1947 Presidents Cup

Potomac River, Washington, DC, September 20-21, 1947

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Statistics 1

September 20-21	2½ Mile Course
Potomac River	15 Mile Heats
Washington, D.C.	45 Mile Race

 

	No.	Entry	Owner	Race
1.	G-4	Miss Great Lakes	Al Fallon	—
2.	G-5	Notre Dame (3)	Herb Mendelson	63.020
3.	G-23	Hot Potato	Jack Schafer	—
4.	G-99	Miss Peps V	Russell Dossin	63.797
5.	H-5	Schafer Special	Jack Schafer	—

 

	Recapitulation	Heat 1	Heat 2	Cum.	Heat 3	Bonus	Total
1.	Miss Peps V	400	400	800	400	800	2000
2.	Notre Dame	225	300	525	300	000	825
3.	Miss Great Lakes	300	DNF	300	DNS	000	300
4.	Schafer Special	DNS	DNS	000	225	000	225
5.	Hot Potato	DNF	DNS	000	DNS	000	000

 

	Heat One	Driver	Points	Speed
1.	Miss Peps V	Danny Foster	400	70.063
2.	Miss Great Lakes	Guy Lombardo	300	70.017
3.	Notre Dame	Dan Arena	225	67.556
4.	Hot Potato	Al D'Eath	DNF	—
	Heat Two	Driver	Points	Speed
1.	Miss Peps V	Danny Foster	400	61.713
2.	Notre Dame	Dan Arena	300	61.686
3.	Miss Great Lakes	Guy Lombardo	DNF	—
	Heat Three	Driver	Points	Speed
1.	Miss Peps V	Danny Foster	400	60.427
2.	Notre Dame	Dan Arena	300	60.267
3.	Schafer Special	Howard Hughes	225	47.176

 

[Statistics from Greene, V.1]