Service Runabouts
B Service Runabout C Service Runabout
D Service Runabout E Service Runabout
F Service Runabout G Service Runabout
H Service Runabout I Service Runabout

 
Closed Course Speed Record Holders
Five Miles in Competition
D Service Runabout Class
Date Site Name(s) Boat Engine/Hull Speed (MPH)
08/14/54 Buffalo, NY (2 ½ mile) Harry Bickford Skip ?/Bickford 50.719

 
Straightaway Speed Record Holders
One Mile or One Kilometer
D Service Runabout Class
Date Site Name(s) Boat Engine/Hull Speed (MPH)
          51.724
08/03/52 Cambridge, Md Harry Bickford Skip ?/Bickford 55.059 
10/01/55 Elisabeth City, NC Harry Bickford Skip ?/Bickford 57.674
 
Closed Course Speed Record Holders
Five Miles in Competition
E Service Runabout Class
Date Site Name(s) Boat Engine/Hull Speed (MPH)
06/xx/52 New Orleans (1 2/3 mile) Bob Bourcq     52.264
08/14/55 Buffalo, NY (2 ½ Mile) Enoch Walker Vaughn Francis Gray/Davis 52.957
08/19/56 Edgewater, MD (1 2/3 mile) Harry Bickford SKIP-E Gray/Bickford 53.066
09/29/56 Elisabeth City, NC (2 ½ Mile) Harry Bickford SKIP-E Gray/Bickford 55.624
10/05/58 Elisabeth City, NC (2 ½ Mile) Harry Bickford SKIP-E Chev/Bickford 60.976
07/10/60 Langley, VA (1 2/3 mile) Harry Bickford SKIP-E Chev/Bickford 61.913
10/02/60 Elisabeth City, NC (1 2/3 mile) Dick Cooper Second Mortgage Chev/ 63.336
08/22/65 St. Pete, FL Ben Pumo Second Mortgage Chev/ 67.976
xx/xx/71 St. Petersburg, FL*       69.471
* was current record shown in the St. Pete program for 1971 race.
 
Straightaway Speed Record Holders
One Mile or One Kilometer
E Service Runabout Class
Date Site Name(s) Boat Engine/Hull Speed (MPH)
xx/xx/47   Edison Hedges     46.095
08/15/48 Cambridge, MD R. A. Bondy Peggy   46.953
xx/xx/53 Abingdon, MD Enoch Walker Vaughn Francis Gray/Davis 56.427
xx/xx/1954   Enoch Walker Vaughn Francis Gray/Davis 56.967
09/29/56 Elisabeth City, NC Harry Bickford SKIP-E Gray/Bickford 64.529
10/05/58 Elisabeth City, NC Harry Bickford SKIP-E Chev/Bickford 69.297
          72.744
12/29/58 Miami, FL Dick Cooper Second Mortgage Chev/ 72.813
xx/xx/71 St. Petersburg, FL*       84.895
Mile Record
Kilometer Record
* was current record shown in the St. Pete program for 1971 race.
  
Closed Course Speed Record Holders
Five Miles in Competition
F Service Runabout Class
Date Site Name(s) Boat Engine/Hull Speed (MPH)
xx/xx/50 New Martinsville, WVA Edison Hedges     50.533
8/12/56 Buffalo, NY (2 ½ Mile) Howard Hibbert (D)
Forest Johnson (O)		 Jr. Prowler ?/Johnson 51.843
08/18/57 Buffalo, NY (2 ½ Mile) Howard Hibbert (D)
Florence Wood (M)
Forest Johnson (O)		 Jr. Prowler ?/Johnson 55.987
09/07/58 Buffalo, NY (2 ½ Mile) Al Brinkman Seabiscuit ?/Johnson 58.479
02/03/62 St. Petersburg, FL Del Daily OH! MONA Chrysler/? 66.766
02/06/66 St. Petersburg, FL Curtis Brayer Dancing Bear 1957 Chrysler 392/Brayer 69.445
02/03/68 St. Petersburg, FL Curtis Brayer Dancing Bear 1957 Chrysler 392/Brayer 74.938
xx/xx/71 St. Petersburg, FL* Curtis Brayer Dancing Bear 1957 Chrysler 392/Brayer 77.787
* was current record shown in the St. Pete program for 1971 race.

Straightaway Speed Record Holders
One Mile or One Kilometer
F Service Runabout Class
Date Site Name(s) Boat Engine/Hull Speed (MPH)
xx/xx/47 San Diego, Ca Regg Schlemmer     43.012
08/15/48 Cambridge, MD Edison Hedges Red Eagle   47.306
          59.712
08/04/57 Cambridge, MD Jim Venner Too Much Crusader/Johnson 60.101
09/29/57 Elisabeth City, NC Jim Venner Too Much Crusader/Johnson 63.2135
10/05/58 Elisabeth City, NC Jim Venner Too Much Crusader/Johnson 66.099
08/26/60 Cape Coral, FL Del Daily OH! MONA   72.513
xx/xx/71 St. Petersburg, FL* Curtis Brayer Dancing Bear 1957 Chrysler 392/Brayer 94.607
Mile Record
Kilometer Record
* was current record shown in the St. Pete program for 1971 race.
 

  
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