![]() Kilmer’s best heat was just over 25 miles per hour. VINGT-ET-UN II, a displacement boat, driven by Willis Kilmer, won the second Gold Cup in September 1904 using a Simplex engine for power. Measuring 59 feet in length with an 8-1/2-foot beam, the craft used a 110-horsepower Standard motor that resembled a miniature steam engine with its steel columns and open frame.įor the first-and only-time in Gold Cup history, two races were run in the same calendar year. The winning boat, the STANDARD, owned and driven by Carl Riotte, averaged just over 23 miles per hour. In those days, the boats plowed through the water rather than skim over the surface of it. The very first Gold Cup race took place in June 1904 on the Hudson River in New York. There have been many, many highlights, too numerous to be retold here. The Gold Cup's long and fascinating history is one of the great sports stories.Ī truly definitive history of the "Golden Goblet" has yet to be written and could fill many volumes. Officially known as the "American Power Boat Association Challenge Cup," it is the ultimate prize that every competitor strives to win at least once. The APBA Gold Cup is to power boat racing what the Super Bowl is to football, what the Kentucky Derby is to horse racing, what the World Series is to baseball, and what the Indianapolis 500 is to automobile racing. By Fred Farley - Unlimited Hydroplane Historian ![]()
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