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BENDIX TROPHY RACE STATISTICS | Year | Course | Pilot | Average Speed per Hour | Time | Money | | 1931 | Los Angeles to Cleveland | 1. Maj. Jas. H. Doolittle to Cleveland | 223.058 | 9:10:21 | $7500.00 | | | | [[Doolittle]] to New York | | 11:11:00 | 2500.00 | | | | 2. H.S.Johnson | 199.816 | 10:14:22 | 4500.00 | | | | 3. Beeler Blevins | 188.992 | 10:49:33 | 3000.00 | | | | 4. Capt. Ira Eaker | | 10:59:45 | | | | | 5. Arthur Goebel | | 11:55:48 | | | | | 6. J. G. Hall | | 12:51:16 | | | 1932 | Los Angeles to Cleveland | 1. Capt. Jas. H. Haizlip | 245.00 | 8:19:45 | $6750.00 | | | | 2. Jas. R. Wedell | 232.00 | 8:47:31 | 3750.00 | | | | 3. Roscoe Turner | 226.00 | 9:02:25 | 2250.00 | | | | 4. Lee Gehlbach | | 9:41:39 | 1500.00 | |to New York Transcont. | | J.H.Haizlip | | 10:19:00| 2500.00 | |Record, West to East | | Roscoe Turner | | 10:58:00| | | 1933 | New York to Los Angeles | 1. Roscoe Turner | 214.78 | 11:30:00 | $4050.00 | | | | 2. J.R. Wedell | 209.32 | 11:58:18 | 2250.00 | |to Los Angeles, Transc. | | | | | | |East to West Record. | | Roscoe Turner| | | 1000.00 | | 1934 | Los Angeles to Cleveland | 1. Doug Davis | 216.237 | 9:26:41 | $4500.00 | | | | 2. John A. Worthen | 203.213 | 10:03:00 | 2500.00 | |to New York, Transcont. Record | | Roscoe Turner | | 10:02:51 | 2500.00 | | 1935 | Los Angeles to Cleveland | 1. Ben Howard | 238.704 | 8:33:16.3 | $4500.00 | | | | 2. Roscoe Turner | 238.522 | 8:33:39.8 | 2500.00 | | | | 3. Russel Thaw | 201.928 | 10:06:45 | 1500.00 | | | | 4. Roy O. Hunt | 174.766 | 11:40:03 | 1000.00 | | | | 5. Amelia Earhart | 149.578 | 13:47:06 | 500.00 | | 1936 | New York to Los Angeles East to West | 1. Louise Thaden | | 14:55:01 | $4500.00 | | | | | | | 2500.00 | | | | 2. Laura Ingalls | | 15:39:38 | 2500.00 | | | | 3. Wm. Warner | | 15:45:25 | 1500.00 | | | | 4. Geo. Pomeroy | | 16:16:51 | 1000.00 | | | | 5. Amelia Earhart| | 16:34:53 | 500.00 | | 1937 | Los Angeles to Cleveland | 1. Frank W. Fuller | 258.2 | 7:54:26.31 | $9000.00 | | | | 2. Earl Ortman | | 9:45:21 | 5000.00 | | | | 3. Jacqueline Chochran | 194.74 | 10:29: 8.70 | 3000.00 | | | | 4. Frank Sinclair | 184.92 | 11: 2.33 | 2000.00 | | | | 5. Milo Burcham | 184 | 11: 3 | 1000.00 | | | | 6. Eiler C. Sundorph | 166.2 | 12:17:18 | | | For new competitive Transcontinental Record Los Angeles to Bendix N.J. | | Frank W. Fuller | 255 | 9:35 | $2500.00 | | Purse for woman's first place Los Angeles to Cleveland | | Jacqueline Cochran | | | $2500.00 | | Bonus to first pilot Los Angeles to Bendix, N.J. | | Frank W. Fuller | | | $1500.00 | 8