1959 APBA Gold Cup - Your 1959 Timetable for the Seattle Seafair

The summertime Seafair festival at Seattle includes more competitive nautical events and any other show in America. Water skiing races, sailing regattas, outboard championships, inboard races and free cruises come to an end on the last day when as the grand finale the Seattle YC puts the fabled Gold Cup at stake against unlimited hydroplane challengers from all over the United States.

The Gold Cup is now the only unlimited hydroplane race were there is a bonus (400 points) given for the fastest race. Points are also awarded to each craft on each heat, 400 for first-place, 300 for next, and 225, 169, 27, 95 and 71 points. Only the fastest 21 qualifiers will start. Boats will be limited to 7 to each heat. The first heat will have three sections; the second heat will have to sections; and the final heat will have the fastest surviving 7 boats.

Trophies will include the Gold Cup to the winner; the Martini-Rossi trophy for the fastest heat; the Aaron deRoy Plaque for the fastest lap; and the Pop Cooper Trophy for the fastest qualifying time.

Best place to see the race is from the deck of your own or somebody else's boat. The course along Lake Washington has been changed slightly in the log booms moved around as a safety measure; but there's just as much space as last year. Space costs $11 for small craft to $100 for 50-footers. Reserved land seats cost $3.50 on the West Shore; free admission to Lake Washington floating bridge and along East, West and South shores of Lake Washington.

Lap (3 miles) -- 113.804 mph -- Miss Wahoo, Mira Slovak, driver Seattle, 1957
Heat (30 miles) -- 109.823 mph -- Hawaii Kai, Jack Regas, driver Seattle, 1957
Race (90 miles) -- 103.481 mph -- Hawaii Kai, Jack Regas, driver Seattle, 1958

Gold Cup qualifying, Lake Washington, on Gold Cup course. Challengers must run three laps at 95 mph or better. Fastest 21 qualifiers accepted. 11 AM-5 PM.

Gold Cup race -- Lake Washington, on Gold Cup course, south of floating bridge; 12-5 PM; unlimited hydroplanes; Stanley Donogh, referee; Don Amick, Gold Cup chairman; Andy Joy, vice-president; Phil Butler Jr., pit chairman; and Jack Glidewell, reg.; Harry M. Waves, assistant referee; Jerry Bryant, unlimited commissioner; 90 mile race, run in three 30-mile mile heats of 10 laps per heat around three mile course.

No.	Name of Boat	Owner	YC	Length	Power
U-00	Maverick	William Waggoner Jr.	Lake Mead	30-0	Allison
U-2	Miss U.S. I	George Simon	Detroit	30-0	Rolls
U-4	Miss Burien	Tempest, Inc.	Seattle IRA	27-4	Allison
U-8	Hawaii Kai III	Joe Mascari		30-0	Rolls
U-19	Coral Reef	Austin Snell	Tacoma	29-0	Allison
U-21	Dollar Bill	Lawrence Schuyler	Southern California speedboat	30-0	Allison
U-22	Breathless	J. Murphy Sr.	Lake Tahoe	30-0	Allison
U-25	Miss Spokane	Spokane Citizens	Spokane	29-2	Rolls
U-37	Miss Seattle	Anderson-Stoen	Seattle	28-0	Rolls
U-40	Miss Bardahl	Ole Bardahl	Queen City	30-0	Rolls
U-47	Miss Pay 'n Save	Hydros Inc.	Seattle	30-0	Rolls
U-55	Gale V	Gale Electric	Detroit	34-0	Allison
U-56	Gale VI	Gale Electric	Detroit	34-0	Allison
U-60	Miss Thriftway	Willard Rhodes	Seattle	30-9	Rolls
U-62	Thriftway Too	Willard Rhodes	Seattle	34-0	Rolls
U-77	Miss Wahoo	Bill Boeing	Seattle	30-0	Rolls
U-79	Nitrogen	Samuel Du Pont	Washington D.C.	29-6	Allison
U-88	Fascination	Bob Gilliam	Tacoma	32-0	Allison
U-99	Short Circuit	Thompson Electric	Windmill Pointe	30-0	Allison
U-222	Breathless II	J. Murphy Jr.	Lake Tahoe	31-0	Allison
G-22	Such Crust III	Jack Schafer	Detroit	35-0	Allison

Heat 1A	12:00 noon
Heat 1B	12:40 PM
Heat 1C	1:20 PM
Heat 2A	2:35 PM
Heat 2B	3:15 PM
Jr. Crew	4:00 PM
Final Heat	4:30 PM