U-7 Notre Dame The 1962 Notre Dame was campaigned by Shirley Mendelson McDonald. McDonald shared her father’s passion for hydroplanes, and entered the sport with a new, personally financed the Notre Dame hydroplane. Designed and built by Les Staudacher, the U-7…
The Jim McCormick Story (Source: HARM Collection) Jim McCormick poses in front of his Redman while in the pits at a race in the 1970s. By Fred Farley – Unlimited Hydroplane Historian The only driver to score back-to-back victories with MISS…
Warner Gardner Remembered (Source: HARM Collection) Warner Gardner in the Notre Dame during the 1962 APBA Gold Cup in Seattle, Washington. By Fred Farley – Unlimited Hydroplane Historian Warner Gardner was Unlimited racing’s OTHER “Flying Colonel” (together with Colonel Russ Schleeh,…
Ed Karelsen’s Round-Nose Unlimited Hulls (Source: Sandy Ross) Bill Sterett driving Bernie Little’s Miss Budweiser at the 1968 Atomic Cup. A year later he would win the APBA Gold Cup in this hull. By Fred Farley – Unlimited Hydroplane Historian The…
About the 1962 Notre Dame There was a time when hydroplane racing was a ‘gentleman’s sport’, when successful entrepreneurs invested their hard-earned wealth in something akin to a water-borne sport of kings. Industrialists like Dodge, Kaiser, Boeing and DuPont, were…