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...Lake Havasu City, Ariz., is famed as the new home of the London Bridge, which now spans a canal connected to a lake made by damming the Colorado River. The development by McCulloch Properties covers 16,640 acres of gravelly desert 200 miles northwest of Phoenix. Lots and gently curving streets are well laid out, but the development could become a jumble of clashing architectural styles because McCulloch will let a lot buyer put up any kind of house-Cape Cod, Spanish pueblo, Swiss chalet...
...Arizona, Bach guided the plane down for a landing amidst startled boaters to snatch an afternoon swim in Lake Havasu. Over Kansas, he handed Willwerth the controls. "I immediately learned the true meaning of sweaty palms," recalls Willwerth, who up to that moment had three fewer hours behind the wheel than Foote. Willwerth gamely hung on over three states before gratefully surrendering the controls in time for Bach to handle the landing...
Last weekend, 40,000 outboard enthusiasts descended on Havasu to see the world's best drivers vie for a record $62,750 in prizes. Part race, part promotion and part proving ground for the latest refinements in hull and engine design, the eighth annual championship drew factory teams as formidable as those massed for the Indianapolis 500. Packing one, two and even three high-powered engines, the boats carried the brand names of Mercury (60 entries), Evinrude (17), Johnson (13) and Chrysler (8). With manufacturers investing millions a year in dozens of races, data on key factors like horsepower...
Once in the water, men as well as machines need something like black magic to survive the punishing eight-hour Havasu marathon. Topping 100 m.p.h. on the straightaway and jouncing through treacherous wakes, the streamlined craft are, as Driver Bill Muncey says, "delicate mechanisms that run on the ragged edge of blowing up every minute." Indeed, by the halfway mark in last week's race, crackups and conk-outs claimed 26 of the 94 starters...
...outdistanced Runner-Up Reggie Fountain Jr. by a 12-mile margin to take the $18,000 first prize. In all, Sirois all but flew more than 660 miles at the average rate of 82.5 m.p.h.-nearly 3 m.p.h. faster than the record he set as last year's Havasu winner...