LIGHTNING RECORDS SET

Racing Results and Records

Many records have been set and held by riders of Lightning Bicycles. Here are a few highlights:

• First HPV to break 50, 55, and 60 mph (3 consecutive years)
• Low altitude top speed record of 64.2 mph (X2)
• Seattle to Portland record holder - 192 miles in 7-1/2 hours (26 mph average)
• San Francisco to Los Angeles record - 400 miles in 18 hours
• Race Across America record holder, 2910 miles in 5 days, 1 hour (24 mph average)
• Winner of four stages in the 1995 Paris-Brest-Paris

Many of these records were set on the Lightning F-40. To see the F-40 in action, take a look at this video clip. Only Lightning has set over 10 world speed records on a production bike that you can buy today!

Here's the full listing of all Lightning records.

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Event                   Speed/time        Rider(s)

      Vehicle           Date              Sanctioning Organization          

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200 meters, multiple rider; 54.4 mph, 56.9 mph, 61.1 mph; Jan Russell, Butch Stinton.

      White Lightning      1978, 1979, 1980      IHPVA *

200 meters, single rider bicycle; 54.8 mph, 57.4 mph; Carl Sundquist.

       Lightning X-2     1983, 1984        IHPVA *

200 meters, low altitude; 64.2 mph; Carl Sundquist.

       Lightning X-2     1986              IHPVA#

600/200 meters; 51 mph; John Waite, Jim Gordon.

      White Lightning      1982              IHPVA

1/4 mile drag, multiple rider; 43.6 mph; John Waite, Jim Gordon.

      White Lightning      1982              IHPVA

1/4 mile drag, single rider; 41.5 mph; Carl Sundquist

       Lightning X-2     1984              IHPVA*

1/4 mile drag, female rider; 34.2 seconds; Anja Koning

      Lightning F-40      1992              IHPVA

5 Miles; 5 minutes, 43 seconds (52 mph); Jan Russell, Butch Stinton.

      White Lightning      1979              IHPVA

GWBR 10 Mile time trial; 18 minutes, 48 seconds; Pete Penseyres

      Lightning F-40      1984              SLOBC

Firehouse 50 mile TT, Wisconsin; 1 hour 44 minutes; Tyger Johnson

      Lightning F-40      1998              WISPORT

24 Hours; 603 miles; Pete Penseyres.

      Lightning F-40      1994              IHPVA*

Seattle to Portland; 7 hours, 26 minutes; Pete Penseyres.

       Lightning X-2     1985              IHPVA

Argus Tour (100 km); 2 hours, 33 minutes; 2h 29 m; 2h 27 m; Lloyd Wright

      Lightning F-40      1988, 1990, 1995      WPPPA 

Los Angeles to New York; 5 days, 1 hour, 8 minutes; Pete Penseyres, Jim Penseyres, Bob Fourney, Michael Coles.

      Lightning F-40      1989              UMCA, IHPVA, HPV RAAM

San Francisco to Los Angeles; 18 hours, 5 minutes; Pete Penseyres.

      Lightning F-40      1991              IHPVA

Paris to Loudeac, France; 17 hours, 25 minutes; Pete Penseyres.

      Lightning F-90      1995              ACPCA, during Paris-Brest-Paris

Irvine, Ca. to Yuma, Az.; 12 hours, 31 minutes; Bob Fourney

      Lightning F-90      1998              UMCA, during RAAM

Wawa to Sault Saint Marie, Canada;  6 hours, 12 minutes; Andre Riopel

      Lightning F-40      1999              SCC

 

*Record since broken

#Officially timed at an altitude of 770 meters, the UCI defines low altitude as under 1000 meters.

 

Note:

The Lightning F-40 and F-90 are production bikes, and they have set 12 of the records listed, 4 of which are WORLD records (sanctioned by the IHPVA).