1949 APBA Gold Cup
Statistics
| July 2 | 2½ Mile Course |
| Detroit River | 30 Mile Heats |
| Detroit, Michigan | 90 Mile Race |
| No. | Entry | Owner | Comp. Lap | Qual. | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | U-1 | Such Crust I | Jack Schafer | — | 82.317 | 75.148 |
| 2. | U-11 | Such Crust II | Jack Schafer | — | — | — |
| 3. | U-3 | My Sweetie | Ed Gregory | 85.731 | 92.402 | 73.096 |
| 4. | U-4 | Miss Great Lakes | Al Fallon | — | 67.720 | — |
| 5. | U-6 | Fickle Eye | Bob Harvey | — | — | — |
| 6. | U-9 | Astraea II | Cameron Peck | — | 66.000 | — |
| 7. | U-10 | Delphine X | Horace Dodge | — | — | — |
| 8. | U-17 | Lotus | Horace Dodge | — | — | — |
| 9. | U-20 | Hot Metal | Henry Kaiser | — | 67.601 | — |
| 10. | U-21 | Aluminum First | Henry Kaiser | — | — | — |
| 11. | U-22 | Sheri-San (2) | Ted Newkirk | — | — | — |
| 12. | U-45 | Aljo | Joe Van Blerck | — | — | — |
| 13. | U-99 | Miss Pepsi | Walter Dossin | — | 69.213 | — |
| 14. | G-1 | Tempo VI | Guy Lombardo | — | 73.127 | 65.135 |
| 15. | 2-G | Hurricane IV | Morlan Visel | — | 76.530 | — |
| 16. | G-7 | Helvin | Vince Turner | — | — | — |
| 17. | G-9 | Dukie (2) | Tom Hughes | — | — | — |
| 18. | G-25 | Skip-A-Long | Stan Dollar | — | 84.373 | 75.533 |
| 19. | G-60 | Lahala | Harry Lynn | — | — | — |
| 20. | G-12 | Etta | George Sarant | — | — | — |
| 21. | U-57 | Eager Beaver | Howard Eager | — | — | — |
| 22. | S-1 | Lion Bar Special | K.M. Brien | — | — | — |
| 23. | H-4 | So Long (2) | Lou Fageol | — | 65.312 | — |
| Heat One | Driver | Points | Speed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Such Crust I | Dan Arena | 400 | 74.809 |
| 2. | Skip-A-Long | Stan Dollar | 300 | 74.357 |
| 3. | My Sweetie | Bill Cantrell | 225 | 65.221 |
| 4. | Tempo VI | Guy Lombardo | 169 | 59.984 |
| 5. | Hot Metal | Norm Lauterbach | 127 | 59.327 |
| 6. | Miss Great Lakes | Al Fallon | 95 | 58.500 |
| 7. | Hurricane IV | Morlan Visel | DNF | — |
| 8. | Miss Pepsi | Chuck Thompson | DNF | — |
| Heat Two | Driver | Points | Speed | |
| 1. | My Sweetie | Bill Cantrell | 400 | 76.794 |
| 2. | Skip-A-Long | Stan Dollar | 300 | 75.134 |
| 3. | Such Crust I | Dan Arena | 225 | 74.146 |
| 4. | Tempo VI | Joe Van Blerck | 169 | 69.917 |
| 5. | Miss Pepsi | Chuck Thompson | 127 | 68.002 |
| 6. | Miss Great Lakes | Al Fallon | DNF | — |
| 7. | Astraea II | Cameron Peck | DNF | — |
| 8. | Hurricane IV | Al D'Eath | DNF | — |
| 9. | Hot Metal | Norm Lauterbach | DNF | — |
| Heat Three | Driver | Points | Speed | |
| 1. | My Sweetie | Bill Cantrell | 400 | 78.645 |
| 2. | Skip-A-Long | Stan Dollar | 300 | 77.227 |
| 3. | Such Crust I | Dan Arena | 225 | 76.529 |
| 4. | Tempo VI | Joe Van Blerck | 169 | 66.293 |
| 5. | Hot Metal | Norm Lauterbach | DNF | — |
| Recapitulation | Heat 1 | Heat 2 | Cum. | Heat 3 | Bonus | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | My Sweetie | 225 | 400 | 625 | 400 | 400 | 1425 |
| 2. | Skip-A-Long | 300 | 300 | 600 | 300 | 400 | 1300 |
| 3. | Such Crust I | 400 | 225 | 625 | 225 | 000 | 850 |
| 4. | Tempo VI | 169 | 169 | 338 | 169 | 000 | 507 |
| 5. | Miss Pepsi | DNF | 127 | 127 | DNS | 000 | 127 |
| 6. | Hot Metal | 127 | DNF | 127 | DNF | 000 | 127 |
| 7. | Miss Great Lakes | 95 | DNF | 95 | DNS | 000 | 95 |
| 8. | Hurricane IV | DNF | DNF | 000 | DNS | 000 | 000 |
| 9. | Astraea II | DNS | DNF | 000 | DNS | 000 | 000 |
Lap - My Sweetie 85.731
[Statistics from Greene, V.1]