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The first race held on the Detroit River was the Gold Cup, in 1916. The community-owned Miss Detroit won the Gold Cup in 1915 on Manhasset Bay, outside of New York City, and earned the right to defend it the following year on home waters. Miss Detroit was a single-step hydroplane, equipped with a 250-horsepower Sterling engine.
Silver Cup Detroit River: Miss Supertest Ron Musson [22] [23] 1966/06/19 President's Cup Potomac River: Miss Bardahl: Explosion during race Rex Manchester [22] [23] Notre Dame Collision during final heat Don Wilson [22] [23] Miss Budweiser: Chuck Thompson [24] [25] 1966/07/03 Gold Cup: Detroit River: Smirnoff Bill Brow [26] [27] 1967/11/06 ...
Starting in 1904, the Gold Cup consist of three heats, and starting in 1918 the heat distance was 30 statute miles. [3] In 1963 the number of heats was increased to four, but the total distance was reduced to 60 statute miles. [4] In 1976, the Unlimited Racing Commission adopted a winner-take-all format for all its races including the APBA Gold ...
In 1981, Muncey won his last race during the Thunder on the Ohio race at Evansville. On October 18 in Acapulco, Mexico, he was leading the final heat of the World Championship race, [4] but was killed in a blowover crash while travelling 175 mph (282 km/h). [2] [5] [6] [7] He was buried at Glen Abbey Memorial Park in Bonita, California. [8]
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The death of Chuck Thompson in a crash during the APBA Gold Cup race on the Detroit River (AP-7); The appointment of Mayo Smith as manager of the Detroit Tigers (AP-10, UPI-8); Earl Wilson's strong 18–11 season as a pitcher for the Detroit Tigers (UPI-7); Cazzie Russell of Michigan named the UPI Player of the Year (UPI-9); and
Scott Dixon won the 2024 Detroit Grand Prix for his fourth win in the Motor City and first on the crash ... The 100-lap race around the 1.645-mile track, circling the Renaissance Center in ...
The Sandy Lane Gold Cup is a Barbadian Group I Thoroughbred horse race run annually in late February/early March since 1982 at the Garrison Savannah Racetrack in Bridgetown, Barbados. Contested over a turf course at a distance of 1,800 meters (8.95 furlongs), it is open to horses, age three or older.