1938 Lake Tahoe Championship
Statistics
| 1938 Lake Tahoe Championship | |
|---|---|
| July 10 | 3 Mile Course |
| Lake Tahoe | 6 Mile Heat |
| Tahoe City, Calif. | 6 Mile Race |
| No. | Entry | Owner | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 10-G | So Long (2) | Lou Fageol | 43.286 |
| 2. | Baby Skip-A-Long | Stan Dollar | ||
| 3. | Mercury | Stan Dollar | 43.636 | |
| 4. | Hornet II | Henry Kaiser | 40.373 |
| Heat One | Driver | Points | Speed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Mercury | Stan Dollar | 400 | 43.636 |
| 2. | So Long | Lou Fageol | 300 | 43.286 |
| 3. | Hornet II | Henry Kaiser Jr. | 225 | 40.373 |
| 4. | Baby Skip-A-Long | Ollie Meek | Dnf |
Mercury was the former Cigarette IV that won the 1926 President's Cup. It was a Dodge Trophy boat and thus had a relationship between its length and the cubic inches in its motor. Cigarette IV was 35ft. x 6ft. with a 12 cylinder V1400 Curtiss engine and was not a Gold Cupper. It was described as a semi-displacement hull in 1938 and as a result of its engine was not eligible for the Gold Cup in 1938 or 1926 and thus does not fit our definition of a Gold Cupper or an Unlimited Hydroplane.
Baby Skip-A-Long was the former Greenwich Folly that won the Gold Cup in 1926 and 1927. It was also a displacement hull and had an engine of about 300 horsepower. In 1938 a Gold Cup boat was a hydroplane with about twice the horsepower and thus Baby Skip-A-Long does not fit our description of a contemporary Gold Cupper.
[Statistics from Greene, V.1]