1954 Mapes Mile-High Gold Cup
Statistics
September 11-12 | 3 Mile Course |
Lake Tahoe | 15 Mile Heats |
Chambers Lodge, Calif. | 45 Mile Race |
No. | Entry | Owner | Qual. | Comp. Lap | Race | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | U-12 | Scooter | Henry Kaiser | 77.088 | 88.74 | — |
2 | U-22 | Breathless | Phil Murphy | 78.775 | — | — |
3 | G-2 | Hurricane IV | Bill Stead | — | 87.93 | 70.576 |
4 | G-8 | Short Snorter | Stan Dollar | — | 82.49 | — |
5 | 20-H* | California Kid | Lon Graditi** | — | — | — |
6 | 22-H*** | Restless | Henry Kaiser | — | — | — |
* A photo in Carol Van Etten's Lake Champions: In Pursuit of Tahoe's Racing Title, 1914-1958 shows California Kid bearing the number 20-N. This photo accompanied an article on the 1954 Tahoe racing season. The number 20-H was later used by Galloping Gael. Although the Gael was active in 1954 it is unclear what number she had at that time. --LF ** Other reports give the owner's name as Lou Graditi or Gradite. --LF *** Jim Sharkey's book Hydro's Who's Who 1946-2013 lists the 6th place finisher as Restless II (32-H). --LF |
Heat One | Driver | Points | Speed | |
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Short Snorter | Stan Dollar | 400 | 80.631 |
2 | Scooter | Jack Regas | 300 | 75.84 |
3 | Hurricane IV | Bill Stead | 225 | 69.98 |
4 | California Kid | George Mattucci | 169 | 66.921 |
5 | Restless | Ken St. Oegger | 127 | 62.244 |
Heat Two | Driver | Points | Speed | |
1 | Scooter | Jack Regas | 400 | 73.629 |
2 | Hurricane IV | Bill Stead | 300 | 73.119 |
3 | Short Snorter | Stan Dollar | 225 | — |
4 | California Kid | George Mattucci | 169 | — |
5 | Breathless | Jay Murphy | DNF | — |
Heat Three | Driver | Points | Speed | |
1 | Breathless | Jay Murphy | 225 | 56.373 |
2 | Hurricane IV | Bill Stead | 400 | 68.76 |
3 | Scooter | Jack Regas | 300 | — |
4 | California Kid | George Mattucci | 169 | — |
Recapitulation | Heat 1 | Heat 2 | Cum. | Heat 3 | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Scooter | 300 | 400 | 700 | 300 | 1000 |
2 | Hurricane IV | 225 | 300 | 525 | 400 | 925 |
3 | Short Snorter | 400 | 225 | 625 | DNS | 625 |
4 | California Kid | 169 | 169 | 338 | 169 | 507 |
5 | Breathless | DNS | DNF | 0 | 225 | 225 |
6 | Restless | 127 | DNS | 127 | DNS | 127 |
(In the final heat Breathless jumped the gun and led the field over the finish line. Her speed for the six laps was approximately 67.647. When boats jump the gun they sometimes let down in their final lap making for a slower average for six laps than for the first five laps. In order to qualify for the event entries were required to do five laps at over 70 m.p.h.)
[Statistics from Greene, V.1]