1952 Season Summary

Statistics

1.	February 17	Biscayne [Pohl] Miami Gold Cup	Miami, Florida
2.	June 7	Steel Cup	Pittsburgh, Penn
3.	June 28	Maple Leaf Trophy	Windsor, Ontario,
4.	July 4	Henry Ford Memorial	Detroit, Michigan
5.	July 13	Tahoe Yacht Club Gold Cup	Tahoe City, California
6.	August 2	Cambridge Gold Cup	Cambridge, Maryland
7.	August 9	A.P.B.A. Gold Cup	Seattle, Washington
7A.	August 10	Seafair Trophy Race	Seattle, Washington
7B.	August 16	Buffalo Launch Club Regatta (no Unlimiteds or Gold Cup Boats)	Buffalo, New York
8.	August 17	Coast Guard Gold Cup	Tahoe City, California
9.	September 1	O.J. Mulford Silver Cup	Detroit, Michigan
10.	September 7	Harwood Trophy	New York, New York
11.	September 14	National Sweepstakes	Red Bank, New Jersey
12.	September 14	Red Bank Gold Cup	Red Bank, New Jersey
13.	September 21	President's Cup	Washington, D.C.
14.	September 28	Imperial Gold Cup	New Martinsville, W.Va.
15.	October 12	Indiana Governor's Cup	Madison, Indiana

	Date	Winner	Driver
1.	February 17	Miss Great Lakes II	Dan Arena
2.	June 7	Such Crust IV	Bill Cantrell
3.	June 28	Miss Pepsi (2)	Chuck Thompson
4.	July 4	Miss Pepsi (2)	Chuck Thompson
5.	July 13	Short Snorter	Stan Dollar
6.	August 2	Wee Tommy Tucker	Ed Alexandrowicz
7.	August 9	Slo-Mo-Shun IV	Stan Dollar
7A.	August 10	[cancelled]	[cancelled]
7B.	August 16	Nitrogen [Class F runabout]	Howard Hibbert
8.	August 17	Short Snorter	Stan Dollar
9.	September 1	Gale II	Danny Foster
10.	September 7	Davy Jones	Bill Leiber
11.	September 14	You All	Bob Rowland
12.	September 14	You All	Bob Rowland
13.	September 21	Miss Pepsi (2)	Chuck Thompson
14.	September 28	Dee Jay V	Norm Lauterbach
15.	October 12	Wildcatter	B.G. Bartley Jr.

Built

Boat High Points

1.

1950

Miss Pepsi (2)

945

2.

1951

Gale II

585

3.

1950

Slo-Mo-Shun IV

540

4.

1952

Such Crust IV

450

5.

1951

Hornet-Crust

450

6.

1952

Miss Great Lakes II

420

7.

1948

Hurricane IV

360

8.

1952

Such Crust III

300

9.

1951

My Sweetie (2)

240

10.

1950

Dee Jay V

40

11.

1949

Chaz (2)

40

12.

1939

Short Snorter

12

13.

1948

Fleur Du Lac

6

14.

1951

Slo-Mo-Shun V

00

15.

1949

Miss Supertest

00

16.

1949

Hot Metal

00

17.

1952

Thunderbolt

00

18.

1952

Little Miss Judy

00

19.

1951

Guided Missile

00

20.

1939

It's A Wonder

00

21.

1938

Fury

00

22.

1951

Chesapeake Cat

00

Former Names

5.

Why Worry (4), Hornet (3)

11.

Etta

12.

So Long (3), Miss Peps V

15.

Miss Canada IV

20.

Hermes IV

21.

Miss Golden Gate (2), U-1

Driver High Points

1.

Chuck Thompson

615

2.

Danny Foster

264

3.

Joe Taggart

255

4.

Bill Cantrell

210

5.

Stan Dollar

162

6.

Morlan Visel

150

7.

Lou Fageol

84

8.

Walt Kade

72

9.

Al D'Eath

72

10.

Dan Arena

60

11.

Jack Bartlow

60

12.

Lee Schoenith

30

13.

Norm Lauterbach

20

14.

Max Collins

6

15.

Bill Braden

00

16.

George Zigas

00

17.

Charles Klein

00

18.

George Davis

00

19.

Bob Dawson

00

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