1972 APBA Gold Cup
Detroit River, Detroit MI, June 25, 1972


Statistics

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bullet . . . And His Fifth Gold Cup
bullet Statistics

 
June 25 A.P.B.A Gold Cup 3 Mile Course 60 Miles
  No. Entry Rep. Driver Qual. Best Lap Comp. Lap Race
1. U-1 Miss Budweiser (6) Little T. Sterett 108.544 (108.890) 104.651 97.587
2. U-5 Towne Club Alter Alter 100.239 (100.934) 100.371 —
3. U-6 Miss Madison (3) Steinhardt Dunn — — — —
4. U-7 Notre Dame (9) McDonald Chenoweth 113.745 (114.164) 100.278 —
5. U-25 Pay 'n Pak (3) Heerensperger Schumacher 110.647 (112.970) 101.694 96.295
6. U-29 Lincoln Thrift Fendler Henley 104.600 (104.752) 92.544 —
7. U-44 Miss Timex I McCormick McCormick 102.718 (103.646) 96.428 —
8. U-51 Sweet Thing Buhl Kade 102.396 (104.046) 92.544 —
9. U-70 Atlas Van Lines II (2) Schoenith Sheehy 107.103 (108.324) 94.736 —
10. U-71 Atlas Van Lines (5) Schoenith Muncey 120.948 (121.896) 110.204 104.277
11. U-77 Country Boy G . Walther D . Walther 107.153 108.216) — —
12. U-88 Pizza Pete Gilliam Gilliam 105.575 (106.194) 93.425 —

    Heat 1 Heat 2 Heat 3 Heat 4
1. Atlas Van Lines (1600) A 400 105.530 B 400 104.026 A 400 104.026 F 400 103.547
2. Pay 'n Pak (1225) A 300 97.755 A 400 92.434 A 225 96.445 F 300 98.792
3. Miss Budweiser (1225) B 400 98.648 B 300 97.209 A 300 98.576 F 225 95.695
4. Atlas Van Lines II (1094) B 225 90.240 A 300 89.910 #B 400 88.742 F 169 86.014
5. Pizza Pete (821) A 169 88.932 B 225 91.432 #B 300 87.773 F 127 83.294
6. Towne Club (652) B 300 96.085 A 225 89.226 A 127 89.211 — — —
7. Miss Timex I (563) A 225 91.093 A 169 86.055 A 169 93.555 — — —
8. Sweet Thing (169) — — — B 169 89 .108 B DNF — — — —
9. Notre Dame (127) *A 127 82.226 B DNS — B DNF — — — —
10. Country Boy (000) B DNF — A DNF — — — — — — —
11. Lincoln Thrift (000) B DNF — — — — — — — — — —
* Jumped the gun

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