Closed Course Speed Records 
Five Miles in Competition
280 Cubic Inch Hydroplane Class - Prefix E
Date Site Name(s) Boat Engine/Hull Speed (MPH)
07/14/57 Hampton, VA Tom Carter Tomcat Chevrolet/Farmer 67.164 
xx/xx/57   Al Gosa (O)
Ray Lynn (D)		 Al-E-Cat Chevorlet/Lloyd 73.952
10/05/58 Elizabeth City, NC
(2 & 1/2 Mile)		 Pierson & Baker (O)
Alton Pierson (D)		 Bo Bo Too Chevrolet/Lauterbach 80.573
07/31/60 Chestertown, MD
(1 & 2/3 Mile)		 Sidney Johnson (O)
Calvert “Skeeter” Johnson (D)		 Beverly Ann III Chevrolet/Farmer 72.289
02/04/62 St. Petersburg, FL Ron Hearn Miss Peaches Chevorlet/Lauterbach 72.493
08/10/63 Chestertown, MD Andrew Lemeshewsky Wildcat Chevrolet/Lauterbach 72.757
06/21/64 Haney, BC Bruce McDonald E-57 Lil Squirt III Chevrolet/Lauterbach 74.380
07/06/69 St. Petersburg, FL Nick Manale (O)
Tony Sanzone (D)		 E-2 The Chopper Chrysler/Lauterbach 75.408
07/26/70 Seattle, WA Ray Bruce (O)
Bruce McDonald (D)		 E-75 Ed Karelsen Special Chevrolet/Karelsen 76.596
10/04/70 Issaquah, WA George Babcock (O)
Patrick Berryman (D)		 E-222 Col. Bogey Plymouth/R. Jones 78.466
05/30/71 Seattle, WA John Forbes-Keith Peterson (O)
Frank Schneider (D)		 E-1 Calypso Too Plymouth/Karelsen 79.929
06/19/71 Lowell, OR Edward Curtis E-91   E-12? Gladiator Plymouth/R. Jones 80.537
09/18/71 Yelm, WA Edward A. Curtis E-91   E-12? Gladiator Plymouth/R. Jones 84.986
10/01/72 Issaquah, WA John Leach E-101 Buccaneer Plymouth/R. Jones 86.331
10/10/76 Yelm, WA Wendell Ward E-106 Mariner Plymouth/R. Jones 88.192

 
Straightaway Speed Records
One Mile or One Kilometer
280 Cubic Inch Hydroplane Class - Prefix E
Date Site Name(s) Boat Engine/Hull Speed (MPH)
xx/xx/57   Tom Carter Tom Cat Chevrolet/Farmer 92.614
xx/xx/58 Norristown, PA Pierson & Baker (O)
Alton Pierson (D)		   Chevrolet/  104.219
07/26/59 Norristown, PA Pierson & Baker (O)
Alton Pierson (D)		 Bo Bo Too Chevrolet/Lauterbach 106.049
08/26/60 Cape Coral, FL Pierson & Baker (O)
Alton Pierson (D)		 Bo Bo Too Chevrolet/Lauterbach 96.008
11/19/61 Norristown, PA Ronnie Hearn Miss Peaches Chevrolet/Lauterbach 103.831
10/27/63 Norristown, PA Sidney Johnson Beverly Ann IV Chevrolet/Farmer 104.048
09/24/66 New Martinsville, WV Walter J. Struzek E-103 Vagabond Chevrolet/Sooy 107.071
07/19/69 Norristown, PA Walter J. Struzek E-103 Vagabond Chevrolet/Sooy 108.59
09/16/72 Norristown, PA Paul de Vegh E-887 Paula's Pet Plymouth/R. Jones 109.666
09/24/72 Lincoln City, OR John Leach E-101 Buccaneer Plymouth/R. Jones 115.013
11/29/74 Parker, AZ Dave Atkinson E-281 Eliminator Dodge/R. Jones 118.160
03/22/75 Issaquah, WA John Leach E-101 Buccaneer Plymouth/R. Jones 119.502
04/09/83  Moore Haven, Florida Skip Gillam (O)
Bill Coker (D)		 Last Blast II Plymouth/Karelsen  124.123
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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 280 cu in class hydroplane setting a record,
please email Bob and we'll add it to this list. 
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