've got it down and settled down in the water. In fact, uh he said that you never felt better about a race day.

SPEAKER_08: 4:32

Never. Well, you came on ashore after having your problems in uh Lake of Hills Art and why having settled a lake to make a New York race.

SPEAKER_03: 4:46

Yeah.

SPEAKER_08: 4:47

Okay, now when it comes down to the outlet like you have been successful, but why was why after what is everything like when you feel that you had such a slow start?

SPEAKER_03: 4:57

Well, we made a lot of changes in the boat over the winter without having a chance to help them in the water. And you know what a difference that made. It was completely changed, everything we did lots of same things. Thank you.

SPEAKER_07: 5:25

What about your level?

SPEAKER_08: 5:32

Well what it's third, and seven twenty qualifies for call together. And Miss Yosley at 195. What'll be Miss Woodwatzer? Just get at 125.5. American speed plenty of 110, executive job just under 100, as was the RISP expressed. We have 11 boats qualified. We'll have further reports on the station and then our half-hour program from starting gun to checker flag. From Madison, Indiana, this is Jim Hendrick. Madison, Indiana, as Fred Alder told you, the weatherman is not cooperated today.

SPEAKER_07: 6:17

They've sent winds down this Ohio Valley, down Madison, Indiana, on the banks of the Ohio River at a two and a half mile oval, and just the winds do shift and lay this water down. We will get underway.

SPEAKER_08: 6:27

With the Atlas Van Lines, the Square Shop, Miss Renault, Bob Taylor Special, Miss Pure Delight, Patas the Ostee, the Miss Budweiser, Rich Plan Food Service, Miss Madison, American Speedy Printing, Executive Tone, and Wristly Express. Those are the 11 boats waiting to do combat here in the Indiana Governor's Cup, the Dean Shennow with Memorial Trophy race. And of course, on the station, when it happens, you'll hear it. From Madison, Indiana, this is Jim Hendrick. Wind shifts around from the south edge of the west, going against the current here in Madison, Indiana. On this two and a half mile oval, Fred Alter, the commissioner for the Unlimited, is with us. Fred, uh, it's this is uh unlike what we've had the last couple of days here.

SPEAKER_04: 7:03

No, rather nice qualifying days, uh, good high speeds. Uh, in fact, the weather was very nice this morning.

SPEAKER_08: 7:10

Well, Fred, actually, when it comes right down to it, the buoys are all laying over on their sides. This wind is kicking up rollers. You've raced on this river as a driver and been here just about since his inception for this race.

SPEAKER_04: 7:21

Uh, what do you expect out of this river today? Well, it's hard to say. Uh, we've talked to the Weather Bureau, and uh, this isn't part of a of a frontal system or anything that uh can change drastically uh in the uh in the foreseeable uh few hours that we have available to us. However, we're sitting it out, hoping that a wind shift that maybe might bring the wind across the river, uh something like that will allow the rollers to go down enough that we can get this the show on. I'd say probably we're looking at zero hour or about five p.m.

SPEAKER_07: 7:52

And if not, we'd hope for better conditions tomorrow.

SPEAKER_04: 7:55

Well, tomorrow they're talking about a cold front that's following this, so uh we'd have our fingers crossed there also, Jim.

