Powerboat Magazine
November/December 1990
If speeding is a crime on the Mississippi River, Howard Arneson’s run from New Orleans to St. Louis on September 22 would have put him in jail for life with the chance on no parole. No one in history has ever gone so fast for such a distance in any type of boat. His attack on the 1039 miles of winding river was merciless. In addition to lopping more than seven and a half hours off the previous record, the kindly, 69-year old inventor handed to the other competitors a defeat so humiliating, that by comparison Napoleon’s Waterloo was a celebrity roast. This wasn’t a race, it was a demolition. Not only did none of the other boats keep up, nobody else even finished.
Arneson’s new record is so far out of reach, even the fastest raceboats may not even come close to it for . . . well, probably forever, unless he breaks it himself … Details & Pictures