Once again, special thanks to Jack Lowe for 8 NEW pictures (35 total), the 12/17/99 writeup,
and some of the picture descriptions!  If anyone has the actor's name of the Budweiser driver, or
anyone not mentioned in the below pictures, feel free to email me and I'll get the names up.  Enjoy!

Jack just put up a great page in tribute to the end of filming from the movie located at http://members.xoom.com/_XOOM/hjljr/hydros/its-a-wrap.htm. Check it out!

<12/17/99>

Jack Lowe's email reprinted from the Powerboat List:
"Reminiscing with Bob Schroeder Wednesday at Lake Castiac about eastern
races, boats, and drivers he asked me if I knew the late Joey Wolf from
NJ and Reading, PA ... I didn't ... Bob said his memory was jogged when
his Miss Bud was running near Long Beach Harbor. A 135 hydro driver,
"Joey was a wild, wild guy ... he flew as a mechanic in the famous
Spruce Goose flight in Long Beach Harbor," said Bob. In talking with
Bob about his career he told me he raced from 1957 to '82 ... he said
his best ride was with Bernie in 1963 when he won his first heat with
the two stage Allison ... but he dumped it at Detroit and the season was
down hill from there ... he and most of the other old timers who were
around for the "Madison" filming "aren't very interested" in what is
going on with today's boats ... John Freeman, who owns an assortment
nearing a count of 60 vintage boats and has owned Atlas Van Lines
since the mid 1980's, says Bob is very knowledgeable as to location
of old hulls. Of course, neither of those guys is on line. : ~ ((
Maybe they would use by vintage Atari 800 ..."

	The "real" Miss Budweiser gives chase to the half-Bud / half-Miss Madison hull during filming.
	A closer view of the above.  Bet you've not seen a paint job like this before!
	Actor Jim Caviezel, playing Miss Madison driver Jim McCormick, double-checks everything before a water scene.
	The "real" Miss Budweiser takes control in the turn.
	Viewing footage from the last scene on the water, Todd Yarling (in red driver's suit), Jim Caviezel (in Miss Madison driver's suit with hand on tv), Director Bill Bindley right above him with sunglasses in hair), and Garry Manley in white Budweiser crew uniform (far left).
	Todd Yarling brings back the Bob Schroeder-owned, painted Budweiser to the dock.
	Don Mock, who built three of the models for "Madison", is on the left.  On the right is Gary Jensen, father of David Jensen, who built the "Miss Madison" model for the movie.
	Here is a model of the Miss Thriftway, which is not for the movie but is one of Don Mock's personal models.

<12/15/99>
"This is my first day at Lake Castiac ... David Williams has left the filming scene so
Mark Evans has to be happy since that puts him behind the wheel of Miss Madison ...
but it also meant that he had to shave his goatee (picture below) ... everyone said
all went well at Long Beach Sat., Mon., & Tue. despite windy conditions and rough
water ... Jerry Hopp told me they filmed quite a bit of close side by side action ....
the only problem to report is on John Freeman's Atlas Van Lines, driven by Ernie
King, which developed a knock ... and yes, Virginia, there is a Cucamonga ...
Atlas' engine was taken to a shop in Rancho Cucamongo, about 30 miles away from
Castiac, for a rebuild ... sorry I didn't get the name of the shop ... Jerry Hopp
also told me they wanted some shots with nothing but water and sky background and
he drove Hawaii Kai III out past the Queen Mary into the bay and, between the
windy driving the swell and the usually number of tug boats, Catalina cruisers and
other boats around the bay he "caught some air" on four-foot swells and said
"I had a blast"... The Queen Mary, now there is a vintage hull! The wind continued
today at the Lake, where in reality it is almost always windy. Cat's Pride, now painted
as Miss Budweiser, performed just great on two rides, Mitch Evans driving and
the actor playing the Bud driver in the movie getting the sight-seeing ride in the rear
seat in the first run and then Mitch ran up close to brother Mark driving Miss Madison.
It's tough on all of us in the pits because the boats are far away on the Lake."