SPEAKER_08: 8:01

Okay, and then of course that all you radio stations along our network line, this would delay our programs. Well, everybody, it's been a long day here in Madison, Indiana. The fifth rate for the 1983 Sunday boat campaign. It's our halfway mark of the 1983 circuit. We had a five-hour, ten-minute delay as high winds came down this valley, made it impossible for the boat. We will run our half-hour program very, very shortly as the sun slowly sinks in the west, and I'll recap all the heat action today after this for Budweiser. Heat 1A here in Madison, Indiana, went to Rantless Van Lies. Chip Hanauer led wire to wire for the victory. Average winning speed, 107.1 passes left, 110.4. That was left number one. Earl Hall was second, four seconds behind to the square shop, third to Jack Schaefer, third in the Bob Taylor special, fourth to the Renault, driven by Milnerwin, and fifth to Todd Yarling in the Tostiosti, while Bobby Howard finished sixth in the pure delight. Eight one B was won by Jim Cropfield in his Miss Budweiser, wire to wire. Rich Blenn, the host post from Madison, Indiana, second with Ron Snyder at the wheel. Terry Turner and the Risley special was third. Fourth to George Johnson and the Executive, while Fred Leland's American Speedy Printing did not finish. Average winning speed for Miss Budweiser, 105.168. H2A was the fastest seat of the day. Jim Cropville took the Miss Budweiser to victory. Wire to wire. Average winning speed, 115.5. Fast his lap, lap number three, and over 118 miles an hour. Chip Hanauer was five seconds back for a second place victory for the Atlas Van Lines. Third to Jack Schaefer in the Bob Taylor special out of Houston. Fourth to the Riddle special driven by Terry Turner. Fifth to Todd Golling, the rookie in the Tostiaste. 82B produced a deck-to-deck duel between Earl Hall and the Square Shop and Ron Snyder and the Rich Plan. But it was all for naught. Even though it brought the fans to their feet. It was the square shop. Penalized an extra lap for jumping the clock of the start, and the rich plan went on to victory. And the second to the Renault with Miller Irwin driving, the square did manage to finish third, while fourth place went to Jurdelight Executive. It finish overall fifth place. And now we'll have our final field. Set the stage for a half-hour program of championship running from stunning gun to checker flag in this. The Dean Center with Memorial Trophy Race and the Indiana Governor's Cup on the Ohio River. After this timeout, 60 seconds from our local spots. Rich plan with 700. The Square Shop with 521. The Renault with 469. And the Bob Taylor Special with 450. So we have the Budweiser, the Atlas, the Rich Plan, the Square, the Renault, and the Bob Taylor Special. And don't forget, on this station, very shortly, from Starting Gun, the Checker flag, all the action, so stay tuned. From Madison, Indiana, this is Jim Hendrick.

SPEAKER_09: 11:01

And now to the banks of the Ohio River in Madison, Indiana, and Jim Hendrick.

