1968 Miss Eagle Electric
Owner/Driver: Monty Hopkins
Hometown: Steptoe, WA
Yearly Boat Points Finishes
2023: 1230 points, 26th of 40 boats
2022: 1859 points, 25th of 43 boats
2021: 829 points, 40th of 55 boats
2020: Not held due to COVID-19 pandemic
2019: 2256 points, 26th of 59 boats
2018: 3545 points, 20th of 58 boats
2017: 2262 points, 26th of 63 boats
2016: 1271 points, 31st of 57 boats
2015: 169 points, 52nd of 55 boats
2014: 1844 points, 29th of 55 boats
Unlimited Hydroplane Info
U-25
Hull #6221
The Eagle Electric started off as the U-21 $ Bill in 1962. The $ Bill raced under many drivers quite unsuccessfully until it was sold to Dave Heerensperger in 1967 to compete under Heerensperger's company name of Eagle Electric. Colonel Warner Gardner drove the boat for three races in 1967 and eight races in 1968 before the boat was destroyed in a crash.
In 1968, the Colonel drove the boat competitively before he was killed and the boat was destroyed in a tragic accident in Detroit. The boat did well to place 3rd in national high points, highlighted by three wins at Guntersville, AL, the Tri-Cities, and Washington D.C.
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