RWO's Key West World Championship 2024

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Key West Schedule, November 3rd - 10th, 2024

2024 Key West Schedule presented by Performance Boat Center

Sunday, November 3rd Locations

10:00 AM - 5:00 PM Montlick Injury Attorney's Race Village Open Truman Waterfront Park (TWP)
3:30 PM - 4:00 PM Parade Participants Lineup
4:00 PM - First State Bank World's Fastest Boat Parade Duval Street
5:30 PM - 9:30 PM Hanks Saloon Racers & Fans Sunday Funday 409 Caroline St, Naval Air Station Key West, FL 33040

Monday, November 4th
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM Registration & Credentials Drivers Tent in TWP
10:00 AM - 5:00 PM Montlick Injury Attorney's Race Village Open Truman Waterfront Park
10:00 AM 5:00 PM Race Boat Inspections in Montlick Injury Attorney's Race Village Truman Waterfront Park
11:00 AM - 4:00 PM Dunker Testing 5901 College Rd, College of the Florida Keys
12:00 PM 5:00 PM Will Call & Merchandise Tent Open Truman Waterfront Park
5:30 PM - 9:30 PM Hank's Saloon Welcome Party promoted by Smokin' Tuna 409 Caroline St, Naval Air Station Key West, FL 33040

Tuesday, November 5th
8:00 AM - 9:00 AM Official Drivers Meetings & Opening Ceremonies Drivers Tent in TWP
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM Sunoco Fueling Station Open
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Montlick Injury Attorney's Race Village Open Truman Waterfront Park
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM Race Boat Inspections in Montlick Injury Attorney's Race Village Truman Waterfront Park
9:30 AM - 5:00 PM Registration & Credentials Drivers Tent in TWP
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM Dunker Testing 5901 College Rd, College of the Florida Keys
10:00 AM - 4:30 PM Cranes Open
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM Will Call & Merchandise Tent Open Truman Waterfront Park
11:00 AM 4:00 PM Official Testing Time
6:00 PM - 8:30 PM The Keys Collection Racer's Party (Tribute to Locals) Sunset Greene Lawn - 3820 N Roosevelt Blvd
9:30 PM - Tiki House Party with Good Boy Vodka 203 Duval Street, Key West, FL 33040

Wednesday, November 6th | Truman Waterfront Cup
6:30 AM - 7:15 AM Driver & Throttleman Physicals
7:30 AM - 8:00 AM Official Drivers Meeting Drivers Tent in TWP
8:00 AM - 1:00 PM Sunoco Fueling Station Open
8:30 AM - 5:00 PM Montlick Injury Attorney's Race Village Open Truman Waterfront Park
8:30 AM - 4:00 PM Will Call & Merchandise Tent Open Truman Waterfront Park
8:30 AM - 4:00 PM Cranes Open
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM RWO Vendor Village Truman Waterfront Park
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM Fury Shuttle Service behind Opal Key for VIP 245 Front St, Key West, FL 33040
9:00 AM - General Admission Gates Open Truman Waterfront Park
9:30 AM - 4:30 PM XINSURANCE VIP Hospitality & Tents Open Truman Waterfront Park
Podium Awards at the Conclusion of Each Race Outer Mole
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM Race 1 Bracket Classes 5, 6, 7, 3X, & 3C
10:45 AM - 11:30 AM Race 2 - Start 1
Race 2 - Start 2 Mod V, Bracket Classes 2, 3, & 4
11:00 AM - 4:30 PM Post-race Technical Inspection (immediately after conclusion of each race)
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Harbor Open for Public Traffic
12:30 PM - 1:15 PM Race 3 Stock 450
1:15 PM - 2:00 PM Race 4 Super Cat
2:00 PM - 2:15 PM Helicopter Refueling
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM Race 5 Class 1 USA, Extreme, & Super V
3:15 PM - 4:15 PM Race 6 Super Stock
5:30 PM - 9:30 PM General Horseplay Tomfoolery with Islamorada Brewing 423 Caroline St, Key West, FL 33040
8:00 PM - Speedboat Magazine's Rick's Upstairs Party 202 Duval St, Key West, FL 33040
9:30 PM Teasers Race World Pole Position Party 218 Duval St, Key West, FL 33040

Thursday, November 7th
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Sunoco Fueling Station Open (Diesel Available)
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Montlick Injury Attorney's Race Village Open Truman Waterfront Park
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM Will Call & Merchandise Tent Open Truman Waterfront Park
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM Registration & Credentials Drivers Tent in TWP
10:00 AM - 4:30 PM Cranes Open
11:00 AM - 4:00 PM Official Testing Time
7:00 PM - Speed on the Water and Greene Street Party 511 Greene St, Key West, FL 33040
7:30 PM - Hog's, Boats & Ghosts World Championship Party (Hogs Breath Saloon) 400 Front St, Key West, FL 33040

