Closed Course Speed Records 
Five Miles in Competition
E Racing Runabout Class
Date Site Name(s) Boat Engine/Hull Speed (MPH)
04/24/48 St.Petersburg, FL Lorin Pennington Copperhead ? 61.058
08/07/50 Picton, ON Sherm Crichfield Hell’s Angel   63.875
11/10/51 Salton Sea, CA Willis Mitchell (O)
Ed Olsen (D)		 Honey Bee Too Mercury/Glazier 65.598
11/06/54 Salton Sea, CA Marion Beaver E-Gad Dodge/Wickens 72.757
xx/xx/56 Lake Mead, NV Ed Brown 16-E Bouncy Barby II  Chevrolet/Brown & Hallet 73.409
09/16/62 Parker, AZ Guy “Red” Wilson Supercortemaggiore Dodge/Patterson 76.336
06/20/65 San Diego, CA Roger Stull Scrambler Chevrolet/Patterson 79.086
05/19/68 San Diego, CA Bud Murphy Sorry Bout That II Chevrolet/Poty 79.929
05/24/70 San Diego, CA Bud Murphy E-66-R Go For Broke Chevrolet/Lavey 83.682
05/27/73 Seattle, WA Mark Allinson E-211-R El Hombre Chevrolet/Lavey 84.826
07/22/73 Seattle, WA Bruce Baird (O)
Bud Murphy (D)		 E-66-R Go For Broke Chevrolet/Lavey 88.063
05/25/75 Seattle, WA Jeff Clune E-76 Zip Ford/Lavey 90.543
05/29/77 Seattle, WA Kim Austin E-22 Catch 22 Chevrolet/Starfire 92.688
10/08/78 Yelm, WA David Villwock Good Vibrations Chevrolet/Starfire 94.142

 
Straightaway Speed Records
One Mile or One Kilometer
E Racing Runabout Class
Date Site Name(s) Boat Engine/Hull Speed (MPH)
xx/xx/49 San Diego, CA Buddy Combest     70.790
xx/xx/51 Indian Creek, FL E. G. Grundstrom (O)
Sam Griffith (D)		 The Fox Mercury 71.856
10/01/51 New Martinsville Sam Griffith     72.828
11/09/51 Salton Sea, CA Paul Terheggen Donald Duck   74.572
08/03/52 Cambridge, MD Al Endres Sliver Ford/Nagel 80.743
12/29/54 Miami, FL Guy “Red” Wilson Slipper-E Dodge/Mandella 85.312
10/23/56 Salton Sea, CA Ed Brown 16-E Bouncy Barby III Chevrolet/Brown 89.563
11/xx/59 Salton Sea, CA Guy “Red” Wilson     89.8
11/23/62 Lake Havasu, AZ Wes Knudsen Stardust Wickens-Knudsen 94.8
05/04/63 Parker, AZ Wes Knudsen (O)
Don West (D)		 21-E My Stardust Chevrolet/Knudsen-Wickens 96.464
11/27/64 Parker, AZ Wes Knudsen 21-E My Stardust Chevrolet/Knudsen-Wickens 100.765
11/28/69 Parker, AZ Wes Knudsen 21-E Stardust Chevrolet/Knudsen-Wickens 101.775
11/27/71 Parker, AZ Wes Knudsen 21-E Stardust Chevrolet/Knudsen-Wickens 104.095
05/05/73 Parker, AZ Bud Murphy E-66-R Go For Broke Chevrolet/Lavey 106.099
09/24/77 Lincoln City, OR Wes Knudsen 21-E My Stardust Chevrolet/Knudsen-Wickens 107.570
05/06/78 Parker, AZ Conrad Murphy (O)
John McArdle (D)		 Racers Prayer Chevrolet/Murphy-Biesemeyer 108.461
11/25/78 Parker, AZ Conrad Murphy (O)
John McArdle (D)		 Racers Prayer Chevrolet/Murphy-Biesemeyer 112.151
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Last updated: December 10, 2002
Data originally compiled by Bob Foley. This will be an ongoing collection of data.
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