Thunder on Cocoa Beach 2022

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The Thunder on Cocoa Beach Offshore Race Weekend returns on May 19th 2022. As the first race event of the APBA season it can be a great season opener with sometimes wild Atlantic waves causing some of the boats to catch big air. We will follow the event Saturday and Sunday to try to keep you up to date as it progresses.

Livestream Coverage on P1's Facebook page

 

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Thursday 19th May, From - To, Location

High Octane Kick Off Party 06:00 pm 10:00 pm Juice and Java

Friday 20th May

Pits Open & Offshore Registration 08:00 am 05:00 pm Port Canaveral Pits
Offshore Safety Inspections 09:00 am 05:00 pm Port Canaveral Pits
Dunker Testing / Swim Test 10:30 am 05:00 pm Cocoa Beach Aquatic Center
Support Vessel And Helicopter Pilot Briefing 03:00 pm 04:00 pm Port Canaveral Pits
Block Party Staging 04:00 pm 04:30 pm Port Canaveral
Block Party 05:00 pm 10:00 pm Downtown Cocoa Beach
Coconuts VIP Party 06:00 pm 10:00 pm Coconuts - Downtown
CMR Welcome Party 06:00 pm 10:00 pm Juice and Java Lot

Saturday 21th May

Registration 08:00 am 05:00 pm Port Canaveral Pits
Driver's Meeting - Mandatory 08:00 am 09:00 am Fishlips
Offshore Fueling Saturday Only 08:00 am 05:00 pm Scorpion Marina
Dunker Testing / Swim Test 09:00 am 01:00 pm Cocoa Beach Aquatic Center
Offshore Inspections 09:00 am 12:00 noon Port Canaveral Pits
Cranes and Ramps Open - Launching 09:30 am 04:00 pm Port Canaveral
Offshore Testing 10:30 am 03:00 pm Rules of the Road
Thunder on Cocoa Beach Concert - Generation Radio 06:00 pm 10:00 pm Lori Wilson Park

Sunday 22th May

Driver Physicals 06:00 am 07:00 am Fishlips Downstairs
Driver's Briefings - Mandatory 07:00 am 07:30 am Fishlips Upstairs
Race 1 Launched and Underway - Bracket, Mod V, Stock V 08:00 am 09:15 am Jetty Park Ramps / Cranes
Race 1 Move to Racecourse 09:30 am 09:50 am
VIP Opens 10:00 am Lori WIlson And Coconuts
Offshore Race 1 - Bracket Class, Mod V And Stock V 10:00 am 11:15 am Racecourse
Race 2 Move to Racecourse 11:00 am Cranes - Scorpion
Helo Refuel 11:00 am 11:25 am
Offshore Race 2 - Super Stock 11:30 am 12:45 am Racecourse
Race 3 Move to Racecourse 12:30 am Cranes - Scorpion
Helo Refuel 12:30 am 12:55 am
Offshore Race 3 - Class 1 01:00 pm 02:15 pm Racecourse
Race 4 Move to Racecourse 02:00 pm
Helo Refuel 02:00 pm 02:25 pm
Offshore Race 4 - Super Cat 02:30 pm 03:30 pm Race Course
Awards 06:00 pm Hilton Ocean Front

 

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Entries received by May 19

Race # Competitor Class Driver Throttle

Cocoa Beach Class 1 (6 Entries So Far)
16 JBS Racing Class 1 Jeff Stevenson Micheal Stancombe
18 Team DeFalco Class 1 Mike Falco Chris Hanley
21 Huski Racing / Huski Chocolate Class 1 Brit Lilly Steve Curtis
222 222 Offshore Australia Class 1 Darren Nicholson Giovanni Carpitella
77 Lucas Oil Satcom Direct E3 / E3 Batteries Class 1 Jay Johnson Nigel Hook
345 345 Racing / XINSURANCE Class 1 Miles Jennings Alex Pratt

Cocoa Beach Super Cat (7 Entries So Far)
NZ11 Pro Floors Racing Super Cat Wayne Valder Grant Bruggemann
06 M CON Super Cat Myrick Coil Tyler Miller
10 Team 10 Super Cat Marty Mark Kowolski
54 Graydel / C.J. Grant Racing Super Cat Chris Grant Billy Moore
5 WHM Motorsports Super Cat Bill Mauff Jay Muller
25 Dramatized Offshore Racing / Dramatized Super Cat Tina Rodgers Will Rogers
88 SV Offshore Super Cat Simon Prevost Vinnie Diorio

Cocoa Beach 450R Factory Stock (2 Entries So Far)
7 MTI 450R Factory Stock Taylor Scism Johnny Tomlinson
22 KLOVAR Motorsports 450R Factory Stock Randy Keys Billy Allen

Cocoa Beach Super Stock (11 Entries So Far)
S-43 Ignite Super Stock Christopher Hopgood Ryan Beckley
S-27 LPC Super Stock Anthony Smith Loren Peters
S-3 Night Hawk Offshore Racing / Steele Industries, Inc. Super Stock Dominick Steele Julian Maldonado
S-33 Playtradez Super Stock Bryan Marquardt Randy Sweers
S-39 A GAME Super Stock AJ Bogino Peter Bogino
S-17 Team Allen Lawn Care and Landscaping Super Stock Cody McDowell Billy Allen
S-89 Big East Construction Super Stock Cole Leibel Gary Ballough
S-42 Jackhammer Super Stock Reese Langheim Ricky Maldonado
S-1 CMR Super Stock Sean Conner Shaun Torrente
S-54 Atlas Offshore Racing / Atlas Super Stock Tanner Lewis Billy Moore
S-21 Performance Boat Center Super Stock Myrick Coil Rusty Williams

