[2][3][4] Born in Xenia, Ohio, and a long-time resident of Tallahassee, Florida,[5] Chenoweth began his career in motorboat racing at the age of 12.

[6] Best known as the driver of Bernie Little's famed Miss Budweiser,[6] and owner of a Budweiser distributorship in Tallahassee, where he moved in 1973,[8] Chenoweth survived a number of spectacular accidents, including a massive blowover on Lake Washington at Seattle during a speed record attempt in October 1979.

[14] During Saturday morning qualifying for the next day's Columbia Cup at the Tri-Cities, the boat was traveling at about 175 mph (280 km/h) when it blew over and impacted inverted.

[3][15] Chenoweth's death led Little to develop a closed cockpit for the next Miss Budweiser boat, and the enclosure became standard for unlimited racers.

[7] He is memorialized by a fountain in Lake Leon in Tallahassee's Tom Brown Park; he had been named the city's Man of the Year for 1981.