1947 Webb Trophy

Davenport, Iowa, July 4, 1947

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Statistics

July 4	2½ Mile Course
Mississippi River	10 Mile Heats
Davenport, Iowa	20 Mile Race

 

	Heat One	Driver	Points	Speed
1.	So Long Jr.	Lou Fageol	400	59.701
2.	Seabiscuit	Al Brinkman	300	—
3.	Blitz II	Bob Bogie	225	—
4.	Hermes V	George Davis	—	—
	Heat Two	Driver	Points	Speed
1.	Seabiscuit	Al Brinkman	400	58.252
2.	So Long Jr.	Lou Fageol	300	—
3.	Blitz II	Bob Bogie	225	—
4.	Hermes V	George Davis	—	—

 

	No.	Entry	Owner
1.	I-100	Hermes V	George Davis
2.	G-1	So Long Jr.	Lou Fageol
3.	F-5	Seabiscuit	Al Brinkman
4.	F-9	Blitz II	Bob Bogie

 

	Recapitulation	Heat 1	Heat 2	Total
1.	So Long Jr.	400	300	*700
2.	Seabiscuit	300	400	700
3.	Blitz II	225	225	450
4.	Hermes V	—	—	—
*So Long, Jr. was awarded the trophy since its time in Heat 1 was 15 seconds faster than Seabiscuit in Heat 2.

 

[Statistics from Greene, V.1]