Outboard 1/4 Mile Drag Records
(click on the link in the year column to see photos and info on the boat)
| Year |
Speed |
Driver/Owner |
Hull-Mfg-Name-Type |
Motor-Mfg-Size-Type |
Class of Record |
| 1959 |
68.07 |
Jack Ward |
Power Cat 14c Catamaran |
2xMerc Mk58a's |
Top Outboard |
| 1960 |
69.17 |
Ray Leger |
Power Cat 16c Catamaran
"Nice Kitty" |
2xMerc 700's |
Top Outboard |
| 1961 |
74.83 |
Ray Leger |
Power Cat 16c
Catamaran "Nice Kitty" |
2xMerc 700's |
Top Outboard |
| 1962 |
91.09 |
Chuck Mersereau |
Power Cat 17h Hydro |
2xMerc 1000's |
Top Outboard |
| 1962 |
74.62 |
Gary Ferguson |
"Twister" Galecraft
Hydro |
1xMcCulloch 630 |
Single Engine Gas Hydro |
| 1963 |
95.03 |
Chuck Mersereau |
Power Cat 17h Hydro |
2xMerc 1000's |
Top Outboard |
| 1963 |
84.66 |
Gary Ferguson |
"Twister I" "Fantasy"
Hydro |
1xMcCulloch 630 |
Single Engine Gas Hydro |
| 1964 |
94.45 |
Ken Baker/Ron Jones |
Jones Hydro "The Quite
One" |
1xMerc 1000 |
Single Engine Gas Hydro |
| 1965 |
101.92 |
Ken Baker/Ron Jones |
Jones Hydro "The Quite
One" |
1xMerc 1000 |
Single Engine Gas Hydro |
| 1966 |
97.86 |
Skip Talbot |
Westbrook Hydro "Yo-Yo" | 2xMerc 1000's |
Dual Engine Fuel Hydro |
| 1966 |
106.24 |
Skip Talbot |
Jones Hydro "Valkyrie" | 2xMerc 1000's |
Dual Engine Gas Hydro |
| 1966 |
86.63 |
Skip Talbot |
"Thunderbucket" |
1xMerc 1000 |
Single Engine Fuel
Flatbottom |
| 1966 |
85.33 |
Skip Talbot |
"Thunderbucket" |
1xMerc 1000 |
Single Engine Gas
Flatbottom |
| 1967 |
98.04 |
Bruce Redman |
"Halfbreed II" |
Corvair on Outboard tower |
Single Engine Fuel Hydro |
| 1967 |
101.08 |
Gary Ferguson |
"Twister II" Carlson
Challenger custom |
2xChrysler 105's |
Dual Engine Gas Hydro |
| 1967 |
117.26 |
Skip Talbot |
Jones Hydro "Valkyrie" | 2xMerc 1000's | Dual Engine Gas Hydro |
| 1967 |
118.80 |
Skip Talbot |
Jones Hydro "Valkyrie" |
2xMerc 1000's | Dual Engine Fuel Hydro |
| 1967 |
81.78 |
Kent Carmichael |
"Spraymaker" |
Dual Engine Gas
Flatbottom |
|
| 1969 |
102.27 |
Howard Johnson |
"Hot Canary" |
1xChrysler 150 |
Single Engine Gas Hydro |
| 1970 |
103.50 |
Jack Oxley |
"Digger" Modified Carlson |
2xChrysler 105's |
Dual Engine Gas
Production Ski Boat |
| 1971 |
127.11 |
Gary Ferguson/Jack Oxley |
Jones "Drag'n'Fly" Hydro | 2xChrysler 135's |
Dual Engine Fuel Hydro |
| 1972 |
127.84 |
Gary Ferguson/Jack Oxley |
Jones "Drag'n'Fly" Hydro | 2xChrysler 135's |
Dual Engine Gas Hydro |
| 1972 |
109.24 |
Molly Ballou |
Jones "Molly Bee" |
2xMerc 99ci |
Dual Engine Gas Hydro
(Women's) |
| 1973 |
104.65 |
Bob Piper |
Jones Hydro "Black
Knight" |
1xMerc 99ci "Twister" |
Single Engine Fuel Hydro |
| link |
Ohio owner unknown |
Jones Hydro "Damnation" (OH-7006-SB) |
1xMerc 99ci |
Single Engine Gas Hydro |
|
| 1979 |
Ohio owner unknown |
Jones Hydro (OH-6778-WA) |
1xOMC v6 |
Single Engine Gas Hydro |
|
| 1984 |
126.00 |
Larry Boyd |
Jones Hydro "Damnation" |
1xMerc 2.4 |
Unlimited Outboard |
| 1984 |
128.38 |
Blake Justice |
"Lickity Split" |
1xMerc 2.4 |
Unlimited Outboard |
| 1985 |
133.92 |
Barron Cooley/Don Stegall |
Hydro "The Toy" (
8.06 ET ) |
1xMerc 2.4 |
Unlimited Outboard |
| 1988 |
Barron Cooley/Don Stegall |
fiberglass Hydro "The Sting" |
1xMerc 2.4 |
Unlimited Outboard |
|
| 1989 |
137.48 |
Larry Ford |
"The Other Woman" |
1xMerc 2.4 |
Unlimited Outboard(USDBA) |
| 1989 |
Jay Fisher |
Pugh Hydro "Miss Lori" (
7.95 et ) |
1xOMC v6 |
Unlimited Outboard |
|
| 1990 |
139.92 |
Tom Kunzeman |
"Stroh's Express" ( 7.47
et ) fiberglass Hydro |
1xMerc 2.5 |
Unlimited Outboard (IHBA) |
| 1992 |
136.36 |
Tom Kunzeman |
"Stroh's Express" ( 7.56
et ) fiberglass Hydro |
1xMerc 2.5 |
Unlimited Outboard (IHBA) |
| 1994 |
146.00 |
Jay Fisher |
Pugh Hydro "Miss Lori" ( 7.66 et ) | 1xOMC v6 | Unlimited Outboard |
| 1994 |
148.30 |
Chris Domino |
Pugh Hydro "Risky
Business" ( 7.85 et ) |
1xMerc 2.5 |
Unlimited Outboard (SDBA) |
| 2001 |
156.26 |
Jon Wright |
Pugh Hydro "Tinker Toy" |
1xMerc 2.5 on nitros |
Unlimited Outboard |
| 2003 |
133.98 |
Marty Logan |
Quartermaster Tunnel
"Qship" (8.25 et) |
1xMerc 2.5 |
Unlimited Outboard (ODBA) |
