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Detroit speedboat racer Gar Wood breaks water speed record
September 20, 2021 @ 12:00 am
On this day in 1932, Detroit speedboat racer, Gar Wood, traveled faster than man had ever traveled on water before. His Miss America X was clocked at 124 MPH in a practice run on the St. Clair River near Algonac.