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Interesting.  When I was a kid, on a family vacation in 1958 we went to see some big boat time trials on a canal in the Miami, FL area.  I don't recall if many were Gold Cup boats but at least a few were Allison enginied.  As I remember the canal was too narrow for high speed runs but the impression of them has never left me.  There's a thread on the Jalopy Journal devoted to the vintage Gold Cup unlimiteds ... great photos and information ... and the names of the boats are wonderful.  There era of piston-engine big boats is akin the the old AAA-USAC Championship Trail to me.

Joel