First guy to show up with a PROPERLY SET UP 225 lb bare hull, outboard hydro, no capsule, 12" mid, #4 speedmaster, rudder and with 400 hp of motor and probably won't need NOS, but for just the sake of this conversation has a mild 100 hp shot on it. You will never beat him unless you have the same thing.

Jon and I ran many stretched out passes in our Pugh Hydros with no NOS with only 350 to 400 hp, with capsules in them and ran over 140 in a 1/2 to 3/4 mile. They are pretty easy to drive when you take the time getting them to the big speed, it was pounding on them to do it in a 1/4 mile like any boat is what makes the tougher to drive. So any one who wants to take one that has no capsule and no reason to live, he will be the fastest.

I think I would change this topic to who has the fastest lake boat, because you will never beat a hydro that is set up right and has the RIGHT WATER CONDITIONS (DEAD CALM) in any tunnel or vee. Believe me, there are about a dozen out there that can do this.