SPEAKER_08: 11:06

Well, thank you very much, Hank, and good evening if you're on the East Coast, and a late good afternoon if you're on the West Coast. Five hours, ten-minute delay because of high winds down the Ohio Valley here on the two and a half mile oval in Madison, Indiana, the Ohio River. We've had a lot of action once we got started. It was one, two, three, four, bam. We got our heats right off. And of course, this is not only the Indiana Governor's Cup, this is also the Dean Shadow Memorial Trophy race. For a man, of course, that chose the Miss Buddha riser to many victories and became immortal in the words and the world of boat racing. In just a moment, I'll be joined by the Cole boys, Sam Cole and Phil Cole, as we rejoin our forces since the first time we work together as a trio back in the lake of the Ozarks, the opening race back in the May, the third week of May. We'll be checking, of course, with Sam and finding out what's happening in Heats 1A, 1B, 2A, and 2B. But first, this word. Jim Hendrick, along with Sam and Phil Cole, back here at the Ohio River, Madison, Indiana, race number five. It's the Indiana Covetist Trump and the Dean Center with Memorial Trophy run. Sam Cole, bring us up to date on the first couple of elimination heats. Jim and Heat 1A are winners. That was Van Lions and Jim Hannah at a speed of 107.168 miles an hour. Second place went to Squire Shop and Earl Hall, while Jack Schaefer Jr. brought home Bob Taylor Special out of Houston, Texas, in third place. In heat 1B, it was Jim Cropfeld and Bernie Whittle's Miss Budweiser taking a wire-to-wire win. Ron Snyder and the Rich Land Food Service took second, and the Rislies Express out of Evansville, Indiana, took third. In E2A, the winner was the Miss Budweiser, driven by Jim Cropfeld at an average speed of 115.592 miles an hour. Second place was that was Van Lions and Hanauer. In third, it was the Taylor Special driven by Jack Schaefer. Eat 2B was won by the Rich Plan Food Service and Ron Snyder. Second place went to the Miss Renault and Milner Urban. And in third place, it was the Squire Shop, driven by Earl Hall. That's how the preliminary heats win here today, Jim. Okay, thank you very much. Our first boat is going on the course out of Houston, Texas, the RB Fox Taylor Special, driven by Southern California's Jack Schaefer and the Roar of his engines, followed out now by the Squire Shop with the rookie Earl Hall, Squire Shop out of Seattle. Also the Amazon Lions from Seattle, and that is Chip Hanauer, last year's APBA national champion, world champion, and the Gold Cup champion. And the Miss Fudweiser driver Jim Croftville just about to fire up to Miss Budweiser. We'll be back after this word from our local sponsor. Speaking of Phil Cole, Phil, let's get on the Pidaction now and see what's happening as the boats take the course. They have not gone out. We are one minute into the five-minute period. Now Dave Culley steps off the Budweiser as a final word with Jim Cropfeld, the driver of the Miss Budweiser. And Jim Cropfeld is going to be joining the other five boats on the race course, or four boats right now. You notice the patch put on the Atlas Van Line sponsor on its left sponsor does not work. You'll notice a stream of water going straight up into the air when the boat turns to the left. That's from a hole that was knocked into Sponson in one of the first seats today. We've had a very controversial day of racing. Five-hour delay, and after the first couple of meetings, all sorts of meetings and uh various things, the crowd actually began to slap and applaud and uh boo and uh do a lot of things that I've never seen crowds do around the hydroplane race before. And finally the drivers agreed to go out and hold the race. And now here at uh 7.35 in Madison, Indiana, we have perfect water conditions and perfect weather conditions and a beautiful, beautiful field of final boat. Thank you very much, Phil. Sam Cole, looking down to the left. What are our boats doing down there? Jim on the race course right now, up in the upper turn. Our field of finalists here are all on the course. Jack Schaefer Jr. and Bob Taylor Special takes the suit