1934 Vincent Bendix Trophy - Gold Cup Class Participation

Lake Worth, Palm Beach, Florida, March 13-18, 1934

Statistics

Vincent Bendix Trophy - Gold Cup Class Participation
March 13, 16, 18 3 Mile Course
Lake Worth 24 Mile Heats
Palm Beach, Florida 72 Mile Race

 

  No. Entry Owner Comp. Lap Race
1. G-7 Ethyl Ruth IV John Shibe    
2. G-14 Imp (2) Jack Rutherfurd   49.002
3. G-36 Delphine VI Horace Dodge    
4. G-37 Delphine VII Horace Dodge    
5. W-1250 Lia V Antonio Becchi 58.877 53.152
6. W-1251 Barracuda Theo Rossi    
7.   Niniette IV Carlo Ruspoli    

 

  Heat One Driver Points Speed
1. Lia V Antonio Becchi 400 53.220
2. Delphine VI Bill Horn 361 51.610
3. Imp Jack Rutherfurd 324 48.680
4. Barracuda Theo Rossi 289 45.190
5. Delphine VII Horace Dodge DNF  
  Heat Two Driver Points Speed
1. Lia V Antonio Becchi 400 52.170
2. Imp Jack Rutherfurd 361 49.360
3. Delphine VII Horace Dodge 324 48.570
4. Barracuda Theo Rossi 289 T.N.T.
5. Niniette IV Carlo Ruspoli DNF  
  Heat Three Driver Points Speed
1. Lia V Antonio Becchi 400 54.102
2. Imp Jack Rutherfurd 361 48.930
3. Delphine VII Horace Dodge 324 48.450
4. Delphine VI Bill Horn DNF  

 

  Recapitulation Heat 1 Heat 2 Cum. Heat 3 Total
1. Lia V 400 400 800 400 1200
2. Imp 324 361 685 361 1046
3. Delphine VII DNF 324 324 324 648
4. Barracuda 289 289 578 DNS 578
5. Delphine VI 361 DNS 361 DNF 361
6. Niniette IV DNS DNF 000 DNS 000

 

After the Americans vIsited Italy in 1933, the Italians came to America in 1934 and defeated some of our best boats with their 12-litre supercharged hydroplane Lia V. This led to the opening of the gold class to 12 litre craft in 1935 and to superchargers in 1936. This facilitated the entry of foreign boats in the 1937 and 1938 Gold Cups.

[Statistics from Greene, V.1]