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Villwock wins 6th Gold Cup ... DETROIT (AP)--Dave Villwock (Auburn, Wash.) might have won his sixth Gold Cup in his illustrious career, but none could have been any sweeter than Sunday's win in the 99th running of the Chrysler Jeep Superstore APBA Gold Cup on the Detroit River. "I would have to say this was the best," said Villwock. "This was one was really special." For Villwock, he passed the great Gar Wood for the third most GC wins in the history of the oldest active motorsport trophy. But for his owner Erick Ellstrom, it was his first and it was special for a number of reasons. "Many owners have raced for 25 years and never won the Gold Cup," said Ellstrom, owner of the team since 1995.. "And to win it with these special guys is great." It also was a bittersweet win for the Miss Elam team. Ellstrom's mother Kerstin passed on July 11. Ellstronm didn't get to Detroit until Saturday morning. "She was a very special lady for all of us," said Villwock. "She was the type who would bring us cookies and always be around. "She died on 7/11 and today we ran the 7/11 propeller and won the Gold Cup," added Villwock. "I don't think we'll ever run that prop again." The Miss Elam team looked like it was going to have just another Sunday cruise, winning all three elimination heats before the final. In the final heat, Villwock passed Steve David (Lighthouse Pt, Fla.) after the end of the first lap to take the lead but Mike Allen (New Orleans, La.) blew the boat end-over-end entering the first turn on lap three. Allen was rushed ashore and taken to the Medical Room at the Horace E. Dodge Memorial Pits. He was treated and then taken to Detroit Receiving Hospital to clean out a wound from the thumb injury two weeks ago when he blew over the boat in Evansville. After a one-hour delay, the boats came back on the water for the final. Villwock was in the inside lane, David in lane two, a spot Villwock didn't want. "That was a smart move on Steve's part," said Villwock. "He was in lane one for the first start of the final and then he moved over and tried to pin me in lane one." But the Elam and Villwock were way too strong for the competition this day. Villwock grabbed the lead on the start then held off David for the next two laps before pulling away in the five-lap feature. The Spirit of Detroit driven by J. Michael Kelly (Puyallup, Wash.) finished third while Gregg Hopp (Snohomish, Wash.) took fourth in the Jarvis Construction. Jimmy King (Wales, Mich.), who won an exciting deck-to-deck elimination heat against David earlier in the day, did not finish.
Total Race Points ...
U16 Miss ELAM Plus ... 1700 (Season Total = 4925)
U6 Oh Boy! Oberto ... 1295 (Season Total = 3855)
U3 Chrysler Jeep ... 760 (Season Total = 3065)
U37 Beacon Plumbing ... 643 (Season Total = 2997)
U13 Spirit of Detroit ... 725 (Season Total = 2409)
U100 Mirage Racing ... 30 (Season Total = 1979)
U25 Superior Racing ... 855 (Season Total = 1909)
U1 Formulaboats.com ... 809 (Season Total = 1703)
U5 Formulaboats.com ... 782 (Season total = 1502)
U10 Ahern Rentals ... 0 (Season Total = 780)
FINAL HEAT ...
1st ... U16 ELAM Plus (Dave Villwock) 147.687 mph
2nd ... U6 Oh Boy! Oberto (Steve David) 146.526
3rd ... U13 Spirit of Detroit (J M Kelly) 142.560
4th ... U25 Jarvis Construction (Greg Hopp) 125.841
DNF ... U3 Chrysler Jeep (Jimmy King)
DNS ... U5 Formulaboats.com (Jeff Bernard)
DNS ... U1 Formulaboats.com (Mike Allen) (Blow-Over)
HEAT 3A ...
1st ... U3 Chrysler Jeep (Jimmy King) 151.435
2nd ... U6 Oh Boy! Oberto (Steve David) 151.358
3rd ... U25 Jarvis Construction (Greg Hopp) 131.832
DNS ... U13 Spirit of Detroit (J M Kelly)
withdrew ... U100 Mirage Racing (Greg Hopp)
HEAT 3B ...
1st ... U16 ELAM Plus (Dave Villwock) 138.024
2nd ... U1 Formulaboats.com (Mike Allen) 136.394
3rd ... U5 Formulaboats.com (Jeff Bernard) 125.028
4th ... U37 Beacon Plumbing (Jean Theoret) 94.091
HEAT 2A ...
1st ... U6 Oh Boy! Oberto (Steve David) 149.445
2nd ... U3 Chrysler Jeep (Jimmy King) 148.130
3rd ... U13 Spirit of Detroit (J M Kelly) 140.916
4th ... U1 Formulaboats.com (Mike Allen) 138.080
5th ... U5 Formulaboats.com (Jeff Bernard) 123.370
HEAT 2B ...
