1953 APBA Gold Cup
Lake Washington, Seattle WA, August 9, 1953


Statistics

August 9

3¾ Mile Course

Lake Washington

30 Mile Heats

Seattle, Washington

90 Mile Race

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Longer course Proposed

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Oval for Gold Cup Cut to 3.75 Miles

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90 Miles At 100 M.P.H.

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Gold Cup Regatta Slated On Sunday

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Speed Record Set by Slo-Mo-Shun IV

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Cup Boat Bought By George Simon

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Coast Speed Boat Loses Propeller

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Sayres Sued by Lawyer

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Gold Cup Entrant Ripped In Tune-Up

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On the Eve of the Gold Cup Race

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Sunday Race Condemned

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Miss Pepsi to be Retired

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Slo-Mo-Shun, ‘Grand Old Lady’, Sweeps Gold Cup

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Distaff Side Prays Home Slo Mo IV

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Slo-mo is Dream Boat to Driver

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Calling the Space Patrol

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In the Wake of the Roostertails

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Five Boats With But One Thought

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Gold Cup Race Won in the Pits

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Gold Cup Invaders Won't Return Says Schafer

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The Old Lady Got Into Another Race

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Gold Cup Race Sidelights

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Slo Mo Shun IV Surprised

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Slo-mo-shun IV Captures Gold Cup Race for Third Time

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Schafer Reluctant to Return to Seattle

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Slo Mo Shun IV Keeps Gold Cup

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Slo Mo IV Remains Queen

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The"Old Lady" Does It Again

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The Gold Cup Stays in Seattle

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Statistics

 

No.

Entry

Owner

Comp. Lap

Race

1.

U-2

Miss U.S. (1)

George Simon

82.544

 

2.

U-4

Miss Great Lakes II

Al Fallon

   

3.

U-5

Such Crust V

Jack Schafer

90.817

 

4.

U-27

Slo-Mo-Shun IV

Stan Sayres

104.231

92.582

5.

U-37

Slo-Mo-Shun V

Stan Sayres

   

6.

U-51

Gale II

Joe Schoenith

100.327

88.874

7.

G-22

Such Crust III (2)

Jack Schafer

92.516

85.214

 

 

Heat One

Driver

Points

Speed

1.

Slo-Mo-Shun IV

Joe Taggart

400

95.268

2.

Gale II

Lee Schoenith

300

93.649

3.

Such Crust V

Bill Cantrell

225

88.908

4.

Such Crust III

Chuck Thompson

169

86.579

5.

Miss U.S.

Dan Arena

127

69.749

6.

Miss Great Lakes II

Danny Foster

DNF

 
 

Heat Two

Driver

Points

Speed

1.

Slo-Mo-Shun IV

Lou Fageol

400

92.044

2.

Such Crust III

Chuck Thompson

300

86.088

3.

Gale II

Lee Schoenith

225

85.866

4.

Miss U.S.

Dan Arena

169

76.840

5.

Such Crust V

Bill Cantrell

DNF

 
 

Heat Three

Driver

Points

Speed

1.

Slo-Mo-Shun IV

Joe Taggart

400

90.559

2.

Gale II

Lee Schoenith

300

87.844

3.

Such Crust III

Chuck Thompson

225

83.055

4.

Such Crust V

Bill Cantrell

DNF

 

 

 

Recapitulation

Heat 1

Heat 2

Cum.

Heat 3

Bonus

Total

1.

Slo-Mo-Shun IV

400

400

800

400

800

2000

2.

Gale II

300

225

525

300

000

825

3.

Such Crust III

169

300

469

225

000

694

4.

Miss U.S.

127

169

296

DNS

000

296

5.

Such Crust V

225

DNF

225

DNF

000

225

6.

Miss Great Lakes II

DNF

DNS

000

DNS

000

000

 

 

Qualifications

Lap 1

Lap 2

Lap 3

Ave.

1.

Slo-Mo-Shun IV

106.7

107.7

108.0

107.5

2.

Such Crust III

92.5

93.5

94.8

93.6

3.

Miss Great Lakes II

93.3

93.0

92.5

92.9

4.

Gale II

92.2

90.7

90.0

90.9

5.

Such Crust V

96.9

96.7

97.2

96.9

6.

Miss U.S.

89.0

87.4

88.2

88.2

(Slo-Mo-Shun V threw a prop on the Wednesday before the Sunday race. This caused a severely wrenched shaft and a hole in her afterplane . The U-37 was ready to go Sunday morning, but engine trouble kept her from making her qualification until the log boom broke away preventing her from making her run prior to the race. The other owners voted against letting her run without a qualification trial.)

[Statistics and comments from Greene, V.1]


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