Comments - Memories of Gold Cup on Lake Coeur d' Alene in the '60s - Hydroplane and Raceboat Museum2024-03-28T18:20:02Zhttps://thunderboats.ning.com/profiles/comment/feed?attachedTo=6315479%3ABlogPost%3A82627&xn_auth=noOkay, okay. I thought when I…tag:thunderboats.ning.com,2015-05-04:6315479:Comment:906042015-05-04T23:59:31.683ZLisa Algerhttps://thunderboats.ning.com/profile/LisaAlger
<p>Okay, okay. I thought when I googled it it said Gold Cup. Weird. I'll take your word for it!!!!! Thanks....</p>
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<p>Okay, okay. I thought when I googled it it said Gold Cup. Weird. I'll take your word for it!!!!! Thanks....</p>
<p></p> Lisa: It's great that we bot…tag:thunderboats.ning.com,2015-05-02:6315479:Comment:907012015-05-02T12:46:01.879ZWhitemoonGhttps://thunderboats.ning.com/profile/WhitemoonG
<p>Lisa: It's great that we both have memories of the hydro races on Lake Coeur d' Alene, but it was NEVER the Gold Cup there, and it was ALWAYS the Diamond Cup. The Gold Cup has been considered as the Super Bowl, or World Series of hydro racing, and it has been held predominantly in Detroit, or Seattle, occasionally elsewhere, but NEVER in Coeur d' Alene. There are numerous resources on this site and elsewhere which will verify that fact. Look under the "History" section on this site,…</p>
<p>Lisa: It's great that we both have memories of the hydro races on Lake Coeur d' Alene, but it was NEVER the Gold Cup there, and it was ALWAYS the Diamond Cup. The Gold Cup has been considered as the Super Bowl, or World Series of hydro racing, and it has been held predominantly in Detroit, or Seattle, occasionally elsewhere, but NEVER in Coeur d' Alene. There are numerous resources on this site and elsewhere which will verify that fact. Look under the "History" section on this site, to page 9, and read "Thunder in Coeur d' Alene" by Fred Farley, which gives a lengthy history. The Diamond Cup in CDA was first held in l958 thru 1968, with no race in l967.</p>
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<p>Diamond cup winner in CDA l958 and l959 was Miss Maverick, Diamond cup CDA winner 1960 was Seattle Too, Diamond cup CDA winner 1961-63 was Miss Century 21/Thriftway, Diamond cup CDA winner 1964-65 was Miss Exide, Diamond cup winner l966 Tahoe Miss, and Diamond cup winner 1968 was Bardahl. Note, after a 45 year hiatus, the race in CDA in 2013 was also called the Diamond Cup.</p> It was the Diamond Cup on Lak…tag:thunderboats.ning.com,2015-04-30:6315479:Comment:903872015-04-30T19:09:52.782ZWhitemoonGhttps://thunderboats.ning.com/profile/WhitemoonG
<p>It was the Diamond Cup on Lake Coeur d' Alene. I have many memories of it also, growing up as a kid there.</p>
<p>It was the Diamond Cup on Lake Coeur d' Alene. I have many memories of it also, growing up as a kid there.</p>