1955 International Cup

Pasquotank River, Elizabeth City, NC, October 1-2, 1955

Statistics

October 1-2 3 Mile Course
Pasquotank River 15 Mile Heats
Elizabeth City, N. Carolina 45 Mile Race

 

  No. Entry Owner Comp. Lap Race
1 U-2 Miss U.S. George Simon — —
2 U-22 Breathless Phil Murphy — 79.49
3 U-23 Wha Hoppen Too Chuck Doran — 82.932
4 U-50 Miss Wayne (2) Bud Saile — 90.594
5 U-54 Gale IV Joe Schoenith — —
6 U-55 Gale V Joe Schoenith — 80.83
7 G-13 Tempo VII Guy Lombardo 105.987 102.42

 

  Heat One A Driver Points Speed
1 Tempo VII Danny Foster 400 103.806
2 Miss U.S. Jack Bartlow 300 98.901
3 Breathless Jay Murphy 225 85.362
4 Wha Hoppen Too Marv Henrich 169 78.531
  Heat One B Driver Points Speed
1 Miss Wayne Bud Saile 400 94.041
2 Gale IV Bill Cantrell 300 60.537
3 Gale V Lee Schoenith 225 60.039
  Heat Two A Driver Points Speed
1 Tempo VII Danny Foster 400 104.775
2 Miss Wayne Bud Saile 300 88.933
3 Breathless Jay Murphy 225 75.673
4 Gale IV Bill Cantrell DNF —
  Heat Two B Driver Points Speed
1 Gale V Lee Schoenith 400 99.336
2 Miss U.S. Jack Bartlow 300 90.909
3 Wha Hoppen Too Marv Henrich 225 85.74
  Heat Three Driver Points Speed
1 Tempo VII Danny Foster 400 98.826
2 Gale V Lee Schoenith 300 96.222
3 Miss Wayne Bud Saile 225 88.989
4 Wha Hoppen Too Marv Henrich 169 84.903
5 Breathless Jay Murphy 127 78.054
6 Miss U.S. Jack Bartlow DNF —

 

— Recapitulation Heat 1 Heat 2 Cum. Heat 3 Total
1 Tempo VII 400 400 800 400 1200
2 Miss Wayne 400 300 700 225 925
3 Gale V 225 400 625 300 925
4 Miss U.S. 300 300 600 DNF 600
5 Breathless 225 225 450 127 577
6 Wha Hoppen Too 169 225 394 169 563
7 Gale IV 300 DNF 300 DNS 300

 

By doing a lap of 105.987 and a heat of 104.775 Tempo VII broke Miss Pepsi's lap record of 103.927 and Slo-mo V's 102.040 for 15 miles.

Race average was 102.469 mph.

[Statistics from Greene, V.1]