1969 - 1971 Vulture John Lewis Winnings

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Vulture in 1971 at Southport Queensland Australian National Speedboat Championship ~ Photo Graeme Andrews

Championship Certificate
Title: “T. Stephenson”
Cubic Inch: 300 – Hull: Services Runabout
Course: Lake Learmonth
Date: 30 Nov 1969
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Championship Certificate
Title: “C. McClaggan”
Cubic Inch: Unlimited – Hull: Services Runabout
Course: Lake Learmonth
Date: 30 Nov 1969
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The Victorian Speedboat Club
First Place – Event: “A Grade “
Date: 7 Dec 1969
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The Victorian Speedboat Club
First Place – Event: “H. Haebich Trophy”
Date: 26 Dec 1969
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The Victorian Speedboat Club
Second Place – Event: “300 Cubic Inch Scratch”
Third Place – Event: “Unlimited Open”
Date: 4 Jan 1970
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Melbourne Runabout & Speedboat Club
First Place – Event: “300 Cubic Inch Open”
Third Place – Event: “300 cubic Inch H’Cap”
Date: 1 Feb 1970
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The Victorian Speedboat Club
First Place – Event: “Open H’ Cap”
Third Place – Event: “A Grade Scratch”
Date: 8 Feb 1970
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Bendigo Power Boat Club
Second Place – Event: “Shell Kimbolton Cup”
Date: 15 Feb 1970
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Bendigo Power Boat Club
First Place – Event: “Unlimited Displacement “
Second Place – Event: “E. C. Griffith Cup”
Date: 29 Mar 1970

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The Victorian Speedboat Club
First Place – Event: “A Grade Scratch”
Third Place – Event: “A Grade H’ Cap”
Date: 19 Apr 1970
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Certificate of Speed Record & Record Certificate
Title: “Australian”
Cubic Inch: 400 – Hull: Displacement
Course: Lake Glenmaggie
Date: 10 May 1970
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Certificate of Speed Record & Record Certificate
Title: “Australian”
Cubic Inch: Unlimited – Hull: Service Runabout
Course: Lake Glenmaggie – Date: 16 Aug 1970

Article ‘Lewis Sets 5 Records’ by Ted Madden

Certificate of Speed Record & Record Certificate
Title: “Australian”
Cubic Inch: 400 – Hull: Service Runabout
Course: Lake Glenmaggie – Date: 16 Aug 1970
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Special Quarter – Mile Trails
Title : “Australian”
Section/Class: Unlimited Racing Runabout – Capacity – 353c.i. (Actual)
Course: Melton Weir, Victoria – Date: 20 Sep 1970
Time: 8.85 seconds
Time: 10.42 seconds

Article “Vulture gets the Victims” by Ray Laird
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Special Quarter – Mile Trails
Title: “Australian”
Section/Class: 400 Displacement – Capacity – 353c.i. (Actual)
Course: Melton Weir, Victoria
Time: 10.45 seconds
Date: 20 Sep 1970
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Special Quarter – Mile Trails
Title : “Australian”
Section/Class: 400 Service Runabout – Capacity – 353c.i. (Actual)
Course: Melton Weir, Victoria
Time: 10.48 seconds
Date: 20 Sep 1970
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Special Quarter – Mile Trails
Title: “Australian”
Section/Class: 400 Unlimited Displacement – Capacity – 353c.i. (Actual)
Course: Melton Weir, Victoria
Time: 10.53 seconds
Date: 13 Oct 1970
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The Victorian Speedboat Club
First Place – Event: “A Grade Scratch”
Date: 13 Oct 1970
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The Victorian Speedboat Club
First Place – Event: “Commodore Cup”
Date: 18 Oct 1970
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Certificate of Speed Record
Title: “Australian”
Cubic Inch: 400 – Hull: Displacement
Course: Lake Glenmaggie, Victoria
85.68 Statute Miles per Hour
Date: 15 Nov 1970
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Certificate of Speed Record
Title: “Australian”
Cubic Inch: Unlimited – Hull: Racing Runabout
Course: Lake Glenmaggie, Victoria
85.28 Statute Miles per Hour
Date: 15 Nov 1970
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Championship Certificate
Title: “Frigrite”
Cubic Inch: Unlimited – Hull: Displacement
Course: Hazelwood, Victoria
Date: 29 Nov 1970
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The Victorian Speedboat Club
First Place – Event: “Hi. Power Trophy”
Third Place – Event: “Open Handicap”
Date: 26 Dec 1970
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The Victorian Speedboat Club
First Place – Event: B.P. Trophy
Second Place – Event: “Yarrawonga 600”
Date: 1 Jan 1971

Article on the Yarrawonga 600
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The Victorian Speedboat Club
First Place – Event: “Concorde Motors Trophy”
Third Place – Event: “Benalla Road House”
Date: 3 Jan 1971
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The Victorian Speedboat Club
First Place – Event: “Unlimited Scratched”
Date: 24 Jan 1971
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Bendigo Power Boat Club
First Place – Event: “H. Hinton Memorial Trophy”
(Prize – $60 Cheque, presented at Club House)
Third Place – Event: “Shell Kimbolton Cup”
(Prize – $40 Cheque, presented at Club House) Date: 14 Feb 1971
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Hazelwood Power Boat Club
First Place – Event: “Butchers Picnic”
Second Place – Event: “A. Gr. Handicap”
Third Place – Event: “A. Handicap”
Date: 21 Feb 1971
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The Victorian Speedboat Club
Third Place – Event: “Gold Cup”
Date: 7 Mar 1971
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Melbourne Runabout & Speedboat Club
First Place – Event: “Open Scratch”
Third Place – Event: “Open HCP II”
Date: 21 Mar 1971
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Vulture sidelined from two Accidents:

First big accident, at the 1971 E.C. Griffith Cup
Lake Eppalock, Victoria
Australian Motorboat Championship Unlimited
Shaw Memorial Unlimited Open
Event: No 16 Time 4.15 p.m. Easter Sunday
Date: 11 Apr 1971

Next accident at Albert Park Lake, Victoria
Event: A Grade Scratch
Date: 21 Nov 1971

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