Cocoa Beach Mod V (2 Entries So Far)
2 Boatfloater.com Mod V Stephen Kildahl Steve Kildahl
51 Team SunPrint Mod V Steven Fehrman Steve Miklos

Cocoa Beach Stock V (6 Entries So Far)
66 LSB Hurricane of Awesomenes / RevX Oil Stock V Brit Lilly Kevin Smith
199 Twisted Vee Stock V Jim York Travis Pastrana
33 NMB RV Resort Stock V Kirk Hanna Mark Rinda
21 Shocker Stock V Raymond Evans Chris Colson
97 Fastboys Racing.com / Fastboys Stock V Ken Bolinger Forrest Riddle
32 Speed Marine Stock V Kyle Miller Jay Wohltmon

Cocoa Beach Bracket Class 300 (2 Entries So Far)
350 Rollin' Dirty Offshore / Elite Home Gamerooms Bracket Class 300 Jimmy Jensen Clyde Petty
327 Team Woody Racing Bracket Class 300 Billy Shipley Chad Woody

Cocoa Beach Bracket Class 400 (3 Entries So Far)
434 Complete Marine Pompano / MSR Powersports Bracket Class 400 Mark Robbins Damon Marotta
467 GNS Motorsports Bracket Class 400 Grant Greytok Bill Reeves
444 Predator / Stahlman Motorsports Bracket Class 400 Dean Stahlman Nate Hunt

Cocoa Beach Bracket Class 500 (7 Entries So Far)
507 7 Seven PowerBoats / Seven (7) Bracket Class 500 Alexander Cruz Arthur Cruz
549 Team Farnsworth Motorsports Bracket Class 500 Ervin Grant Mark Didario
517 Bulletproof / Goodcars.com Bracket Class 500 George Ivey Craig Belfatto
527 Team woody Racing Bracket Class 500 J.J. Turk Micheal Stancombe
509 Shoreline Plumbing Bracket Class 500 Brent Appiarius Eddie Simmons
516 Bronx Phantom Bracket Class 500 Robert Winoski Vincent Winoski
577 YabbaDabbaDoo Bracket Class 500 JD Ivines Bruce Walter

Cocoa Beach Bracket Class 600 (5 Entries So Far)
601 Rum Runners Bracket Class 600 Michael McColgan Francis Vellutato Jr
600 Power House Racing Bracket Class 600 Nelson Sawyer David Demeza
602 Ultimate Boat Racing Experience / Selling the Keys Fast Bracket Class 600 Chris Reindl Rob Goodwin
696 Gerard Marine Offshore Racing Bracket Class 600 Mark Conrod Chase Gerard
605 Next Dimension Construction / Next Dimension Construction Bracket Class 600 Chad Pyland Brett Villareal

Cocoa Beach Bracket Class 700 (6 Entries So Far)
733 GB Motorsports / Southern Arbor Services Bracket Class 700 Damon Marrota Jr Greg Blutter
765 Goofin' Around II Bracket Class 700 Matthew Lauer Joe Lauer
711 Team Progression / Nauti Boyz Bracket Class 700 James Jaronczyk Joe Reilly
701 Jackhammer Bracket Class 700 Brian Guy
742 Offshore Ohmies Bracket Class 700 Ben Osypian Joel Murawski

 

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Speed, thrills as Thunder on Cocoa Beach returns for 12th year
Christina LaFortune, Florida Today

Speeding powerboats return to the Space Coast this weekend with major TV coverage and speeds over 175 mph as Thunder on Cocoa Beach marks its 12th annual event in Brevard County.

The Thunder on Cocoa Beach Super Boat Grand Prix powerboat race is scheduled for Sunday off the shore of Cocoa Beach, with related events planned for Thursday, Friday and Saturday.

The racing event, one of the largest in Central Florida, draws top race teams in the world to compete in various classes, with Class 1 racers reaching speeds over 175 mph.

Kerry Bartlett, president and executive director of Thunder on Cocoa Beach, said the race is the first of an 8-race series on the American Power Boat Association national championship race calendar for 2022. Race organizers compared it to the Daytona 500 being the kickoff to the NASCAR stock car race season.

Bartlett said he expects to have more than 60 race teams from across the United States and Europe entered in the 2022 Thunder on Cocoa Beach powerboat races.

"The farthest team, I believe, is from Australia," he said.

Among the stars who will be racing is Travis Pastrana, one of the world’s most influential extreme sports athletes. Also competing is Steve Curtis, the world renowned - and knighted - offshore racer from England.

Bartlett said the event has special meaning for him, especially after the pandemic.

"A lot of businesses were affected by COVID," he said. "We were welcomed with open arms. We fill the bars, we fill the restaurants, we fill the hotels and we give money to a local charity."

Proceeds from the event will benefit the Freedom Fighter organization, which raises awareness and funds for victims of human trafficking.

 

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