Balloch racer Oban Duncan ends year with new powerboat speed record

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Balloch’s Oban Duncan set a new speed record in her F4 powerboat - and then insisted she could’ve gone even faster.The talented 16-year-old hit 74.73mph at Coniston Records Week in the Lake District, despite poor weather only allowing her four attempts.But Oban’s top speed was good enough to claim the record, and saw her also collect the prize for the fastest female competitor of the week.However Oban is confident she’ll be able to go even quicker next year.She told the Lennox: “The weather was a bit iffy, so we only got four runs over the course of the whole week because of how bad the weather was.

But it seemed to be enough to get what we needed, so I can’t really complain.“When I found out that I’d hit 74mph I didn’t expect it.

I came in from the run and said it hadn’t been good.“So when they read my speed over the tannoy I was quite surprised. It turned out it was quite decent.“In the next run I hoped I would get quicker and quicker.“But I just couldn’t do it.

The weather just wasn’t in our favour.“I wanted to get to 78mph. But I couldn’t complain too much with 74mph given we didn’t have much time to test the boat.