Closed Course Speed Records 
Five Miles in Competition
N Class
225 Cubic Inch
Date Site Name(s) Boat Engine/Hull Speed (MPH)
08/07/50 Picton, ON
(2 & 1/2 Mile)		 Paul Sawyer Alter Ego Ford/Hallett 75.188
11/11/51 Salton Sea, CA
(2 & 1/2 Mile)		 Art Maynard Restless Ford/Wickens 75.630*
11/11/51 Salton Sea, CA
(2 & 1/2 Mile)		 Richard Hallett I’m In Ford/ Hallett 75.821
08/09/53 Seattle, WA Richard Hallett I’m In Ford/ Hallett 80.433
xx/xx/57 (2 & 1/2 Mile) Hank Vogel My Sin III Studebaker/Schroeder 80.573
08/28/60 Cape Coral, FL
(1 & 2/3 Mile)		 Doug Whitley (O)
Bill Schumacher		 Miss Goodwin 3-N Chevrolet/Jones 73.710
09/16/62 Lake Havasu, CA Bob Ellis Uncle Gummy Ford/Hallett 77.386
09/23/62 New Martinsville, WV Ed Morgan, Jr. High Winder II N-71 Buick/R. Jones 79.365
09/11/66 Elizabeth City, NC Ed Morgan, Jr. (D)
Dick Gordon & Ed Morgan, Jr. (O)		 Chip Winder N-71 Buick/R. Jones 84.587
02/04/67 St. Petersburg, FL Ed Morgan, Jr. (D)
Dick Gordon & Ed Morgan, Jr. (O)		 Chip Winder N-71 Buick/R. Jones 86.331
02/08/70 St. Petersburg, FL Ted Panaretos Goodie Wagon Buick/R. Jones 89.021
02/06/72 St. Petersburg, FL John Siracusa (O)
Joe Siracusa (D)		 Country Boy N-8 Buick/Lauterbach 91.001
08/30/75 Hampton, VA Mike Wiener (O)
Jim Kropfeld (D)		 Country Boy N-8 Buick/Lauterbach 93.168
10/10/76 Yelm, WA Steve Reynolds White Lightning N-10 Buick/Norberg 97.933
xx/xx/xx   Steve Reynolds Pride of Pay-n-Pak N-10 Buick/Norberg 98.29
07/10/77 Tumwater, WA Steve Reynolds White Lightning N-10 Buick/Norberg 98.847
10/08/78 St. Petersburg, FL Michael Wiener (O)
James Kropfeld (D)		 Country Boy N-8 Buick/Staudacher 100.056
02/11/79 St. Petersburg, FL Michael Wiener (O)
James Kropfeld (D)		 Country Boy N-8 Buick/Staudacher 103.866
10/02/82 St. Petersburg, FL Mario Conflitti Magic N-96 Buick/Jones 104.65
*  Not recognized  -  mark was surpassed in the second heat by Richard Hallett
 
 
Straightaway Speed Records
One Mile or One Kilometer
 N Class
225 Cubic Inch
Date Site Name(s) Boat Engine/Hull Speed (MPH)
11/11/49 Salton Sea, CA L. O. Turner Green Hornet   94.240
11/09/51 Salton Sea, CA Richard Hallett I’m In Ford/Hallett 96.944
08/11/52 Seattle, WA Art Maynard Restless Ford/Wickens 100.029
08/xx/53 Seattle, WA Richard Hallett I’m In Ford/Hallett 104.692
08/09/54 Seattle, WA Richard Hallett  Flying Saucer Ford/Hallett 107.238
11/05/54 Salton Sea, CA Keith Black Flying Saucer Ford/Guess  ???.???
12/xx/56   George L. Smith (O)
Ron Smith (D)		 Jersey Devil Studebaker/Hallett 111.472
xx/xx/58 North Carolina Rodney Brodgen Kitty B ??/Lauterbach 111.801
07/26/59 Norristown, PA Henry Vogel My Sin III Studebaker/Schroeder 114.118
08/26/60 Cape Coral, FL Eugene Hendricks Hurryin Hoosier   80.916
06/09/62 Modesto, CA Denton Denny California Kid 20-N Studebaker/Hallett 119.967
05/02/65 Parker, AZ Marion Beaver (O)
Wayne Thompson (D)		 Gummy's Ghost 22-N Ford/Hallett 124.110
09/19/70 Miami, FL Gene Bramblett Southern Color Too Buick/Lauterbach 125.633
09/26/70 New Martinsville, WV Ted Panaretos Goodie Wagon Buick/R. Jones 127.931
04/17/71 Miami, FL Ted Panaretos Goodie Wagon Buick/R. Jones 133.313
10/19/74 Daytona Beach, FL Sherman Polhamus Tiger N-79 Buick/Lauterbach 134.636
09/25/76 New Martinsville, WV Don Pesavento Don Juan N-9 Buick/R. Jones 135.945
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Last updated: Dec 17, 2005
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 N class racing hull setting a record,
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