The Gold Cup Races

YEAR	LOCATION	BOAT	OWNER	DRIVER	DESIGNER	LENGTH	POWER	SPEED
1904	New York	Standard	Carl C. Riotte and Eugene Riotte	Carl C. Riotte	H. Newton Whittlesey	60^⁵⁶	110	23.6^⁴
1904	New York	Vingt et Un II	Willis Sharpe Kilmer	Willis Sharpe Kilmer	Clinton H. Crane	38' 9"	75	25.3^⁵
1905	Chippewa Bay, NY	Chip	Jonathan Wainwright	Jonathan Wainwright	H.J. Leighton	27	10.25	15.9^⁶
1906	Chippewa Bay, NY	Chip II	Jonathan Wainwright	Jonathan Wainwright	H.J. Leighton	30	15	20.6^⁷
1907	Chippewa Bay, NY	Chip II	Jonathan Wainwright	Jonathan Wainwright	H.J. Leighton	30	15	20.8^⁸
1908	Chippewa Bay, NY	Dixie II	E.J. Schroeder	Jonathan Wainwright^⁹	Clinton H. Crane	39	220	30.9^{^1,10}
1909	Alexandria Bay, NY	Dixie II	E.J. Schroeder	Jonathan Wainwright^⁹	Clinton H. Crane	39	220	32.9^¹¹
1910	Alexandria Bay, NY	Dixie III	F.K. Burnham	F.K. Burnham	Clinton H. Crane			33.6^¹²
1911	Alexandria Bay, NY	MIT II	J.H. Hayden	J.H. Hayden				36.1^¹³
1912	Alexandria Bay, NY	PDQ II	Alfred Graham Miles	A. Graham Miles	Tams, Lemoine, Crane	20	60	36.8^¹⁴
1913	Alexandria Bay, NY	Ankle Deep	Casimir S. Mankowski	Casimir S. Mankowski	Clinton H. Crane	32	300	44.5^¹⁵
1914	Lake George, NY	Baby Speed Demon II	J. Stuart Blackton^¹⁶	Robert Edgren & Jim Blackton, Jr^¹⁷	Chris Smith & Sons	20	200	50.5^¹⁸
1915	New York	Miss Detroit	Miss Detroit P.B.A.	Jack Beebe & John "Freckles" Milot^¹⁹	Chris Smith & Sons	25' 6"	250	48.5^²⁰
1916	Detroit, MI	Miss Minneapolis	Miss Minneapolis Power Boat Association	Bernard Smith	Chris Smith & Sons	20	250	49.7^²¹
1917	Detroit, MI^²²	Miss Detroit II	Gar Wood	Gar Wood	Chris Smith & Sons			56.5^²³
1918	Detroit, MI	Miss Detroit III	Gar Wood^²⁴	Gar Wood	Chris Smith & Sons			52.1^²⁵
1919	Detroit, MI	Miss Detroit III	Gar Wood	Gar Wood	Chris Smith & Sons			56.3^²⁶
1920	Detroit, MI	Miss America I^²	Gar Wood	Gar Wood	Chris Smith & Sons			70.0^²⁷
1921	Detroit, MI	Miss America	Gar Wood	Gar Wood	Chris Smith & Sons	26	900	56.5^²⁸
1922	Detroit, MI	Packard ChrisCraft	Jesse G. Vincent	Jesse G. Vincent	Chris Craft	25		40.6^²⁹
1923	Detroit, MI	Packard ChrisCraft	Jesse G. Vincent	Caleb Bragg	Chris Craft	25		44.4^³⁰
1924	Detroit, MI	Baby Bootlegger	Caleb Bragg	Caleb Bragg	George Crouch	27	220	46.4^³¹
1925	Port Washington, New York	Baby Bootlegger	Caleb Bragg	Caleb Bragg	George Crouch	27	220	48.4^³²
1926	Port Washington, New York^³³	Greenwich Folly	George H. Townsend	George H. Townsend				49.2^³⁴
1927	New York^³⁵	Greenwich Folly	George H. Townsend	George H. Townsend				50.9^³⁶
1928	NO RACE
1929	Red Bank, NJ	Imp II	Richard F. Hoyt	Richard. F. Hoyt	Purdy Boat Company	28' 3�"	294	50.5^³⁷
1930	Red Bank, NJ	Hotsy Totsy	Vic Kliesrath	Vic Kliesrath	Purdy Boat Company	25' 9"	294	56.1^³⁸
1931	Montauk, NY	Hotsy Totsy	Vic Kliesrath^³⁹	Vic Kliesrath	Purdy Boat Company	25' 9"	294	54.9^⁴⁰
