Thanks in large part to Vinnie Diorio, the owner of the Wisconsin-based SV Offshore Racing team, electronically fuel-injected Mercury Racing 860 engines became a legal power option in 2022 under American Power Boat Association rules for the Super Cat class. Two teams—SV Offshore Racing and LiquorSplit—used them last season. And now there is one. SV […]
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With Super Stock-class Jackhammer throttleman Ricky Maldonado moving to the 450R Factory Stock class after three seasons with the Illinois-based team, owner/driver Reese Langheim had to find a new throttleman for the upcoming season. But he didn’t have to look far as Maldonado’s son, Julian, will throttle the team’s 32-foot Victory catamaran. The son or […]
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Having extreme motorsports legend and Nitro Circus ringmaster Travis Pastrana—the undeniable GOAT in his high-octane world—join the offshore powerboat racing community has been a boon to the sport. By all accounts, Pastrana is uncommonly cool, approachable to all during events and down to earth for a celebrity of his stature. His presence in Class 1 […]
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Just two offshore racing seasons ago, Taylor Scism was a novice driver in an exhibition class. Now she and throttleman John Tomlinson are the 2022 American Power Boat Association national champions and Union Internationale Motonautique world champions in the 450R Factory Stock class she spearheaded in the first canopied MTI 390XR catamaran powered by Mercury […]
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Despite winning a Class 1 world championship in offshore powerboat racing with the Huski Chocolate team and enjoying success in other motorsports, Travis Pastrana didn’t have the easiest 2022. And after much reflection on that year, earlier this week he released a statement on the Subaru Motorsports USA Twitter account in which he announced he […]
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When 22-year-old Nick Imprescia, the son of legendary offshore racing throttleman Joey Imprescia whose career spanned the 1980s and 1990s, started competing in the sport he often heard he “had big shoes to fill.” Though Imprescia, who earned this first Mod V-class world title last November in the Race World Offshore Championships in Key West, […]
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By any measure, offshore powerboat racer Tyler Miller of Wathena, Kans., has enjoyed a very big year. By the time the 2022 ended, the M CON team owner and throttleman had starred in a Speed On The Water “In The Lead” series video, earned an American Power Boat Association Super Cat National Championship and a […]
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<!– People: Cheer Leader: Travis Pastrana Goes All In With Class 1 –> What is Travis Pastrana doing here? The action sports God landed the first double backflip in a motorsports competition, has broken several of Evel Knievel’s records and is a world freestyle champion, yet here he is at, of all things, a cheerleading […]
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<!– In the News: Super Cat Teams Step Up For Fort Myers Beach Recovery With Plywood Donation –> The most common items of everyday life become precious after a natural a disaster such as Hurricane Ian, which obliterated Fort Myers Beach and sections of nearby cities in Southwest Florida. Plywood is among those much-needed essentials, […]
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<!– In the News: Racer Interviews To Rock Live Sports Radio Broadcast In Key West –> A couple of longtime fans of speedonthewater.com, especially when it comes to coverage of the annual offshore world championships that descend upon their hometown of Key West, Fla., Todd Swofford and Rick Lopez of “The Zone” 97.7 FM Sports […]
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<!– Racing: Tomlinson And De Quesada To Team Up In Class 1 For Key West –> Class 1 teams headed to Key West, Fla., November 6-13, for the American Power Boat Association/Union International Motonautique World Championships, will have another strong outfit in the mix. Veteran offshore racer John Tomlinson will share the cockpit of a […]
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<!– In the News: Nor-Tech Teams Up With Cape Coral Caring Center For Hurricane Ian Relief –> For its 30-year anniversary in 2021, Nor-Tech Hi-Performance Boats threw a year-long celebration of philanthropy for local charities in Cape Coral and Fort Myers, Fla., where the center console, catamaran and V-bottom company has lamination and rigging facilities, […]
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Though the first Race World Offshore-produced event of the 2022 season is called the Baystar Clearwater ‘Nationals’ per longstanding tradition, the September 23-25 event in the Southwest Florida actually is the penultimate contest in the eight-race American Power Boat Association Offshore National Championship Series and the fifth of eight races in the concurrent Class 1 […]
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In a move that points to a bright future for Mercury Racing on the cusp of its 50th anniversary, the Fond du Lac, Wis., high-performance marine engine and accessories company broke ground today on a 40,000-square-foot manufacturing-space expansion and an 8,000-square-foot addition to existing propeller shop. The two-phase expansion, which will bring Mercury Racing’s facility […]
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Despite the well-established players in the mix such as MYCO, Evolution, Extreme, Browning and Heritage, it’s no secret that the custom high-performance powerboat trailer industry is struggling to keep up with the production of V-bottom sportboats, center consoles and catamarans. Exacerbated by supply chain issues, build times of as much as a year-and-a-half and beyond […]
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<!– In the News: Nor-Tech Owners Fun Run Set For Lake Of The Ozarks –> Nor-Tech owners headed to Lake of the Ozarks for Shootout week, August 24-28, will have an event of their own to enjoy on the Central Missouri waterway. Dubbed the Lake of the Ozarks Nor-Tech Owners Fun Run, the Midwest Boating […]
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<!– People: Interview: Catching Up With Powerboat P1 Head Azam Rangoonwala –> For the next three days, all eyes in the offshore powerboat racing world will be on the 37th annual Sarasota Powerboat Grand Prix. The Southwest Florida event is both the third contest in the eight-race American Power Boat Association Offshore National Championship Series […]
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<!– Racing: Bracket 500, 600 And 700 Classes To Compete Saturday In Sarasota –> With a trio of Aqua-X personal watercraft races starting at 8:15 a.m., offshore raceboat testing and practice from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. and Class 1 pole-position qualifying (see tomorrow’s story on speedonthewater.com) on the six-mile racecourse from 12:30 p.m. to […]
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Suncoast Powerboat and Yacht Brokerage, the boutique sales firm based in Sarasota, FL, specializing in performance powerboats, performance fishing boats, and express cruisers, has announced the addition of Cole McGowan to its lineup of brokers. McGowan, a Sarasota native and Tampa resident, has been in the high-performance powerboat industry for ten years, working closely with […]
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<!– Racing: CELSIUS Energizing P1 Offshore –> A popular sugar-free energy/fitness beverage with seven essential vitamins, CELSIUS ® is now the Official Energy Drink and Series Partner for P1 Offshore, the offshore powerboat race-producing arm of United Kingdom-headquartered Powerboat P1, as well as the P1 Aqua-X personal watercraft racing series. The news was announced in […]
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