1952 Tahoe Yacht Club Gold Cup
Statististics
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July 13 |
Mile Course |
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Lake Tahoe |
Mile Heat |
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Tahoe City, Calif. |
Mile Race |
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No. |
Entry |
Owner |
Race |
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1. |
G-8 |
Short Snorter |
Stan Dollar |
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2. |
G-19 |
Fleur Du Lac |
Henry Kaiser |
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3. |
Fury |
Bill Stead |
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Heat One |
Driver |
Points |
Speed |
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1. |
Short Snorter |
Stan Dollar |
400 |
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2. |
Fleur Du Lac |
Max Collins |
300 |
Fury driven by Bill Stead overturned in a pre-race trial. Stead was taken to the hospital with a broken collarbone and broken ribs. In the feature race Short Snorter finished ahead of Fleur Du Lac by a boat length in a two lap race.
[Statistics and comment from Greene, V.1]
[Note: Although this race was open to Gold Cup class boats the Lake Tahoe Gold Cup and Sky-High Regatta would not come about until the following year. --LF]
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