1951 Detroit Memorial [2nd Running]
Detroit River, Detroit MI, September 1, 1951

Miss Pepsi Wins Feature

bullet Thompson Pilots Dossin Brothers’ Speed Boat to Victory on Detroit River
bullet Miss Pepsi Wins Feature
bullet Statistics

Detroit, Sept. 2 [1951] (AP). — Miss Pepsi, a Detroit boat driven by Chuck Thompson, won the Henry Ford trophy event Saturday — featured race in the Detroit 250th anniversary regatta. The boat averaged 88.697 miles an hour for the four laps — far the best in the unlimited class.

(Reprinted from the Associated Press, September 2, 1951)
Final Results
1. U-99 Miss Pepsi (2)
2. U-51 Gale II
3. U-10 Delphine X
4. G-99 Such Crust I
5. U-50 Gale
DNC G-31 Hornet (3)
DNC U-16 My Darling
DNC G-10 Guided Missile
DNC CA-9 Miss Supertest

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