Jerry Schoenith Hydroplane Racing Gale V Memorabilia 4

Jerry Schoenith Hydroplane Racing Gale V  Memorabilia 4

 Hi, I am Jerry Schoenith:

All memorabilia I add to e-bay’s on-line auction are authentic, some very rare or never been listed. Most importantly, none of the memorabilia is low-end merchandise because what they mean to me in addition to the human cost it took to acquire these items by the Schoenith family.

Unlimited Hydroplane BIO

The 1964 unlimited hydroplane “Rookie Driver of the Year” driving the Gale V.

Throughout my career, I also drove the first Roostertail, U44, and the new Gale’s Roostertail U-44 (1) and the new (2) Gale’s Roostertail a 36’, 13,000 lb twin Allison unlimited developing 6,000 h.p. In addition to test-driving the Miss Smirnoff, U-80, and drove after the 1983 season the Miss Renault elf, U-3, on the Tri-Cities, Washington racecourse.

I am the owner of the Miss Renault elf, that became the last piston powered unlimited hydroplane to win the UIM APBA World Championship. Not since the famous Gar Wood with his fleet of Miss Americas’ has, an unlimited competed against boats from five countries. In 1983 driver E. Milner Irvin III out lasted 16 powerboats from the USA, Canada, France, Italy, and Australia to become World Champion. The French Automotive manufacture and elf oil sponsored the U-3.

In 1987 I founded the first and only independent division of APBA to register Unlimited Hydroplane powered by the U.S auto manufactures. The boats’ design followed the same rules as the turbine Unlimited Hydroplanes.

The Schoenith family story in part is on the mydetroitstory.com web site.