1932	Montauk, NY	Delphine IV	Horace E. Dodge, Jr.	Bill Horn	George Crouch			59.2^⁴¹
1933	Detroit, MI^⁴²	El Lagarto	George C. Reis	George C. Reis	John L. Hacker			60.8^⁴³
1934	Lake George, NY	El Lagarto	George C. Reis	George C. Reis	John L. Hacker			58.1^⁴⁴
1935	Lake George, NY	El Lagarto	George C. Reis	George C. Reis	John L. Hacker			55.0^{^3,45}
1936	Lake George, NY	Impshi	Horace E. Dodge, Jr.	Kaye Don	George Crouch			47.12^⁴⁶
1937	Detroit, MI	Notre Dame	Herb Mendelson	Clell Perry	Clell Perry		500	68.645^⁴⁷
1938	Detroit, MI	Alagi	Theo Rossi	Theo Rossi	Baglietto		490	66.08^⁴⁸
1939	Detroit, MI	My Sin	Zalmon Guy Simmons, Jr.	Zalmon Guy Simmons, Jr.	Adolf Apel	24		67.05^⁴⁹
1940	Northport, NY	Hotsy Totsy III	Sidney Allen	Sidney Allen				51.316^⁵⁰
1941	Red Bank, NJ	My Sin	Zalmon Guy Simmons, Jr.	Zalmon Guy Simmons, Jr.	Adolf Apel	24		52.509
1942	NO RACE
1943	NO RACE
1944	NO RACE
1945	NO RACE
1946	Detroit, MI	Tempo VI	Guy Lombardo	Guy Lombardo	Adolf Apel	24		70.878^⁵¹
1947	Jamaica Bay, NY	Miss Peps V	Roy and Walter Dossin	Dan Foster	Adolf Apel	24		56.8^⁵²
1948	Detroit, MI	Miss Great Lakes	Albin Fallon	Dan Foster				57.452^⁵³
1949	Detroit, MI	My Sweetie	Ed Gregory & Ed Schoenherr	Bill Cantrell	John L. Hacker	30		78.645^⁵⁴
1950	Detroit, MI	Slo Mo Shun IV	Stanley S. Sayres	Ted Jones	Ted Jones	28		78.216
1951	Seattle, WA	Slo Mo Shun V	Stanley S. Sayres	Lou Fageol	Ted Jones			90.871
1952	Seattle, WA	Slo Mo Shun IV	Stanley S. Sayres	Stan Dollar	Ted Jones	28		79.923
1953	Seattle, WA	Slo Mo Shun IV	Stanley S. Sayres	Joe Taggart & Lou Fageol	Ted Jones	28		99.108^⁵⁷
1954	Seattle, WA	Slo Mo Shun V	Stanley S. Sayres	Lou Fageol	Ted Jones			92.613^⁵⁸
1955	Seattle, WA	Gale V	Joseph Schoenith	Lee Schoenith	Les Staudacher			99.552
1956	Detroit, MI	Miss Thriftway	Willard Rhodes	Bill Muncey	Ted Jones			96.552^⁵⁹
1957	Seattle, WA	Miss Thriftway	Willard Rhodes	Bill Muncey	Ted Jones			101.787^⁶⁰
1958	Seattle, WA	Hawaii Kai III	Henry Kaiser^⁵⁵	Jack Regas	Mike Welsch			103.481
1959	Seattle, WA	Maverick	William Waggoner, Jr.	Bill Stead	Ted Jones			104.481^⁶¹
1960	Las Vegas, NV	NO CONTEST
1961	Reno, NV	Miss Century 21	Willard Rhodes	Bill Muncey	Ted Jones			99.678
1962	Seattle, WA	Miss Century 21	Willard Rhodes	Bill Muncey	Ted Jones			100.71^⁶²
1963	Detroit, MI	Miss Bardahl	Ole Bardahl	Ron Musson	Ted Jones			105.124
1964	Detroit, MI	Miss Bardahl	Ole Bardahl	Ron Musson	Ted Jones			103.433
1965	Seattle, WA	Miss Bardahl	Ole Bardahl	Ron Musson	Ted Jones			103.132
1966	Detroit, MI	Tahoe Miss	Bill Harrah	Mira Slovak				93.019
1967	Seattle, WA	Miss Bardahl	Ole Bardahl	Bill Schumacher	Ted Jones			101.484
1968	Detroit, MI	Miss Bardahl	Ole Bardahl	Bill Schumacher	Ted Jones			108.173
1969	San Diego, CA	Miss Budweiser	Bernie Little and Tom Friedkin	Bill Sterett, Sr.				98.504
