1937 National Sweepstakes - Single Engine Class - Gold Cup Class Participation

Navesink River, Red Bank, New Jersey, August 15, 1937

Statistics

1937 National Sweepstakes - Single Engine Class - Gold Cup Class Participation
August 15	2½ Mile Course
Navesink River	15 Mile Heats
Red Bank, New Jersey	45 Mile Race

 

	No.	Entry	Owner	Comp. Lap	Race
1.	G-L	Miss Palm Beach	Maude Rutherfurd	58.440
2.	G-12	Ma-Ja II	Jack Rutherfurd	65.522	61.270
3.		Tops II	Jack Cooper	65.217	62.154
4.		Zatso	R.E. Wolf

 

	Heat One	Driver	Points	Speed
1.	Tops II	Jack Cooper	400	61.266
2.	Ma-Ja II	Jack Rutherfurd	300	57.804
3.	Zatso	R.E. Wolf	225	43.668?
4.	Miss Palm Beach	Maude Rutherfurd	Dnf
	Heat Two	Driver	Points	Speed
1.	Ma-Ja II	Jack Rutherfurd	400	62.026
2.	Tops II	Jack Cooper	300	60.893
3.	Miss Palm Beach	Maude Rutherfurd	225	55.659
4.	Zatso	R.E. Wolf	169	47.202?
	Heat Three	Driver	Points	Speed
1.	Tops II	Jack Cooper	400	64.424
2.	Ma-Ja II	Jack Rutherfurd	300	64.377
3.	Miss Palm Beach	Maude Rutherfurd	225	57.325

 

	Recapitulation	Heat 1	Heat 2	Cum.	Heat 3	Total
1.	Tops II	400	300	700	400	1100
2.	Ma-Ja II	300	400	700	300	1000
3.	Miss Palm Beach	Dnf	225	225	225	450
4.	Zatso	225	169	394	Dns	394

 

( The three point hydroplane, which had its beginnings daring the World War I era from the designs of George Crouch, was further developed by the Ventnor Boat Company by Adolph Apel - a World War I era designer who had utilized a multiple point design during that period - and his son Arno. The design was first utilized in the 225 class which had its beginnings in 1934. Tops II* made history by matching and defeating Ma-Ja II, a Gold Cupper which had won the President's Cup in 1936.)

* Three Point Ventnor Design

[Statistics from Greene, V.1]