Thanksgiving Weekend 1972. The Outboard World Championship on Lake Havasu, Arizona. At stake,$65.000.00 overall, this was the richest Boat Race in the world. 108 entries from the US, Canada, Great Britain, Italy, Austria, & Argentina competed that weekend. 6 boats flipped on Friday practice, so 102 boats answered the starting gun that Saturday morning in November.
# 35 Barry Woods- went out to an early lead in the 1st hour. # 12 Billy Schumacher, a 2 time Unlimited Hydroplane Gold Cup Champion, in his 1st outboard race was in 2nd place. After 2 hours of racing, OMC was 1-2-3-4 with Bobby Witt-Tommy Posse-James Beard- & Johnnie Sanders in 4th.
Posted: October 18, 2010 at 7:20 am in 1972.