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1955
U-56 Gale VI (1) (USA )
Owner - Joe Schoenith (Detroit)
Designer - Ted Jones
Builder - Les Staudacher
Length - 36ft
Beam - 13ft 9in
Hull - 3 pointer
Detail - step tail fin at Silver Cup
Colors - mahogany & lime green
Weight - 10,000
Power - two V12 Allisons in line
Driver - Lee Schoenith
DNQ
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Detail - runboards, sponson ports
Drivers - Lee Schoenith & Roy Duby
Winner of the St. Clair race
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Detail - sponson ports closed
Driver - Lee Schoenith
Best finish - 5th
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Detail - 2 runboards, forward air scoops top of hood
Drivers - Lee Schoenith & Roy Duby
Best finish - 2nd
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"The largest of the Gale racers, the VI measures 33½ feet, has a 13-foot-9-inch beam and weighs 8,500 pounds. Designed by Ted Jones, she was built by Les Staudacher in 1955 and is powered by two Allison engines in tandem. She won the 1956 International Sweepstakes Trophy Race and, after severe mechanical difficulties, was retired at the end of the 1958 season." (Reprinted from This is Hydroplaning by Paul Lowney [1959]) |