1970	San Diego, CA	Miss Budweiser	Bernie Little and Tom Friedkin	Dean Chenoweth				99.562
1971	Madison, IN	Miss Madison	City of Madison	Jim McCormick				98.043
1972	Detroit, MI	Atlas Van Lines	Joe Schoenith	Bill Muncey				104.277
1973	Tri-Cities, WA	Miss Budweiser	Bernie Little and Tom Friedkin	Dean Chenoweth				99.043^⁶³
1974	Seattle, WA	Pay 'n Pak	Dave Heerensperger	George Henley				104.428
1975	Tri-Cities, WA	Pay 'n Pak	Dave Heerensperger	George Henley				108.921
1976	Detroit, MI	Miss U.S.	George Simon	Tom D'Eath				100.412
1977	Tri-Cities, WA	Atlas Van Lines	Bill Muncey	Bill Muncey				111.822^⁶⁴
1978	Owensboro, KY	Atlas Van Lines	Bill Muncey	Bill Muncey				111.412^⁶⁵
1979	Madison, IN	Atlas Van Lines	Bill Muncey	Bill Muncey				100.765^⁶⁶
1980	Madison, IN	Miss Budweiser	Bernie Little	Dean Chenoweth				106.932
1981	Seattle, WA	Miss Budweiser	Bernie Little	Dean Chenoweth				116.932^⁶⁷
1982	Detroit, MI	Atlas Van Lines	Fran Muncey	Chip Hanauer				120.050
1983	Evansville, IN	Atlas Van Lines	Fran Muncey & Jim Lucero	Chip Hanauer				118.507
1984	Tri-Cities, WA	Atlas Van Lines	Fran Muncey & Jim Lucero	Chip Hanauer				130.175
1985	Seattle, WA	Miller American	Fran Muncey & Jim Lucero	Chip Hanauer				120.643
1986	Detroit, MI	Miller American	Fran Muncey	Chip Hanauer				116.523
1987	San Diego, CA	Miller American	Fran Muncey	Chip Hanauer				127.620
1988	Evansville, IN	Circus Circus	Fran Muncey	Jon Prevost/Chip Hanauer				123.756
1989	San Diego, CA	Miss Budweiser	Bernie Little	Tom D'Eath				131.209
1990	Detroit, MI	Miss Budweiser	Bernie Little	Tom D'Eath				143.176
1991	Detroit, MI	Winston Eagle	Steve Woomer	Mark Tate				137.771
1992	Detroit, MI	Miss Budweiser	Bernie Little	Chip Hanauer				136.282
1993	Detroit, MI	Miss Budweiser	Bernie Little	Chip Hanauer				141.296
1994	Detroit, MI	Smokin' Joes	Steve Woomer	Mark Tate				145.260
1995	Detroit, MI	Miss Budweiser	Bernie Little	Chip Hanauer				149.160
1996	Detroit, MI	PICO American Dream	Fred Leland	Dave Villwock				149.328
1997	Detroit, MI	Miss Budweiser	Bernie Little	Dave Villwock				129.366
1998	Detroit, MI	Miss Budweiser	Bernie Little	Dave Villwock				140.309^⁶⁸
1999	Detroit, MI	Miss PICO	Fred Leland	Chip Hanauer				152.591 [143.013?]
2000	Detroit, MI	Miss Budweiser	Bernie Little	Dave Villwock				139.416 [130.152]
2001	Detroit, MI	Tubby's Grilled Submarines	Mike Jones	Mike Hanson				142.793
2002	Detroit, MI	Miss Budweiser	Bernie Little	Dave Villwock				134.859
2003	Detroit, MI	Fox Hills Chrysler-Jeep/Sun Coatings	Ed Cooper, Sr. & Ed Cooper, Jr.	Mitch Evans				143.497
2004	Detroit, MI
2005	Detroit, MI

^¹ One account gives the speed as 32.9
^² Some reports give the winner as Miss Detroit III, still others show Miss Detroit IV as the winner.
