Our racing history starts with my father, Kenneth Leonard Miller, who built a wooden runabout in his garage. He was an electrician by trade but he had many skills. It was probably not fast enough for him. He didn’t go to school as many children in the depression. He found a KG7 Mercury and ordered a speed liner from St Joseph, Missouri. There was an active boat racing club in Oklahoma. One day he saw a car with a hydro on top owned by a local man, Pete Norton. Pete had been a jockey and was a Cherokee Indian. They decided to form a team. Soon after, they ran some races finishing well back in the pack. Winning a third was a big deal. They purchased 20H Mercurys and my dad converted the carburetors to alcohol fuel by enlarging the passages. They took their motor motors to Frank Vincent a marine dealer in Tulsa to help improve the performance. Frank held the A Pro hydro record for many years. In 1954 the team improved. Pete won the B stock Nationals in Dallas, Texas