LEWIS
SETS 5 RECORDS* |
John Lewis, in the Griffith Cup runner-up, Vulture, set five records at the kilo trials on Lake Glenmaggie last Sunday. |
With 90.36 mph Lewis shattered Alan Fordham's long - standing Victorian and Australian Unlimited Service Runabout record, set at 89 mph mark in Venus. He is also claiming the Victorian and Australian Displacement and Service Runabout records in the new 400 cubic inch class. Vulture's 90.36 mph also gives Lewis Alan Fordham's Victorian Unlimited Displacement record and Glyn Graham's Victorian Unlimited Racing Runabout record which stood at 79 mph. John Lewis was
runner-up to Bendigo champion, Lloyd Willain, in the 1970 Sporting Globe
Medal. -- TED MADDEN
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* Madden, T. 1970, 'Lewis Sets 5 Records,' Sporting Globe, Aug 22, p.17.
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I have just spent an enjoyable
hour browsing through your web site reliving racing in the 60's and
early 70,s. Thinking later about that day at Glenmaggi I remember the work that went into breaking those records. It wasn't as straight forward asputting the boat in the water, one run, bingo! Vulture was initially trimmed and one run completed a few MPH short of Venus's record. The boat was retrimmed, rocker covers off, tappets and timing adjusted. Another run, same process. It was on the third or fourth run that John broke that record. Vulture was trimmed to take
plenty of air and because of that and her design was difficult to get
onto the plane with a passenger in the rear. I notice also many photos
on your site from my mate at the time Graeme Morley. |
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