^³ 57.582?
⁴ 23.160 average
^⁵ 24.9 average
^⁶ 15.000 average
^⁷ One account gives the average as 25.000
^⁸ 23.903?
^⁹ Some accounts list E. J. Schroeder as both the owner and driver
^¹⁰ 29.938 average
^¹¹ 29.590 average
^¹² 32.473 average
^¹³37.000 average
^¹⁴ 39.462 average
^¹⁵ 42.779 average
^¹⁶ Another account lists the owner as Mrs. J. Stuard Blackton, Sr.
^¹⁷ Edgren drove heats 1 and 3; Blackton drove heat 2
^¹⁸ 48.458 average
^¹⁹ Jack Beebe drove heat 1; Johnny Milot drove heats 2 & 3.
^²⁰ 37.656 average
^²¹ 48.860 average
^²² One account lists the location as "Mississippi River, MN"
^²³ 54.410 average
^²⁴ Owner sometimes listed as "Detroit yachtsmen"
^²⁵ 51.619 average
^²⁶ 42.748 average
^²⁷ 62.022 average
^²⁸ 52.825 average
^²⁹ 40.253 average
^³⁰ 43.867 average
^³¹ 45.302 average
^³² 47.240 average
^³³ Location listed in Fishman, 1989 as Greenwich, CT
^³⁴ 47.984 average
^³⁵ Location listed in Fishman, 1989 as Greenwich, CT
^³⁶ 47.662 average
^³⁷ 47.662 average (Note: this figure, listed in Fishman, 1989 is identical to the average listed for 1927).
^³⁸ 52.673 average
^³⁹ Fishman, 1989 lists R.F. Hoyt as co-owner
^⁴⁰ 53.602 average
^⁴¹ 57.775 average
^⁴² Location listed in Fishman, 1989 as Lake George, NY
^⁴³ 56.260 average
^⁴⁴ 55.000 average
^⁴⁵ 55.056 average
^⁴⁶ 45.735 average
^⁴⁷ 63.675 average
^⁴⁸ 64.340 average
^⁴⁹ 66.133 average. The Detroit News, September 3, 1946 gives the 1939 90-mile average as 65.240 mph.
^⁵⁰ 48.295 average
^⁵¹ 68.132 average. The Detroit News, September 3, 1946 gives the 90 mile average as 68.072 mph, as does Garey, 1982 and Hogg, 1978.
^⁵² 56.256 average? Garey, 1982 and Hogg, 1978 give a speed of 54.909.
^⁵³ 46.845 average (Fishman, 1989, Garey, 1982 and Hogg, 1978)
^⁵⁴ 73.612 average (Fishman, 1989, Garey, 1982 and Hogg, 1978)
^⁵⁵ Kaiser gave the Kai to the former Slo-mo crew to race and several accounts list them as the owners.
^⁵⁶ Fishman, 1989 gives a length of 58'
^⁵⁷ Garey, 1982 and Hogg, 1978 give a speed of 92.613.
^⁵⁸ Garey, 1982 and Hogg, 1978 give a speed of 99.108.
^⁵⁹ Hogg, 1978 gives a speed of 96.526.
^⁶⁰ Garey, 1982 and Hogg, 1978 give a speed of 101.797.
^⁶¹ Garey, 1982 gives a speed of 104.33; Hogg, 1978 says 104.033.
^⁶² Garey, 1982 and Hogg, 1978 give a speed of 100.071.
^⁶³ Fishman, 1989 and Garey, 1982. Hogg, 1978 says 107.752.
^⁶⁴ Fishman, 1989 and Garey, 1982. Hogg, 1978 says 114.849.
^⁶⁵ Garey, 1982 gives a speed of 100.765
^⁶⁶ Garey, 1982 gives a speed of 107.703
^⁶⁷ Also listed as 116.387
^⁶⁸ Also listed as 140.704

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