1947 Detroit (Ford) Memorial

Detroit River, Detroit MI, July 12, 1947

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Stroh Gets Driver for Ford Boat Race

George Mattucci, of Oakland, Calif., will drive Bill Stroh’s Nuts ’N Bolts in Saturday’s Henry Ford Memorial Trophy race on the Detroit River.

Ten other boats already have entered in the race.

(Reprinted from the Detroit Free Press, July 9, 1947)