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The 100th Anniversary Gold Cup will be held

July 15-18th 2004

Stay tuned - more details later as we make plans
for the Centennial APBA Gold Cup Celebrations!


DETROIT SELECTED BY HYDRO-PROP AS
RACE SITE OF THE YEAR - 2003

Hydro-Prop, the national group that presents unlimited hydroplane racing throughout North America has honored the Detroit River Regatta Association as "The Race Site of the Year" for the 2003 Chrysler-Jeep Superstores APBA Gold Cup held here last August.

Tom D'Eath, DRRA president said "Hydro-Prop really should have presented us with about 200 trophies, one for each of our volunteers who worked so hard to make this event the success that it was."

Organized in six short weeks, the 2003 Gold Cup thrilled race fans when the Cooper family's unlimited, powered by a vintage Allison aircraft engine, defeated a field of turbine-powered craft to capture boat racing's ultimate prize.

"2004 is the one hundredth anniversary of the Gold Cup" continued D'Eath, "and we are planning an even greater event for this July". "The award we really want to win will be given by the fans when they line the banks of our River to watch the greatest racing in the world."

With a fleet of classic Gold Cup hydroplanes being brought back to the River to recreate some of racing's greatest moments and an exciting Sweepstakes event featuring the most powerful automotive powered hydroplanes in the world all leading up to the 2004 Chrysler-Jeep Superstores APBA Gold Cup Race, July 15-18 is going to be an exciting time to be down on the Detroit River.

Proudly sponsored by the Metro Detroit Chrysler and Jeep Superstores













Detroit River Regatta Association
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