1955 International Boundary Trophy

St. Clair River, St. Clair MI, July 17, 1955

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Statistics

July 17	2½ Mile Course
St. Clair River	15 Mile Heats
St. Clair, Michigan	45 Mile Race

 

	No.	Entry	Owner	Comp. Lap	Race
1.	U-6	Short Circuit	Chuck Thompson	—	—
2.	U-14	Dora My Sweetie	Horace Dodge	—	—
3.	U-23	Wha Hoppen Too	Chuck Doran	—	—
4.	U-45	Miss Cadillac	Bud Saile	—	71.140
5.	G-22	Such Crust III (2)	Jack Schafer	76.726	73.151
6.	CA-1	Miss Supertest II	Gordon Thompson	—	—

 

	Heat One	Driver	Points	Speed
1.	Such Crust III	Walt Kade	400	72.744
2.	Miss Cadillac	Bud Saile	300	71.881
3.	Miss Supertest II	Bill Braden	225	66.182
4.	Wha Hoppen Too	Marv Henrich	169	65.818
5.	Short Circuit	Chuck Thompson	DSQ	—
	Heat Two	Driver	Points	Speed
1.	Such Crust III	Walt Kade	400	73.235
2.	Miss Supertest II	Bill Braden	300	71.689
3.	Miss Cadillac	Bud Saile	225	67.200
4.	Wha Hoppen Too	Lee Schoenith	DNF	—
	Heat Three	Driver	Points	Speed
1.	Miss Cadillac	Bob Mcelroy	400	74.747
2.	Such Crust III	Walt Kade	300	73.483
3.	Miss Supertest II	Bill Braden	DNF	—

 

	Recapitulation	Heat 1	Heat 2	Cum	Heat 3	Total
1.	Such Crust III	400	400	800	300	1100
2.	Miss Cadillac	300	225	525	400	925
3.	Miss Supertest II	225	300	525	DNF	525
4.	Wha Hoppen Too	169	DNF	169	DNS	169
5.	Short Circuit	DSQ	DNS	000	DNS	000

 

St. Clair, Michigan is located on the St. Clair river near the spot where the 1933 Harmsworth was run. The course is rough traditionally-about 8 m.p.h. slow. The water was especially rough for the inaugural event and the heavy twin engine Such Crust III was able to prevail.

After the Ford Memorial Bill Muncey was given the driving assignment for Dora My Sweetie - one of the leading boats of 1954. Her owner Horace Dodge was one of the wealthiest of owners when his mother was pleased with him. Muncey left Detroit in early 1952 to be in the Army and did not return until the fall of 1953. He had impressed with his handling of Miss Great Lakes in 1950. He had missed an opportunity to run Miss Great Lakes II when she made her debut in February 1952.

When Lou Fageol "retired" after the 1953 season, he recommended Muncey as his replacement in Slo-mo-shun V. However Fageol then came out of retirement for the first time. Dora did not race at St. Clair due to a sheered cavitation plate putting a hole in her bottom.

[Statistics and comments from Greene, V.1]