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NEW
WORLD SPEED RECORDS
 Washington,
NC, August 7, 2004 :
The Pamlico River continues
to be the fastest stretch
of water in the world
as Nine (9) new world
speed records were established,
with Fountain Powerboats,
Inc. setting 5, today
during the Fountain
Mercury/Super Boat International
Grand Prix.
Thunder
was heard across the
Pamlico at 7:00am as
Reggie Fountain, CEO
and President of Fountain
Powerboats and Ben Robertson
took their 42 foot Fountain
onto the kilo course
setting a first pass
speed of 166.407mph
and then making a blistering
second pass speed of
177.359mph for a new
world Super Boat International
Productions, SBIP, record
of 171.883mph. The American
Power Boat Association/UIM,
APBA/UIM, record of
171.004. This new record
eclipsed the old record
by over 10mph.
"I
am very proud of our
team that made these
records happen,"
said Reggie Fountain.
"These records
establish that Fountain
Powerboats, Inc. is
the leader in performance
powerboats."
The world
records were established
over a set kilometer
course sanctioned by
both the SBIP and APBA/UIM.
Fountain did not stop
with this one world
record. World records
were also set in a number
of other classes. These
included:
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