1929 Racing Season Summary

 

Statistics

Unlimiteds-Single Engine Class
1.	March 21	Biscayne Bay Regatta	Miami, Florida
2.	August 24	Red Bank Y.C. Free For All	Red Bank, N.J.
3.	September 2	Harmsworth Trophy (B.I.T.)	Detroit, Michigan
4.	September 15	Count Volpi Cup	Venice, Italy

 

	Date	Winner	Driver
1.	March 21	Miss England	Henry Seagrave
2.	August 24	Curtiss Wilgold III	H.W. Flickenger
3.	September 2	Miss America VIII	Gar Wood
4.	September 15	Miss England	Henry Seagrave

 

	Built		Boat High Points
1.	(1929)	#	Miss America VIII	240
2.	(1928)	#	Miss America VII	204
3.	(1929)	#	Miss Los Angeles II (2)	120
4.	(1929)		Miss England	110
5.	(1929)	#	Estelle IV	60
6.	(1926)	#	Miss America V	31
7.	(1929)		Rascal	000
8.	(1929)	#	Savoia	000

 

	Driver High Points
1.	Gar Wood	264
2.	George Wood	180
3.	Henry Seagrave	97
4.	Jack McGarva	90
5.	Betty Carstairs	60
6.	Prince Raspoli	13
7.	Pierre Proal	00
8.	Phil Wood	00

 

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Gold Cup Class
1.	August 24	A.P.B.A. Gold Cup	Red Bank, N.J.
2.	September 14	President's Cup	Washington, D.C.
3.	September 14	Potomac Grand Free For All	Washington, D.C.

 

	Date	Winner	Driver
1.	August 24	Imp (2)	Richard Hoyt
2.	September 14	Imp (2)	Richard Hoyt
3.	September 14	Imp (2)	Richard Hoyt

 

	Built	Boat High Points
1.	(1929)	Imp (2)	420
2.	(1929)	Scotty	270
3.	(1929)	Jersey Lightning	210
4.	(1928)	Miss Los Angeles	90

 

	Driver High Points
1.	Richard Hoyt	390
2.	Sam Dunsford	210
3.	Fred Farwell	120
4.	Ralph Snoddy	60
5.	Fritz Erickson	15

 

[Statistics from Greene, V.1]