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For Immediate Release From: Carl Byoir & Associates, Inc. 10 East 40th Street, MU 6-3200 New York 16, New York 8/56 For: BENDIX AVIATION CORPORATION STATISTICS ON BENDIX TROPHY RACE, 1931-1955 1931 -- Los Angeles to Cleveland 1. Maj. James H. Doolittle, in Laird Solution, avg. 223 mph (9:10:21 hours). 2. H.S. Johnson, in Lockheed Orion, avg. 199 mph. 3. Beeler Blevins, in Lockheed Orion, avg. 188 mph. Capt. Ira Eaker, Arthur Goebel and J.G. Hall were fourth, fifth, sixth. 1932 -- Los Angeles to Cleveland 1. Capt. James H. Haizlip, in Wedell-Williams, 245 mph (8:19:45). 2. James R. Wedell, in Wedell-Williams, 232 mph. 3. Roscoe Turner, in Wedell-Williams, 226 mph. (Haizlip also set LA-NY record of 10:19 -- at 238 mph) 4. Lee Gehlback, in Gee-Bee Special, 210 mph. 1933 -- New York to Los Angeles 1. Roscoe Turner, in Wedell-Williams, 214 mph (Set NY-LA record -- 11:30). 2. J.R. Wedell, in Wedell-Williams, 209 mph. 1934 -- Los Angeles to Cleveland 1. Douglass Davis, in Wedell-Williams, 216 mph (9:26:41). 2. John A. Worthen, in Wedell Special, 203 mph. (Turner set LA-NY record of 10:02:51, averaging 244.880 mph). 1935 -- Los Angeles to Cleveland 1. Ben O. Howard, in Howard Racer, 238. 704 mph (8:33:16). 2. Roscoe Turner, in Wedell, 238. 522 mph (8:33)39). 3. Russell Thaw, in Northrop Gamma, 201 mph. Roy O. Hunt and Amelia Earhart were fourth and fifth. 1936 -- New York to Los Angeles 1. Louise Thaden and Blanch Noyes, in Beechcraft, 165 mph (14:55:01). 2. Laura Ingalls, in Lockheed Orion, 157 mph. 3. William S. Gulick and Buster Warner, in Vultee, 156 mph. George Pomeroy was fourth and Amelia Earhart - Helen Richey fifth. (more)