Closed Course Speed Record Holders
Five Miles in Competition
48/44 cu in Runabout 
Date Site Name(s)  Boat Engine/Hull Speed (MPH)
48 cu in Runabout          
    R. J. McAllister Yankee Boy Crosley/McAllister 47.319
02/11/51 Lakeland, FL R. J. McAllister Yankee Boy Crosley/McAllister 48.648
02/18/51 St. Petersburg, FL R. J. McAllister Yankee Boy Crosley/McAllister 49.273
08/11/51 Red Bank, NJ R. J. McAllister Yankee Boy Crosley/McAllister 50.920
09/13/52 Red Bank, NJ R. J. McAllister Yankee Boy II Crosley/McAllister 56.747
44 cu in Runabout          
08/02/53 Cambridge, MD Robert "Bud" McAllister Yankee Boy Crosley/McAllister 39.770
09/12/53 Red Bank, NJ Robert McAllister Yankee Boy Crosley/McAllister 44.280
02/08/58 St. Petersburg, FL Bob Mutschler My Sin Crosley/McAllister 50.448

 
Straightaway Speed Record Holders
One Mile or One Kilometer
48/44 cu in Runabout
Date Site Name(s) Boat Engine/Hull Speed (MPH)
48 cu in Runabout          
    C. Mulford Scull   Crosley/Scull 53.258
07/08/51 Bush River, MD R. J. McAllister Yankee Boy Crosley/McAllister 55.475
12/26/52 Miami, FL Ruby Scull Z-144 Mickey Mouse Crosley/Scull 62.247
44 cu in Runabout          
08/02/53 Cambridge, MD Robert "Bud" McAllister Yankee Boy Crosley/McAllister 45.570
09/26/53 New Martinsville, WV Robert McAllister Yankee Boy Crosley/McAllister 50.740
07/26/59 Norristown, PA Frank Myers Meine Schmatze Crosley/Myers 57.279
11/19/61 Norristown, PA Louis A. Schneider Bob A Lou Crosley/Unknown 59.893
01/02/62 Ft. Lauderdale, FL Richard McConnell, Jr. Angel Child Crosley/McConnell 51.085
Mile Speed Record
Kilometer Speed Record.
In 1953, the class changed from the 48 cubic inch Runabout class to the 44 cubic inch Runabout class. What this means is that the engine also changed, hence the drop in speed. The 48 runabout engines were fully modified and more powerful.  When the class changed to the 44 runabout the new rules stated that the engine had to become strictly stock for 1953 and beyond. That's the reason for the speed drop in the class because the engines were less powerful.
(Thanks to Tom D'Eath for providing the above information about why speed records dropped after 1952).

 
Last updated: September 1, 2003.
Data originally compiled by Bob Foley. 
This will be an ongoing collection of data. If you can help, please contribute.
If you have written proof of a 48/44 Class Racing Runabout racing hull setting a record,
please email Bob and we'll add it to this list.
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