1952 Tahoe Yacht Club Gold Cup

Lake Tahoe, Tahoe City CA, July 13, 1952

Statistics

July 13 Mile Course
Lake Tahoe Mile Heat
Tahoe City, Calif. Mile Race

 

  No. Entry Owner Race
1 G-8 Short Snorter Stan Dollar —
2 G-19 Fleur Du Lac Henry Kaiser —
3 — Fury Bill Stead —

 

  Heat One Driver Points Speed
1 Short Snorter Stan Dollar 400 —
2 Fleur Du Lac Max Collins 300 —

 

Fury driven by Bill Stead overturned in a pre-race trial. Stead was taken to the hospital with a broken collarbone and broken ribs. In the feature race Short Snorter finished ahead of Fleur Du Lac by a boat length in a two lap race.

[Statistics and comment from Greene, V.1]

[Note: Although this race was open to Gold Cup class boats the Lake Tahoe Gold Cup and Sky-High Regatta would not come about until the following year. — LF]

[Statistics from Greene, V.1]