Friday, November 8th | Southernmost Continental Championship
6:30 AM - 7:15 AM Driver & Throttleman Physicals
7:30 AM - 8:00 AM Official Drivers Meeting Drivers Tent in TWP
8:00 AM - 1:00 PM Sunoco Fueling Station Open
8:30 AM - 4:00 PM Will Call & Merchandise Tent Open Truman Waterfront Park
8:30 AM - 5:00 PM Montlick Injury Attorney's Race Village Open Truman Waterfront Park
8:30 AM - 4:00 PM Cranes Open
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM RWO Vendor Village Truman Waterfront Park
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM Fury Shuttle Service behind Opal Key for VIP 245 Front St, Key West, FL 33040
9:00 AM - General Admission Gates Open Truman Waterfront Park
9:30 AM - 4:30 PM XINSURANCE VIP Hospitality & Tents Open Truman Waterfront Park
Podium Awards at the Conclusion of Each Race Outer Mole
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM Race 1 Bracket Classes 5, 6, 7, 3X, & 3C
10:45 AM - 11:30 AM Race 2 - Start 1
Race 2 - Start 2 Mod V, Bracket Classes 2, 3, & 4
11:00 AM - 4:30 PM Post-race Technical Inspection (immediately after conclusion of each race)
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Harbor Open for Public Traffic
12:20 PM - VFC-111 The Sun Downers Flyover Truman Waterfront Park & Naval Air Station Key West
12:30 PM - 1:15 PM Race 3 Stock 450
1:15 PM - 2:00 PM Race 4 Super Cat
2:00 PM - 2:15 PM Helicopter Refueling
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM Race 5 Class 1, Extreme, & Super V
3:15 PM - 4:15 PM Race 6 Super Stock
Winner Circle after each race Outer Mole
6:00 PM - 10:00 PM RWO Duval Street Party presented by Keystar Construction Duval Street
8:00 PM - 11:00 PM Monster Energy Ricks Upstairs Championship Party 202 Duval St, Key West, FL 33040

Saturday, November 9th
8:00 AM - 5:00 PM Sunoco Fueling Station Open
9:00 AM - 5:00 PM Montlick Injury Attorney's Race Village Open Truman Waterfront Park
9:15 AM - 9:30 AM Build a Boat Contestants Meeting
9:30 AM - 10:30 AM Building Contest on the waterfront by USCG Ingham
10:00 AM - 4:00 PM Will Call & Merchandise Tent Open Truman Waterfront Park
10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Boat Build Safety Inspections, Life Jackets and Judging
11:00 AM - Boat Build Race Begins
11:30 AM - 4:00 PM Cranes Open
11:30 AM - 4:00 PM Ramps Open
12:00 PM - 4:00 PM Official Testing Time
5:00 PM - 10:00 PM XINSURANCE Live Concert at Coffee Butler Amphitheater (Purchase Tickets) 21 Quay Rd, Key West, FL 33040

Sunday, November 10th | Conch Republic Championship
6:30 AM - 7:15 AM Driver & Throttleman Physicals
7:30 AM - 8:00 AM Official Drivers Meeting Drivers Tent in TWP
8:00 AM - 12:00 PM Sunoco Fueling Station Open
8:30 AM - 4:00 PM Will Call & Merchandise Tent Open Truman Waterfront Park
8:30 AM - 5:00 PM Montlick Injury Attorney's Race Village Open Truman Waterfront Park
8:30 AM - 4:30 PM Cranes Open
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM XINSURANCE VIP Hospitality & Tents Open Truman Waterfront Park
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM RWO Vendor Village Truman Waterfront Park
9:00 AM - 4:00 PM Fury Shuttle Service behind Opal Key for VIP 245 Front St, Key West, FL 33040
8:30 AM - General Admission Gates Open Truman Waterfront Park
10:00 AM - 10:45 AM Race 1 Bracket Classes 5, 6, 7, 3X, & 3C
10:45 AM 11:30 AM Race 2 - Start 1
Race 2 - Start 2 Mod V, Bracket Classes 2, 3, & 4
11:00 AM - 4:30 PM Post-race Technical Inspection (immediately after conclusion of each race)
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM Harbor Open for Public Traffic
12:30 PM - 1:15 PM Race 3 Stock 450
1:15 PM - 2:00 PM Race 4 Super Cat
2:00 PM - 2:15 PM Helicopter Refueling
2:15 PM - 3:15 PM Race 5 Class 1, Extreme, & Super V
3:15 PM - 4:15 PM Race 6 Super Stock
5:30 PM - 6:00 PM World Championship Pre-Awards Music 21 Quay Rd, Key West, FL 33040
6:00 PM - 8:00 PM Coffee Butler Amphitheater RWO Awards Ceremony 21 Quay Rd, Key West, FL 33040

 

[Serious News]

71 boats currently entered, Link:

https://raceworldoffshore.com/key-west-schedule/ Scroll down to see entry list

 

[Ratickle]

That the last two races of the American Power Boat Association Offshore National Championship Series were canceled for the same reasons — back-to-back hurricanes Helene and Milton — is beyond unusual. Add the Helene-scrubbed Offshore Powerboat Association National and World Championships in Englewood Beach, Florida, to the equation and the cancellation total rises to three events.

Multiply three times zero, and you get the number of times that has happened before this season.

