1954 APBA Gold Cup
Statistics
by W. Melvin Crook
07-Aug | 3¾ Mile Course |
Lake Washington | 30 Mile Heats |
Seattle, Washington | 90 Mile Race |
No. | Entry | Owner | Comp. Lap | Qual. | Race | |
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1 | U-2 | Miss U.S. | George Simon | — | 96.947 | 90.075 |
2 | U-14 | Dora My Sweetie | Horace Dodge | — | 98.829 | — |
3 | U-17 | John Francis My Sweetie | Horace Dodge | — | — | — |
4 | U-22 | Breathless | Phil Murphy | — | 96.102 | — |
5 | U-23 | Wha Hoppen Too | Chuck Doran | — | 87.738 | — |
6 | U-27 | Slo-mo-shun IV | Stan Sayres | — | 103.106 | — |
7 | U-37 | Slo-mo-shun V | Stan Sayres | 104.773 | 111.632 | 99.101 |
8 | U-45 | Miss Cadillac | Bud Saile | — | 88.429 | — |
9 | U-54 | Gale IV | Joe Schoenith | — | 103.74 | — |
10 | U-55 | Gale V | Joe Schoenith | — | 99.901 | 93.053 |
11 | G-2 | Hurricane IV | Bill Stead | — | 84.9 | — |
Heat One | Driver | Points | Speed | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Slo-mo-shun V | Lou Fageol | 400 | 98.08 |
2 | Miss U.S. | George Simon | 300 | 88.767 |
3 | Gale V | Lee Schoenith | *225 | 83.964 |
4 | Miss Cadillac | Bud Saile | 169 | 81.899 |
5 | Slo-mo-shun IV | Joe Taggart | *DNF | — |
6 | Gale IV | Bill Cantrell | DNF | — |
7 | Wha Hoppen Too | Marv Henrich | DNF | — |
8 | Dora My Sweetie | Jack Bartlow | DNF | — |
Heat Two | Driver | Points | Speed | |
1 | Slo-mo-shun V | Lou Fageol | 400 | 99.459 |
2 | Miss U.S. | George Simon | 300 | 98.804 |
3 | Slo-mo-shun IV | Joe Taggart | 225 | 98.711 |
4 | Gale V | Lee Schoenith | 169 | 97.31 |
5 | Miss Cadillac | Bud Saile | DNF | — |
6 | Breathless | Jay Murphy | DNF | — |
7 | Wha Hoppen Too | Marv Henrich | DNF | — |
Heat Three | Driver | Points | Speed | |
1 | Slo-mo-shun V | Lou Fageol | 400 | 99.784 |
2 | Gale V | Lee Schoenith | 300 | 99.452 |
3 | Slo-mo-shun IV | Joe Taggart | 225 | 97.755 |
4 | Miss U.S. | George Simon | 169 | 83.857 |
5 | Wha Hoppen Too | Marv Henrich | DSQ | — |
Recapitulation | Heat 1 | Heat 2 | Cum. | Heat 3 | Bonus | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Slo-mo-shun V | 400 | 400 | 800 | 400 | 800 | 2000 |
2 | Miss U.S. | 300 | 300 | 600 | 169 | 0 | 769 |
3 | Gale V | 225 | 169 | 394 | 300 | 0 | 694 |
4 | Slo-mo-shun IV | DNF | 225 | 225 | 225 | 0 | 450 |
5 | Miss Cadillac | 169 | DNF | 169 | DNS | 0 | 169 |
6 | Wha Hoppen Too | DNF | DNF | 0 | DSQ | 0 | 0 |
7 | Gale IV | DNF | DNS | 0 | DNS | 0 | 0 |
8 | Breathless | DNS | DNF | 0 | DNS | 0 | 0 |
9 | Dora My Sweetie | DNF | DNS | 0 | DNS | 0 | 0 |
(Both Slo-mo-shun IV and Gale V jumped the gun in heat one. If Gale V had not been required to run an extra lap her speed would be 94.456.)
[Statistics and comment from Greene, V.1]