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STATISTICS BENDIX TROPHY RACE [[6 columned table]] |--|--|--|--|--|--| | YEAR | COURSE | PILOT | AVERAGE SPEED PER HR. | TIME | MONEY | | 1931 | Los Angeles to Cleveland | 1. Maj. Jas. H. Doolittle (Laird Solution) to Cleveland to New York 2. H.S. Johnson (Lockheed Orion) 3. Beeler Blevins (Lockheed Orion) 4. Capt. Ira Eaker (Lockheed Altair) 5. Arthur Goebel (Lockheed Special) 6. J.G. Fall (Lockheed Altair) | 223.058 216.958 199.816 188.992 186.070 171.500 159.167 | 9:10:21 11:11:00 10:14:22 10:49:33 10:59:45 11:55:48 12:51:16 | $7500.00 2500.00 4500.00 3000.00 | | 1932 | Los Angeles to Cleveland Transcontinental Record| Los Angeles to New York | 1. Capt. Jas. H. Haizlip (Wedell-Williams) 2. Jas. R. Wedell (Wedell-Williams) 3. Roscoe Turner (Wedell-Williams) 4. Lee Gehlback (Gee-Bee Special) J.H. Haizlip Roscoe Turner | 245.00 232.00 226.00 210.642 238.153 224.384 | 8:19:45 8:47:31 9:02:25 9:41:39 10:19:00 10:58:00 | $6750.00 3750.00 2250.00 1500.00 2500.00 | | 1933 | New York to Los Angeles Transcontinental Record New York to Los Angeles East to West Record | 1. Roscoe Turner (Wedell-Williams) 2. J. R. Wedell (Wedell Williams) Roscoe Turner | 214.78 209.23 214.78 | 11:30:00 11:58:18 11:30:00 | $4050.00 2250.00 1000.00 | | 1934 | Los Angeles to Cleveland Transcontinental Record to Los Angeles to New York | 1. Doug. Davis (Wedell-Williams) 2. John A. Worthen (Wedell Special) Roscoe Turner | 216.237 203.213 244.880 | 9:26:41 10:03:00 10:02:51 | $4500.00 2500.00 2500.00 | | 1935 | Los Angeles to Cleveland | 1. Ben. O. Howard (Howard Racer) 2. Roscoe Turner (Wedell) 3. Russell Thaw (Northrop Gamma) 4. Roy O. Hunt (Lockheed Orion) 5. Amelia Earhart (Lockheed Bega) | 238.704 238.522 201.928 174.766 149.578 | 8:33:16.3 8:33:39.8 10:06:45 11:41:03 13:47:06 | $4500.00 2500.00 1500.00 1000.00 500.00 |