through turn three and four. Heading up that way to Miss Renault and Milner Irvin and Ron Snyder in the Richland Food Service. On the other end of the course, we have the Squire Shop out of Seattle. And this is Budweiser and Jim Crockfeld, and right behind him is Chip Hanauer in the Atlas band lines. And I think we're getting back to that dog-on-dog battle we've had all year long. To be sure, we'll be back with a start. So this is the final eat here in Madison, Indiana, after a 60-second timeout for this word from your local sponsor. The Indiana Governors Cup. Let's go to field call quickly as the one-minute gun is coming up. A lot of racing going on before this five-minute period. A tremendous amount of racing going on. Budweiser trying to cut off the Atlas band lines any place. He goes now. Ducked quickly into the infield. The field's going to join up on the back stretch, but Budweiser's going to be on the outside, not where he wants to be. As the one-minute gun is going to come up in about five seconds, Jim. They're right across from us. Atlas has the inside, Budweiser has the outside. The one-minute gun is fired and a clock kicks off. As they go up, it's a Budweiser. Squire shot. Also the Rich Plan Food Service, followed by the Atlas Van Lions. And what other boat up there is in that stray, Sam? Jim Ron Schneider in the Rich Plan Food Service told everyone he got the inside away from the Atlas Van Lions and Hanauer. As they head into that turn, it'll be Rich Plan in lane one. Squire, Lane 2, Atlas Lane 3, Renault, Lane 4, Taylor, Lane 5, and on the outside, it's going to be Jim Crockfeld and the Miss Budweiser. 30 seconds to go at the start of this race, rough by corner number four, up past the bridge. And coming out way wide right now is the Renault. There was the boat that was hidden I was looking for. It'll be uh the let's check it. Rich playing in lane one. Taylor Special Lane two. Budweiser. Nope. Oh, Alice Fair. Alice Airlines, lane three. Square lane four. Budweiser's in four. Squires in five. Okay, thank you. Okay, as they come up here forward, it's gonna be Budweiser getting very close. And the car is right off it. Budweiser, Adam Sandline. Budweiser leaks the way up there. Budweiser, Atlas Fanlines, fire shop at R. B. Taylor. Special out a few successes. As we go down to the first turn, let's go to Phil Cole. Miss Budweiser sticks her nose in there first. She had a perfect start, and she's washing down Atlas Fanlines in that corner. Jim Cropfeld's coming out of the number two turn in first place. Right behind him is Atlas Sandline and Jim Hanauer. And up that backstretch they go. There's less than two seconds separated in, but we have slider race on our hands, coming towards the bridge and Sam Cole. Jim Crockfeld, the dirty little Zip Budweiser. Up that backstretch, about a second and a half ahead of Jim Hanauer, the Atlas Fan lines. Crockfeld on the outside. Hanauer on the inside. They're diving into turn three. Jim Hendrick. All right, it's the Budweiser hanging down the hook between the Apexes and Currenters three and four. And look at that booster tail. Come off that skip in. Oh, the Atlas Van Lines is almost hooked in right there on the Apex. He's float way down. Budweiser pick up about a second and a half on that. As they come down to complete laps. Number one, it'll be Budweiser. Bill Cole, as they come toward toward you, get the time difference, if you will. It'll be Budweiser and Atlas Van Line. Followed by the Taylor Special, followed by Square. Then the rich flam. Here comes the Budweiser. Here comes the Atlas Van Line. And the Atlas Van Line is 5.7 seconds behind the Miss Budweiser. And Budweiser had a speed of 128.5 miles on that first lap. 0.28.5, 5.8 seconds as they uh came out of that uh of the first lap. Budweiser now has uh increased that lead to six seconds. And Jim, I made the remark that the Sergeant Madison was in the worst possible tactical spot. He got washed down all over that turn. He's now in score twice. For the Ohio River Bridge, and here is Sam Cole. And it's smooth failing for Jim Cropfeld and Miss Budweiser as he goes underneath the Ohio River Bridge and heads into turn three.

