Word: slo
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Dates: during 1950-1959
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...Stanley Sayres and his Slo-Mo-Shun IV, the world hydroplane speed record, averaging 178.497 m.p.h. (18 m.p.h. faster than their own previous record) in two one-mile runs (one with the wind, one against it); on Seattle's Lake Washington...
...blue-grey Quicksilver, a sleek, new, 31-foot hydroplane. Devil-may-care Mathiot, a Portland, Ore. tugboat operator, was not really expecting Quicksilver to win the cup. Neither were Seattle's boat-racing fans, who turned out at nearby Lake Washington to cheer their hometown entry, Slo-Mo-Shun V, which set two records in the first of three final runs -97.826 m.p.h. for a three-mile lap, 91.766 m.p.h. for the 30-mile heat...
...Skipper Mathiot wasn't complaining. While Slo-Mo-Shun V also took the second heat, Mathiot and Crewman Tom Whitaker sat it out in the pit, working on a balky engine. "Aw, we're in this race for fun," said Mathiot. "What the hell...
Horrified race officials ran up a red flag, fired their signal cannon. After ten minutes Slo-Mo-Shun V's winning driver...
...Slo-Mo-Shtin's average speed for the second heat: 100.68 m.p.h. Old record: 94.285 m.p.h., set last year by Stanley Dollar's Skip-a-Long. Jubilant Auto Dealer Sayres was delighted over his boat's performance, but he was already taking a look ahead. Said Sayres: "We have a faster boat on the drafting board now . . . 200 m.p.h. is not impossible...