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1937 -- Los Angeles to Cleveland 

1. Frank W. Fuller, Jr., in Seversky, 258 mph (7:54:26)
2. Earl Ortman, in Keith-Rider, 224 mph. 
3. Jacqueline Cochran, in Beechcraft, 194 mph.
Frank Sinclair, Milo Burcham and Eiler C. Sundorph were fourth, fifth, sixth. 
Fuller set new record, LA to Bendix, N.J., of 9:35 at 255 mph.

1938 -- Los Angeles to Cleveland

1. Jacqueline Cochran, in Seversky, 249 mph (8:10:31). 
2. Frank W. Fuller, Jr., in Seversky, 238 mph. 
3. Paul Mantz, in Lockheed Orion, 206 mph.
Max Constant, Ross Hadley and J. Hinchey were fourth, fifth, sixth. 

1939 -- Los Angeles to Cleveland 

1. Frank W. Fuller, Jr., in Seversky, 282 mph (7:14:19).
2. Arthur Bussy, in Bellanca, 244 mph. 
3. Paul Mantz, in Lockheed, 234 mph.
Max Constant, Arlene Davis and William Maycock were fourth, fifth, sixth.
Fuller set new LA-NY record -- 8:58:08, at 273 mph.
Bussy, Constant and Davis were second, third, fourth in reaching New York.

1940-1945 (incl.) -- Races suspended during war years. 

1946 -- Los Angeles to Cleveland (Reciprocating Engine Division)

1. Paul Mantz, in North American P-51, 435 mph (4:42:14).
2. Jacqueline Cochran, in North American P-51, 420 mph.
3. Thomas J. Mayson, in North American P-51, 408 mph.

4, William F. Eddy; 5, James L. Harp; 6, Donald E. Husted; 7, Charles Tucker; 8, Harvey M. Hughes; 9, Walter R. Bullock; 10, Harold S. Johnson; 11, John C. Carroll; 12, H.G. Marshall; 13, Rex Mays; 14, William P. Lear, Jr.; 15, Thomas Call; 16, Andrew Grant. 

(Jet Division -- 1946)
1. Col. Leon W. Gray, in Lockheed P-80 -- GE-1-40 Jet -- 494 mph (4:08:25).
2. Maj. Ruddell, in Lockheed P-80 -- GE-1-40 Jet -- 474 mph. 

1947 -- Los Angeles to Cleveland (Reciprocating Engine Division)

1. Paul Mantz, in North American P-51, 460 mph (4:26:57).
2. J. C. DeBona, in North American P-51, 458 mph. 
3. Edmund Lunken, in North American P-51, 408 mph. 

4, Bruce A. Gimbel; 5, William F. Eddy; 6, Thomas J. Mayson; 7, F. P. Whitton; 8, William P. Lear, Jr.; 9, Jane Page. 

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