unknown: 19:56

Chip Hanauer just in second.

SPEAKER_08: 19:58

What a battle we've got shaping up for third and fourth right now. And Jack Schaefer Jr. in the Bob Taylor special chase by Earl Hall in the Squire Shop. And here comes Ron Schider in the rich land. And Milner Urban in the midst of Renova, heading down the main stretch. Jim Hendrick here and Jim Cropfeld and the Miss Budweiser. Ah, the kid out of Cincinnati with the handlebar mustache. Driving Bray Little Smith Budweiser shakes it loose, coming under the bridge, comes down to complete lap number two. Over 128 miles. First lap will get the speed of the second. Here's the Budweiser. Three more laps to go. And the Chilco down toward the first turn will have a time difference on him. Here comes the Atlas Van Line with Chip Hannover. And as the Budweiser goes by us, he is 8.6 seconds ahead of the Atlas band line. Budweiser 8.6 seconds ahead of Atlas Van Line. And uh Atlas Van Line is another 23 seconds ahead of uh Bob uh Taylor's boat. 125.698. That's number two for the Budweiser. It's Budweiser, Atlas Van Line, Bob Taylor 270 Fire Shop, Rich Land Bridge Services, Statison, and the Mr. No. 123456 under the Ohio River Bridge, and here's Sam Cole. And as Jim Cropfeld goes underneath the bridge of Bernie Littlesmith's Budweiser, Milner Urban, our sixth-place boat, comes across down the front stretch. Cropfeld sets the Budweiser up through lane through turn three. Heads for Lane. Four heads it on down here for the home stretch. Jim Hendrick. Okay, at the apex now coming off of quarter number four, shaking it loose, puts the nitrous oxide, goes way wide. Is the Budweiser with Jim Cropfelds, who is actually racing in his home territory 50 miles away, is his hometown of Cincinnati, Ohio. About a 125.6 on that last lap. Here comes the Budweiser complete lap number three, two more laps to go. Jim Cruppels, Burnie Little, is Budweiser, and as he goes slide down the corner number one, just coming under the bridge. Atlas Van Lines is second place. Down to you, Phil. On the upper turn, Jim Crossfeld was 12.5 seconds ahead of the Atlas Van Lines. Now he's only 11 seconds ahead as he has begun to save ground. But Atlas Van Lines is going to be pushing and shoving on him and trying to make up as much ground as he can. I'll get one more interval before I send him back up to Sam Cole. Budweiser moving out of the number two corner now, up the Kentucky side of this Indiana Governor's Cup race course. As Kick Hanauer, who was 11 seconds behind the line, is now 11 set of seconds behind. So it's seeing about that same interval, Jim. Sam. A lot of fat stands here as Crockfelds heads up the backstretch. Jets Ron Snyder in the Richland Food Service, and Earl Hall went into turn three on that last lap, side by side. Snyder spoke way, way down, but he's got it started again, and he's settling now in fifth place in the Richland Food Service. But meanwhile, here comes Jim Crockfelds out of turn four. He's about eight or nine seconds ahead of Chip Hanno on the Atlas band lines. Here comes Mr. Crockfeld, Jim Hendrick. It's Bernie Little, says Budweiser watching Bernie Little. Hands in his pocket, spacing up the foot down the duck. His wife's trying to calm him down. He's not having any of it. He's had his problems in the last break. Here's the green bike, and one more left to go. Budweiser. Jim Crockbell. Whoa! He almost lost it right there. Way up in the air. Look at Bernie Little. He jumped up like he was somebody shot him out of a cannon. He really got airborne. Here comes the Alasan. Second place. He takes the great flag. It'll be the R.B. Taylor Special to the third. Fourth place is the Flyershop. Fifth is the Renault. Sixth right now is the Rich Flanders Madison, driven by Ron Sterder. We go right now to Phil Cole. Cannot relax. Han Hour will not let up. He's still 11 seconds behind him. He's making him drive as fast as he can. 119.205 on that last lap. And it's still 11 seconds different. Almost 12 seconds now for the Budweiser over the Atlas Fan lines. Jack Schaefer doing a fine job in Bob Taylor's boat. Let's go up under the bridge to Sam Cole. And Jim Croffeld heads it into turn number three. This could be his third win as unlimited pilot aboard Bernie Little Smith Budweiser. He's at the Apex headed for turn four. And here he comes before about 150,000 fans here in Madison, Indiana, to win the Dean Shennow Memorial aboard Bernie Littlesmith Budweiser. And it couldn't be any more fitting because Dean Shenowith is the most winningest driver in Budweiser history, and this is in his memory of 5th Indiana Country Cup. Is the Dean Shenowith Memorial. As Bernie Little holds his hand, starts the clap. Here comes the Budweiser in close ashore. The checker flag is waiting, and the Budweiser wins it! Hill. And you might say the Budweiser won that from wire to wire. Jim Crossfelt went up the outside of this race course, and the outside, took a deep turn, and came down inside the entire field, Jim. There's the second place Atlas band line spot. So Jim Crossfeld won that by hooking an upper turn and getting inside of Atlas Van Line, all the while Chim Panauer thought he had him on the hip and thought he had him on the outside. So Crossfeld suckered him