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CRC Latimer Lodge  
Owner / Driver :
 Edgar Phipps
Race Class :
 Grand Prix Hydroplane / Hydroplane Legends
Hull design :
 Lauterbach Design
Built in New Zealand by P.G. Knight
Build date :
 Early '80s
Engine :
 454ci supercharged Chev, running Methanol, 25psi boost, producing approx 1200hp at 8200rpm
Race History :
 Multiple race winner, including:
• Griffith Cup
• Masport Cup
• 2nd World GP championship
• World Womens Speed Record
• One of the only few GP Hydros to have raced in New Zealand, USA, and Australia.
• One of the world's best known GP Hydros.
More Information :

20 years of top line competitive racing have taken their toll Latimer Lodge, so a complete boat, trailer and power/drive line restoration was in order. The restoration is in progress, all the way down to frame repair, by the legendary Hydroplane builder Graham Howard of Wisemans Ferry NSW.

 

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