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Saturday, July 17, 2004 It was a day filled with potential with two boats positioned to challenge the dominant Miss Budweiser. But as veteran fans know...hydroplane racing is anything but predictable. It didn't take long before the first "event". In fact, it was not even a lap before Terry Troxell and J.W. Myers motored through the roostertail turn together. J.W. held a tight arc, though leaving a lane. Troxell appeared to slide out through the lane and caught a wall full of water, lifting the bright orange hydro skyward and over. The safety crews hurried to the crash and Terry was up and out in minutes without injury. Equally as fortunate was the U-16 hull, as it received mostly superficial damage. But, the U-16 had to work fast to get the damaged hull ready for Heat 2. Heat 1B found the U-6 Oh Boy! Oberto take the lead and was unchallenged the rest of the way. The restart of Heat 1A saw J.W. Myers disqualified for a course infraction, giving the heat to the Miss Budweiser and leaving the Llumar Window Film hydro with a third place finish. According to the Hydro-Prop web site, J.W. was awarded 23 points. Heat 2A found the Budweiser out in front with Llumar chasing. However, the Llumar slowed and came to a halt, allowing the Budweiser to run away with the rest of the heat. Miss DYC/Dick Scott/Emcor finished second and U-2 Miss Chrysler Jeep finished third. The crowd roared as Terry Troxell came on tho the race course with a broken, but running, U-16 E-Lam Plus. Troxell seemed to take the lead and have things under control, only to find out that he and Steve David in the Oberto had jumped the gun. That left the heat win to U-100 Al Deeby Dodge, with Greg Hopp driving. Ken Muscatel in the Miss Bell Fork Lift finished second. J.W.
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