Speedboat Racing TWO NATIONAL RECORDS SET

Press, Volume C, Issue 29468, 21 March 1961, Page 22

Speedboat Racing TWO NATIONAL RECORDS SET

New Brighton Club At Lakeside Racing over a measured kilometre, P. Knight and R. Calvert set two new national speedboat records on the Estuary during the week-end. Knight’s boat, Bel Air, was driven at more than 60 miles an hour, almost six miles an hour faster than the New Zealand record he established earlier in the season. Calvert’s 75-cubic inch boat. Susie, beat J. Shaw’s record by 2.56 miles an hour. The speed was 50.26 miles an. hour’. In the afternoon, the New Brighton Power-Boat Club held a meeting with the Ellesmere Aquatic Club at Lakeside. Results:— Inboard B.—Jantu (D. Seddon) 1, Zodiac (R. Harper) 2, Pixie (D. Walker) 3. Outboard Handicap.—Comet (I. Glass) 1, Echo (H. Brown) 2, Buzzard (J. Kegg) 3. Inboard A Handicap. Lil Wolf (A. Stokes) 1, Brer Fox (P. Stokes) 2, Bel Air (P. Knight) 3. B Class Inboard.—Zodiac 1. Tonic (W. Lucas) 2, Pixie 3. Nine Fastest Boats.—Ace Hi (B. Downey) 1, Bel Air 2, Skate (T. Underwood) 3. Outboard Handicap.—Hustler (F. Williams) 1, Skate 2, Vulcan (C. McNamara) 3. A Class Scratch (V-bottom). —Bel Air 1, Powerflight (H. Irvine) 2, Apace (J. Shaw) 3. B and C Class Handicap.— Pixie 1, Tonic 2, Janto 3. Outboard Handicap.—Ekate 1, Echo 2, Vulcan 3. A Class Inboard Handicap.— Atom XI (A. Johnson) 1, Lil Wolf 2, Miss Paulo (J. Retallick) 3. Outboard Handicap.—Vulcan 1. Echo 2. Skate 3. B Class Inboard Handicap.— Pixie 1, Zodiac 2, Jantu 3. A Class Inboard Handicap.— Tequila (G. Fields) 1, Atom XI 2. Brer Fox and Lil Wolf (equal) 3. Outboard Handicap.—Echo 1, Hustler 2, Hi-fi (F. Curry) 3. B Class Inboard Handicap.— Dot (L. Harkerss) 1, Jantu 2, Kitty-Wake (V. Harkerss) 3. A Class Indoor Handicap.— Voo-doo (W. Stokes) 1, Brer Fox 2, Wee-One (G. Cockram) 3.