Closed Course Speed Records 
Five Miles in Competition
136 Cubic Inch through 1960
145 Cubic inch 1961 and after
Prefix letter - S -
Date Site Name(s) Boat Engine/Hull Speed (MPH)
08/02/53 Cambridge, MD Dick Sooy Double Eagle III 50.676
09/25/55 New Martinsville, WV
(2 & 1/2 Mile)		 Wallace Rowland Cavalier II Ford/Defibaugh 63.390
08/28/60 Seattle, WA
(1 & 2/3 Mile)		 Bill Schumacher JJ & MM Ford/Nelson 61.433
08/05/62 Cambridge, MD George Cusick Red Top Ford/Ruark 64.332
09/30/62 Elizabeth City NC Robert Tuttle (O)
George Cusick (D)		 S-11 Red Top Falcon/Ruark 65.646
10/03/65 Elizabeth City NC Robert Tuttle (O)
George Cusick (D)		 S-11 Red Top Falcon/Ruark 70.203
08/02/69 Morgan City, LA Willard S. Wilson, Jr S-145 Lil ‘Lectron Ford/R. Jones 70.810
08/31/69 Hampton, VA Willard S. Wilson, Jr S-145 Lil ‘Lectron Ford/R. Jones 72.816
02/14/71 St. Petersburg, FL Willard S. Wilson, Jr S-145 Lil ‘Lectron Ford/R. Jones 74.938
02/04/73 St. Petersburg, FL Willard S. Wilson, Jr S-145 Lil ‘Lectron Ford/R. Jones 75.981
08/10/75 Essex, MD Willard S. Wilson, Jr S-145 Lil ‘Lectron Ford/R. Jones 76.661
07/09/77 Tumwater, WA Larry Campbell Warrior III Ford/Campbell 77.419
08/13/78 Essex, MD Nicholas Cerino Miss Hillwinds Ford Pinto/Sooy 78.363
10/08/78 Yelm, WA Larry Campbell (O)
Mike Campbell (D)		 Warrior III Ford Pinto/Campbell 82.493

 
Straightaway Speed Records
One Mile or One Kilometer
136 Cubic Inch through 1960
145 Cubic inch 1961 and after
Prefix letter - S -
Date Site Name(s) Boat Engine/Hull Speed (MPH)
08/02/53 Cambridge, MD Jack Cook Maggie 10th   63.057
11/08/54 Salton Sea CA Thomas Caldwell Blue Blazes Ford/Caldwell 80.066
10/24/55 Salton Sea CA Bob Boehm Jerky Ford/Hallett 83.899
08/26/60 Cape Coral, FL Alton Pierson Lil’ Barb III   74.348
11/19/61 Norristown PA Robert E. Tuttle (O)
George Cusick (D)		 S-11 Red Top Falcon/Ruark 85.713
02/22/64 Modesto, CA Allan Ford S-56 Lanky Ford/Hallett 87.726
06/26/65 Modesto, CA Allan Ford S-56 Lanky Ford/Hallett 89.304
11/25/66 Parker, AZ Rod Maurer (O)
Jerry Eastman (D)		 S-490 Volador Ford/R. Jones 93.532
09/26/70 New Martinsville, WV Willard Wilson S-145 Lil ‘Lectron Ford/R. Jones 98.547
02/18/73 Waterford, CA Fredric S. Mendes 88-S Pisces Ford/R. Jones 100.363
11/23/73 Parker, AZ Mendes & Randolph (O)
Fredric S. Mendes (D)		 88-S Pisces Ford/R. Jones 104.436
Mile Record
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Last updated: August 20, 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 S class racing hull setting a record,
please email Bob and we'll add it to this list.

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