On Sunday, October 12, 2008 Mike Bontoft drove his electric
hydroplane to a new American record of 98.25 mph and a new world record of 98.8 mph as homologated in the UIM Bulletin #351 page 57. The
previous American record was 70.6 mph set in 1995. The previous world record was 50.8 mph set in
1989. It is nearly unheard of to exceed
such long-standing records by such a large amount.
Information on the boat can be found on the Internet.
News Article:
http://www.tdn.com/articles/2008/10/10/this_day/doc48ee89457882c382558572.txt
Amateur Video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-yNu2_LlO9s