The Miss Budweiser were 22 hydroplanes sponsored by Budweiser beer that raced in the unlimited class under the U-12 banner. They were owned (some were leased backups) by Bernie Little. Anheuser-Busch sponsorship began in 1963, [1] thanks to the friendship of Little and A-B president August Busch III.

MISS MADISON pilot Mike Hanson occupied the MISS BUDWEISER cockpit for two races while Hanauer convalesced. 1995 In 1995, Bernie Little became the first owner to win five straight World Championships, based upon five wins in ten races.

Miss Budweiser and Hanauer emerged with the season's Eagle Snacks Presents O'Doul's High Points Standings lead of 3,280 to 2,729 for Smokin' Joe's, followed closely by PICO American Dream and Villwock with 2,596. All ten boats were expected to compete in the mid-June Kansas City Hydrofair and, then, in successive weeks, at Pontiac Thunder On ...

He has won the APBA Gold Cup a record 11 times and was the driver of one of the most famous boats in APBA history, the Miss Budweiser, in the early to mid-1990s. He was inducted into the International Motorsports Hall of Fame in 1995 as their youngest inductee.

Miss Budweiser 1995 beat all three of her main rivals in heat 1-A, however she lost to Miss T-Plus in heat 2-A before taking Smokin' Joe's again in 3-A. PICO American Dream looked good in beating Smokin' Joe's in heat 2-B. Smokin' Joe's failed to win an elimination heat.

DETROIT -- Chip Hanauer and the Miss Budweiser, the Seattle-based tandem that seem intent on re-writing the entire unlimited hydroplane racing record book, today strode deeper into the APBA Gold Cup archives with a five- heat sweep of the sport's most prestigious event.

Driver Chip Hanauer testing Bernie Little's Miss Budweiser in Tri-Cities, WA.

Afterward, the headline in the Phoenix Gazette told the story: "MISS BUDWEISER SAYS IT ALL" Yes, kids, the 54th career win of Lee (Chip) Hanauer, in the perennial champion Miss Budweiser, itself almost fully rebuilt from last year's practice flip in Seattle, was anything but a piece of cake.

After setting a San Diego course record in Qualifying of 172.166mph and winning all of his preliminary heat races, Chip Hanauer took the Miss Budweiser out t...

Chip Hanauer crashes in the Miss Bud at the 1995 San Diego Race,