1st ... U16 ELAM Plus (Dave Villwock) 140.164
2nd ... U25 Jarvis Construction (Ken Muscatel) 122.126
3rd ... U37 Beacon Plumbing (Jean Theoret) 136.723 (gun jump)
DNS ... U100 Mirage Racing (Greg Hopp)
HEAT 1A ...
1st ... U16 ELAM Plus (Dave Villwock) 147.039
2nd ... U1 Formulaboats.com (Mike Allen) 144.845
3rd ... U13 Spirit of Detroit (J M Kelly) 143.197
4th ... U37 Beacon Plumbing (Jean Theoret) 140.55
DNF ... U100 Mirage Racing (Greg Hopp)
HEAT 1B ...
1st ... U5 Formulaboats.com (Jeff Bernard)
2nd ... U25 Jarvis Construction (Ken Muscatel) 127.212
3rd ... U6 Oh Boy! Oberto (Steve David) 149.104 (gun jump)
DNF ... U3 Chrysler Jeep (Jimmy King)
Final Qualifying Results ...
U-16 MISS ELAM PLUS (Dave Villwock) ... 162.754
U-37 MISS BEACON PLUMBING (Jean Theoret) ... 160.089
U-6 OH BOY! OBERTO (Steven David) ... 156.925
U-3 CHRYSLER JEEP (Jimmy King) ... 156.133
U-13 SPIRIT OF DETROIT (J M Kelly) ... 155.379
U-1 FORMULABOATS.COM (Mike Allen) ... 153.993
U-5 FORMULABOATS.COM (Jeff Bernard) ... 152.984
U-25 Jarvis Construction (Ken Muscatel) ... 148.216
U-100 MIRAGE RACING (Greg Hopp) ... 138.651
2007 Gold Cup Pictures
Gold Cup Girl!
| Year | Boat | Driver | Avg. MPH |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1904 | Standard (June) | Carl Riotte* | 23.160 |
| 1904 | Vingt-Et-Un II (Sept.) | W. Sharpe Kilmer* | 24.900 |
| 1905 | Chip I | J.M. Wainwright* | 15.000 |
| 1906 | Chip II | J.M. Wainwright* | 25.000 |
| 1907 | Chip II | J.M. Wainwright* | 23.903 |
| 1908 | Dixie II | E.J. Schroeder* | 29.938 |
| 1909 | Dixie II | E.J. Schroeder* | 29.590 |
| 1910 | Dixie III | F.K. Burnham* | 32.473 |
| 1911 | MIT II | J.H. Hayden* | 37.000 |
| 1912 | P.D.Q. II | A.G. Miles* | 39.462 |
| 1913 | Ankle Deep | C.S. Mankowski* | 42.779 |
| 1914 | Baby Speed Demon II | Jim Blackton & Bob Edgren | 48.458 |
| 1915 | Miss Detroit | Johnny Milot & Jack Beebe | 37.656 |
| 1916 | Miss Minneapolis | Bernard Smith | 48.860 |
| 1917 | Miss Detroit II | Gar Wood* | 54.410 |
| 1918 | Miss Detroit II | Gar Wood | 51.619 |
| 1919 | Miss Detroit III | Gar Wood* | 42.748 |
| 1920 | Miss America I | Gar Wood* | 62.022 |
| 1921 | Miss America I | Gar Wood* | 52.825 |
| 1922 | Packard Chriscraft | J.G. Vincent* | 40.253 |
| 1923 | Packard Chriscraft | Caleb Bragg | 43.867 |
| 1924 | Baby Bootlegger | Caleb Bragg* | 45.302 |
| 1925 | Baby Bootlegger | Caleb Bragg* | 47.240 |
| 1926 | Greenwich Folly | George Townsend* | 47.984 |
| 1927 | Greenwich Folly | George Townsend* | 47.662 |
| 1928 | Not held | ||
| 1929 | Imp | Richard Hoyt* | 48.662 |
| 1930 | Hotsy Totsy | Vic Kliesrath* | 52.673 |
| 1931 | Hotsy Totsy | Vic Kliesrath* | 53.602 |
| 1932 | Delphine IV | Bill Horn | 57.775 |
| 1933 | El Lagarto | George Reis* | 56.260 |
| 1934 | El Lagarto | George Reis* | 55.000 |
| 1935 | El Lagarto | George Reis* | 55.056 |
| 1936 | Impshi | Kaye Don | 45.735 |
| 1937 | Notre Dame | Clell Perry | 63.675 |
| 1938 | Alagi | Theo Rossi* | 64.340 |
| 1939 | My Sin | Z.G. Simmons Jr.* | 66.133 |
| 1940 | Hotsy Totsy III | Sidney Allen* | 48.295 |
| 1941 | My Sin | Z.G. Simmons Jr.* | 52.509 |
