Betty Cook
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Betty Cook was an Honors Graduate from MIT and a world champion offshore powerboat
racer. She won 17 races, 2 world championships (1977 and 1979), and three time APBA US champion (1978, 1979, 1981). She was the first woman to win the powerboat world championship (1977) in what had been traditionally a male-only sport.
Offshore powerboat racing
Offshore powerboat racing is racing by large, specially designed ocean-going powerboats, typically point-to-point racing.Probably one of the largest, most dangerous, and most powerful racing machines of all, the extreme expense of the boats and the fuel required to participate make it an expensive...
racer. She won 17 races, 2 world championships (1977 and 1979), and three time APBA US champion (1978, 1979, 1981). She was the first woman to win the powerboat world championship (1977) in what had been traditionally a male-only sport.