Closed Course Speed Record Holders 
Five Miles in Competition
Crackerbox Racing Runabout Class

Date	Site	Name(s)	Boat	Engine/Hull	Speed (MPH)
10/08/49	Salton Sea, CA	R. Phillips, Jr.	Dragon-B-Hind	Ford/Wickens	60.484
08/06/55	Seattle, WA	Bob Patterson	Hot Cinders	Dodge/Patterson	68.002
08/26/61	San Diego, CA	Robert A. Patterson	80-P Hot Cinders	Chevrolet/Patterson	72.874
10/25/64	San Diego, CA	LeRoy Penhall	80-P Hot Cinders	Chevrolet/Patterson	73.952
10/30/66	San Diego, CA	Phil Shipley	66-P Mr Magoo	Chevrolet/Patterson	77.653
10/10/71	San Diego, CA	Danny Mang	33-P Tummy Gummer	Chevrolet/Patterson	78.534
07/30/72	Seattle, WA	Carl Thornhill	24-P Cracker Jack	Chevrolet/C & D	79.964
05/28/78	Seattle, WA	Marvin A. Benson	Commotion	Chevrolet/Benson	82.645

 

Straightaway Speed Record Holders
One Mile or One Kilometer
Crackerbox Racing Runabout Class

Date	Site	Name(s)	Boat	Engine/Hull	Speed (MPH)
11/10/49	Salton Sea, CA	Glenn Miller	Little Stinker		68.562
11/09/51	Salton Sea, CA	Ed Brown	Bouncy Barb	Chevrolet/Wickens	72.054
11/08/54	Salton Sea, CA	Carl Maginn	Hot Ice	Dodge/Wickens	75.386
xx/xx/55	Seattle, WA	Carl Maginn	Hot Ice	Dodge/Wickens	80+
10/24/55	Salton Sea, CA	Carl Maginn	Hot Ice	Dodge/Wickens	83.307
10/23/56	New Martinsville	Paul Pierce	No Go	Dodge/Pierce	84.215
11/25/61	Parker, AZ	Donald Preston	Shagg	DeSoto/Westhaven	90.191
05/06/67	Parker, AZ	Dick Maxwell	76-P The Broker	Ford/Patterson	91.300
11/25/67	Parker, AZ	Fulkerson & Brand (O) Fred Miller (D)	88-P Orangoutang	Chevrolet/Patterson	92.114
11/29/68	Parker, AZ	Thomas Patterson	44-P Sparkler	Chevrolet/Patterson	95.170
11/23/73	Parker, AZ	Jeff Clune	Zzap	Ford/Patterson	99.866
02/19/79	Waterford, CA	Mike Leach (O) Dennis Mayer (D)	Short Fuse	Chevrolet/Patterson	101.749

Mile Record
Kilometer Record
 
 

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 Crackerbox Racing Runabout class racing hull setting a record,
please email Bob and we'll add it to this list. Last updated: Sept. 22, 2002

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