In case you were wondering how a specific boat/driver did at the 2014 Lake of the Ozarks Shoot-Out, here’s a complete results listing with all the speed runs from the weekend. Class Speed First Last Run Time PC5T2R-1 244 MPH Sheik Hassan Al Thani Run Time: 08-23-14 02:08:19 PM PC5T2R-1 210 MPH Sheik Hassan Al […]
August 9, 2014 – RACE RESULTS Boat (length) Class Skier Driver Observer Time 74 (21) Men’s Open Cameron King Ryan Choura Mike King 58:45.50 192 (21) Outboard Martie Wells Steve Davis Ryan Choura 59:36.83 512 (21) Outboard Kyle Lancon Jim Lancon Dennis Fritch 1:01.26.34 23 (21) Veteran Men David Hein John Stewart Barry Obler 1:09.23.64 […]
The annual August sprint boat races at Long Beach Marine Stadium are a Southern California tradition. In 2014, the event took on even more importance as six different inboard classes were crowned APBA National Champions. SUPER STOCK CHAMPION #80 — Driver, Ty Newton/Owner, Dave Rankin PRO STOCK CHAMPION #80 — Driver, Ty Newton/ […]
Things didn’t go quite as planned for Robby Devine, driver of the Tom Buckles owned K-Boat at the Long Beach Marine Stadium races in August. During the first heat of racing on Saturday, Devine was dueling with Tony Scarlata in K-69 for the lead on the second lap when Devine drove hard into the turn, […]
When you run a race for sixty-six consecutive years you come to expect an occasional close finish, but none quite like this. According to the official scoring team, the separation between winner and runner-up was a mere .01 seconds after sixty-two miles of intense side-by-side racing at continuous speeds in excess of eighty miles an […]
After a very encouraging start earlier this morning, December 11, the attempt to set a new gas powered record for the San Francisco to Long Beach offshore endurance run (non-stop) by Bob Russell and John Rogers has fallen short. Russell and Rogers […]
What’s a boat race without some drama? Sometimes it’s about a controversial turn-judge call. Other times it might be a questionable post-race tech infraction. Or maybe there was even a scoring screw-up. Stuff happens. But the 2013 BlueWater 336 Enduro in Parker , Arizona was a little different. It was ‘drama central’ months before […]
Lake of the Ozarks 2013 Shoot-Out Celebrates Its 25th With Record Speeds It’s become performance boating’s most important mile. And why not? After 25 years, the Lake of the Ozarks Shoot-Out competition is the place where the ‘age-old’ question, “Who’s fastest?” is put to rest. This year there was simply no doubt. Not when a […]
BlueWater Resort and Casino 63rd Annual Thanksgiving Regatta 2009 Obviously, boating racing and turkey dinners just go together. At least that’s true for APBA circle boat racers on the West Coast. For the past 63 years, the Southern California Speedboat Club has hosted a multi-day event over the Thanksgiving holiday. As tradition dictates, the site […]
V-Drives Reclaim Respect At 2009 BlueWater Resort and Casino 300 Enduro