An even longer-time observer involved with the sport, former Mercury Racing head Fred Kiekhaefer, also can’t recall a situation where the final two races of the regular season were canceled.

The pent-up demand to go racing likely won’t have a significant effect, beyond adding a few Bracket-class teams that had hoped to run in Englewood Beach, on the turnout for the Race World Offshore Key West World Championship set for Nov. 3-10.

“I think we’ll pick up some Bracket-class teams, but other than that it will be business as usual,” said Larry Bleil, the head of Race World Offshore. “The teams that always come to Key West, always come to Key West.”

Pent-up demand also hasn’t sped up registration, though Race World Offshore’s Rodrick Cox expects the push to begin in the next week or so. So far, just 30 teams have registered and almost one-third of them belong to the Super Stock class.

“I am expecting 15 teams,” said Ryan Beckley, the Super Stock-class owner’s group representative.

Only the 222 Offshore team from Australia, Morpheus 8 and XINSURANCE have registered so far for Class 1. That will change soon, according to Tyler Miller, the owner and throttleman of the 2024 Union Internationale Motonautique Class 1 World Champion Monster Energy/M CON team. Miller is expecting six Class 1 outfits in Key West with the addition of his own and the Defalco and df Young/Good Boy Vodka teams.

“It’s going to be a great time,” Miller said. “I was on the Tuesday Class 1 conference call and everyone was excited about it. And there were eight teams on the call, the MTI team and one other. So 2025 is shaping up to be amazing.”

Asked for specifics about the “other” Class 1 team, Miller declined to comment. “I’ll let them tell you,” he said, then chuckled.

Just two Super Cat teams, Dirty Money and CR Racing, are signed up so far. That number is sure to grow as well.

“We’re absolutely looking forward to it,” said Beau Renfroe, the owner of the Dirty Money team. “After the last two races being canceled, we are looking forward to ending the season on top in Key West.”

Three 450R Factory Stock teams — 151 Express, GC Racing and TS Motorsports — have signed up. Driver Taylor Scism of the TS Motorsports team expects that number to double before the first green flag flies.

“I think we will have a really great turnout,” Scism said.

The Sarasota Powerboat Grand Prix-winning Speed Marine team is the only Mod V outfit signed up for Key West at present. Mod V driver Stephen Kildahl, the “son” in the father-and-son Boatfloater.com team, anticipates a big turnout for the class.

“I would think we would have at least eight and possibly as many as 11 teams,” Kildahl said.

But there’s a catch — for all classes. Under APBA rules, teams are required to have competed in no less than two events to qualify for world championship points. The loss of the Clearwater and St. Pete events means some teams are not able to meet that requirement.

“It just depends on if everyone goes, since some teams aren’t qualified ‘cause of the last two cancellations,” Kildahl explained. “And the rule book states that for a canceled race to allow you to be eligible, you must have had the boat at the race site.”

That, of course, was not an option for the Clearwater and St. Petersburg races, which were called off ahead of the storms that forced their cancellations.

https://www.keysnews.com/sports/key...cle_0939d646-9605-11ef-a470-cba4e81c9808.html

 

[Ratickle]

Cat 1 on Wednesday night in KW?

 

[Ratickle]

They now have it most likely missing to the west. But, close enough on Wednesday for a NOAA forecast of 11 to 14' waves.......

 

[Ratickle]

Well, will flights coming in be able to land on Wednesday? The forecast is certainly iffy.

 

[Ratickle]

Interesting stuff today in the pits.

3 of the Supercats failed tech. Good thing they are not runnning tomorrow, they have time to change head gaskets to lower compression, and I believe one team has new motors coming down.

Talked with Randy Scism. He is the new Class Rep for the new Pro Class One, which is replacing the UIM Class 1.
He was also getting ready to leave and fly up to Miami to run down with a group of MTI's to Key West tomorrow. Might be a rough trip.......

For those wondering, Dirty Money was not one of the boats that failed. They passed just fine.

 

[Ratickle]

Two new motors get delivered today. Busy time, but at least they are not racing tomorrow.

I do have two meetings to take care of though. It's been interesting.

 

[Ratickle]

All's good in Super Cat motor land now. All should be in the course tomorrow.

 

[Ratickle]

A long day today. They finally posted the results of yesterdays races today at 3:25 this afternoon. There are several penalties, and now several protests filed of the penalties and some of non-penalties.

 

[Pete B]

A long day today. They finally posted the results of yesterdays races today at 3:25 this afternoon. There are several penalties, and now several protests filed of the penalties and some of non-penalties.

Where are the results?? where are they listed?? why don't you post them!

 

[Ratickle]

Cause they havent posted any official results yet.

 

[Ratickle]

Today is going to be a long day. Every race is 1 1/2 times longer than Friday's races. And the permit only goes until 5:30.

 

[Ratickle]

An appeal was filed with the APBA ORC about the 1 minute penalty given to 5 out of 6 boats for the start of the 450R Factory Stock class. One boat filed the appeal, the penalty moved them from the World Champion Winner position to second. And the only boat not accessed the penalty won the World Championship.

 

[Ratickle]

Another appeal is being filed for the Mod Vee class, where an accident occurred.

 

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