Episode 169: 1964 APBA Gold Cup Audio Broadcast

About this episode

The episode features a restored broadcast of the dramatic 1964 APBA Gold Cup race in Detroit.

Send us Fan Mail Spray hangs in the air, engines hammer the river, and a championship teeters on a half‑boat‑length margin. We crack open a restored broadcast from the 1964 APBA Gold Cup in Detroit and ride every surge, swerve, and split‑second decision that made this one of the most dramatic finishes in unlimited hydroplane history. This is all in thanks to Bob Van Den Akker who donated audio footage to the podcast! Unfortunately, the first set of heats were not recorded, so we drop into He...

Topics covered

• 1964 APBA Gold Cup
• unlimited hydroplane history
• audio broadcast

Keywords

• Fan Mail
• Bob Van Den Akker
• Detroit
• championship
• hydroplane

Mentioned in this episode

Places: Detroit

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