1951 Red Bank Gold Cup

Statistics

August 11-12 2½ Mile Course
Navesink River 10 Mile Heats
Red Bank, New Jersey 20 Mile Race

 

  No. Entry Owner Race
1 F-36 You All Bob Rowland
2 G-13 Tempo VI Guy Lombardo
3 F-77 Barracuda Lou Butler
4 F-57 Sunshine Baby II Ray Gassner
5 U-50 Gale I Joe Schoenith
6 F-97 Virginia Gentleman Jimmy Broaddus
7 A-202 Why Not Earl Jarrett

 

  Heat 1 Driver Points Speed
1 Tempo VI Guy Lombardo 400 82.396
2 You All Bob Rowland 300
3 Barracuda Lou Butler 225
4 Gale I Al D'Eath 169
5 Sunshine Baby II Ray Gassner 127
6 Why Not Earl Jarrett DNF
  Heat 2 Driver Points Speed
1 You All Bob Rowland 400 75.726
2 Sunshine Baby II Ray Gassner 300
3 Barracuda Lou Butler 225
4 Tempo VI Joe Van Blerck 169
5 Virginia Gentleman Jimmy Broaddus 127
6 Gale I Al D'Eath DNF

 

  Recapitulation Heat 1 Heat 2 Total
1 You All 300 400 700
2 Tempo VI 400 169 569
3 Barracuda 225 225 450
4 Sunshine Baby II 127 300 427
5 Gale I 169 DNF 169
6 Virginia Gentleman DNS 127 127
7 Why Not DNF DNS 0

 

[Statistics from Greene, V.1]

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Final Heat (10 miles)
1 You-All Bob Rowland
2 Sunshine Baby II Ray Gassner
3 Barracuda Lou Butler, Zanesville, Ohio
4 Tempo VI Joe Van Blerck, Freeport, L.I.
5 Virginia Gentleman Jimmy Broaddus, Fredericksburg, Va.

 

Time -- 7:55.4; Speed -- 75.726 mph

Gale I, Albert D'Eath, DNF

Final Placing
1 You-All Bob Rowland 700 points
2 Tempo VI Guy Lombardo & Joe Van Blerck 569
3 Barracuda Lou Butler 450
4 Sunshine Baby II Ray Gassner 427

 

(Reprinted from the New York Times August 13, 1951)