1951 National Sweepstakes
Navesink River, Red Bank NJ, August 11-12, 1951


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August 11-12

2½ Mile Course?

Navesink River

10 Mile Heats

Red Bank, New Jersey

20 Mile Race

 

No.

Entry

Owner

Race

1.

G-13

Tempo VI

Guy Lombardo

79.487

2.

U-50

Gale I

Joe Schoenith

 

3.

F-222

Mi Son

Bill Muncey

 

4.

N-

My Ambition

Bob Schroeder

 

5.

F-57

Sunshine Baby

Ray Gassner

 

6.

F-97

Virginia Gentleman

Jimmy Broadus

 

7.

F-36

You All

Bob Rowland

 

8.

[?]

[?]

Chuck Hickman

 

 

Heat One

Driver

Points

Speed

1.

Tempo VI

Guy Lombardo

400

77.956

2.

Gale I

Al D'Eath

300

 

3.

You All

Bob Rowland

225

 

4.

Sunshine Baby

Ray Gassner

169

 

5.

My Ambition

Bob Schroeder

127

 

6.

Mi Son

Bill Muncey

DNF

 

7.

Virginia Gentleman

Jimmy Broadus

DNF

 

8.

[?]

Chuck Hickman

DNF

 
 

Heat Two

Driver

Points

Speed

1.

Tempo VI

Guy Lombardo

400

81.080

2.

Gale I

Al D’Eath

300

 

3.

You All

Bob Rowland

225

 

4.

Sunshine Baby

Ray Gassner

169

 

 

Recapitulation

Heat 1

Heat 2

Total

1.

Tempo VI

400

400

800

2.

Gale I

300

300

600

3.

You All

225

225

450

4.

Sunshine Baby

169

169

338

5.

My Ambition

127

DNS

127

6.

Mi Son

DNF

DNS

000

7.

Virginia Gentleman

DNF

DNS

000

8.

[Chuck Hickman]

DNF

DNS

000

[Statistics from Greene, V.1]

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All heats five miles unless indicated otherwise

OUTBOARD HYDROPLANES — Class B.

First Heat—1. Less Buckman, Baldwin, L. I.: 2. Gilbert Petermann, Malvern. L. I.; 3. Nick Allen Jr., Hilton Village. Va.; 4. Vic Scott, Levittown, L. I.: 5. Warren Kenny, Jericho. L. I.; 6. Joe Prins, Brooklyn: 7. Chet Webb, Niagara Falls, N. Y.; 8. Joe Stager, Flushing, L. I.: 9. William E. Fowler, Medford. Mass.; 10. George H. Andrews, Jackson Heights, L. I.: 11. Alfred J. Kery, South Norfolk, Conn.: 12. Robert W. Thornton, Atlantic City.

Time—5:54.9. Speed—50.704 mph. D. M. Creech, Charlotte, N. C.; Robert P. Solliday, Dunellen, N. J., did not finish.

Final Heat—1. Buckman; 2. Creech; 3. A. G. Broaddus Jr., Richmond, Va.; 4. Allen; 5. Scott; 6. Kenny; 7. Petermann; 8. Fowler; 9. Stager; 10. Solliday; 11. Thorton; 12. Rudy Reisert, Yonkers, N. Y.

Time—5:55.8. Speed—50.590 mph. Andres disqualified. Frins did not finish.

Point Score—Buckman 800; Allen 394; Petermann 371.

Class F

First Heat—1. Creech; 2. Emil Mayer Jr., College Point. L.I.; 3. Victor C. Bieda, Buffalo; 4. Scott; 5. ,Allen; 6. Byron Shannon, Audubon. N. J.; 7. Hudson Moses, Washington; 8, Harry Mandel, Philadelphia; 9. Harry M. Dennis, Waverly. N. Y.; 10. Martin Bill King, Irvington, N. Y.

Time—5:25.2. Speed—35.351 mph. Carl Emig, Kings Park. L. I., did not finish.

Final Heat—1. Creech; 2. Scott; 3. Shannon; 4. Mayer; 5, Bieda; 6. Moses; 7. Raymond Lucas, Richmond. Va.; 8. Mandell; 9. Emig; 10. Dennis.

Time—5:31.0. Speed—54.381 mph.

Point Score—Creech 800, Scott 469 (elapsed time). Mayer 469.

225 CUBIC INCH HYDROPLANES
Division I

Final Heat—1. You-All, Bob Rowland, South Norfolk. Va.; 2. Z-Z-Zip, Sid Street, Kansas City, Mo.; 3. Sunshine Baby II, Ray Gassner, St. Petersburg. Fla.; 4. Barracuda, Gib Bradfield, Barnesville, Ohio; 5, Mi-Son, Bill Muncey, Detroit.

