1955 Detroit Memorial
Statistics
| June 25 | 3 Mile Course |
| Detroit River | 15 Mile Heats |
| Detroit, Michigan | 45 Mile Race |
| No. | Entry | Owner | Comp. Lap | Race | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | U-2 | Miss U.S. | George Simon | — | 91.119 |
| 2. | U-3 | My Sweetie (2) | Horace Dodge | — | — |
| 3. | U-14 | Dora My Sweetie | Horace Dodge | — | — |
| 4. | U-17 | John Francis My Sweetie | Horace Dodge | — | — |
| 5. | U-5 | Miss Detroit (2) | Bill Stroh | — | — |
| 6. | U-6 | Short Circuit | Chuck Thompson | — | — |
| 7. | U-23 | Wha Hoppen Too | Chuck Doran | — | 76.253 |
| 8. | U-45 | Miss Cadillac | Bud Saile | — | — |
| 9. | U-54 | Gale IV | Joe Schoenith | — | 92.271 |
| 10. | U-55 | Gale V | Joe Schoenith | 99.521 | 90.817 |
| 11. | G-13 | Tempo VII | Guy Lombardo | — | 70.900 |
| 12. | G-22 | Such Crust III (2) | Jack Schafer | — | 82.460 |
| 13. | CA-1 | Miss Supertest II | Gordon Thompson | — | — |
| Heat One | Driver | Points | Speed | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Gale IV | Bill Cantrell | 400 | 93.729 |
| 2. | Miss U.S. | George Simon | 300 | 91.717 |
| 3. | Gale V | Lee Schoenith | 225 | 86.979 |
| 4. | Such Crust III | Walt Kade | 169 | 84.674 |
| 5. | Tempo VII | Danny Foster | 127 | 84.168 |
| 6. | Short Circuit | Chuck Thompson | 95 | 79.666 |
| 7. | Wha Hoppen Too | Marv Henrich | 71 | 74.623 |
| 8. | My Sweetie | John Ban | DNF | — |
| 9. | Miss Supertest II | Bill Braden | DNF | — |
| 10. | Miss Cadillac | Bud Saile | DNF | — |
| Heat Two | Driver | Points | Speed | |
| 1. | Gale IV | Bill Cantrell | 400 | 92.028 |
| 2. | Gale V | Lee Schoenith | 300 | 89.281 |
| 3. | Miss U.S. | George Simon | 225 | 89.255 |
| 4. | Such Crust III | Walt Kade | 169 | 80.194 |
| 5. | Wha Hoppen Too | Marv Henrich | 127 | 77.781 |
| 6. | Tempo VII | Danny Foster | 95 | 52.750 |
| Heat Three | Driver | Points | Speed | |
| 1. | Gale V | Lee Schoenith | 400 | 96.738 |
| 2. | Miss U.S. | George Simon | 300 | 92.450 |
| 3. | Gale IV | Bill Cantrell | 225 | 91.099 |
| 4. | Tempo VII | Danny Foster | 169 | 87.160 |
| 5. | Such Crust III | Walt Kade | 127 | 82.632 |
| 6. | Wha Hoppen Too | Marv Henrich | 95 | 76.427 |
| Recapitulation | Heat 1 | Heat 2 | Cum. | Heat 3 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | Gale IV | 400 | 400 | 800 | 225 | 1025 |
| 2. | Gale V | 225 | 300 | 525 | 400 | 925 |
| 3. | Miss U.S. | 300 | 225 | 525 | 300 | 825 |
| 4. | Such Crust III | 169 | 169 | 338 | 127 | 465 |
| 5. | Tempo VII | 127 | 95 | 222 | 169 | 391 |
| 6. | Wha Hoppen Too | 71 | 127 | 198 | 95 | 293 |
| 7. | Short Circuit | 95 | DNS | 95 | DNS | 95 |
| 8. | My Sweetie | DNF | DNS | 000 | DNS | 000 |
| 9. | Miss Supertest II | DNF | DNS | 000 | DNS | 000 |
| 10. | Miss Cadillac | DNF | DNS | 000 | DNS | 000 |
10 boats were allowed to start the first heat with disastrous consequences. My Sweetie, a small boat, went out of control and collided with Tempo VII locking sponsons with the Guy Lombardo entry and throwing her driver John Ban out. The driverless Sweetie next headed for Miss Cadillac that swerved to avoid the U-3, but collided with the Miss Supertest II. As a result three boats were put out of the race before the first turn. 10 boats had started on the Detroit River in 1949, but they were not Ted Jones style boats complete with rooster-tail. In 1956 in the Silver Cup a ten boat field was split into sections.
[Statistics from Greene, V.1]