at the start. Last lap, 113.924. We must say something very nice about the Bob Taylor showing in third place, but the Miss Madison was in the worst strategic position that she could feel at the start, and it cost it. The boat is on a lot of water down here in the first turn, and that's what cost it all of its racing room, and that's what cost it his speed. The average for the lap, 121.523 for the Heat, and that's a new Madison record. That is to be sure. Sam Cole, bring it in. Post number four, five and six. Earl Hall in Bob Styles Squireshop comes by, gives the wave. He's on the flag laptop. Hall was a lap down. I've got to figure that one out. That should have been the checkered flag for Earl Hall. We're going to watch now. They're going to give Milner Irvin. Let's see what flag he is. And he gets the checkered flag. So I wonder if Earl Hall jumped the gun or was penalized, Jim. We're going to have to wait and see. But right now, the fourth place vote was Visa Renault and getting the checkered flag is Ron Snyder in fifth place. They gave Earl Hall the green flag, so he's obviously a lap down right now. He's in sixth. Samuel, let's check with uh Phil. Phil, did you see uh with your glasses at the start maybe that the square was is the one that cut off uh the Richland? Uh he could have been the boat who did just that because the Rich Flan did get very wet down there in the number one corner. So that's maybe why uh they penalized him a lap, and I'll find it out. But Jim, the big news is this besides the victory, this Budweiser broke Dean Genoa's 1982 record for a two and a half of 12.5 mile heat, 121.523 miles per hour. The old record was 118.608. So we set a new qualification record at this race course this week. We've also set a new competition record for a 12.5 mile heat. And of course, depends all fast Rapperwood would have to go on the qualifying runs of the Atlas Famlines at 131.004. But the record that Croftbells broke was belonged to Dean Shedderwith. This is the Shutterwith Memorial Trophy run, and I don't think if Dean's watching, he could be any happier. The foul occurred before the start. The foul occurred before the start. Earl Hall cut Ron Snyder off, moving into the starting area of the upper end of the stretch, and that was the foul call and an extra lap added through uh Earl Hall and the Squire Shop. Okay, Sam Cole, you'll have to figure out the final order finish with this penalty, and while we're doing that, let's take this timeout for a butt-by there. Now on the penalty left to the squire shop. Yes, it was on lap number four. Uh, Jim uh Mike Newman was telling me it was on lap number four in the upper turn. Uh Earl Hall washed down uh Ron Snyder and cost him a position. Therefore, they added an extra lap to Earl Hall, moved him all the way back to sixth place, and moved the uh uh Riftland Food Service back up to fifth place. And Ronald Fourth, Bob Taylor's vote in its debut here, third place in a fine showing, Atlas Ban Line second, and Bernie Little becomes the 44 becomes winner number 44, his 44th win, and this is five times he's won the Indiana Governor's Cup. By the way, Jim, very quickly, let me throw this in. Twenty-three years ago, or 20 years ago now, the Anheuser Busch Company risked$5,000 sponsoring Bernie Little's Miss Budweiser for the first time. Anheuser Bush's entire program of sports participation and support has grown out of that original$5,000 sponsorship to Bernie Little, and everything they do now took root from Bernie Little's first$5,000 sponsorship 20 years ago. Okay, thank you very much. We'll have another few words away for the driver and the owner who was standing on the dock, congratulating each other. We're trying to get them up here. But let's take timeout for this word from your local sponsor. Jim Hendrick along with Phil Cole, Sam Cole, here on the banks of the Ohio River, Patterson, Indiana, the fifth race of the 1983 Thunder Boat campaign of South History, and we have reached the halfway mark, Sam Cole, of this Tim Race schedule. Yes, we have, Jim. It's uh been an exciting year. I'm looking forward to the Gold Cup next weekend down in Evansville, Indiana. You know, last year Chip Hanauer and the Atlas people here had a frustrating year weekend here because the boat didn't start for the final heap, but they came out here and they won the race this time around. Okay, the winning driver is making his way over toward us. That will be Jim Cropfeld, who's had a busy day. As we told you, we had five hour and ten minutes delay before any of the action started. And the water was rough at times, and now as he puts his headset on, let's call in the driver. Hello, Jim Cropfeld. Hello, Jim. How are you? Pretty good. Don't strangle him. Let him have the box that goes with the rest of it. That's good. He can walk over and talk to me. There we go. Jim, congratulations. Now, it looks like uh, you know, you set a record if you don't know that. Is that right? Your pastor's lap was 128.2, that was lap number one. Then he went to 125.6, 122.1, 119.2, 113.9. And your overall average is a record for this course, 121.523. The old record was a little over 118 set by the man who you, of course, succeeded. And this, of course, is his race, Dean Shadow.