| 1942-45 Not held | |||
| 1946 | Tempo VI | Guy Lombardo* | 68.132 |
| 1947 | Miss Peps V | Danny Foster | 57.000 |
| 1948 | Miss Great Lakes | Danny Foster | 46.845 |
| 1949 | My Sweetie | Bill Cantrell | 73.612 |
| 1950 | Slo-Mo-Shun IV | Ted Jones | 78.216 |
| 1951 | Slo-Mo-Shun V | Lou Fageol | 90.871 |
| 1952 | Slo-Mo-Shun IV | Stan Dollar | 79.923 |
| 1953 | Slo-Mo-Shun IV | Joe Taggart & Lou Fageol | 99.108 |
| 1954 | Slo-Mo-Shun V | Lou Fageol | 92.613 |
| 1955 | Gale V | Lee Schoenith | 99.552 |
| 1956 | Miss Thirftway | Bill Muncey | 96.552 |
| 1957 | Miss Thriftway | Bill Muncey | 101.787 |
| 1958 | Hawaii Kai III | Jack Regas | 103.000 |
| 1959 | Maverick | Bill Stead | 104.481 |
| 1960 | Not held | ||
| 1961 | Miss Century 21 | Bill Muncey | 99.678 |
| 1962 | Miss Century 21 | Bill Muncey | 100.710 |
| 1963 | Miss Bardahl | Ron Musson | 105.124 |
| 1964 | Miss Bardahl | Ron Musson | 103.433 |
| 1965 | Miss Bardahl | Ron Musson | 103.132 |
| 1966 | Tahoe Miss | Mira Slovak | 93.019 |
| 1967 | Miss Bardahl | Bill Shumacher | 101.484 |
| 1968 | Miss Bardahl | Bill Shumacher | 108.173 |
| 1969 | Miss Budweiser | Bill Sterett | 98.504 |
| 1970 | Miss Budweiser | Dean Chenoweth | 99.562 |
| 1971 | Miss Madison | Jim McCormick | 98.043 |
| 1972 | Atlas Van Lines | Bill Muncey | 104.277 |
| 1973 | Miss Budweiser | Dean Chenoweth | 99.043 |
| 1974 | Pay 'n Pak | George Henley | 104.428 |
| 1975 | Pay 'n Pak | George Henley | 108.921 |
| 1976 | Miss U.S. | Tom D'Eath | 100.412 |
| 1977 | Atlas Van Lines | Bill Muncey* | 111.822 |
| 1978 | Atlas Van Lines | Bill Muncey* | 100.412 |
| 1979 | Atlas Van Lines | Bill Muncey* | 100.765 |
| 1980 | Miss Budweiser | Dean Chenoweth | 106.932 |
| 1981 | Miss Budweiser | Dean Chenoweth | 116.387 |
| 1982 | Atlas Van Lines | Chip Hanauer | 120.050 |
| 1983 | Atlas Van Lines | Chip Hanauer | 118.507 |
| 1984 | Atlas Van Lines | Chip Hanauer | 130.175 |
| 1985 | Miller American | Chip Hanauer | 120.643 |
| 1986 | Miller American | Chip Hanauer | 116.523 |
| 1987 | Miller American | Chip Hanauer | 127.620 |
| 1988 | Miss Circus Circus | Chip Hanauer & J. Prevost | 123.756 |
| 1989 | Miss Budweiser | Tom D'Eath | 131.209 |
| 1990 | Miss Budweiser | Tom D'Eath | 143.176 |
| 1991 | Winston Eagle | Mark Tate | 137.771 |
| 1992 | Miss Budweiser | Chip Hanauer | 136.282 |
| 1993 | Miss Budweiser | Chip Hanauer | 141.296 |
| 1994 | Smokin' Joe's | Mark Tate | 145.532 |
| 1995 | Miss Budweiser | Chip Hanauer | 149.160 |
| 1996 | Pico/American Dream | Dave Villwock | 149.328 |
| 1997 | Miss Budweiser | Dave Villwock | 129.366 |
| 1998 | Miss Budweiser | Dave Villwock | 140.704 |
| 1999 | Miss Pico | Chip Hanauer | 152.591 |
| 2000 | Miss Budweiser | Dave Villwock | 139.416 |
| 2001 | Miss Tubby's Subs | Mike Hanson | 140.022 |
| 2002 | Miss Budweiser | Dave Villwock | 143.112 |
| 2003 | U-3 Fox Hills CJeep | Mitch Evans | 144.152 |
| 2004 | U-10 Miss DYC | Nate Brown | 141.195 |
| 2005 | U-13 Al Deeby Dodge | Terry Troxell | 142.448 |
| 2006 | Beacon Plumbing | Jean Theoret | 142.441 |
Note that (*) indicates driver was also owner of the winning boat