Electric Motorcycle Land Speed Records (History)

merlin_26 This was a lot more work that I thought it would be. Hell.  I can’t even fit the whole spreadsheet on the page.  OK, well, then, here’s an abridged version:

Date Rider Manufacturer/Model/Team MPH
1972 Mike Corbin Corbin Gentry 101 mph
1974 Mike Corbin Corbin Gentry 165.387 mph
6/4/94 Fabio Fazi Fazi – Egraf  83.93 mph
6/5/94 Max Biaggi Fazi – Egraf 102.02 mph
8/29/96 Bruno Bonhuil 115.266 mph
2008 Kent Riches SUU, Riches-Nelson Racing 125.01 mph
Jun-09 Kent Riches SUU, Riches-Nelson Racing 149.117 mph
Jun-09 Kent Riches SUU, Riches-Nelson Racing 176.434 mph
10/20/09 Paul Thede Lightning Motorcycles 166.388 mph
8/15/09 Jeremy Cleland (?) Mission Motors 150.059 mph
9/2/10 Paul Thede Lightning Motorcycles 173.35 mph
Aug-11 Eva Hakansson KillaJoule 138.586 mph
2011 Paul Thede Lightning Motorcycles 215.96 mph
9/1/11 Chip Yates Swigz ProRCGSuperbike Prototype 1 km: 174.543 mph
Mile: 173.404 mph
9/1/11 Chip Yates Swigz ProRCGSuperbike Prototype 1 km: 186.892 mph
Mile: 187.126 mph
8/31/11 Chip Yates Swigz ProRCGSuperbike Prototype 1 km: 181.608 mph
Mile: 181.437 mph
8/30/11 Chip Yates Swigz ProRCGSuperbike Prototype 1 km: 196.912 mph
Mile: 196.420 mph
10/11/11 Brian Richardson Moto Electra Racing & JMU 127.177 mph
Jul-12 Eva Hakansson KillaJoule 188 miles/hr, 164.131 mph in standing 1 mile
Aug. 2012 Eva Hakansson KillaJoule 191.488 mph – registered top speed: 216.504 mph (348.4 km/h)
7/8/12 Jennifer Holt Buckeye Electric Motorcycle Race Team 144.352 miles/hr
9/18/12 Brandon Miller Zero S ZF6 1 km: 102.281 mph
Mile: 101.652 mph
8/28/12 Kevin Clemens Kawasaki Electric Ninja 61.5 mph
8/28/12 Kevin Clemens Kawasaki Electric Ninja 78.4 mph
8/28/13 Jim Hoogerhyde Lightning SB220 1 km: 203.566 mph*
Mile: 203.361 mph*
8/26/13 Jim Hoogerhyde Lightning SB220 1 km: 200.494 mph*
Mile: 200.297 mph*
8/30/13 Eva Hakansson KillaJoule 212.047 mph (341.3 km/h)
* Pending Ratification by the FIM/CCR

The full version is a pdf, here: LSR

OK, here’s the deal.  This was collected from many, many various sources on the web.  If you can help me complete it or correct it, please chime in.

If I’ve omitted anything, it wasn’t because I wasn’t trying, so spare me any righteous indignation at omissions of your (or your favorite team’s) accomplishments, and fill me in on what I’m missing. The entire structure of Land Speed Racing is pretty haphazard.  Landracing.com is a helpful site.

The sanctioning, governing body is supposedly FIM, but you only get information out of their site if you happen to back into via Google.  I can’t even find the page again.

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