1955 William A. Rogers Memorial

Potomac River, Washington D.C., September 18, 1955

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Statistics

18-Sep	3 Mile Course
Potomac River	15 Mile Heats
Washington, D.C.	30 Mile Race

 

	No.	Entry	Owner	Comp. Lap	Race
1	U-2	Miss U.S. (1)	George Simon	101.408	100.195
2	U-14	Dora My Sweetie	Horace Dodge	90	86.648
3	U-22	Breathless	Phil Murphy	79.587	77.126
4	U-99	Miss Pepsi (2)	Walter Dossin	100.465	97.791

 

	Heat One	Driver	Points	Speed
1	Miss U.S.	Jack Bartlow	400	100.353
2	Miss Pepsi	Chuck Thompson	300	97.297
3	Dora My Sweetie	Don Wilson	225	87.463
4	Breathless	Jay Murphy	169	77.397
	Heat Two	Driver	Points	Speed
1	Miss U.S.	Jack Bartlow	400	100.037
2	Miss Pepsi	Chuck Thompson	300	98.289
3	Dora My Sweetie	Don Wilson	225	87.833
4	Breathless	Jay Murphy	169	76.857

 

	Recapitulation	Heat 1	Heat 2	Total
1	Miss U.S.	400	400	800
2	Miss Pepsi	300	300	600
3	Dora My Sweetie	225	225	450
4	Breathless	169	169	338

[Statistics from Greene, V.1]