Boat Racing
Aug. 08, 1969 - The Flying Finn wins the powerboat race: Timo Makinew, the Flying Finn and his co-driver Pascoe Watson, brought Avenger Too home to Portsmouth in brilliant style yesterday to win the Daily Telegraph and Bp Round Britain Powerboat Race. They covered the final 118-mile leg from Ramagate in 3hrs 11mins 24.8 secs, to finish second behind Tim P Well's U.F.O. machined and his partner, overall leaders from the sixth stage at Inverness, took the 0, 000 first prize for the shortest elapsed time over the 10-stage, 1, 403-mile courst, 2hrs and 4 minutes ahead of their nearest rival, Ufo, whose crew receive, 500. Photo shows A champagne celebration for Timo Makinen (center); co-driver Pascoe Watson (left) and crew mate Brian Hendicott
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