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<p>The race suit and helmet that Mira Slovak wore in an infamous crash during a 1963 hydroplane race on Lake Coeur d'Alene are on permanent loan to Hudson's Hamburgers.</p>

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Hydroplane legend dies
June 19, 2014 9 p.m.

Hydroplane legend dies

1966 Diamond Cup champ Slovak succumbs to stomach cancer

COEUR d'ALENE - Hall of Fame unlimited hydroplane driver and 1966 Diamond Cup winner Miroslav "Mira" Slovak died Monday at his home in Fallbrook, Calif. He was 84.


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