1950 APBA Gold Cup
Statistics
| July 22 | 3 Mile Course |
| Detroit River | 30 Mile Heats |
| Detroit, Michigan | 90 Mile Race |
| No. | Entry | Owner | Qual. | Comp. Lap | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | U-1 | Such Crust I | Jack Schafer | 85.000 | 78.21 | — |
| 2 | U-11 | Such Crust II | Jack Schafer | 69.589 | 69.511 | — |
| 3 | U-3 | My Sweetie (1) | Horace Dodge | 89.108 | 86.2 | — |
| 4 | U-10 | Delphine X | Horace Dodge | — | — | — |
| 5 | U-4 | Miss Great Lakes | Al Fallon | — | — | — |
| 6 | U-6 | Fickle Eye IV | Bob Harvey | — | — | — |
| 7 | U-9 | Astraea II | Cameron Peck | — | — | — |
| 8 | U-16 | My Darling | Andy Marcy | — | — | — |
| 9 | U-27 | Slo-mo-shun IV | Stan Sayres | 87.42 | 83.52 | 78.074 |
| 10 | U-50 | Gale | Joe Schoenith | — | — | — |
| 11 | U-99 | Miss Pepsi (2) | Walter Dossin | — | — | — |
| 12 | G-3 | Miss Kay | Jim Webster | — | — | — |
| 13 | G-5 | Chaz (1) | Charles Klein | 65 | 54.438 | — |
| 14 | G-12 | Etta (1) | George Sarant | 67 | — | — |
| 15 | G-13 | Tempo VI | Guy Lombardo | 71.05 | 75.334 | 70.693 |
| 16 | G-66 | Dee Jay V | Daniel Murphy | 75.5 | 78.029 | — |
| 17 | F-8 | Blitz III | Bob Bogie | 68.58 | — | — |
| Heat One | Driver | Points | Speed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Slo-mo-shun IV | Ted Jones | 400 | 80.151 |
| 2 | My Sweetie | Bill Cantrell | 300 | 71.78 |
| 3 | Tempo VI | Guy Lombardo | 225 | 68.227 |
| 4 | Blitz III | Bob Bogie | 169 | 57.27 |
| 5 | Such Crust II | Dan Arena | DNF | — |
| 6 | Chaz | Charles Klein | DNF | — |
| 7 | Dee Jay V | Norm Lauterbach | DNF | — |
| 8 | Such Crust I | Danny Foster | DNF | — |
| Heat Two | Driver | Points | Speed | |
| 1 | Slo-mo-shun IV | Ted Jones | 400 | 80.897 |
| 2 | Tempo VI | Guy Lombardo | 300 | 72.056 |
| 3 | My Sweetie | Lou Fageol | DNF | — |
| 4 | Dee Jay V | Norm Lauterbach | DNF | — |
| Heat Three | Driver | Points | Speed | |
| 1 | Slo-mo-shun IV | Ted Jones | 400 | 73.602 |
| 2 | Tempo VI | Guy Lombardo | 300 | 71.391 |
| 3 | Chaz | Charles Klein | DNF | — |
| Recapitulation | Heat 1 | Heat 2 | Cum. | Heat 3 | Bonus | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Slo-mo-shun IV | 400 | 400 | 800 | 400 | 800 | 2000 |
| 2 | Tempo VI | 225 | 300 | 525 | 300 | 0 | 825 |
| 3 | My Sweetie | 300 | DNF | 300 | DNS | 0 | 300 |
| 4 | Blitz III | 169 | DNS | 169 | DNS | 0 | 169 |
| 5 | Such Crust II | DNF | DNS | 0 | DNS | 0 | 0 |
| 6 | Chaz | DNF | DNS | 0 | DNF | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Dee Jay V | DNF | DNS | 0 | DNS | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | Such Crust | DNF | DNS | 0 | DNS | 0 | 0 |
Lap - My Sweetie 86.261
Slo-mo-shun IV did not win the Gold Cup in devastating style contrary to legend, but afterward no contending entries were built that were not of the three point prop riding design. Previous to the Slo-mo, Hurricane IV in 1948 and Such Crust II in 1949 were of this design, but were not successful
[Statistics and comment from Greene, V.1]