Race World Offshore Key West Championships begin Wednesday

[Serious News]

KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) — One of the present day's most proficient offshore powerboat racers is aspiring to earn another world title.

The Race World Offshore Key West Championships begin Wednesday in the Florida Keys.

During his 33-year career, Miami throttleman John Tomlinson has amassed 46 national and world titles.

In the eight-entry Super Cat class, Tomlinson is teamed with Myrick Coil of Osage Beach, Missouri, in Performance Boat Center, a 41-foot catamaran with twin 800-horsepower engines that can hit speeds around 135 mph (217 kph).

Wednesday and Friday's races each account for 25% of accumulated points. Sunday's final races, worth the remaining 50%, are to determine world champions in various classes.

A portion of the almost 4.5 mile-per-lap (7.2 kilometer-per-lap) course runs through Key West Harbor, providing fans vantage points close to the action.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/sports/mo...west-championships-begin-wednesday/ar-AAJUlpS

 

[Bobcat]

Off to bad start Boys....Several misspellings on the Site Map....:toetap05:

 

[Ratickle]

Bleechers is my favorite!!!

 

[phragle]

I fixed it for you....

 

[john acosta]

This 39 th annual should be called the "ANNUAL GEICO PARTICIPATION SINGLE ENTRY AWARDS RACE "

What a joke .I watched geico race alone fo a decade and ACCEPT trophy,s This rwo worlds is just a bigger joke than geico all those years .

( yes geico with real race crew now is reputable)

 

[Ratickle]

But, they can't seem to win yet in a class with other participants.

They need to do some improving. We will see how they do in Englewood. Hopefully better than recently.