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- ↑ Paul, Tony. "Detroit River loses Gold Cup for 2019; there will still be a race weekend". The Detroit News. Retrieved 2021-07-17.
- ↑ "100 Years of Thunder". 19 July 2016. Archived from the original on 2020-08-04.
- ↑ "Gold Cup Unlimited Hydroplane Race Returns to Ohio River after 39-Year Absence". H1 Unlimited. Retrieved 2021-07-17.
- ↑ 2021 Hydro Record Book and Statistics. Edmonds, WA: Unlimited NewsJournal. 2021. pp. 32–33.
- ↑ "The Unlimited - 1946 in Review". thunderboats.ning.com. Retrieved 2021-07-17.