Hours after his throttleman and crew chief, Grant Bruggeman, had left the Thunder on Cocoa Beach offshore powerboat race a couple of weeks back, Wayne Valder, the owner of the 42-foot MTI catamaran, Valder Yachts/Pro Floors Racing, called out the race winners, Tyler Miller and Myrick Coil of the Monster Energy/M CON team. At the […]
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Though both would downplay the description as is their humble nature, Travis Pastrana and John Tomlinson are the GOAT—Greatest Of All Time—of their respective motorsports disciplines. A South Florida native, Tomlinson is one of the winningest world champion catamaran throttleman in offshore powerboat racing with more than such titles to his credit. His accomplishments include […]
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From a visual perspective, the start tends to be the most spectacular element of any offshore powerboat race. That’s no dig on the sport—not even even close—but you’ll never find so many boats running deck-to-deck and heading toward a turn than you will when the green flag flies. Captured from the air, water or land, […]
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In the highly anticipated, season-opening Class 1 World Championships Series competition at the Thunder On Cocoa Beach offshore powerboat race Sunday, owner/driver Darren Nicholson and throttleman Giovanni Carpitella looked to have everything in control in their 47-foot Victory catamaran, 222 Offshore Australia. They had qualified on the pole and took the lead as soon as […]
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Offshore racing fans will have to wait at least until the Sarasota Powerboat Grand Prix, June 30-July, in Southwest Florida to see Sudrheim Offshore Racing in Class 1 action. The Norway-based team has been working on its 43-foot Victory catamaran at its United States facility in Florida, but the boat won’t be ready in time […]
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Having mostly stepped away from offshore racing for the couple of years, driver Mike Wright is returning to the cockpit of the Super Stock-class LPC raceboat with owner/throttleman Loren Peters for Thunder On Cocoa Beach, set for May 18-21. Peters and Wright ran a couple of seasons together before stepping out of the cockpit, and […]
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Working again with Case Productions and a new livestream broadcast team, Powerboat P1 has ambitious plans for coverage of the races it produces and markets to the Union Internationale Motonautique Class 1 World Championships Series, which begins May 18-21 in Cocoa Beach, Fla. In the skies above the venue during races, fans will spy the […]
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Offshore powerboat racing fans who’ve longed for more action throughout a given event weekend are about to get their wish this month in Cocoa Beach, Fla. The first race of the Union Internationale Motonautique Class 1 World Championship Series and the second race of the American Power Boat Association Offshore National Championship Series, Thunder on […]
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When the Class 1 Offshore World Championship Series kicks off in Cocoa Beach, Fla., May 18-21, event producer Powerboat P1 will have a new team in the livestream broadcast booth. Veteran offshore racers Marc Granet and Mike Yowaiski will be joining speedonthewater.com founder and co-publisher Matt Trulio for the Thunder On Cocoa Beach broadcast as […]
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Entering his second full season of Class 1 offshore racing, Good Boy vodka and hard seltzer founder Alex Pratt has no intentions of throttling back—on anything. If anything, his intensity is increasing as the former motorcycle racer originally out of Michigan has dedicated his racing efforts to creating a platform for his thriving brand. The […]
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When the 65 offshore powerboat racing teams and fans in Marathon, Fla., awoke this morning they were greeted by an ominous message: “Tornado watch for the Southern Keys.” The inaugural 7-Mile Offshore Grand Prix proved that no matter how much we prepare, Mother Nature is still in charge. Photos by Pete Boden copyright Shoot 2 […]
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Not since the late-1990s and early 2000s has offshore powerboat racing been as poised for success as it is at the moment. The 2022 season, from the midpoint on, boasted strong fleets in the Super Stock, Super Cat and Class 1 ranks, making the pandemic-forced interruptions of 2020 and 2021 seem like a couple of […]
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For close to five months, the team at Shaun Torrente Racing in Southwest Florida has been working around the clock to get its 32-foot canopied MTI catamaran, which is sponsored by CMR Construction and Roofing, Raymarine, Dewald Propellers and more, ready for this weekend’s first race of the Super Stock season in Marathon, Fla. Introducing […]
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As the 2023 United Kingdom Offshore Powerboat Racing Association championship prepares to kick off May 13 at the Poole Bay 100, many onlookers will once again relish the prospect of seeing and hearing a very famous name again out in the bay—the vintage 35-foot, Martini & Rossi liveried Dry Martini Cigarette Racing Team V-bottom. During […]
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Heading into their second full year in the Super Stock ranks, South Florida-based marine industry/offshore racing veteran Randy Sweers and his longtime friend, Bryan Marquardt of Texas, have a new title sponsor for their 32-foot Doug Wright Powerboats catamaran. Marquardt’s friend and fellow Texan Chad Havens, who owns a well-known 40-foot Skater Powerboats catamaran dubbed […]
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With the first race of the offshore powerboat season—the Race World Offshore-produced 7 Mile Offshore Grand Prix presented by Performance Boat Center and M CON in Marathon, Fla.—just five days away, there’s plenty of action for fans to look forward to this year. The United Kingdom-based organization Poweboat P1, which holds the media and marketing […]
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Heading into their second full Super Cat-class season under the LiquorSplit sponsorship banner, team owner/driver John Emmons and throttleman Jimmy McIntyre plan to run all five races in the 2023. American Power Boat Association Offshore National Championship Series. The New York-based team will square off this Sunday against eight other Super Cat outfits—at least if […]
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Heading into its second season as the primary sponsor of the Super Stock-class Ignite offshore racing team, CELSIUS® energy drink is making the most of its opportunity to showcase what the publicly traded company bills as “a better-for-you alternative to other high-sugar energy drinks on the market.” The team’s 32-foot Doug Wright Powerboats catamaran will […]
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Though the 151 Express team owner Jorge Arellano, a significant booster of offshore racing’s Mod V class who typically likes to keep his name out of the media, reportedly hasn’t made a “final decision” on whether Nick Imprescia and Ian Morgan will reprise their roles as Mod V-class racers this season, smart money says they’ll […]
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From almost 50-foot-long Class 1 offshore racing catamarans to AquaX series personal watercraft roughly one-fifth of that size, the range of raceboats involved in events either produced or promoted by Powerboat P1 is broad. The United Kingdom-based outfit’s involvement in the sport also includes co-promoting/producing the multi-class, five-race American Power Boat Association Offshore National Championship […]
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