APBA Vintage Participants Webpage
Tom Bertolini & Alan Radue welcome you to
Detroit, Michigan for the APBA Gold Cup.
This event is sanctioned by the APBA Vintage & Historic Division. Click here for more information
Click here for the APBA Gold Cup Homepage
Chrysler Jeep Superstores
Detroit APBA Gold Cup
July 14-16, 2006
The Vintage Race Boats
return to Detroit !!!
First things first - Detroit is always a well planned and well run
APBA vintage event, and many thanks go the the event organizers - Tom and Jacq Bertolini and Alan and Lisa Radue.
In addition to the spectacular Unlimited Hydroplanes, this is also a very large gathering of beautiful vintage race boats - including 3-point hydroplanes, Jersey Speed Skiffs, Gold Cup fast steppers, and fire breathing grand prix hydros. The vintage boats will on display all weekend, and will also ran demonstration heats on the historic Detroit Gold Cup race course.
This year, we will again be located in the "Piston Park" area, close to the start/finish line, and the logistics will again be just superb - thanks to the job organizers. We will have lots of space, 3 cranes for just our vintage boats, and over 100 feet of good docking on the water. All the boats will be crane launched, and the docks will be so long that we will be able to pre-stage our vintage heats at the dock. The boats will all be released all at once - great fun and very dramatic - especially on heats with over 8 vintage boats ???!!!
And again this year our vintage boats will have TONS of water time - with lots of vintage heats on Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Yup - we will a ball, with all the running time most of us can handle, and we will leave Detroit with empty tanks and very tired bodies !!!
The constant crane launching will also gave the spectators a chance to view and photograph the unique bottom designs, that illustrate the evolution of Gold Cup hulls.
And again the year, we will haul our vintage boats for displays at fundraisers at the historic Detroit Yacht Club and the grand Grosse Point Yacht Club. These two clubs are THE major sponsors for our vintage race boats at the historic Gold Cup regatta again this year - and we very much appreciate their support ???!!!
Yup - this will be another grand celebration of our beloved Detroit APBA Gold Cup - and the sights and sounds of our vintage race boats will again be just magnificent.
Tom Bertolini - Chairman of our APBA V&H Division Photo by Wally Hinman
If your hull shows up on this list (which means your invitation letter has been received by the DRRA) and you do not plan to attend the 2006 Chrysler Jeep Superstores Detroit APBA Gold Cup, please notify me immediately because we have a large amount of people on the waiting list. We are looking forward to a spectacular event this year and I’m encouraging everyone in Vintage & Historic who is not on the invitation list to still attend and have fun with us in Piston Park! If you have any questions on the event don’t hesitate to contact me.
Alan Radue
Vice Chairman
APBA Vintage & Historic
DRRA Vintage Volunteer Coordinator
(248) 616-1317
Vintage Participants as of: 12/01/2006
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Vintage Unlimited Hydros |
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1980 |
Hydroplane & Raceboat Museum | Unlimited Hydro |
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1982 |
Hydroplane & Raceboat Museum | Unlimited Hydro |
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Small Hydros |
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Y-6 South Paw |
Dick Delsener | 850 CC Hydro |
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E-207 |
Ron Taylor |
280 Hydro |
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E-173 |
Alan Radue |
280 Hydro |
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E-73 Sorceress |
Jack Cotton | 280 Hydro |
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The Judge | Dan & Debbie Joseph | 145 Hydro |
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E4 Sir Ron III |
Gary Vore | 280 Hydro |
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Mid Hydros |
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Tiger | Carl Wilson | 225 Hydro |
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N-8 Country Boy |
Tom Bertolini | 225 Hydro |
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Barracuda | Tim Settle | 266 Hydro |
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F-222 Opechee |
Hal LeDuc |
Hallett 266 Hydro |
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Something Special | Brian Joseph | 2.5 Mod Hydro |
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Flying Tiger | Phil Mitchell | 6 Litre |
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Big Hydros |
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Edelweiss | Matt Morsheimer | 7 Litre Hydro |
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Bill & Judy Fisk |
Grand Prix Hydro |
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Xanadu |
Travis Hickman |
Grand Prix Hydroplane |
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River Rat | Bill Cousins | Grand Prix Hydro |
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H-62 Tool Crib Special |
Bill Morsheimer | 7 Litre Hydro |
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Marv & Kevin Hart |
Grand Prix Hydroplane |
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Lauterbach Special | William Gmeiner Jr. | Grand Prix hydro |
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Gold Cuppers & Flat Bottoms |
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G-48 |
Bill John |
Gar Wood Gold Cup Speedster |
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Yar Gar
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Chris Johnson |
Gar Wood Gold Cup Speedster |
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SK-169 |
Rob Kaufman | SK Flat Bottom |
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JS-78 |
Bill DeGlopper | Jersey Speed Skiff |
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JS-88 |
Rich DeGlopper | Jersey Speed Skiff |
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JS-11 Indian Summer |
Rob Garratano | Jersey Speed Skiff |
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JS-81 WhizzBang |
Kathy Shuler | Jersey Speed Skiff |
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JS-8 Bad Enuf |
Fred Rosch | Jersey Speed Skiff |
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JS-7 Hot Chocolate |
Robert Francis | Jersey Speed Skiff |
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Static Display |
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Deepwater Special | Tom Bertolini |
Grand Prix Hydroplane |
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A note to all participants !!!
For insurance and safety reasons, to run your vintage race boat at speed on the course, you must be a current APBA member (American Power Boat Association) and your vintage boat must qualify and pass our APBA Safety Inspection. If you do not pass Safety Inspection, you will stay on the trailer. Safety is the #1 priority of this event.
Click here for Safety Inspection Form
Click here for photos from last year.
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