The record had not been broken in nearly four decades, back when Roy Duby driving the Miss U.S. set the benchmark of 200.419 miles per hour in 1962, at Lake Guntersville, Alabama.
The most recent attempt ended in catastrophe in 1979 on Lake Washington, as Dean Chenoweth's Miss Budweiser became airborne and was virtually destroyed upon impact. Chenoweth was injured, but survived.
70.86 mph
The first official recorded record was set by Casey Baldwin driving the Hydrodome IV on September 9, 1919, at Beinn Bhreagh, Bras d'Or Lake in Nova Scotia, Canada.
102.256 mph
Gar Wood, at the wheel of the Miss America IX, was the first to break the 100 mile per hour mark back on March 20, 1931, at Indian Creek near Miami Beach, Florida.
160.323 mph
The famed Slo-Mo-Shun IV was the first to surpass 150 mph. Stanley Sayres, with his riding mechanic, drove to the record on June 26, 1950 on Lake Washington, in Seattle, Washington.
178.497 mph
Sayres again enters the record books with the Slo-Mo-Shun IV, on July 7, 1952. This time, however, Elmer Leninschmidt rides shotgun on Lake Washington's East Channel record run.
187.627 mph
The famed Hawaii Kai III sets a new world record on November 30, 1957 with Jack Regas behind the wheel. The run took place off of Lake Washington's Sand Point.
192.001 mph
Unlimited Hydroplane racing legend Bill Muncey pilots the Miss Thriftway to a new world record on February 16, 1960, on Lake Washington's East Channel.
200.419 mph
Roy Duby was the first to exceed 200 miles per hour in the Miss U.S. on April 17, 1962, on Lake Guttersville, Alabama. Duby would hold the record for 38 years.
205.494 mph
Russ Wicks driving the Miss Freei set a new world record for propeller-driven boats on June 15, 2000. The run was made on Seattle's Lake Washington off of Sand Point in Superior Racing's U-25 unlimited hydroplane.
