Ron Hill
01-18-2004, 09:59 PM
IF you got your new Propeller Magazine, you may have seen the article I wrote about Brad Miller....
My brother and his wife were over last night and I showed him the article. On the same page there is an article about Doug Creech. This article was written by Bud Wiget.
Bud used to live in Concord, California but moved to Florida many years ago.
After reading the article, my brother called Bud in Lakeland, Florida. My brother talked to Misey first, bud and Misey have been married 69 years. Then they talked about Salton Sea, 1952.
In 1952, Doug Creech set a C Hydro record of 65. 588 (The 5 maybe wrong but the 88 is right)...My dad was motor inspector. The race was at Salton Sea.
Per APBA rules, in order for a Mile Record to be approved, THAT boat had to place 1st, 2nd, or 3rd during the year. Doug's hydro was a CUSTOM SWIFT...not your vanilla Stock Outboard Hydro....
When C hydro answered the five minute gun, the water was rougher than hell.....Marshall Eldridge, Bud Wiget, Russ Hill and Doug Creech lead the pack.. Bud said it was the roughest water he remembered racing in, but wasn't going to be beat...
Final results were Bud Wiget, Marshall Eldridge, Doug Creech, Russ Hill, Jr.
As Pep Hubbell said about Marshall Eldridge, "Marshall was Nationall Champion when I started, 22 years ago"... This Quote was from 1952....
Bud Wiget was a gentleman. He once ran a race, for a record, with a different motor number than he'd put on the entry blank. When the error was noted, he DEMANDED THAT HE BE DISQUALIFIED. He believed rules were to be followed. If you made a mistake, it wasn't the officials problem...
My brother and his wife were over last night and I showed him the article. On the same page there is an article about Doug Creech. This article was written by Bud Wiget.
Bud used to live in Concord, California but moved to Florida many years ago.
After reading the article, my brother called Bud in Lakeland, Florida. My brother talked to Misey first, bud and Misey have been married 69 years. Then they talked about Salton Sea, 1952.
In 1952, Doug Creech set a C Hydro record of 65. 588 (The 5 maybe wrong but the 88 is right)...My dad was motor inspector. The race was at Salton Sea.
Per APBA rules, in order for a Mile Record to be approved, THAT boat had to place 1st, 2nd, or 3rd during the year. Doug's hydro was a CUSTOM SWIFT...not your vanilla Stock Outboard Hydro....
When C hydro answered the five minute gun, the water was rougher than hell.....Marshall Eldridge, Bud Wiget, Russ Hill and Doug Creech lead the pack.. Bud said it was the roughest water he remembered racing in, but wasn't going to be beat...
Final results were Bud Wiget, Marshall Eldridge, Doug Creech, Russ Hill, Jr.
As Pep Hubbell said about Marshall Eldridge, "Marshall was Nationall Champion when I started, 22 years ago"... This Quote was from 1952....
Bud Wiget was a gentleman. He once ran a race, for a record, with a different motor number than he'd put on the entry blank. When the error was noted, he DEMANDED THAT HE BE DISQUALIFIED. He believed rules were to be followed. If you made a mistake, it wasn't the officials problem...