1947 A.P.B.A. Gold Cup

Jamaica Bay, Jamaica, L.I., New York, August 10, 1947

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Statistics

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August 10	3 Mile Course
Jamaica Bay	30 Mile Heats
New York, New York	90 Mile Race

 

	No.	Entry	Owner	Comp. Lap	Race
1.	G-1	Trudy	Henry Slocum	46.471	—
2.	G-4	Miss Great Lakes	Al Fallon	58.189	50.311
3.	G-5	Notre Dame (3)	Herb Mendelson	62.645	—
4.	G-9	Dukie	Tom Hughes	51.733	—
5.	G-13	Tempo VI	Guy Lombardo	60.200	—
6.	G-99	Miss Peps V	Russell Dossin	61.293	54.829
7.	F-9	Blitz II	Bob Bogie	—	—
8.	F-12	Aljo V	Joe Van Blerck	48.913	—
9.	F-17	Mr. Dockit	Walt Robinson	—	—

 

	Heat One	Driver	Points	Speed
1.	Notre Dame	Dan Arena	400	56.842
2.	Miss Peps V	Danny Foster	300	52.436
3.	Miss Great Lakes	Al Fallon	225	51.431
4.	Dukie	Howard Hughes	169	48.653
5.	Tempo VI	Guy Lombardo	127	46.952
6.	Trudy	Henry Slocum	95	43.714
7.	Aljo V	Joe Van Blerck	DNF	—
	Heat Two	Driver	Points	Speed
1.	Miss Peps V	Danny Foster	400	55.963
2.	Tempo VI	Guy Lombardo	300	45.960
3.	Miss Great Lakes	Al Fallon	225	45.001
4.	Dukie	Howard Hughes	DNF	—
	Heat Three	Driver	Points	Speed
1.	Miss Peps V	Danny Foster	400	56.256
2.	Miss Great Lakes	Al Fallon	300	55.667
3.	Notre Dame	Dan Arena	DNF	—
4.	Tempo VI	Guy Lombardo	DNF	—

 

	Recapitulation	Heat 1	Heat 2	Cum.	Heat 3	Bonus	Total
1.	Miss Peps V	300	400	700	400	400	1500
2.	Miss Great Lakes	225	225	450	300	000	750
3.	Tempo VI	127	300	427	DNF	000	427
4.	Notre Dame	400	DNS	400	DNF	000	400
5.	Dukie	169	DNF	169	DNS	000	169
6.	Trudy	95	DNS	95	DNS	000	95
7.	Aljo V	DNF	DNS	000	DNS	000	000

 

Lap: Notre Dame, 62.645

[Statistics from Greene, V.1]