Time—3:46.5. Speed—79.435 mph. Virginia Gentleman, Jimmie Broaddus Jr.. Fredericksburg, Va., did not finish.

Point Score—Street 700 (elapsed time); Rowland 700; Gassner 394.

Division II

Final Heat—1. Sagana XII, Frank Foulke, Essex, Md. 2. My Ambition, Robert Schroeder,

N. Tonawanda, N. Y

Time—4:25.0. Speed—67.924 mph.

Point Score—Foulke 800; Schroeder 600.

JERSEY SPEED SKIFFS

First Heat—1. Falcon, Raymond M. Morris, Red Bank. N. J.; 2. Hurricane, Leo R. Dixon, Rumson, N. J.; 3. Scat II, Harold E. Disbrow, West Long Branch, N. J.; 4. Suds, John B. Boland, Port-au-Peck. N.J. 5. Susan, Stephen J. Schmidt, Long Branch, N, J.; 6. Sea Bug, Henry Murata, Clifton, N. J.; 7. Zimmy II, Martin G. Zimmerman, Red Bank; 8, Jo Carol Too, Daniel A. Ardolino, West Long Branch.

Time—6:42.4. Speed —14.732 m.p.h.

Final Heat—1. Morris; 2. Disbrow; 3. Dixon; 4. Boland; 5. Ardolino; 6. Schmidt; 7. Zimmerman; 8. Murata.

Time—6:40.1. Speed—44.989 m.p.h.

Morris, Falcon, winner of both heats, disqualified. Every finisher moved one position higher.

Point Score—Disbrow 700 (winner on elapsed time). Dixon 700.

CLASS D RUNABOUTS

First Heat—1. My Boy Woody, Elwood J. Pliescott, Cambridge. Md.; 2. Jo, R. Watson Lewis. Baltimore.

Time—5:08.7. Speed—53.290 mph

Final Heat—1, Pliescott; 2, Lewis. Time—5:18.8. Speed—56.491 mph

Point Score—Pliescott 800, Lewis 600.

CLASS E RUNABOUTS

First Heat—1. Hell's Angel, Sherman Critchfield, St. Petersburg, Fla.; 2. T. M. Special, Edmund Thompson, Baltimore; 3, Wee Tommy Tucker, Edward A. Aleksandrowicz, Baltimore.

Time—4:47.7. Speed—62.543 mph

Final Heat—1. Critchfield; 2, Aleksandrowicz; 3. Thompson.

Time—5:02.3. Speed—59.524 mph

Point Score—Critchfleld 800; Aleksandrowicz 525 (elapsed time). Thompson 525.

PACIFIC ONE DESIGN CLASS

Final Heat—1, Cherub II, Dr. Louis J. Novotny, Los Angeles; 2. Maggie VIII, Jack Cook, Marydel, Md.

Time—5:43.3. Speed—52.417 mph

Point Score—Novotny 800. Cook 600.

135 CUBIC INCH HYDROPLANES

Final Heat—1. Marbel, W. Curtis Martens, Hampton. Va.; 2. Why Not, Earl H. Jarrett, Albany; 3. Black and White Special, Jerry Powell, Richmond, Va.; 4. William D. Viets, Springfield. Mass.; 5. Skip, Ardson Bozarth, Vineland, N. J.; 6. Wa Wa, William A. Ritner Jr., Merlon, Pa.; Edee Pedee Jr. II, Silas S. Stein, Pleasantville, N. J.; 8. Spot Cash, Wesley C. Carman Jr., Freeport, L. I.

Time—4:26.5. Speed—67.517 mph

Point Score—Martens 800, Powell 525, Viets 333.

RED BANK GOLD CUP

Final Heat (10 Miles)—1. You All, Bob Rowland; 2. Sunshine Baby II, Ray Gassner; 3. Barracuda, Lou Butler, Zanesville, Ohio; 4, Tempo VI, Joe Van Blerck, Freeport. L. I.; 5. Virginia Gentleman, Jimmy Broaddus, Fredericksburg, Va.

Time—7:55.4. Speed—75.725 mph Gale I. Albert D'Eath, did not finish.

Point Score—Rowland 700. Lombardo 569, Gassner 527.

NATIONAL SWEEPSTAKES

Final Heat (10 Miles)—Tempo VI, Guy Lombardo, Freeport, L. I.; 2. Gale I, Albert R. D'Eath, Detroit; 3. You All, Bob Rowland, So. Norfolk, Va.; 4. Sunshine Baby, Ray Gassner, St. Petersburg. Fla.

Time—7:24.9. Speed—81.48 mph

Point Score—LombarDo 800; D'Eath 600.

(Reprinted from the New York Times August 13, 1951)


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