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[[underlined]] 1946 NATIONAL AIR RACES - CLEVELAND, OHIO [[/underlined]] August 30, 1946 Timer's Bulletin #6 [[underlined]] BENDIX TROPHY RACE, "R" DIVISION - TOTAL PURSE $25,000.00 and the BENDIX TROPHY [[/underlined]] (Van Nuys, California, to Cleveland Municipal Airport, Cleveland Ohio- 2,048.55 miles) PURSE: 1st-$10,000.00; 2nd--$5,500.00; 3rd--$3,000>00; 4th--$2,500.00; 5th--$1,500.00; 6th--$1,000.00; 7th--$500.00 $1000.00 to woman pilot making fastest speed between starting and finishing points. [[underlined]] OFFICIAL RESULTS [[/underlined]] [[10 columned table]] |PLACE|RACE NO.|PILOT|HOME ADDRESS|PLANE MAKE|ENGINE|ENTRANT|ELAPSED TIME|SPEED MPH|PRIZE| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |1|46|Paul Mantz|Burbank, Calif.|No. Amer. P-51|Packard Rolls|Paul Mantz|4:42:14|435.501|$10,000| |2|13|Jacqueline Coshrene| |No. Amer. P-51|Packard Rolls|No. American|4:52:00.4|420.925|5,500| |3|60|Thomas J. Mayson|Van Nuys, Calif.|No. Amer. P-51|Packard Rolls|Mantz|5:01:05.6|408.220|3,000| |4|31|William F. Eddy|La Jolla, Calif.|No. Amer. P-51|Packard Rolls|Eddy|5:29:18.2|373.252|2,500| |5|95|James L. Harp|Aurora, Ill.|Lockhead P-38|Allison (2)|Harp|5:31:47.8|370.447|1,500| |6|45|Donald E. Husted|Miam, Florida|Douglas A-26|P & W (2)|Caribbean Air| | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |7|30|Charles Tucker|La Crescenta, Calif.|Bell P-68|Allison|Tucker|5:34:46.6|367.149|500| Award of $1,000 to woman pilot making fastest speed between starting and finishing points. [[10 columned table]] |PLACE|RACE NO.|PILOT|HOME ADDRESS|PLANE MAKE|ENGINE|ENTRANT|ELAPSED TIME|SPEED MPH|PRIZE| |---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---| |8|70|Harvey M. Hughes|Lansing, Michigan|Lockhead P-38|Allison (2)|Hughea & Marah|5:44:50.8|356.428| | |9|50|Walter R. Bullook|Savage, Minn.|Lockhead P-38|Allison (2)|DePonti Aviation Co.|5:45:21.0|355.908| | |0|63|Harold S. Johnson|Louisville, Ky.|Lockhead P-38|Allison (2)|Johnson|5:57:57.0|343.580| | |1|22|John C. Carroll|Los Angeles, Cal.|Lockhead P-38|Allison (2)|Carroll|6:03:46.6|337.880| | |2|99|H. L. Marshall|Miami Beach, Fla.|Lockhead P-38|Allison (2)|Marshall &Brown|6:05:52.8|335.938| | |3|55|Hex Mays|Long Beach, Calif.|Lockhead P-38|Allison (2)|Mays|6:15:16.6|327.526| | |4|71|William P. Lear, Jr.|Grand Rapids, Mich.|Lockhead P-38|Allison (2)|Lear|6:16:45.6|327.105| | |5|90|Thomas Call| |Corsair PG-1|P&W|[[?]] Waylar|6:17:29.0|325.612| | |16|58|M. W. Fairbrother|Milwaukee, Wis.|Lockhead P-38|Allison (2)|Anderson Air Activities|6:17:53.8|325.255| | |17|82|Andrew Grant|Long Beach, Calif.|Lockhead P-38|Allison (2)|Service Aviation, Inc.|7:49.44.0|261.665| | [[underlined]] B.E. Fulton [[/underlined]] Chief Judge [[underlined]] [[?]] [[/underlined]] Roger Wolfe Kahn Chief Timer