1953 APBA Gold Cup

Lake Washington, Seattle WA, August 9, 1953

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Statistics

09-Aug	3¾-Mile Course
Lake Washington	30 Mile Heats
Seattle, Washington	90 Mile Race

 

	No.	Entry	Owner	Comp. Lap	Race
1	U-2	Miss U.S. (1)	George Simon	82.544	—
2	U-4	Miss Great Lakes II	Al Fallon	—	—
3	U-5	Such Crust V	Jack Schafer	90.817	—
4	U-27	Slo-mo-shun IV	Stan Sayres	104.231	92.582
5	U-37	Slo-mo-shun V	Stan Sayres	—	—
6	U-51	Gale II	Joe Schoenith	100.327	88.874
7	G-22	Such Crust III (2)	Jack Schafer	92.516	85.214

 

	Qualifications	Lap 1	Lap 2	Lap 3	Ave.
1	Slo-mo-shun IV	106.7	107.7	108	107.5
2	Such Crust III	92.5	93.5	94.8	93.6
3	Miss Great Lakes II	93.3	93	92.5	92.9
4	Gale II	92.2	90.7	90	90.9
5	Such Crust V	96.9	96.7	97.2	96.9
6	Miss U.S.	89	87.4	88.2	88.2

 

	Heat One	Driver	Points	Speed
1	Slo-mo-shun IV	Joe Taggart	400	95.268
2	Gale II	Lee Schoenith	300	93.649
3	Such Crust V	Bill Cantrell	225	88.908
4	Such Crust III	Chuck Thompson	169	86.579
5	Miss U.S.	Dan Arena	127	69.749
6	Miss Great Lakes II	Danny Foster	DNF	—
	Heat Two	Driver	Points	Speed
1	Slo-mo-shun IV	Lou Fageol	400	92.044
2	Such Crust III	Chuck Thompson	300	86.088
3	Gale II	Lee Schoenith	225	85.866
4	Miss U.S.	Dan Arena	169	76.84
5	Such Crust V	Bill Cantrell	DNF	—
	Heat Three	Driver	Points	Speed
1	Slo-mo-shun IV	Joe Taggart	400	90.559
2	Gale II	Lee Schoenith	300	87.844
3	Such Crust III	Chuck Thompson	225	83.055
4	Such Crust V	Bill Cantrell	DNF	—

 

	Recapitulation	Heat 1	Heat 2	Cum.	Heat 3	Bonus	Total
1	Slo-mo-shun IV	400	400	800	400	800	2000
2	Gale II	300	225	525	300	0	825
3	Such Crust III	169	300	469	225	0	694
4	Miss U.S.	127	169	296	DNS	0	296
5	Such Crust V	225	DNF	225	DNF	0	225
6	Miss Great Lakes II	DNF	DNS	0	DNS	0	0

 

(Slo-mo-shun V threw a prop on the Wednesday before the Sunday race. This caused a severely wrenched shaft and a hole in her afterplane. The U-37 was ready to go Sunday morning, but engine trouble kept her from making her qualification until the log boom broke away preventing her from making her run prior to the race. The other owners voted against letting her run without a qualification trial.)

[Statistics and comments from Greene, V.1]