1955 Indiana Governor's Cup

Ohio River, Madison, Indiana, October 22-23, 1955

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Statistics

October 22-23	3 Mile Course
Ohio River	15 Mile Heats
Madison, Indiana	45 Mile Race

 

	No.	Entry	Owner	Comp. Lap	Race
1	U-2	Miss U.S.	George Simon	—	—
2	U-14	Dora My Sweetie	Horace Dodge	—	—
3	U-23	Wha Hoppen Too	Chuck Doran	—	—
4	U-50	Miss Wayne	Bud Saile	—	T.N.T.
5	U-54	Gale IV	Joe Schoenith	—	—
6	U-55	Gale V	Joe Schoenith	—	88.36
7	G-13	Tempo VII	Guy Lombardo	106.007	89.71

 

	Heat One A	Driver	Points	Speed
1	Tempo VII	Danny Foster	400	102.079
2	Gale V	Lee Schoenith	300	97.052
3	Miss U.S.	Jack Bartlow	225	81.781
	Heat One B	Driver	Points	Speed
1	Miss Wayne	Frank Saile	400	57.778
2	Wha Hoppen Too	Marv Henrich	300	T.N.T.
3	Dora My Sweetie	Bob Grattan	225	T.N.T.
	Heat Two	Driver	Points	Speed
1	Tempo VII	Danny Foster	400	84.945
2	Gale V	Bill Cantrell	300	84.932
3	Dora My Sweetie	Bob Grattan	225	76.056
4	Miss Wayne	Bud Saile	169	74.39
5	Miss U.S.	Jack Bartlow	127	T.N.T.
	Heat Three	Driver	Points	Speed
1	Tempo VII	Danny Foster	400	84.23
2	Gale V	Lee Schoenith	300	84.217
3	Miss Wayne	Bud Saile	225	73.569
4	Miss U.S.	Jack Bartlow	DNF	—
5	Dora My Sweetie	Bob Grattan	DNF	—

 

	Recapitulation	Heat 1	Heat 2	Cum.	Heat 3	Total
1	Tempo VII	400	400	800	400	1200
2	Gale V	300	300	600	300	900
3	Miss Wayne	400	169	569	225	794
4	Dora My Sweetie	225	225	450	DNF	450
5	Miss U.S.	225	127	352	DNF	352
6	Wha Hoppen Too	300	DNS	300	DNS	300

 

The regatta was originally scheduled for October 8-9, but had to be postponed due to a driftwood hazard as a result of a rising river. On the second day of the regatta the water was rough and Tempo VII, a light boat, lost a good deal of her speed advantage over the other boats. Miss U.S. led Tempo VII for three laps of heat 1-A demonstrating a speed capability close to the all conquering Guy Lombardo entry.

[Statistics from Greene, V.1]