1952 Harwood Trophy
New York, New York, September 7, 1952


Statistics

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bullet Statistics

September 7

28 Mile Course

Hudson-East River

28 Mile Heat

New York, New York

28 Mile Race

 

No.

Entry

Class

Group

Driver

Home

Points

Speed

Time

1.

20-K

Davy Jones (originally Casey Jones)

22-year-old 33’ Gar Wood runabout (built 1930)

I (1st)

Bill Leiber (William C. Leiber, Jr.) & Jack Kraemer

Port Washington, L.I.

400

59.8

29.10

2.

 

Hel Pat (Hel-Pat)

big runabout

 

Lou Eppel & Richard S. Foyle

Cedar Grove, NJ

300

49.2

35:20

3.

 

Jennie Lee II (formerly Restless; later Knorreaster, Snook)

big runabout

V (1st)

Richard R. Lovett

Margate, NJ

225

49.2

35:22

4.

K-8?

Beaver II

unlimited class (Class K) runabout

I (3rd)

George K. Miller & L. Gene Gatter

Margate, NJ

169

47.5

36:50

5.

 

Half Fast (Half-Fast)

135 c.i. hydroplane

III (1st)

Al L. Kirwan

Ft. Lauterdale, FL

127

43.5

39:40

6.

I-20

Minit Man (formerly Flora III; later Alcath II)

   

Chuck Hickman

Philadelphia, PA

95

41.2

42:15

7.

 

Pepper Pot III

   

Bill Ammann

Philadelphia, PA

71

39.2

44.25

8.

F-15

Hornet

   

George Reynolds

Brockville, ON, Canada

53

29.3

59:20

9.

A-34

Slo-Poke

 

IV (1st)

James Camp

Newark, NJ

40

29.3

59:26

10.

20-E

The Fox

   

Sam Griffith

Miami, FL

30

21.3

1:21:50

11.

A-135

Baby June

   

Frank S. Dubeshter

Jamaica, NY

22

20.2

1:25:46

12.

 

Medico III

Class F runabout

 

Dr. George E. Firth & Robert Maddison

Philadelphia, PA

17

19.6

1:28:25

13.

           

DNF

 

14.

           

DNF

 

15.

           

DNF

 

16.

           

DNF

 

17.

           

DNF

 

18.

           

DNF

 

19.

23-E

Pancho

Class E runabout

 

Les Cloak

 

DNF

 

20.

G-5

Chaz (2)

   

Charles Klein

Atlantic Beach, L.I.

DNF

 

[Statistics from Greene, V.1, New York Times and Motor Boating, October 1952]


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