Dead Man Won
(N.Z. Press Assn.—Copyright) WASHINGTON.
Three speedboat racers were killed on Sunday in high speed accidents at the President’s Cup regatta on the Potomac river. R. Musson of Seattle, one of speedboat racing’s great drivers, was killed when his radically designed hydroplane disintegrated as it was doing about 160 miles an hour.
Later, two other speedboats collided at 170 miles an hour during a race and R. Manchester of Seattle and D. Wilson of Palm Beach, Florida, were killed.
The President’s Cup race was cancelled and one of the dead men, Manchester, declared the winner on his heats’ points total.
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Press, Volume CVI, Issue 31091, 21 June 1966, Page 17
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