1949 Harmsworth Trophy

Detroit River, Detroit MI, July 23-August 1, 1949

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Statistics

July 29, 30, Aug.1	(7N) 8.05 Mile Course
Detroit River	(42N) 48.3 Mile Heats
Detroit, Michigan	(96N) 112.7 Mile Race

 

—	No.	Entry	Owner	Qual.	Comp. Lap	Race
1.	U-1	Such Crust I	Jack Schafer	97.440	98.164	—
2.	U-11	Such Crust II	Gene Arena	80.779	—	—
3.	U-3	My Sweetie	Horace Dodge	87.561	89.541	—
4.	U-9	Astraea II	Cameron Peck	—	—	—
5.	U-10	Delphine X	Horace Dodge	—	—	—
6.	U-17	Lotus	Horace Dodge	—	—	—
7.	U-21	Aluminum First	Henry Kaiser	71.916	—	—
8.	U-25	Skip-A-Long	Stan Dollar	94.296	96.603	80.002
9.	G-1	Tempo VI	Guy Lombardo	—	—	—
10.	CA-9	Miss Canada IV	Ernest Wilson	—	78.286	—

 

	Heat One	Driver	Points	Speed
1.	Such Crust I	Dan Arena	400	87.969
2.	Skip-A-Long	Stan Dollar	300	67.933
3.	Miss Canada IV	Harold Wilson	225	66.304
4.	My Sweetie	Bill Cantrell	DNF	—
	Heat Two	Driver	Points	Speed
1.	Skip-A-Long	Stan Dollar	400	94.285
2.	Such Crust I	Dan Arena	300	85.268
3.	My Sweetie	Horace Dodge	225	81.652
4.	Miss Canada IV	Harold Wilson	169	77.922
	Heat Three	Driver	Points	Speed
1.	Skip-A-Long	Stan Dollar	400	86.821
2.	Such Crust I	Dan Arena	DNF	—

 

	Recapitulation	Heat 1	Heat 2	Cum.	Heat 3	Total
1.	Skip-A-Long	300	400	700	400	1100
2.	Such Crust I	400	300	700	DNF	700
3.	Miss Canada IV	225	169	394	DNS	394
4.	My Sweetie	DNF	225	225	DNS	225

 

Lap - Such Crust I 98.164

(The Harmsworth Trophy is a contest among nations, in this instance between Canada and the United States. This contest was determined after the U.S. won two straight heats. However different boats had won these heats for the United States. Still at stake was which boat would hold the Harmsworth Trophy with the traditional right to select the site for the next race. Thus Skip-A-Long and Such Crust I came out on August 1 to compete in a two lap race - normal distance was six laps - to settle the matter. Skip-A-Long won the race and thereby took possession of the Harmsworth Trophy out to San Francisco.)

[Statistics from Greene, V.1]