1948 APBA Gold Cup
Detroit River, Detroit MI, August 28, 1948

Entry Grid

bullet More Power to You
bullet Italian Speedboat Here for Gold Cup Race
bullet Italian Boat Lacks Oil for cup Tune-Up
bullet 21 Craft Entered in Gold Cup Today
bullet Entry Grid
bullet Foster Speed Boat Annexes Gold Cup; Lombardo Is Hurt
bullet Lombardo Hits Rules
bullet Editorial
bullet To Race or Not to Race
bullet The Casualty List of 1948
bullet The 1948 Gold Cup Regatta
bullet Mass Destruction at the Gold Cup

 

Boat

No.

Club

Driver

Owner

Residence

Builder

Engine

Cyl.

Displacement

First Heat, First Section
[Miss Pepsi] G-99 D.Y.C. Clell Perry Dossin Bros. Detroit Clell Perry Allison

12

1710 cu. in.
Hurricane IV 2-G Lido Isle Y.C. (?) Morlan Visel Morlan Visel Los Angeles Morlan Visel Allison

12

1710 cu. in.
Tempo VI G-13 Montauk Y.C. Guy Lombardo Guy Lombardo Long Island, NY Ventnor Allison

12

1710 cu. in.
Lahala II G-60 A.I.A. Harry Lynn Harry Lynn Halsey Island, NJ Ventnor Allison

12

1710 cu. in.
Sant’ Ambrogio U-24 D.Y.C. Achille Castoldi Achille Castoldi Milan, Italy Pichiotti Alfa Romeo

12

  
Will o’ the Wisp H-2 Grenadier Island Y.C. W.G. Robinson W.G. Robinson New York Ventnor Fageol

6

404 cu. in.
Dukie (DNS) G-9 D.R.R.A. Howard Hughes Tom Hughes Detroit Hughes Miller  

1180 cu.in.
Sheri-San (DNS) G-24 D.Y.C. Ted Newkirk Ted Newkirk & Harry Sorg Detroit Sorg-Newkirk Rolls Royce Merlin

12

1650 cu. in.
Nuts & Bolts (DNS) H-8 D.Y.C. Wilfred J. Stroh Wilfred J. Stroh Detroit Ventnor Fageol

6

404 cu. in.
Miss Windsor (DNS) G-2 D.R.R.A. Lorne Armstrong Lorne Armstrong Windsor, Ontario   Rolls Royce

12

1650 cu. in.
Sister Syn (DNS) G-30 Dodge Bros. Dealers (—) Jack O’Mara Detroit Dodge Allison

12

1710 cu. in.

First Heat, Second Section
Such Crust U-1 D.Y.C. Dan Arena Jack Schafer Detroit Ventnor Allison

12

1710 cu. in.
My Sweetie G-3 D.Y.C. Bill Cantrell E. Gregory Jr., E. Schoenherr Detroit Hacker Allison

12

1710 cu. in.
Miss Frostie G-49 Y.A.A. Warren Avis Warren Avis & R. Frost Detroit Arena Dusenberg

24

820 cu. in.
Miss Canada III G-8 Prince Edward YC Harold Wilson Ernest Wilson Picton, Ontario Greavette Rolls Royce

12

1650 cu. in.
Bee Jay F-999 D.R.R.A. Jim Jackson L. Meyer, Bud Greiner Detroit Ventnor Chevrolet

6

248 cu. in.
Miss Great Lakes G-4 D.R.R.A. Dan Foster A.F. Fallon Detroit Fallon-Arena Allison

12

1710 cu. in.
Skipalong G-25 St. Francis YC R.S. Dollar, Jr. R.S. Dollar, Jr. San Francisco, Cal. Own Allison

12

1710 cu. in.
So Long H-4 D.Y.C. Lou Fageol Lou Fageol Kent, Ohio Own Fageol

6

404 cu. in.
Hi Barbaree U-2 D.R.R.A. Elmer T. Nowicki Elmer T. Nowicki Detroit Ventnor Hisso

8

810 cu. in.
Astraea II (DNS) U-8 D.Y.C. D. Cameron Peck D. Cameron Peck Chicago Van Patten Packard

12

  
Katy-Did (DNS) G-15 D.R.R.A. E.D. Stair, Jr. E.D. Stair, Jr. Detroit Wood Allison

12

1710 cu. in.

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