Closed Course Speed Record Holders 
Five Miles in Competition
J Class
7 Litre Division II

Date	Site	Name(s)	Boat	Engine/Hull	Speed (MPH)
06/06/70	Washington, DC	Don Dunnington	J-777 Maryland Miss	Chevrolet/Lloyd	80.071
08/16/70	Red Bank, NJ	Don Dunnington	J-777 Maryland Miss	Chevrolet/Lloyd	82.154
08/30/70	Raleigh, NC	Antonio Rodrigues	Sagres	Chevrolet/R. Jones	84.906
08/14/71	Red Bank, NJ	Don Dunnington	J-777 Maryland Miss	Chevrolet/Lauterbach	86.455
10/31/71	Havasu Landing	Antonio Rodrigues	J-26 Sagres II	Chevrolet/R. Jones	93.071
07/26/75	Seattle, WA	John Leach	J-101 Buccaneer	Chevrolet/R. Jones	95.440
10/10/76	Yelm, WA	Peter Thomson (O) Don Kelson (D)	Spirit of 76	Chevrolet/Kelson	99.228
07/10/77	Tumwater, WA	Glenn O. Davis (O) Lynn Montgomery (D)	J-20 Pussy Cat	Chevrolet/Kelson	100.000
08/19/78	St. Petersburg, FL	John Prevost	J-100 Shazam	Chevrolet/Karelson	102.331
10/08/78	Yelm, WA	John Prevost	J-100 Shazam	Chevrolet/Karelson	103.986
09/04/82	Essex, MD	Chris Hall (O) Earle Hall (D)	J-1 Bluewater Special	Chevrolet/Staudacher	104.565*
11/07/82	St. Petersburg, FL	Chris Hall (O) Earle Hall (D)	J-1 Bluewater Special	Chevrolet/Staudacher	107.411
07/20/85	Yelm, WA	John Prevost	Shazam	Chevrolet/Karelsen	113.21

*The record was official but was not enough to break the existing record though. The 5 litre "F" record was broken that same day by Pat O'Connor and the Hot Ticket, and I believe that record stood.
 

Straightaway Speed Record Holders
One Mile or One Kilometer
J Class
7 Litre Division II

Date	Site	Name(s)	Boat	Engine/Hull	Speed (MPH)
07/19/69	Norristown, PA	Cheri Petti	J-35 Petti’s Pet	Chevrolet/Sooy	120.613
09/27/69	New Martinsville, WV	Cheri Petti	J-35 Petti’s Pet	Chevrolet/Sooy	129.681
10/24/70	Norristown, PA	Antonio Rodrigues	Sagres	Chevrolet/R. Jones	132.370
09/25/71	New Martinsville, WV	Antonio Rodrigues	Sagres	Chevrolet/R. Jones	140.284
02/17/85	Modesto, CA	John Prevost	Shazam	Chevrolet/Karelsen	147.77

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 J class racing hull setting a record,
please email Bob and we'll add it to this list. Last updated: February 14, 2005

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