SPEAKER_05: 29:23

That's one of the greatest honors I've ever had. I I was really, I really felt bad, Jim. This morning I didn't know there was going to be a service for Dean, and I was up having my lunch, and I came back and I was just finishing up, and I I really felt like crying. I felt so bad, and I still do right now, but uh well it's an honor to win the race.

SPEAKER_08: 29:38

You this race you won with a record speed. Uh Bernie, this was a record. His first was 128.2, his overall was 121.5. That elapsed Dean Shenowith's record of several years ago at 118 plus, and being a Dean Shenowith Memorial Trophy race, he said he's honored, and I don't blame him.

SPEAKER_07: 29:52

Yeah, I don't either, Jim. First thing I said to him, but Dean is awful happy about that, I'll guarantee you. And uh all the buttwise are true and everything. Uh, we're really very pleased to win this in Dean's honor. And uh uh Chip Hanauer came over and congratulated him and all the Atlas crew, and they felt good about it too. They put on one whale of a race. We're awful sorry the spectators had to wait so long to see it.

SPEAKER_08: 30:13

Well, when they did, they saw a tremendous race. Jim Croft fell such speed with the water hot was it had to be a lot better.

SPEAKER_05: 30:19

The water was absolutely fantastic. It's the most perfect water I've ever seen on Madison. Yeah, the last heat. Right, the last heat. During the day it was very, very rough, but I could uh I opened it up on the start, and uh I didn't have any problems. I don't know what my top speed was. It wasn't that much because they had a little small wheel on. Well, the average 128. That's the average. That's your fastest. That's the fastest. That's uh three-mount hour faster than my qualified. I told Mr. Little, I'm gonna go faster in the heat. Save it all for that. That's what we're doing.

SPEAKER_08: 30:46

Uh Jim, you suckered the chip pan hour at the start. You went up the outside, and then you dove down into that number three hole just about as cleverly as I've seen anybody do in a long time. How'd you do that?

SPEAKER_05: 30:57

Well, I planned it that way. I did it in the first heat and I thought, well, it worked all right, I'll try it again. But uh, chip went up on the bullet. Line. Uh, I think he had somebody's inside, I'm not sure, but he was on the blue line. He was putting along, and I knew well, he was going to hold that blue line. I couldn't get on his inside, so I shot up around with the squire and uh just got going.

SPEAKER_08: 31:13

Also, you set a new record for our heat in this last heat here of over 121 miles an hour. A new heat record for this race.

SPEAKER_05: 31:19

Well, I think the last four times we run the boat, we've broke some sort of record, so I think that's pretty good.

SPEAKER_08: 31:23

Hang on, guys. We'll be back in 60 seconds after this word from our local sponsor. This is Jim Hendrick, along with Bernie Little, and also with Jim Crossell. And we'll be talking to gentlemen after this. Um, makers of a book. We only have about 30 seconds left, Bernie Little. You've got this one in the bag. There's three out of five wins.

SPEAKER_07: 31:43

A Gold Cup coming next week. A lot of excitement. Well, Jim, that's right. And uh uh we with the Miss Budweiser are just here making a lot of friends, and we'd like to say hello to our friends in Seattle, Florida, and around the world. And uh, we'll be down there in the Gold Cup, and uh, you know Jim will be out there to win.

SPEAKER_08: 31:58

Jim Crockville, 128.202. Your first lap in this final heat was a record for this course. Your fastest average for the overall heat, 121.523. And uh, what can you do to stop that in the gold cups? You win. That's all it would take. Thank you, Jim Crockfield. Thank you, Bernie Riddle. Congratulations to Budweiser Racing Team. On behalf of Sam Cole, Phil Cole, our engineer Eddie Bush. This is Jim Hendrick until next week from Evansville for the Gold Cup. So long.

SPEAKER_09: 32:31

Today's Indiana Governor's Club has been brought to you by Budweiser. For all of you, this was for you, by Showboat Marine, topics and performances and protection for your boats, by Astro Fadlines, Catholic America movies, and brought to you locally in your area by Western Ware, and also by the Tri-City Waterfalllies.

SPEAKER_02: 33:33

Budweiser pilot Jim Cropfeld raced his craft to a 121 mile per hour average speed. The race was delayed by more than four hours because of choppy waters, a condition that led many drivers to complain and threaten not to run at all. Once the race was ran, however, Cropfeld and Miss Budweiser proved once again that practice is fine, but boy, winning is what counts. And of course, our big derby, our big race coming up on uh the 31st of July, the Gold Cup here in the Tri-Cities. So that's coming up in uh less than a month now.

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The Atlas standline Sunday, winning the Indiana Governor's Cup in Madison, Jim Cropfeld set a one-lapse speed record of 128 miles per hour in the race, leaving Chip Han Hour and the Atlas 12 seconds behind in second place. The race was delayed by more than four hours due to four-foot swells in the Ohio River. The victory solidified Cropfeld's first place in the national point standings and um put over$18,000 worth of prize money in his pocket. The Bob Taylor special acclaimed third place in the main event, the Miss Renault, making its first start of the season, came in fourth. That's a look at sports.

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