

"We have talked to many of the unlimited owners and they've made it clear they want to come to Detroit," said Mark Weber, president of DREI. The Gold Cup has been contested 53 times in Detroit, first in 1916, and every year from 1990 through 2014. It's not yet clear if unlimited boats will be part of Hydroftest in 2023, set for August - and if they are, if they'll bring the Gold Cup with them. Unlimited boats last raced in Detroit in 2018, which also was the last time the Gold Cup, North America's oldest motorsports trophy, was contested on the Detroit River. The last races held in Detroit were in 2019, but didn't include unlimited boats, the top performers in the sport.
