Closed Course Speed Records
Five Miles in Competition
B Racing Runabout Class
Date Site Name(s)  Boat Engine/Hull Speed (MPH)
11/12/50 Lake Mead, NV Ed Parsley (O)
Pete Coffey (D)		 Vina Mae III Ford/Speedliner 55.181
11/10/51 Salton Sea, CA Jack Kelley Wee Willie Ford/Kelley 57.582
10/18/53 Salton Sea, CA Ernie Rose 28-B Lil Bee Ford/Speedliner 59.840
06/10/62 Modesto, CA Tom Patterson Honker Patterson 63.739
06/09/63 Modesto, CA Ernie Rose 28-B Lil Bee Ford/Speedliner 64.701
07/24/66 Merced, CA Ernie Rose 28-B Lil Bee Ford/Speedliner 68.886
The B Racing Runabout class was deleted from the APBA Rule book in 1974.
 
 
Straightaway Speed Records
One Mile or One Kilometer
B Racing Runabout Class
Date Site Name(s) Boat Engine/Hull Speed (MPH)
11/17/50 Salton Sea, CA Ed Parsley Vina Mae III Ford/Speedliner 60.430
11/10/51 Salton Sea, CA Jack Kelley Wee Willie Ford/Kelley 62.803
10/19/53 Salton Sea, CA Ernie Rose 28-B Lil Bee Ford/Speedliner 62.999
08/09/54 Seattle, WA Ernie Rose 28-B Lil Bee Ford/Speedliner 69.943
08/08/55 Seattle, WA Ernie Rose 28-B Lil Bee Ford/Speedliner 72.547
06/09/62 Modesto, CA Tom Patterson Honker Patterson 75.706
06/30/63 Modesto, CA Ernie Rose 28-B Lil Bee Ford/Speedliner 79.070 
02/12/67 Modesto, CA Ernie Rose 28-B Lil Bee Ford/Speedliner 83.474
The B Racing Runabout class was deleted from the APBA Rule book in 1974.
Mile Speed Record
Kilometer Speed Record.
 
 
Last updated: March 9, 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 B Racing Runabout racing hull setting a record, 
please email Bob and we'll add it to this list.

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